161. Om nir-ahankarayai namah: I bow down to Amma who is without egoism (without the concept of 'I' and 'mine')
This is such a beautiful mantra. In tho smantra lies the essence of how we should ideally lead our lives. No ego. As Michael had told Bindu and me weeks ago, ego stands for: edging God out. The presence of ego is really the cause of every bit of unhappiness in our lives. Someone says something that hurts us - and we wallow for days in sadness and the hurt. Because anything that shatters our peace of mind ruins our happiness. Our peace of mind basically is all about the world staying in the box we have created for it. Within the parameters we believe create peace & happiness for us. Anything that falls outside of that creates tension, stress and sadness for us. It's all about the 'I', 'me', 'mine'. Then where possibly can there be place for Amma in this whole equation?
When we live our lives surrendering to the Guru, and trusting that our Guru will ONLY do and ONLY create in our lives situations required for our growth, then life will run smoothly. That is the only way we can look events in the eye, understand their significance in our lives and carry on with the joy of living. While there is space for ego in our lives, we will continue to feel angry, jealousy, hurt, stress and every possible negative emotion. Ego is the rope with which we hand over our happiness to every other person. Except our Guru and God. It's like every person in our life is walking with one end of this ego rope. As they pull it in many directions, we, puppet like, respond. When we surrender this rope to Amma, She will only pull it in one direction: the direction of our spiritual growth. And She will do it ensuring our happiness and peace.
Let us vow today to cut this rope off right now. Those holding the ends of it are then purely holding bits that lead nowhere. Hand over the power to a stress free life ONLY to God. To Amma. So She can keep us on the path that leads to ultimate salvation and happiness.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
This is such a beautiful mantra. In tho smantra lies the essence of how we should ideally lead our lives. No ego. As Michael had told Bindu and me weeks ago, ego stands for: edging God out. The presence of ego is really the cause of every bit of unhappiness in our lives. Someone says something that hurts us - and we wallow for days in sadness and the hurt. Because anything that shatters our peace of mind ruins our happiness. Our peace of mind basically is all about the world staying in the box we have created for it. Within the parameters we believe create peace & happiness for us. Anything that falls outside of that creates tension, stress and sadness for us. It's all about the 'I', 'me', 'mine'. Then where possibly can there be place for Amma in this whole equation?
When we live our lives surrendering to the Guru, and trusting that our Guru will ONLY do and ONLY create in our lives situations required for our growth, then life will run smoothly. That is the only way we can look events in the eye, understand their significance in our lives and carry on with the joy of living. While there is space for ego in our lives, we will continue to feel angry, jealousy, hurt, stress and every possible negative emotion. Ego is the rope with which we hand over our happiness to every other person. Except our Guru and God. It's like every person in our life is walking with one end of this ego rope. As they pull it in many directions, we, puppet like, respond. When we surrender this rope to Amma, She will only pull it in one direction: the direction of our spiritual growth. And She will do it ensuring our happiness and peace.
Let us vow today to cut this rope off right now. Those holding the ends of it are then purely holding bits that lead nowhere. Hand over the power to a stress free life ONLY to God. To Amma. So She can keep us on the path that leads to ultimate salvation and happiness.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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