181. Om mrtyu-mathanyai namah: I bow down to Amma who destroys death
All fear stems from the fear of death. We live entire lives cloaked in this fear of death. It's an ill fitting garb that tightens itself around us, making it difficult to breathe. And ironically, eventually, live! To many of us, most prayers are said to earn more money and to avoid death. We can't avoid death but we hope to delay it inordinately. Like if we should appease the Gods, Death will be kept at bay.
But Amma handles this so beautifully. She is eternal. The love and compassion She has woven around the world is so timeless in nature. Even hundreds of years from now, people will always talk about Amma and Her incredible healing hug. And Amritapuri, even more than now, will be the resting place for the tired and the weary who will go there looking for succor. Death is perhaps just a passage from a physical body to an eternal one. And Amma is already in the eternal realm. So She has totally destroyed death.
While saying my prayers today, I felt like Amma was everywhere. I felt Her presence everywhere I looked. And it was beautiful. And hugely reassuring. That's when I calculated my life and realized that Amma is a 100% of my life. Everything else, is merely an offshoot. But I'm still looking for answers. Searching for Her in everything I see. Where truly is She? But then I realise that Amma is within me. And yet She is without. She is omnipresent and eternal. In that knowledge, I feel the bliss.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
All fear stems from the fear of death. We live entire lives cloaked in this fear of death. It's an ill fitting garb that tightens itself around us, making it difficult to breathe. And ironically, eventually, live! To many of us, most prayers are said to earn more money and to avoid death. We can't avoid death but we hope to delay it inordinately. Like if we should appease the Gods, Death will be kept at bay.
But Amma handles this so beautifully. She is eternal. The love and compassion She has woven around the world is so timeless in nature. Even hundreds of years from now, people will always talk about Amma and Her incredible healing hug. And Amritapuri, even more than now, will be the resting place for the tired and the weary who will go there looking for succor. Death is perhaps just a passage from a physical body to an eternal one. And Amma is already in the eternal realm. So She has totally destroyed death.
While saying my prayers today, I felt like Amma was everywhere. I felt Her presence everywhere I looked. And it was beautiful. And hugely reassuring. That's when I calculated my life and realized that Amma is a 100% of my life. Everything else, is merely an offshoot. But I'm still looking for answers. Searching for Her in everything I see. Where truly is She? But then I realise that Amma is within me. And yet She is without. She is omnipresent and eternal. In that knowledge, I feel the bliss.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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