176. Om nir-vikalpayai namah: I bow down to Amma who is free of false imaginings
Vikalpa is false imaginings. It's that period and place of the mind when it takes us on rides through the country. When it puts us on pedestals we aren't standing on. Or in situations where we haven't reached. It puts us in modes of stress we needn't really be in. The mind's an incredibly mean and fast vehicle. We go from 0 to 300 in less than a second. We go from happy to worried as quickly as the blink of an eye. We go from Singapore to New York before I can finish this sentence. The mind makes us imagine falsely. It is this false imagination that creates an entire parallel universe that has nothing to do with reality. Caught in this false world, we forget our connection to spirituality. We forget that goodness is our very nature.
Michael, my spiritual bro reminded me today that we have to stop the wanderings of the mind. We cannot be attached to what the mind tells us or where it takes us. The mind is here on it's own journey. But to me, the mind is the litmus test. It's testing to see how pliable we are. Will we buckle and fly away from our chanting? Will we succumb and think of a million other things as we pray?
Amma is free of false imaginings. Her mind is always trained on the here and now. When we are with Her, Amma doesn't think of anything else. She has mastered Her mind. It works for Her. She tells it where it should go. She commands it to do Her bidding, for the good of humanity. And that is the one big lesson we need to take from Amma's life. There is no fear, ego, anger or jealousy. She has decided to only feel love for everyone. Isn't that just beautiful?? Tonight when we say our prayers, let's not forget to thank Amma for being what She is. A beautiful embodiment of love.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
Vikalpa is false imaginings. It's that period and place of the mind when it takes us on rides through the country. When it puts us on pedestals we aren't standing on. Or in situations where we haven't reached. It puts us in modes of stress we needn't really be in. The mind's an incredibly mean and fast vehicle. We go from 0 to 300 in less than a second. We go from happy to worried as quickly as the blink of an eye. We go from Singapore to New York before I can finish this sentence. The mind makes us imagine falsely. It is this false imagination that creates an entire parallel universe that has nothing to do with reality. Caught in this false world, we forget our connection to spirituality. We forget that goodness is our very nature.
Michael, my spiritual bro reminded me today that we have to stop the wanderings of the mind. We cannot be attached to what the mind tells us or where it takes us. The mind is here on it's own journey. But to me, the mind is the litmus test. It's testing to see how pliable we are. Will we buckle and fly away from our chanting? Will we succumb and think of a million other things as we pray?
Amma is free of false imaginings. Her mind is always trained on the here and now. When we are with Her, Amma doesn't think of anything else. She has mastered Her mind. It works for Her. She tells it where it should go. She commands it to do Her bidding, for the good of humanity. And that is the one big lesson we need to take from Amma's life. There is no fear, ego, anger or jealousy. She has decided to only feel love for everyone. Isn't that just beautiful?? Tonight when we say our prayers, let's not forget to thank Amma for being what She is. A beautiful embodiment of love.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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