219. Om maha-bhogayai namah: I bow down to Amma who has immense wealth
Amma is an extremely wealthy Goddess. She has an immense bank. Of kindness, goodness, grace, compassion and love. It's a bank that the universe refills ever so often. In the book Messages From Amma, I found some absolute gems. On 'opening the heart', Amma says: Spiritual practice doesn't just mean sitting in lotus position with your eyes closed, but also serving the suffering, offering a consoling smile and loving words.
Amma never just sits in a lotus position doing spiritual practice. For Amma, spiritual practice is reaching out to each of us and wiping away our tears. It is ensuring that each of us goes home happy with Her hug even if it means She will sit in one place for 22 hours without a second of relaxation. It is consoling us and being omnipresent in our lives even if it means Amma does not have Her own personal life. Everything is for Her children. As is this immense wealth. If wealth be taken in the literal term, the ashram sees great pouring in of donations, all of which go into funding charitable activities. If wealth be taken in the figurative term, then Amma has all the wealth in the world. And Her generosity is such that every second of the day She is ensuring that we are partaking of this great Universal wealth of happiness and joy.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
Amma is an extremely wealthy Goddess. She has an immense bank. Of kindness, goodness, grace, compassion and love. It's a bank that the universe refills ever so often. In the book Messages From Amma, I found some absolute gems. On 'opening the heart', Amma says: Spiritual practice doesn't just mean sitting in lotus position with your eyes closed, but also serving the suffering, offering a consoling smile and loving words.
Amma never just sits in a lotus position doing spiritual practice. For Amma, spiritual practice is reaching out to each of us and wiping away our tears. It is ensuring that each of us goes home happy with Her hug even if it means She will sit in one place for 22 hours without a second of relaxation. It is consoling us and being omnipresent in our lives even if it means Amma does not have Her own personal life. Everything is for Her children. As is this immense wealth. If wealth be taken in the literal term, the ashram sees great pouring in of donations, all of which go into funding charitable activities. If wealth be taken in the figurative term, then Amma has all the wealth in the world. And Her generosity is such that every second of the day She is ensuring that we are partaking of this great Universal wealth of happiness and joy.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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