261. Om prajnatmikayai namah: I bow down to Amma who is not separate from the jiva in the state of deep sleep
"In the Devi Bhagavata, Devi says 'I Myself am the universe, there is nothing different from Me.'"
"Deep sleep is the state in which there is no power of discrimination. The experience in deep sleep is indeed: I know nothing. What remains afterwards is only the memory of: I knew nothing." From The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother
Amma is not separate from anything or anyone. We just need to recognize and realise this fact. Amma is there, omniscient, omnipresent. She is there to help us surrender ourselves to God. For some of us, God is Amma and so we find it easier to surrender ourselves at the feet of the most Divine Mother. Some days when the stress is high and life throws it usual curve balls at us, it is so much easier to just surrender everything to Amma than fight a losing battle. It is so much easier to just put down our defenses and tell Amma: I am tired and weary. Would you please help me out with this one?
We don't need to bribe Her or threaten. We just need to lay our soul bare and Amma listens. She hears each word we speak and each thought we have. Somedays when I am down and out I wonder if Amma is ever listening to me. But most days when the ego is under control and my spiritual quotient is at its highest, I just know that a Mahatma like Amma can't but be in the know of every heartbeat of Her devoted children.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
"In the Devi Bhagavata, Devi says 'I Myself am the universe, there is nothing different from Me.'"
"Deep sleep is the state in which there is no power of discrimination. The experience in deep sleep is indeed: I know nothing. What remains afterwards is only the memory of: I knew nothing." From The Thousand Names of the Divine Mother
Amma is not separate from anything or anyone. We just need to recognize and realise this fact. Amma is there, omniscient, omnipresent. She is there to help us surrender ourselves to God. For some of us, God is Amma and so we find it easier to surrender ourselves at the feet of the most Divine Mother. Some days when the stress is high and life throws it usual curve balls at us, it is so much easier to just surrender everything to Amma than fight a losing battle. It is so much easier to just put down our defenses and tell Amma: I am tired and weary. Would you please help me out with this one?
We don't need to bribe Her or threaten. We just need to lay our soul bare and Amma listens. She hears each word we speak and each thought we have. Somedays when I am down and out I wonder if Amma is ever listening to me. But most days when the ego is under control and my spiritual quotient is at its highest, I just know that a Mahatma like Amma can't but be in the know of every heartbeat of Her devoted children.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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