After nearly 3 years of keeping it on a shelf, I finally pulled out the book Bindu had been telling me to read. I guess everything has to come by at its own time and pace. "Autobiography of a YOGI"
In the book I read some lines which could easily have been written for and about Amma. In the following passage, Swami Paramhansa Yogananda speaks about his first Guru/God, Lahiri Mahasaya:
"His picture had a surpassing influence over my life. As I grew, the thought of the master grew with me. In meditation I would often see his photographic image emerge from its small frame and, taking a living form, sit before me. When I attempted to touch the feet of his luminous body, it would change and again become the picture. As childhood slipped into boyhood, I found Lahiri Mahasaya transformed in my mind from a little image, cribbed in a frame, to a living, enlightening presence. I frequently prayed to him in moments of trial or confusion, finding within me his solacing direction. Ar first I grieved because he was no longer physically living. As I began to discover his secret omnipresence, I lamented no more. He had often written to those of his disciples who were over anxious to see him: 'Why come to view my bones and flesh when I am ever within range of your kutastha (spiritual sight)?' "
This passage is meant for all those of Amma's children - me included - who cry because we cannot always see and be near Amma. May we also realise Amma's omnipresence!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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