In all the soul searching one may do, the reality is that Amma is our guiding force. Whatever birth we have come from, the fact is that Amma is now the one charting our path and allowing us to move ahead on the right spiritual path. Sometimes it may feel like we are under the full force of our past life karmas but Amma is bearing the onslaught of it all and cleansing our aura for us. Amma's own aura shines through because She always abides in truth. Amma will only do that which is beneficial to humanity and will create love and happiness all around. This fact has to move like a thread in the very warp and weft of our lives, just so we never forget.
Here are some beautiful words from Amma on the occasion on Onam:
"We celebrate Onam to remember the good times that have been lost to antiquity—memories of an age when prosperity, equality and brotherhood prevailed. Onam also awakens expectations for the return of such an age. Onam belongs to the present as well because when we celebrate it we forget everything and live in the here and now. At the same time, Onam is not just an occasion to celebrate and enjoy. It’s also an occasion to remind us of the importance of certain values: of sharing, of protecting Nature, of humility and self-sacrifice, of surrendering ourselves to the Divine, of being charitable, and of performing our actions in a spirit of yajna (mind control, study of self, gaining wealth of virtues etc… done for self-purification). These are some of what Onam teaches us."
May we always have the attitude of surrendering to the divine!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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