I saw a picture of Amma initiating my daughter into writing and learning. Amma had held on firmly to her hands and was guiding her through writing a mantra on rice. I remember the entire event so clearly. I had stayed up making a garland at the Tokyo programme and everyone was so respectful and mindful of Amma's divinity - even in the back rooms. When our turn had eventually come at the end of Devi bhava, it was something I had waited years for! Isn't it exactly what Amma does with us even in life? She holds our hands so firmly and guides us through the many paths ensuring that we are cared for and looked after. We literally just need to move ahead with the absolute faith that Amma is there. She is there when we wake up and She is there when we go to sleep. She is there at all times guiding us quite firmly through it all. Through the many ups and downs we face. It is ONLY when we forget of Amma's presence that we really, really suffer. That we feel abandoned and alone. That we feel the need to find solace elsewhere. Imagine Amma waiting patiently by our side, hoping that we will look up and finally see Her. But we just continue, blinded by ego and the laughable thought that we are actually orchestrating every event. Even when we know it is Amma, we then tend to give up our faith in the thought that She has actually abandoned us for She would never let something so terrible happen to us. Those are the worst times but that's also when we need to display a virtually blinding amount of faith. Come what may, Amma is there for us. She will never hurt us; She will never let any harm befall us. Let us, each one of us, move forward with only this blinding faith.
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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