473. Om siddha-matre namah: I bow down to Amma who is the mother of Siddhas
Absolutely everything in this life is ephemeral. If there is a constant, it is Amma's presence in our lives. And that is the reassurance that we wake up and go about our business with. The reassurance that we seek out another day with. Amma says that even the next step for us is an uncertainty. Given that, we need to hold on to the one certainty. The presence of God in our lives. The presence of Amma, the most powerful Guru and God. And here are some beautiful and insightful short replies from Amma to questions we have thought of many a times:
Q: Amma, when somebody prostrates to you, why do you touch their body and salute them?
Amma:- Is not everything one and the same Truth? Amma bows down to the Truth. I bow down to my own Self.
Q: Does one take birth even after attaining Atmajnana
Amma:- One may do so for the protection of the world by one’s own will. Amma is ready to accept any number of births to serve the devotees and the suffering.
Q: Is it possible for us to get liberation in this birth?
Amma:- Do not say ‘for us.’ There is no group liberation. Liberation is attained in different births according to each one’s course of karma.
Q: I have been worshipping God for a long time, but there is no peace of mind. What should I do?
Amma:- Is it not the mind that has no peace? Eliminate the mind. Thus the problem is solved.
Q: I have no interest in sustaining the body, but I have the desire for God-Realisation. What should I do?
Journalist:- How did you feel speaking in Malayalam to a foreign audience? (After Amma spoke at the UN General Assembly, Geneva in 2000)
Amma:-I never felt any difference. Just like I am talking to you, I was talking to them.
Q: What would you do if you were to rule the world?
Amma:- I would be the sweeper. I would sweep everyone’s mind clean.
On this note, may we pray that Amma sweeps our mind clean of all ego. Om Amriteswariye namah!
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