564. Om mrdanyai namah: I bow down to Amma who is the wife of Mrida (Shiva)
A Rolling Stone reporter asked Amma about how She addresses the accusation of people saying She is inauthentic. Only Amma, my darling Amma, could put everything in perspective and even leave a lesson in there for all of us:
"I would not blame them," She says. "When a poet sees a flower, he writes poetry about it; a scientist will conduct research on it; a boyfriend will give it to his girlfriend; a worm will eat it; a devotee of God will offer it to God. Similarly, each person comes with his own attitude. It's their right. They have the right to accept or to reject. For me, both types of people are equal. All I am concerned with is what positive I can do. Different people will think different things – that is the nature of the world. People have the right to have faith or not to have faith."
The reporter asked Her who She considered a God or Guru, and Amma's answer:
"For me, everything in creation is God," She says. "There is nothing but God. Every single object is a wonder for me."
And that's just what You are, Amma. The universe's wonder!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
"I would not blame them," She says. "When a poet sees a flower, he writes poetry about it; a scientist will conduct research on it; a boyfriend will give it to his girlfriend; a worm will eat it; a devotee of God will offer it to God. Similarly, each person comes with his own attitude. It's their right. They have the right to accept or to reject. For me, both types of people are equal. All I am concerned with is what positive I can do. Different people will think different things – that is the nature of the world. People have the right to have faith or not to have faith."
The reporter asked Her who She considered a God or Guru, and Amma's answer:
"For me, everything in creation is God," She says. "There is nothing but God. Every single object is a wonder for me."
And that's just what You are, Amma. The universe's wonder!
Om Amriteswariye namah!
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