Thursday, August 27, 2015

Patience, love and change!

765. Om suddhayai namah: I bow down to Amma who is the purest

These are some excerpts from a conversation Amma had with a Finnish minister, in 2000.

“If you have patience, then you’ll also have love. Patience leads to love. If you forcefully open the petals of a bud, you won’t be able to enjoy its beauty and fragrance. Only when it blossoms by following its natural course, will the beauty and fragrance of a flower unfold. Today people live to work rather than work for a living.
They have forgotten their true goal in life. Subsequently they have forgotten their dharma. There is no communication between hearts, there is no sharing. Having lost contact with other’s hearts, we become totally isolated. But in truth we are not isolated islands, we are links that form one chain.”
“The heart does not talk, it is the intellect that does all the talking. All dealings are at the intellectual level. We have become like machines; our very lives have become mechanical. Life has lost its naturalness – like a garland of plastic flowers. There is no heart in life anymore. Only when hearts come together does true life blossom. Amma doesn’t say that the approach of the intellect is not necessary; it is also necessary. But the intellect is like a pair of scissors – it can only cut. Whilst the heart is like a needle and thread – it mends, it brings together. Both the scissors and the needle are required; with the scissors you cut, with the needle you stitch – This is how you can make a garland or clothes….”
“Changing the world is like trying to straighten a dog’s tail. However much you may try, you won’t succeed. But although the tail won’t straighten, if you keep trying every day, at least you will put on some muscle. Similarly, even though it is difficult to make a change, our effort to do so in itself brings positive results. It will help us change. Without waiting for others to change, if we change ourselves first, that will make a difference. Instead of worrying about results, focus on doing our best in what we are engaged in.”

Om Amriteswariye namah!

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