The path of hope and faith

 914. Om svasthāyai namah: I bow down to Amma who abides in Herself; who is free from all afflictions.

The more I see the power of group chanting, the more I realise what I have missed out on in the past. I preferred to sit by myself and chant, while my monkey mind ran all over the place, from my work to my friends to Amma and to problems I was facing. Suddenly a new world has opened itself up, where wrapped in each chant is the love and support that everyone affords each other, in a group. Suddenly I have understood the importance of praying for others. I was explaining this to a friend and in all innocence, he asked me who prayed for me? Why, everyone else, I said! And that felt so good. Because when we are Amma's children, we are under the umbrella of the grace of our ever-loving Guru- She who abides in Herself and yet loves millions of Her children unconditionally. She is free from all negativity even when willingly taking the burden of our own negativity and ego. She infuses us with love and acceptance, optimism and hope, faith and life. She teaches us to be inclusive in every situation. She teaches us to remember the divine name with every breath. She saves us from the illusion and the deceit of the material world. I pray that we may all walk in the path that Amma has created for us because if there is one person in the world who knows how to make us better beings, who knows how to make us walk the path of hope and faith, it is the Divine Devi Herself! 

Om Amriteshwariye namah!