Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 2 The front porch of the Kalari* was where Amma was sitting that day in August of 1986 when I arrived back**. Some of the residents had also joined Amma there and were curious to know how my time had been spent. What was happening? When […]
Question 179: Amma says: “The devotee calls and God responds. But the nature of the response depends on the call.” How do you understand this? Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).
Shoshanna Lee, an AYUDH member, won a Rotary Award for AYUDH’s plastic activities in the Bay Area. This is her speech given at the Rotary – 14 may — I use to see plastic waste as worthless garbage. For good reason. Recycling water bottles is good but what about chip bags, candy wrappers, and grocery […]
Outside the moon lights the sky, Often hidden by clouds, That is hidden by the leaves on the trees. I still see the moon shining. I see it, as it is a part of me. The petals on the flowers are blooming Morning glories, hydrangea, and lilies, All ready to greet the first morning light […]
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – First part (Gretchen Kusuma is recollecting how Amma’s first world tour happened in 1987 on this 25th year of Amma’s visit to USA) 25 May 2011, writing from the Denver airport…. We were about twenty renunuciates living with Amma at the Idammanel family compound in April of 1986 […]
19 May 2011, Amritapuri It is that time of the year… when Amma gives room darshan. Before taking off on Her world tour, Amma meets all the ashramites from Amritapuri and all branch ashrams, individually in her room. As one family finishes, she rings a bell and another walks in … one after another… Today […]
Question 178: Amma says: “It’s not enough to get spiritual knowledge with the mind. It has to be brought into the heart. Only then can we truly absorb it”. How do you understand this? Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).
A dew drop from heaven, just sits on a lotus-petal. Roseate hue refracts through. Day light slowly seeps into mist. As dawn gets lively; world wakes up, macro n’ microcosms reflects, on this heavenly droplet. The day comes alive all around. She just witnesses every action. Entire cosmic dream rolls on in a bubble, before […]
The story about the crow who put stones into the pot half filled with water, till the level of water rose enough for it to drink. These are Amma’s satsangs – who likens the story of the water and the crow to that ‘something’ that is already in you but needs effort – the stones […]