Month: June 2011
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IAM at National industrial security academy
A 6 day camp for CISF Jawans of Central Industrial Security force was held at their training institute, National Industrial security Academy, Hyderabad from 6 – 11 June 2011
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Q180: Love vs rituals?
Question 180: “If one can smile lovingly and keep a peaceful heart and clear mind, why would he/she then still need to perform rituals or pray?” Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).
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With only five dollars in my pocket
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 7 Often it was the case where there was only $5 in my pocket, but somehow Amma always made sure that I was getting by. Old friends from college would drive me far and wide, or someone from a video show would offer a Greyhound bus
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Emergence of the Divine web
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 6 Crossing the country that winter was extremely cold, but every day I managed one video show and at least one decent meal. Sometimes a contact from the summer would arrange for me to show a video, other times I would simply walk into a bookstore
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Permission for the pre-tour
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 5 It is hard to imagine those days when there was no computer, no cell phone, no internet . But all the planning for the first tour took place without that. The small typewriter which had been given to me was my way to contact people,
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Buying the plane tickets, reuniting Amma and her children
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 4 December 1986 The ticket I had traveled on during the summer of ’86 was a dream ticket. At first a simple round trip to San Francisco was my plan, but as it turned out the travel agent in Kochi advised me that there was a
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Yoda moment at the US Consulate
Memories of Amma’s first USA Yatra 1987 – part 3 The task which would absorb my attention for nearly three months was applying for all the passports, procuring the US & French visas, and getting the plane tickets for Amma and the nine others who would go on tour. The passports would be easy, but