Question 195: “Looking back at 2011, to what extent do you feel that you used it positively for your spiritual progress?” Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

Ma, the burning desires shatter the inner peace, Yet, just looking at Thy face, verily one finds solace. But controlling this dreadful inner enemy desire, Surely, extreme endurance as one‘d fallen in mire. Ma, the burning anger viciously tilts one’s mind Pelting the soul so brutally with stones so unkind, Inwardly, even before one could […]

An aroma spreads around me, divine fragrance of purity. My eyes see no one around. Suddenly senses jump out. Murmur stops into silence. Flower petals make a silky hiss. A soft food fall enters into hearts. Mystic smell of jasmine hangs in the air. From infinite; echoes, sound of a shell. Then divine drum sounds […]

19 Dec 2011, Amritapuri It was a bright, clear and sunny morning at Amritapuri. The sparkling backwaters flowed under the bridge as I walked over to Amrita University. The usual throng of students on their way to class was absent this morning, as they were on break. However, the campus was anything but quiet as […]

Question 194: “What for you is the message of Christmas?” Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

Ma, I was lulled to sleep by Thy mellifluous songs of melody, Alas! When I woke up I saw all the dazzling stars vanished away. Reminding me to wake up before the sun rises, do archana and be ready to receive your grace. Ma, I was lulled to sleep by Thy mellifluous songs of melody, […]

Eyes retreat… Ears fall… Skin recedes… Tongue twisted… Nostrils shut… Nothing remains, Just the breathe of silence. A dark horse gallops. A spec of light emits  far away. A white horse emerges, riding on by purity. Flood of brilliance. Smile of the holy mother. Meditative smile! by Sateeshan R  

It’s your grace, it’s your wish… That I am able to remember you and feel you… Nothing disturbs me when i look at you, remember you… I find no worries in remembering you… I find it, grace and joy flowing in me… I call you, I pray to you… Are you listening me?? Yes.. You […]

Question 193: “Amma says: ‘If you put a frog into water and slowly heat it, enjoying the gradual warmth, the frog will not make any effort to escape, and eventually it will helplessly die.’ How do you understand this?” Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).