Month: August 2012
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Q213: Traditions & Love?
Question 213: Amma says: “Language and cultural traditions may vary from country to country, but love and peace are the same everywhere.” How do you understand this? Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).
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This is how it should be
Even as the Ramayana month, or Karkataka masa, of the proverbial heavy rains, ended with scanty irregular showers, Onam set in, bringing in joy. It reminds one of Shelley’s famous line, “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” Here is all color. Amma is right now residing in the heart center of the world,
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Let me…
As she steps out, time bows down waiting. Sand grains grind in ecstasy by her foot falls. Her smile showers mist of jasmine, The whole world smiles in her smile. Her songs make the World sing along. Birds chirp in their best of voices. The stunned world stands still, fades out, into an assortment of
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A Wish…
I have a wish.. the wish is to be yours… forever….. I have a wish… the wish is to remember you all the time –where ever I go and whatever I do….. I ‘m hungry for your love.. The inner roots of my heart are thirsty for your spiritual love…. All day and night I
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Q212: Cut & Paste?
Question 212: Amma says: “Through a series of editing, cutting and pasting, the mind manipulates what it hears, to make it fit its story.” How do you understand this? Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).
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Your Eternal Dance
Mother you have parted the curtain Appearing on the path before me Mother Amma, I shout joyfully Laughing, you run away, transporting the fallen leaves To a blanket of gold dust shimmering along the path Sunlight kissing and caressing the quaking trees Celebrating their oneness with your divine presence Trees and rocks luminous, vibrating in
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Don’t forsake me!
Oh Mother, how do I find thee As I mould myself into my working life Oh Mother, how do I find thee Among the concrete earth and towering glass and steel Oh Mother, how do I find thee As I play the obedient child in the world of money and profit Where among this barren