Yesterday was truly a wonderful day for many near Amma. Amma seemed ever fresh even at 10 pm after almost 12 hours of Darshan. I was sitting in the hall beside her. Amma was jokingly chatting on with a small kid who sat beside her after receiving Darshan. Amma asked him if he knew bhajans […]

O! Amma, Amma, Amma O! Mother, Mother, Mother Lull Thy child to sleep, O! Mother, Rock me in a cradle. Om Om Om, Om Om Om. Swing Thy child, O! Mother, Forever in Thy arms. Om Om Om, Om Om Om. O! Amma, Amma, Amma O! Mother, Mother, Mother Feed Thy child, O! Mother, Who […]

Last weekend, i came to witness an expression of Amma, albeit in action. Amma says “To be able to see our own Self in every living thing with both our eyes open – that is Self-realization. We must see ourselves in others, and love and serve them. That is when spiritual practice achieves perfection.” After […]

When a Jeevatma called “Arjuna,” Was tormented by th’ laws of Karma, Shaken to dust, wrecked an’ broken by strife, By th’ most formidable currents of life. Utterly dejected, hence he knew not He could still be invincible an’ float, Facing th’ existential foes, money, power an’ lust, In the ocean of Samsara, so unbearable, […]

2 Dec 2013, Amritapuri Archana was chanted an hour early at 4am.  By shortly after 5am the whole ashram was lined up from the gate to Amma’s room for her expected arrival at 6-6:30am.  Even people who will not normally spend 2 minutes in a Q without complaining or cutting it, patiently waited, even chanting […]