Why Wonder About Colour

Why Wonder About Amma’s Sari Color?

Some may ask ‘Why do we care what color sari Amma is wearing?’   On Devi Bhava day, and especially after the puja, when Amma goes inside the Mandapam, one can hear many people in the hall – people of all ages – trying to guess the color.   To the person who may have never met Amma, or for someone who has never seen Devi Bhava, this game may seem unrelated to spirituality and even somewhat childish.  But it is this very child-like play that gives the game its spiritual aspect.  For many of us, Amma is our Mother, and we are Her children.  Amma herself tells us time and time again that we must cultivate childlike innocence along the spiritual path in order to progress.   Amma has said:

“Children, the wonder and the love that you felt as a child will never return unless you can again play like a child. Innocence is within you, hidden deep inside. You have to rediscover it. And for this to happen, you must go deeper and deeper into your spiritual practices. When you can dive deep into your own consciousness, you will realise this innocence one day. At that moment you will discover the child within you. You will experience the innocence, the joy and the wonder that were hidden inside of you, and you will realise they were always there. You merely forgot your innocence for some time. It is as if you suddenly remember something after having forgotten about it for a very long time. That childlike innocence deep within you is God.”

Being in Amma’s presence brings out that childlike quality in many of us.

May we all find that innocence.

– Sri Pati