When Amma Wills
When Amma Wills it………………..
Snowflake after snowflake bombarded from the skies above. I looked to the picture of Amma and asked Her had she not tested me enough? It was the night prior to our departure to Dearborn. A few hours ago; we received a phone call from another satsang member offering us a room for Prem to rest when we got there. I went to bed hoping that we will indeed get to see Amma the next day. This whole week has been so volatile; with Prem’s health and now the weather……are we ever going to see Amma?
The alarm went off at 4am; I looked out of the window. We were buried in snow as high as my knee. How was I going to dig us out now? It would take at least 3 hours! Oh Jagadamba, please give me the strength. At 7pm I go out to shovel the snow and to my surprise, my walkway and the driveway were all cleared up. I catch the glimpse of my neighbour and his happy grin from the corner of my eye. He has dug us out of the snow and even tells me he hopes he did it right! I look at Amma and thank her again. I thanked my neighbour too.
There were storm warnings and snow advisories but our drive from Toronto to Dearborn, was only pleasant. Prem my husband was not coughing or uncomfortable at all. We reached Amma and received a beautiful darshan. As I turned around on the stage and saw all out Toronto Satsang members in tears and prayers for Prem and me, I thanked Amma for all the blessing we still have and will continue to have despite the current sadness in our life.
– Maalanair
It brings to mind a similar story I heard when Br. Dayamrita once went to Washington DC for a programme. A large snow storm had dumped maybe a foot of snow on the ground in the area where Dayamrita was staying. It was late at night and he needed to leave for the airport early the next morning. The devotees who were hosting Dayamrita wanted to go outside and shovel. Their home was in a cul-de-sac and they said that the town snow plow never plows their street. How would they get out? Despite their pleas to go outside, Dayamrita told them not to worry. All would be ok. The next morning, lo-and-behold, the street had been plowed overnight and they were able to get to the airport on time…
Iswaraleela Ethellam Ulakil
AMMA than Leela Ethellam
Equanimity in all things says Blessed Amma.
While growing up in the USA as a boy, my father would go out in the night, every hour or so for 15 minutes and shovel the standing fraction of inches of snow that had fallen in the previous hour.
Thus an overnight accumulation of 2 feet of snow fall blocking everything is cleared easily in 15 minute increments by people who live in these conditions. It’s only the people who experience these conditions rarely that have problems.
Who stops you from shoveling snow? What makes anyone think because it is bed time that Seva is over when the snow is falling? No miracle is needed when one is with a constant Seva mind.