Belonging to Amma

2 Jan 09
It was a blissful way to start a new year- with a feeling of belongingness to the Divine Mother. It was a small, intimate moment with Amma during my darshan on New Year’s Eve that made me feel very special. The moment was so wonderful because even though I have had so many similar moments with Amma, every new time is a unique experience in itself.

I was in front of Amma on 31st December, and she drew me into her arms and held me so tight that I could feel her elbows on my back while she was talking to someone on her side. She held me like that for sometime and I felt I was really merging into Her, as if there was no Two, only One – so tightly had she entwined me in her arms! She kissed me, whispered into my ears ‘ Molutty, Ente Molutty’ (Baby, My Baby), and I felt each word to be a powerful flow of grace.

She smiled into my eyes as I got up, pointed to her side and asked me to sit next to her. I was about to walk away, obviously looking forward to sitting next to her, and planning to tell the stage monitor about it, when Amma called me again and said ‘ Mole, you sit here ,right next to me’. I was in the seventh heaven of delight, as I sat very close to Amma’s peetham and She followed me with her eyes as I settled in my place. I sat close to Her in mind and body – glad to be Her baby, glad to belong to Her, the Divine Mother!

-Sreedevi