At around 1:45pm, while watching the last hour of Devi Bhava darshan, a few of the Brahmacharis appeared on stage carrying trays. Yes, it was ice cream! Little cups and little wooden spoons were passed out to everyone. Not surprisingly, there seemed to be an unusually large number of Brahmacharis appearing. Perhaps it was the timing of […]
“Did you get ice cream?” Tonight is the start of Diwali. While chatting with us in the Mandapam, Amma asked us if we all had ice-cream as part of the celebrations. (We hadn’t yet – it’s supposed to come tomorrow). “We are able to see you and talk to you – that itself is ice-cream,” […]
6 nov 2007, amritapuri today, Visrut is attracting the attention of the ashramites — the 2-day-old baby. yes, he was born in the ashram. every one adores him. yesterday he started walking of his own. he walked walked and walked. went out of his home, came to the front of the ashram. all the while […]
4 Nov 2007, Amritapuri During the satsang translations, we could see Amma leaning over to look intently at the laptop that was beside Her. She pointed at the screen a few times. All the Brs. who were gathered on stage started waving like little kids – hoping to get Her attention. After the puja, when […]
Yes, going back, to the more earthly set up of the beautiful Amritapuri ashram. There were only the huts in which we stayed, with Amma’s Darshan hut around to the west side of it. It was a full moon night; time was well past 11pm, maybe nearing midnight. There was a power failure, and unlike […]
30 Oct 2007, Amritapuri It was about 12.30 in the night, I was returning to my room after watching the webcast of Amma’s Devi Bhava in Munich. We in Amritapuri could not get the video to work properly while Amma was talking to us before the start of Devi Bhava. She could see us and […]
30 Oct 2007, Amritapuri After the rain comes the rainbow. The daily rains continue. Tonight, just before sunset, a brief shower came in from the west over the ocean. When it passed, a beautiful rainbow filled the sky over the mainland. It lasted about 10 minutes. Then it was followed by one of the more […]
29 Oct 2007, Amritapuri Well, that’s the consensus of a few of the Brahmacharis. To me, it looks a bit pinkish rose red – definitely more red. The sleeves are creme/white. The red part has lots of gold designs. Earlier, when Amma came out for Ambike Devi, one or two Brs. took a guess and […]
28 October 2007, Italy Traditionally one does not applaud a bhajan. It is a prayer set to music. The intent of singer is not to perform for others, but to pray through song. Similarly, the listener is attempting to focus on God through the medium of the song, more often than not singing along himself. […]