Author: Amrita
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Moonlit Mood, Morning Archana
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
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Moonlit Divine Mood
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
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Rainbow after the Rain
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
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Turns Red in Malayalam
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
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Ancora! Bravissimo! Bravissimo!
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.
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hari sri ganapataye nama:
21 Oct 2007, Amritapuri it’s always blissful during puja holidays. it didn’t start just now. since my school days it has been like that. even if you get two months vacation you are not as happy as during puja holidays. what is the great thing about puja holidays? hey ! it’s the only 3 days
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Red
Red….or was it maroon? Again, the conflicting images on the main screen and the laptop made it hard to determine the true color. Someone said ‘looks like Campbell Soup red’. Another said ‘almost red’. Yet another said it was ‘so red, not an off-red, not pink. It was bright, flaming red.’ Anyway, there was big
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Snowing Munich
Munich, Germany 21.10 The journey from Switzerland to Germany was very scenic with deep forests and mountainous ranges. At one point we had to drive our van to a ferry and cross the beautiful lake Bodensee, a place where Switzerland, Austria and Germany meet. The drive to Munich was not that long and we arrived
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Bluish Green or Greenish Blue?
20 Oct 2007, Amritapuri Outside it was pouring rain. But inside the Main Hall, on the stage, it was pouring love – both to and from the screen. It’s Devi Bhava again in Amritapuri – this time web cast from Switzerland. The bell rang at 10:30pm announcing that the connection had been established and Amma