Author: Amrita
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stop at the university
15 jan, bharata yatra 2009, ettimadai it was not scheduled. nothing in amma’s life is scheduled. amma says that her life is like that of a river. she is just flowing the way she wants with her own undisclosed plans. so here also the same thing happened. on the way to coimbatore, amma went straight
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Mysterious Bhavani, Mysterious Amma
Jan, Bharata Yatra 2009 This south indian tour has been fascinating for me. Usually I have seen Amma on US tours- somehow seeing Her near temples and holy rivers, seems more appropriate than in hotels and ballrooms… This time was the first time I accompanied Amma’s famous trips to Her favorite Bhavani river. Little did
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Living in the present with Amma
We on tour with Amma are learning this lesson intensely – to live in the present, whether on the journey or in the destination. While our straight-jacket mind thinks of program places as the real events of the tour, it calculates the distance between places and time of journey etc. Sometimes more than even the
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Looking into her eyes
When Amma came to my hometown in the U.S., I didn’t know what darshan was or what it meant. A friend told me, “Amma is a saint! It is a huge blessing to be in her presence.” I got a token, I got a hug, and afterwards I wasn’t sure how I felt about it.
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Fruits of my action
18 Jan 2009, Bhavani River, Bharata Yatra 2009 About two years ago, when I was living at the San Ramon ashram, I had to drive into San Francisco one day for work. San Francisco is about an hour away and there are many homeless people in the city. I had brought a lunch with me
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Free cellphone
Bharata Yatra 2009, When i arrived in the Ashram 3 days earlier I didnt know that i ‘d go on tour with Amma. And when i learned about it, I decided to go even if i was not very confident for I dont know much about AMMA, I dont even know what “Aum Namah Shivaya”
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Love in Coimbatore
18 Jan 2009, Coimbatore In Coimbatore during a morning darshan I was standing on the first floor of the school which gave a full view of Amma giving darshan. She was doing this in full speed. People pushed and rushed to secure darshan tokens in exchange for the timecards served on their arrival. It looked
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inner coolness
13- 14 jan 2009, Bharata Yatra 2009, Kodungallur on the 12th evening amma arrived at amrita vidyalayam, kodungullar. amma stayed there. the ashram is about one kilometer away. i saw an old man, who was supposed to be at amrita university for an ugc inspection – but was here. i asked him why he was
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How to get the glance of Guru
10 jan 2009, amritpauri amma was coming after the bhajans from the stage, back to her room. many are lined on both sides with stretching hands to touch amma. amma tried to touch people standing on either side by stretching her hands on both sides, spreading like wings of a bird. just touching amma is