Author: Amrita
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They are still in waters
Chatapur, 1st November 2008 The footprints that man leaves in his wake. The work that man does. His creation, his world – I was thinking of these as I walked from our camp to the next district. We give it so much importance and it is our very existence – but in a moment nature
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The Children of God
Children are so spontaneous. The worries of the world don’t worry them. They do not care or do not know whether Obama or McCain is going to be the next president of the US. They do not know the LOC between Pakistan & India – but they know how to laugh. They know how to
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Buffalo Bill – The original was Indian!
In some ways Bihar reminded me of the Wild West! You do remember those stories don’t you – of cowboys and horses and gun fighters. One wild character was Buffalo Bill. But few know that the name was copied from India! Here Yama (Death) is shown as riding on a buffalo. He was the original
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Ultimate satisfaction
I have been having Amma’s darshan for about 15 years. Amma had come to our place when I was in the 6th standard. We were staying in Suratkal at that time. The program was in a beach side village near Mangalore. My exams were going on at that time but my father forcibly took me
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Come Back, Come Back
During Amma’s visit to London this week I was helping out on the Meet and Greet stand in the entrance hall at Alexandra Palace. At the end of the first day’s session, as people started lining up to see Amma leave for her afternoon break, an elderly lady, who had just arrived at the venue,
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Two thumbs up from Amma
AYUDH UK at AMMA’S UK Visit 2008 AYUDH UK made their colourful appearance felt this year by a number of activities during Amma’s visit in UK. On the first day of the program, the AYUDH members approached Amma with dove-shaped cookies, which the youth had baked, in an attempt to have them blessed. The cookies
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My prayer
O True Friend! My hope of Hopes, Where art thou? I have not been holding thee close, Yet when time draws nearer to our meeting This child hopes to be embraced in thy motherly hug. Every lost moment causes the old man gasp and yet this little one seeks thy warm embrace. Time flies by,
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From Paris
Sorry for not writing for so long. So much is happening all the time, dont know where to start. Before the tour started Amma was 2 days in the german ashram. I already wrote what happened there. The next day in the afternoon Amma came at around 5 pm, went to the stables and saw
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Shine on you crazy diamond
Almost two months ago a tiny dying street puppy, landed in our home. For almost two weeks, Angel, as we named him, was taken to the veterinary hospital and treated for insect infested wounds. I never thought he would make it through the bad times, because he was just too tiny to hang on to