16 December 2007, Amritapuri Amma left for the North Kerala tour last night. While I will, of course, miss seeing her, her energy permeates every grain of sand and particle of air in the ashram so on another level I don’t feel like she is gone. As I do on every trip here, I have been […]

Question 29: “How often do you watch a sunset? What is special about it?” ——————————— To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’.

Here are the summaries/analysis for the answers provided to Q20, Q21, Q22 and Q23: Q20 was: “What is your favorite parable/story told by Amma? How has it inspired and helped you?” 20 responses were posted. Each story mentioned is different but all seem to have brought very valuable and deep inspiration into the person’s life. […]

14 Dec 2007, Amritapuri The bhajans tonight were pure bliss combining old and new ones nicely. Etrayo Nalayi never leaves me cold and Parinamamiyalatta is also a gem. Behind Amma were some children as usual and at some point they were playing a game in which they assumed various yogic meditation postures. One older girl […]

13 Dec 2007, Amritapuri Yesterday and today Amma has been giving public darshan for a fairly large crowd and that just after coming back from such a long tour. Then on the coming Saturday Amma will depart for a small Kerala tour. The schedule is just overwhelming, something I really cannot comprehend and I guess […]

13 Dec 2007, Amritapuri One of the things I love about being near Amma is how synchronistically things happen.  A primary goal for my trip to the ashram this year is to spend time with Meenamba learning about her project of turning plastic bags into baskets, asanas and other items (link).  If I could learn […]

Question 28: “What do you feel is the most significant change in you since meeting Amma?” ——————————— To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’.

Here are the summaries/analysis for the answers provided to Q17, Q18 and Q19. Q17 was: “How do you usually deal with dangerous (or bothering) insects? Is it Ok to kill them?” 28 responses were posted and here what they say: – Basically the majority of responses reach a similar conclusion, as those that are against killing insects admit […]

Today was meditation day. It is so nice to sit together with everybody and enjoy the Tuesday Prasad in Amma’s presence. It is an essential part of life here in Amritapuri. I remember the first time I arrived here on a Tuesday and Amma was distributing the food up on the green roof. She looked […]