Amritapuri ashram

Category: Question

self enquiry into awareness

  • Q215: Scissors or needle?

    Question 215:

    Amma says: “The mind, like scissors, cuts and divides. The heart, like a needle,  joins and unites. Be careful not to overuse the scissors!”
    To what extent do you feel that you succeed in this?

    Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

  • Q214: Which Amma Gift?

    Question 214:

    On 27th we are celebrating Amma’s 59th Birthday. Which of Amma’s generous gifts to all touches your heart the most:
    The unlimited motherly love & patience offered in her Darshan?
    The impressive humanitarian services offered by her mission?
    Or her spiritual guidance and teachings?

    Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

  • Q213: Traditions & Love?

    Question 213:

    Amma says:
    “Language and cultural traditions may vary from country to country, but love and peace are the same everywhere.”
    How do you understand this?

    Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

  • Q212: Cut & Paste?

    Question 212:

    Amma says:
    “Through a series of editing, cutting and pasting, the mind manipulates what it hears, to make it fit its story.”
    How do you understand this?

    Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

  • Q211: Ego love?

    Question 211:

    Amma says:
    “Be careful not to fall in love with your own ego, in the name of loving others, serving them or doing spiritual practices.”
    How do you understand this?

    Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

  • Q210: Restless Mind?

    Question 210:

    Amma says:
    “Our mind is restless because wherever we go, we find fault and look for defects in others.”
    How do you understand this?

    Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

  • Q209: Fighting negativity?

    Question 209:

    Amma says:
    “Become aware of the negative tendencies in you, and weaken them through cultivating good thoughts, rather than fighting with them.”
    How do you understand this?

    Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

  • Q208: Universal Oneness?

    Question 208:

    Amma says:
    “Only when your thoughts finally decrease, will your oneness with the entire universe be revealed to you.”
    How do you understand this?

    Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).

  • Q207: One Quality?

    Question 207:

    Amma says: “Pick just one (any) quality/virtue and follow it with utmost faith and optimism; other qualities will automatically follow.”
    How do you understand this?

    Please make your answer brief and clear (maximum 5 or 6 lines).