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Waiting for a glance
The second morning of programs in San Ramon began with skies filled with fog typical of the Bay Area. Early risers were in the kitchen helping to chop veggies for lunch or dinner. At around 10:20am, as has been tradition for many years, an announcement was made in the kitchen that Amma would be passing by shortly on her way to the hall. so we all lined up along the roadway to see her drive by. Clapping hands, singing bhajans, dozens of people rushed out of the kitchen for a quick glimpse. This scene repeated again when Amma left the…
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Jupiter and Venus
23 November 2008 San Ramon The San Ramon Asram was packed with visitors – many coming for the first time to receive Amma’s embrace. At approximately 10am, Amma arrived at the hall and began giving darshan after a brief meditation. Though the morning was crisp, the sky was clear and the day quickly warmed up as the sun rose higher. Typically, this is rainy season in the San Francisco Bay Area, but we have been blessed (some say) with dry weather. Hopefully it will stay this way until after Amma leaves for Michigan. Morning darshan ended around 4:30pm. The crowd…
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Preparation in San Ramon
Amma arrived at the San Ramon Ashram around 6pm Saturday evening after traveling from Europe where her six week tour just ended. For the past month or so, the San Ramon Ashram has been buzzing with activity. Sevites from all over the Bay Area and the US have been helping to clean the grounds, make repairs, and ensure that the thousands of visitors expected over the next 6 days will have a wonderful experience. Tour staff, exhausted and hungry from the long trip, are just now filling up on a delicious meal lovingly prepared by local devotees. Many are…
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Q94: Creative activity?
Question 94: “What is your favorite artistic or creative activity? What do you enjoy most in it?” To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please think well before you answer, and make your answer brief and clear.
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With Amma at the Spanish ashram
Few days ago, I had the chance to be with the group of devotees when Amma visited the new ashram in Barcelona. Amma asked us to remember all those who weren’t able to be with us. So I am passing on this story of a wonderful occasion with Amma. The tour group had traveled from The Netherlands to Barcelona on a 20 hour drive. Because of the long journey, an extra day was built into the schedule. When we arrived in Barcelona, we were informed that in the afternoon we would be visiting the new Spanish ashram to be with…
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Q93: Quality in others?
Question 93: “What is the quality that you value the most in others? why?” To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please think well before you answer, and make your answer brief and clear.
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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 can wipe it all away. Just a few footprints tell of our passing – but they too are washed away, inundated. The next district is about 15 kms away. I started out with a local person at about 7.30 in the morning. We waded through…
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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 spontaneously smile when you smile or make faces at them. They know how to be happy in small things – a tree climbed, a chocolate relished, the company of friends, running freely, shouting at the top of their voices, ……. They are the children of…
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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 Buffalo Bill – the wildest and most dangerous of them all. For the Buffalo Bill of the West might have missed a shot but Yama sure does not miss. But all the same he is a friend if you get to know him. The…
