Thirunelvali One only has to look out at the women’s side of the crowd from the stage to see a rainbow of colors. There are all shades, all hues, all varieties. As if Amma herself threw the entire universal palette of paint into the crowd. Landing on the different embodied jivas, perhaps representing the color […]
Chennai The Chennia ashram is the only one of Amma’s Ashrams I’ve been to that lies directly on a main street in the city. The Ashram itself four stories high with the main hall on the ground floor. Literally just out front is a bustling street – two lanes in each direction. The police have […]
Question 40: “Spirituality says ‘God hides within our hearts’. How do you understand this saying?” ——————————— To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please make your answer clear.
27 jan 2008, kumbhakonam we reached kumbhakonam well past one’o clock in the morning. the accommodation was arranged in the guest house of a devotee. that was 21 km away from the town. we drove through the village. it was so remote even mobile connection was not possible. (now in india every village has mobile […]
25 jan, chennai to kumbhakonam, bharata yatra 2008 two days program in chennai is over. all of us started off to kumbhakonam in the afternoon. for a long time we were travelling by the smooth seashore road. the beauty of the vast blue ocean was intercepted by the isolated palm trees. on the right side […]
Here is the bhajan lists for the two days in Chennai;First day, morning1. Varuvai Varuvai (Tamil)2. Manasa Chora Radha Krishna3. Amma Amma Ena Unne (New Tamil bhajan)4. Adi ParaShakti (Telugu)5. Hridaya Pushpame (Malayalam)6. Om Namah Shivaya7. Makaranda Madhurya (Telugu)8. Jay Jay Janani Jay Ho Teri (Hindi) First day, evening1. Tumbikai (new Tamil bhajan)2. Sri Krishna […]
The crowds in Tamil Nadu are notorious for being impatient. This year in Coimbatore, Amma had to tell everyone to sit quiet for the meditation, and in Puducherry, she asked everyone to not be impatient while coming for darshan. A group of about ten Westerners takes care of the crowd security, a seva that puts […]
22 January 2008 – Pondicherry Since the first night in Coimbatore, some of the Western women have been called to do crowd control at the beginning of darshan. We form a line against the railing leading to the stage, hands linked together, prepared to stop the local devotees from jumping over the railings to the […]
Question 39: “How often and for how long do you usually meditate? What stops you from meditating more?” ——————————— To post your answer, click on ‘Add Comment’. Please make your answer clear.