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Ishwar Tumhi in Hebrew
The bhajan hall is starting to look like the birthday venue that it will be in a few days. The lights, sound system, seating, and everything are geared for a large happening. Tonight along with Amrita-TV, there was also a crew from Israel who are making a kind of reality-TV documentary about two Israelis coming to meet Amma. Amma sang the song Ishwar Tumhi in Hebrew to make her Israeli children happy. I saw some of them seated in the crowd and they really looked blissfully happy, singing along with Amma in Hebrew. It was really delightful. The songs tonight…
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no logic
Sunday night 8.30 pm, amma’s still giving darshan, lots of people left, i made my way upto the stage thinking i could sit around her for about 30-40 mins, normally when the crowds are so much i try to avoid sitting around amma for long because the outsiders also would be yearning for the same chance, but i thought i could sit for sometime and get up. I got a good spot, right behind amma luckily as someone got up as soon as i got there and the helpful stage monitor made sure i got the seat! So i was…
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Birthday Approaching
Since yesterday it has felt like the birthday is really closing in. Amma gave darshan all day and so didn’t make it for bhajans. The whole ashram is preparing for the event of the year. The bridge building and road construction seva is going on full swing. The brahmacharinis were clearing the southern entrance to the ashram from all kinds of debris according to Amma’s instructions until 2 o’clock in the morning. Building of the festive arches and temporary shelters are well on their way. People are starting to pour in. Tomorrow we will have to vacate our rooms to…
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God’s Country
I love my seva. Each week, I take Ashram visitors on a boat trip along the backwaters near the Ashram. Along the way, I serve them chai and snacks. We depart from the Ashram boat jetty and trawl north to a Kali Temple a few kilometers north of here where the backwaters meet the Arabian Sea. It is a colorful, joyful, and extremely interesting adventure which surprises me each time I go. On the way, we pass a Catholic church. The tour leader and boat operator, John, shuts down the motor and we stop. One can hear the birds all…
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walking into a perfume factory
Yesterday in the engineering college, i walk into a classroom and after a while i saw a picture of a little girl on the wall with something written beneath, so i started reading it. Apparently the students of that particular class are all together sponsering that girl, who is 5 yrs old, has no mother and father is absconding…so everyone puts in 10 rupees per month, collected on the first week of the month, which is ofcourse very less for an indivudual but when 60 odd students pool in, it definitely helps ease the little girl’s condition and maybe her…
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No it’s road seva!
Bridge seva has started again today! No. it’s road seva! I was at the ashram and had some free time so i decided to sit for sometime around mother before i could get back to my work at the engineering college, but as i was making my way towards the kali temple, i heard amma make an announcement on the mike, it wasnt very clear, so i went up and asked around and was told mother wanted all the bramhacharis and bramhacharinis to go make a path towards the bridge which involves a lot of filling work, so lot of…
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Nanda or Nandakumara?
The bhajans began on a funny note as Amma was negotiating with Ramu (keyboards) and Swamiji whether the first song was to be Nanda Nandana or Nandakumara Vanditarupa. For a moment there was like a ping pong game going on as to which one it was to be. I announced the first, then the second, and finally it was reverted back to the first. Everyone in the audience laughed heartily at this little Leela of Amma. Nanda Nandana Prapancham Engum Radhaye Tozhare Yadupati Manahari Oru Nimisham Enkilum Namah Shivaya Om Orutulli Snehamen Amma Amma Taye O Mother, for the satisfaction…
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Thank you Amma
Today there was satsang with Amma. It was quite funny…Amma looked so simple… It is easy to be carried away from the different situation that happen in the Ashram. There was an happy atmosphere, everyone enjoied the spontaneous way Amma had in communicating with a resident that asked Her a question… There was a deep intimacy between them…the closeness that comes from an inner relation. The resident wanted to leave the family for good to stay for ever in Amma’s presence, but Amma did not agree, She pointed out that her dharma is still in the family life, that her…
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This area needs Amma’s influence
It’s almost a year that I did not see Amma. Miss her presence a lot, on a daily basis… In this year we tried here in Israel to get more people aware of Amma’s way & message. We had Shubamrita visit here & enjoyed a lot. The Jewish New Year is tomorrow.On this year this country & its people had a lot of suffering, as well as the neighboring countries.On the Bhajans list for the birthday celebration we added the song “O Lord of Vrindavan” singing “when will you come…”I hope that we will be able to gather more Israelis…
