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How She Celebrated Her Birthday!
On the morning of Amma’s 59th Birthday tens of thousands of people surged into the great hall that was constructed for the occasion on the Amrita University grounds across from Amritapuri. This outdoor venue consisted of an enormous tin roof the size of two big football fields. Flowers of all colors adorned the length of
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Alone
Alone. Waiting to be embraced. Yet gleeful, content. Gazing out to the odd world, smirking at the perfected presence. Feeling alien. Tired. Instead, found peace looking inside. Days fly in a blur, nights are lulled by silent sighs. Wrapped in that cacophony are memories of glorious past. Seeking free spirited akin souls, you smile at your
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A Birthday Gift
As I fumble in darkness with fear, a soft graceful hand lifted me up, carried through dusk and dawn. I was floating on wings of a dream. Soft silky fondle of her love woke me up. Like in a cradle I hung on her beaks, nested by bonds of entwined compassion. She covered me under
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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
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A tribute to Love and Service
Ma, in the world external I could only see Horrors of gruesome terror around Ma! Thou hast revealed me around Thee Sheer pure love and laughter unbounded Ma, in the world external I could only hear Surly screams of sufferings and sorrows Ma, Thy loving embraces caress and rear Healing even the most stricken hearts.
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birds on an evening
13th Sept, 2012 Last evening it was just a ‘less than an hour walk’ in the area behind the stage where Amma was giving darshan. How many kinds of birds did we get to see around us? More than a dozen in all! Our walk began from the bird hospital behind the western canteen. There
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Amma’s Special Children: Tumban and Bhakti
Saint poets of my language, Kannada, use a certain metaphor with a philosophical import: “The mango tree and the koel – how are they related? The gooseberry from the mountain and the salt from the sea water –how are they related?” i am often reminded of these lines when i see Bhakti and Tumban, the
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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).
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This is how it should be
Even as the Ramayana month, or Karkataka masa, of the proverbial heavy rains, ended with scanty irregular showers, Onam set in, bringing in joy. It reminds one of Shelley’s famous line, “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” Here is all color. Amma is right now residing in the heart center of the world,
