It was barely a year and a half since I first met Amma but it seemed as though I knew her for ages. I was blessed to be with Amma at Bangalore. It was a great pleasure for us, the students of Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore to volunteer for Amma\u2019s darshan programme and since this was my first seva at the ashram I was naturally excited. I chose crowd controlling near the stage with a desire to be near Amma for the rest of the two days. By the end of the day our lecturers announced that our turn would be after the public darshan got over.<\/p>\n
I enthusiastically waited for my turn, making note of every gesture of Amma. At around 1 am Amma called all the students to come in a line. I was overjoyed but nervous since I wanted to ask Amma for a mantra. The queue moved forward and I was nearing Amma slowly. My only prayer was that she grant me a mantra. Amma embraced me. I started to speak but she hugged me once again and held me for a long time in her arms. I said, \u201cAmma, mantra\u2026\u201d She smiled and answered, \u201cCome tomorrow\u2026\u201d I was on cloud nine and kept on chanting \u201cAmma, amma\u2026\u201d Suddenly I began lose my consciousness and fell down. Fortunately, the brahmacharinis there helped me with water but I couldn\u2019t stand. Seeing the commotion near the stage Amma cried out to me, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing to fear child.\u201d I couldn\u2019t stop crying. Amma asked the brahmacharinis to bring me to Her and they lifted me and placed me on her laps. I lay on her lap like a child on its mother\u2019s. The darshan stopped for almost a minute. I gazed at her till my thirst was quenched. I spoke, \u201cAmma, I want you\u2026\u201d She replied, \u201cAmma knows\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
After a few months after the darshan, I happened to read a book entitled, \u201cMan\u2019s Eternal Quest\u201d by Sri Paramahansa Yoganandaji in which he said, \u201c\u2026 when a thought becomes deeply rooted in the subconscious mind, the divine grace is bound to flow to make the thought come true.\u201d When I went through the pages of my life after Amma\u2019s entry into my life, I was shocked to recall that I imagined to sleep on Amma\u2019s lap before I went to bed every night. Was that the reason why Amma said, \u201cAmma knows\u2026\u201d?<\/p>\n
– Shikha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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