{"id":2336,"date":"2009-10-02T18:16:05","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T12:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2009-10-02T18:20:48","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T12:50:48","slug":"change-attitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/2009\/2336\/","title":{"rendered":"Amrita changed my attitude towards the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/files\/2009\/09\/sooraj.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2337\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"sooraj\" src=\"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/files\/2009\/09\/sooraj.jpg\" alt=\"sooraj\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is always a special feeling to come back to the campus\u00a0 where you spent your college days.\u00a0 Being present here is a great feeling and to be a part of Amma&#8217;s Birthday celebrations is surely a bonanza.<br \/>\nI met Amma for the first time in 2004, but I didn&#8217;t have clear idea about Amma or her activities\u00a0 at that time.\u00a0 I used to wonder why millions of people are attracted towards her.\u00a0 I understood the essence and grace of Amma only after I joined the Amrita School of Biotechnology.<br \/>\nI\u00a0 personally saw her doing service and realized the inner truth of Her words.\u00a0 That attracted me spiritually towards her.\u00a0 She has some kind of divine power which cannot be explained.\u00a0 She radiates the essence of spirituality, honesty, truthfulness and selfless service.\u00a0 Every one of us should respond to her call in a like manner.<br \/>\nAfter completion of my studies from Amrita, my attitude towards the world has completely changed.\u00a0 I learned to look at things from the other person&#8217;s perspective and developed an empathy\u00a0 for all.\u00a0 I found self satisfaction by serving others and by helping\u00a0 the poor.<br \/>\nI always come to Amritapuri at the time of Amma&#8217;s Birthday and contribute my small part to her infinite service in order to earn Her Grace.<br \/>\nWe are all children of Amma and should unite to serve the less fortunate in this world.\u00a0 Only then we would have done our duty in life. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>interview of Sooraj Babu, alumni, Amrita school of Biotechnology &#8211;\u00a0 by Sangeetha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It is always a special feeling to come back to the campus\u00a0 where you spent your college days.\u00a0 Being present here is a great feeling and to be a part of Amma&#8217;s Birthday celebrations is surely a bonanza. I met Amma for the first time in 2004, but I didn&#8217;t have clear idea about Amma [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[278],"tags":[233,283],"class_list":["post-2336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","tag-attitude","tag-birthday2009"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}