23 November 2008
\nSan Ramon<\/p>\n
The San Ramon Asram was packed with visitors – many coming for the first time to receive Amma’s embrace.\u00a0\u00a0 At approximately 10am, Amma arrived at the hall and began giving darshan after a brief meditation.\u00a0\u00a0 Though the morning was crisp, the sky was clear and the day quickly warmed up as the sun rose higher.\u00a0 Typically, this is rainy season in the San Francisco Bay Area, but we have been blessed (some say) with dry weather.\u00a0 Hopefully it will stay this way until after Amma leaves for Michigan.<\/p>\n
Morning darshan ended around 4:30pm. The crowd was huge – as is typical during November tour as this is Amma’s only stop in the Western US. \u00a0 Amma was going unusually fast in order to receive all the new people who had come.\u00a0 Soon after Amma left, the sun set and the sky got darker. Both Venus and Jupiter could be seen fairly close together in the western sky.\u00a0 Venus is the planet of Love and Jupiter – that of the guru (in Vedic astrology), so how auspicious is it that both Love and Guru would be visible in the sky during Amma’s visit!<\/p>\n
Amma came back to the hall for the evening program at 7:30pm.\u00a0 Both Venus and Jupiter had disappeared behind the mountain ridge to the west of the Ashram, or had already set below the horizon.\u00a0 Another huge crowd had gathered in the hall – not a spare spot was to be found.\u00a0\u00a0 Swami Ramakrishna gave a wonderful satsang filled with humorous spiritual stories.\u00a0\u00a0 Amma did not give satsang tonight.\u00a0 Instead, bhajans started a bit early.<\/p>\n
Amma sang:<\/p>\n
Daya Karo Tu
\nSri Krishna Sharanam Amma
\nNew Malayalam bhajan
\nMeri Jhopadi
\nAnnai Entra Sondama
\nOm Namah Sivayah
\nAmbe Galanu
\nMata Bhavani<\/p>\n
Sri Pati<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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