about amma

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hi friends,

 

i continue... the message series on amma as part of my individual effort to

spread her message

 

ajju

 

On the morning of the 27th of September 1953, in a small poor fishing village,

Parayakadavu in the Quilon district of Kerala, a baby girl was born. Her parents

gave her the name Sudhamani. She came into this world not in tears as babies

usually do, but with a beaming smile on her face, as if prophesying the joy and

bliss she was to bring to the world.

 

Though born divine, Sudhamani spent the years of her childhood and teens

immersed in intense spiritual practices in order to present a living example for

the world. Even as a small child, she could often be found absorbed in deep

meditation, totally oblivious of her surroundings. By the age of five, she had

already begun composing devotional songs laden with deep mystical insight.

 

Another quality that was clearly manifest in Sudhamani from this tender age was

her love and compassion toward her fellow human beings. Though only a child,

Sudhamani did whatever she could to ease the suffering of her elderly neighbors.

She washed their clothes, bathed them and even brought them food and clothing

from her own home. This habit of giving away things from her family’s house

landed her in deep trouble. However, no amount physical abuse or punishment

could stop the expression of her inborn compassion. She later said, " An

unbroken stream of Love flows from me towards all beings in the cosmos. That is

my inborn nature."

 

‘Amma’ as she is known all over the world today, has inspired and started

innumerable humanitarian services. She has earned international recognition for

her outstanding contributions to the world community. She is recognized as an

extraordinary spiritual leader by the United Nations and by the people all over

the world.

 

Though Amma makes no claims herself, those who watch her closely notice that she

is the greatest example of her teaching. Her disciples and believers imbibe her

teachings by just watching her.

 

For the past 30 years Amma has dedicated her life to the uplifting of suffering

humanity through the simplest of gestures – an embrace. In this intimate manner

Amma had blessed and consoled more than 21 million people throughout the world.

 

When someone asked Amma why she receives every person who comes to her in a

loving embrace Amma replied, “ If you ask the river,' why do you flow?' what can

it say?”

 

Amma spends most of her waking hours receiving the distressed and all who come

to her for comfort, day after day without a break.

 

Once a press reporter asked Amma how was it possible for her to embrace each and

every one in the same loving way, even if they were diseased or unpleasant. Amma

replied, “ When a bee hovers over a garden of varied flowers, what it beholds is

not the difference between the flowers but the honey within them. Similarly Amma

sees the same Supreme Self in each and every one.”

As Dr. Jane Goodall, while presenting Amma with the 2002 Gandhi-King Award for

Non-violence said,

" She stands here in front of us. God's love in a human body."

 

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