Quiet voices

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Nigama wrote:

 

I don't think

> most people know how their simple, innocent comments

> can impact someone. I really love the amazing stories

> people have, but also just mentioning the simple ways

> one keeps Amma in their everyday life can be of great

> benefit. Yours was an amazing story (hearing

> encouraging words - that's amazing) and great benefit

> to me - I guess I needed your particular angle at this

> time. I would send this to you privately, but I want

> to encourage those other quiet voices out there by

> saying that if they feel moved to write something it

> may be that someone is needing to hear what you have

> to say.

 

Thank you for that encourgement, dear sister in Amma. I haven't been

participating in our list much for several weeks except to read Eknath's

wonderful daily gifts. Somehow, the quote he sends always seems like Amma

whispering just to me an important message I really need to keep me going.

 

To get back and find the touching stories of Amma at the UN makes me

appreciate all over again this list. Thank you all who shared such beautiful

experiences with us. I too was in tears as I read Chandrika's stories.

 

I've been wanting to tell you about an experience I had recently with Amma.

During archana every morning for a long time, I kept getting this image of a

certain park in a small town about 40 minutes away. I have only been at the

park several times in the early 90's. It was so odd, but it kept recurring.

Finally, the light dawned: Perhaps Amma wanted me to go there and recite the

1000 names! As soon as I understood that, the image stopped occurring during

archana. I have decided to go to that park on Amma's birthday! I feel so

happy! It feels like Amma and I are having this little adventure together.

 

The week of Labor Day and after, my son Tony Jarvis (a devotee from NYC whom

some of you might know because he has played and sung for Mother in San

Ramon, NYC and Rhode Island and at the Ashram) was visiting and we went to

the Wisconsin River. While meditating there, Amma seemed to be telling me to

do the 1000 names at rivers, and I realized the place I will go on Her

birthday is on a river! So now I've decided to go back to the Wisconsin

River in my birthday and do the 1000 names there.

 

Amma's words about being a river have been especially touching. Ever since

we started doing archana in our home after returning from the Ashram in

February, it feels like a great privilege.

 

I hope some of you will tell us all about your celebrations of Amma's

birthday.

 

Thank you again to those of you who brought us with you to Amma at the UN.

 

Om Mata.

 

Kenna

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In a message dated 9/18/00 4:46:07 PM Mountain Daylight Time,

ammaskenna writes:

 

<< I haven't been

participating in our list much for several weeks except to read Eknath's

wonderful daily gifts. >>

Dear Kenna and all, actually that daily quote list is separate from this list

and from the Amma-list. It is open to anyone who wants daily quotes in their

e-mail, to be added, just write to Eknath1 (rather than to this

list or this address). I enjoyed your post very much, as always, and wish I

knew who your musician son was, I hope to hear him someday. Amma's love to

all the wonderful Children on this list, where I am sorry to say I have been

just lurking lately.

Jai Amma! Eknath