Swamiji's Guru Poornima message

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Yhis is from ammachi.org, the San Ramon website. There are also pictures and

video of the puja. OAN

 

Gurupoornima, 2001 July 5th In Chicago

 

Accepting, recognizing and realizing the limitations and weaknesses of the

disciple, and surrendering to the All-knowing and Omniscient nature of the

Satguru is the significance of celebrating Gurupoornima.

 

To really meet Amma and establish an inner connection or bond with Her is the

essence of our relationship with Her. Amma, the supreme Master is a

constantly flowing presence. We are almost in a stagnant state as far as our

inner life and consciousness are concerned. From this stagnant state of

existence Amma, the Great Master helps us to arise and awaken and thereby

melting the stagnant energy and creating a beautiful flow in us. Only love

can make this flow happen.

 

The word 'meeting' has become too official nowadays. Professionals meet!

Experts meet! Scientists meet! Business executives meet! Politicians meet.

However, do they ever meet in a real sense? No, they always remain distant

from each other, because the aspect of pure love is very much absent there.

So, though they meet physically they never meet in love. True meeting takes

place only when there is love.

 

In Amma's presence, that is, in the Presence of Pure Unconditional Love, a

true meeting take place, a meeting between the Supreme Master and us, who are

Her adamant children, who have not yet awakened to the state of discipleship.

Still we have the longing to meet Amma, the ever flowing, and ever-present

consciousness.

 

In our meetings with Amma we get a glimpse of Amma the Divine Master, Her

infinite nature, Her Greater dimension. From these meetings a sense of

oneness, born out of a deep feeling of love and strong bond gradually builds

up. This flame of love will keep growing as we pursue our spiritual practices

adhering to the instructions given to us by Amma. Eventually, this flame will

transform itself into a wild fire consuming all the limitations and

weaknesses created by the mind.

 

As Amma puts it, "Sitting inside the room with all the doors and windows

closed we will criticize everyone and everything saying, 'there is no light,

no air…this room is stuffy, why is the sun like this, what isn't the wind

blowing and so on' However, when we open the doors and windows we will

realize that the wind was always blowing and the sun was always shining."

 

Likewise, when our love relationship with Amma gradually unfolds, our heart

opens up, and we begin to flow towards Her culminating into a real and

eternal meeting with the Divine Master in Amma and Her ever-flowing Grace.

 

Once someone asked Self-Realized Master, " Are you certain that when you die

you will go to heaven?" He said, " Absolutely!" The man said, " But how can

you be so certain? You have not died, and you don't know what God has in His

mind,'' The Master replied, "I am not worried about God's mind, that is His

business. I am certain because of my mind. Wherever I am, I will be happy and

it will be heaven, so it makes no difference whether I am thrown to hell or

to heaven-it is irrelevant.''

 

Only a Satguru such as Amma can bestow us with this rare gift of having faith

in one's own purity. For all the beautiful gifts and boons that Amma showers

on us, we, Her children who are still very childish and adamant, and who most

of the times judge Her with our limited views and weaknesses have nothing to

offer in return. So, let us pour our hearts humbly offering this prayer in

return, "In front of Your infinite compassion, love and patience, Oh Amma, at

least please help Your ignorant children to remain grateful to You; never let

us forget You; and always hold on to Your Feet ever so tightly even in the

midst of all our trials and tribulations."

 

Aum Tat Sat