Guest guest Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 om namah sivaya ammas children funny, i could almost swear that owl that came in broad daylight while we were chanting lokah smastah sukhino bhavantu the morning after ammas birthday darsan was staring at me the whole time. i found out form one of the indian swaminis that the owl is Mahalakshmi's vehicle- which is probably why you can usually see one if you leave the inside hall of the san ramon ashram right before darsan ends to go outside towait for amma to get inher car. the owl is up waiting on the roof and after she leaves so does the owl. after this birthdya, the owl stayed at least an hour, as people reveled inthe glow of her love and it was a sure sign to me that she hadnt left yet though her body had and that in fact she never will leave and is always with us. this seems to be the greatest gift she shared with most of us on her birthday- the tangible feeling of her presence even apart form her form. she had to hold so many thousands of people in that stadium and city and we all felt it. jai ma about the house- please count me in for forty- im still confused about where to send it but this idea really feels good in my life- that i can make even a small diference- even though i am struggling financially right now myself. its all good though- ma'i ka'i- hawaiian for its all good... jai jai mata bhavani ambuja Ammachi wrote: Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Ammachi ------ There are 14 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Re: House Project "Amarthya" 2. Re: Account of a Dream: No. 3 "saramj33" 3. Re: Re: House Project "Dixie Thacker" 4. Re: Re: House Project Miranda Soliz 5. Happy Diwali "Erica" 6. Re: thanks: Amala,Miranda&Kalipadma Linda Puckett 7. Re: thanks: Amala,Miranda&Kalipadma Kenna 8. more on patients Kenna 9. Re: more on patients balakrishnan Shankar 10. Re: Re: House Project Kenna 11. Day before and 1st Day of AV50 Kenna 12. Re: Happy Diwali "Amarthya" 13. Re: House Project "Amarthya" 14. Re: more on patients "Amarthya" ______________________ ______________________ Message: 1 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 02:09:41 -0000 "Amarthya" Re: House Project Hello lovely list! So far the generosity tips in at $80 in pledges (more if I go back and count the "in" people from previous posts) towards a group effort at 1 house for one needing family in India, the Amrita Kuteeram project. And that leaves $670 more to go. again, here is the info site > http://www.amritapuri.org/social/kuteeram/ and here is info. about donations > http://www.ammachi.org/charities/make-a-donation.html Having thought on this for a few hours, I suggest that if you'd like to participate, we get a tally of pledges. Although I see nothing on Amma's sites about the exact cost of 1 house, we can use the $750 (forgive me, I don't recall who originally posted this)as a goal. Those of us who participate can make checks in US$ payable to "M.A. Center" and memo to "Amrita Kuteeram" and we send them in with a letter from the group, either individually or collectively. Any opinions or suggestions? Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha ______________________ ______________________ Message: 2 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 08:26:56 -0000 "saramj33" Re: Account of a Dream: No. 3 Dear Faintglow, thank you for sharing your dream with us. I just want to ask you if you have before been in question line, asking Amma about the situation with your child? If you have not, have you ever thought about doing so? I only write this out of caring for you and your family.You home life must be challenging, difficult, and requiring a lot of patience. I have seen many people in question line get answers and advice from Amma that dramatically helped their situation, and I can give examples if that would be of any asistance to you. I must also add here, that I have also seen devotees get answers from Amma that they do not want to get,( like myself) and then have to deal with that. But as for myself, I would rather have Amma's words on a matter, no mater how hard that may be to take. In Amma's Love, Sara -- In Ammachi, "faintglow" wrote: > This dream occurred on 21 June 03 in the course of my afternoon nap. > I went to sleep at 2.30pm and awoke at 4.30pm. This was my probably > my best Amma dream till that date. It had all the important elements -> a good & long darshan, answers to my FAQs (frequently asked > questions), explicit reassurance and comfort. eyes. > > I see that I am at the penultimate spot. Before me is a young girl, > about the same age as my child but 'normal'. My child has medical > issues. Seeing that my turn is near at hand, I leave my eyes > uncovered so I can monitor the situation closely. I watch the little girl get her darshan. Amma has the little girl on Her lap and is playing with her. Without thinking, I join in the fun and games and stretch my right palm out to receive a high-five, the way I often do with my own child. The little girl in Amma's lap responds with a smile and strikes my palm, completing the high-five but Amma was not amused. She gave me a stern glance and slapped my hand away. Perhaps it was bad form to interrupt another darshan, even in a friendly manner as I thought I was doing. Perhaps it was disrupting the flow of energy, information or grace from Amma to that little girl. > Then Amma assures me that my child will be OK. She says that not once > but twice even though I did not make any verbal reference to Her on > the subject, in the course of this dream. . I > cannot remember Her exact words now but I do know that they were > distinct and clear within the dream. > > Om Amriteshwaryai Namah > > fg ______________________ ______________________ Message: 3 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 06:39:04 -0400 "Dixie Thacker" Re: Re: House Project - Amarthya Ammachi Tuesday, October 21, 2003 10:09 PM Re: House Project HI, Amaratha, Thank you for offering to collect donations for us. What address do I use to send mine? Always, Dixie Hello lovely list! So far the generosity tips in at $80 in pledges (more if I go back and count the "in" people from previous posts) towards a group effort at 1 house for one needing family in India, the Amrita Kuteeram project. And that leaves $670 more to go. again, here is the info site > http://www.amritapuri.org/social/kuteeram/ and here is info. about donations > http://www.ammachi.org/charities/make-a-donation.html Having thought on this for a few hours, I suggest that if you'd like to participate, we get a tally of pledges. Although I see nothing on Amma's sites about the exact cost of 1 house, we can use the $750 (forgive me, I don't recall who originally posted this)as a goal. Those of us who participate can make checks in US$ payable to "M.A. Center" and memo to "Amrita Kuteeram" and we send them in with a letter from the group, either individually or collectively. Any opinions or suggestions? Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Ammachi ______________________ ______________________ Message: 4 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 04:44:04 -0700 (PDT) Miranda Soliz Re: Re: House Project So, are we sending them in together or separately? Did you contact someone at MA Center so they know what we're doing? In other words, if they receive a check from me, how will they know it's part of our group's effort? Count me in for $50. Gabriela --- Amarthya wrote: > Hello lovely list! > > So far the generosity tips in at $80 in pledges > (more if I go back > and count the "in" people from previous posts) > towards a group effort > at 1 house for one needing family in India, the > Amrita Kuteeram > project. And that leaves $670 more to go. > > again, here is the info site > > http://www.amritapuri.org/social/kuteeram/ > > and here is info. about donations > > http://www.ammachi.org/charities/make-a-donation.html > > Having thought on this for a few hours, I suggest > that if you'd like > to participate, we get a tally of pledges. Although > I see nothing on > Amma's sites about the exact cost of 1 house, we can > use the $750 > (forgive me, I don't recall who originally posted > this)as a goal. > Those of us who participate can make checks in US$ > payable to "M.A. > Center" and memo to "Amrita Kuteeram" and we send > them in with a > letter from the group, either individually or > collectively. Any > opinions or suggestions? > > Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha > > The New with improved product search ______________________ ______________________ Message: 5 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:56:16 -0000 "Erica" Happy Diwali Namaskar to all my brothers and sisters, May Sri Lakshmi bless you today and every day...warmest wishes for a Happy Diwali! With love, At Amma's feet, Erica ______________________ ______________________ Message: 6 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 06:44:19 -0700 (PDT) Linda Puckett Re: thanks: Amala,Miranda&Kalipadma Dear sweet sisters and brothers, I am also very grateful for your posts...and hooray!...Daniel has pictures of the actual owl! Thank you, Daniel. Did any of you, while waiting to board your return flight, meander into the Duty-Free shop at the Cochin airport and notice the bin full of stuffed animal owls on clearance? Yes, I came home with one! (Ask for a sign, and if you're lucky, it will read "clearance.") Does anyone else have stories or experiences from Amma's birthday celebration to share? All that have been written have been so wonderful to read. Love to you all, Amala > thank you for your posts about the owl. > > Thank you Amala, for your clear description of the > events with the > owl, that morning in Cochin. It really brought me > back to that > morning in Cochin. > And, what you wrote: "(Note to self: chant "Lokaha" > more often.)" > applies to me too, and maybe this is the > interpertation of the event > that morning that I have been searching for. > On a very subjective and personal level, > sometimes I felt that > the owl was staring right at me....it's eyes boring > down on me. You > know how someitmes you can feel when another person > is staring at > you....you feel that energy and you turn and look to > the source of > that enrgy flow, and you see another person looking > straight at > you..........well this is what I often felt with > that owl, that > morning up on the stage with Amma. I understand that > this experience > is very subjective, and on a rational level the owl > was probably > gazing at Amma and not at me. Or maybe there was > something magic and > majestic about the owl, and Amma just let me feel > some eyes and > attention were upon me, as I did not have any > opportunity to be > physically close to Her during my trip to India. > I was sticking up and out more than the others, > because I was in > a standing postion all of the time on the side of > the stage(because > physically, I am unable to sit normally),and most of > the other > devotees were sitting. I was leaning against a > poll, with my > shoulder sometimes serving as a holding place for > one of the media > staff's filming camera & equipment. > > On a totally different point: > I would like to remember some names that I have > forgotten of > devotees I met in Cochin ,and want to ask my List > brothers and > sisters if they can be of help to me. > > First, there was a mother of 2 young sons from > Texas, whose luggage > arrived a few days late, and her husband was also at > the program. I > met the mother (she is thin,middle-aged and of short > build )and her > 2 sons in a Cochin clothing store when she was > buying clothes for > her family to last until they got their luggage, and > was not sure > when that would be. I think that this devotee told > me that she was > from the Dallas, Texas area. She was a very nice > woman, and I was > totally amazed at how cool and calmly she was > handling the very > difficult chaotic situation she was in. She helps to > organize Amma's > programs in Dallas. > > Then there was a woman that I met from the Wash. > D.C. area, and I > also want to remember her name. She is middle-aged, > with brown hair, > and of medium height and build. She works hard in > organizing Amma's > visits to Wash. D.C., and has done so beginning with > Amma's first > program there. She stayed at the same hotel (Casino) > , that we > stayed at in Cochin. I think that she was at > Amritapuri before > coming to the program in Cochin. I think that she is > single and > lives by herself. If anyone knows her name, I would > greatly > appreciate this jog to my memory. > > Thank you dear brothers and sisters . > It is so wonderful to be a part of this list, and I > am grateful to > Amma that we have this cyber family. > > In Amma's Love, > Sara > > > The New with improved product search ______________________ ______________________ Message: 7 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:59:51 -0500 Kenna Re: thanks: Amala,Miranda&Kalipadma > Does anyone else have stories or experiences from > Amma's birthday celebration to share? All that have > been written have been so wonderful to read. > hoping to finish another installment today. p. ______________________ ______________________ Message: 8 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:51:15 -0500 Kenna more on patients Q. Amma, are you unsympathetic to Your disciples when it comes to removing their ego? Amma: When a doctor operates and removes the cancerous part of a patient¹s body, do you interpret it as unsympathetic? If so, Amma too is unsympathetic, so to speak. But only if the children cooperate wiil She touch their ego. Q. What do you do to help them? Amma: Amma helps Her children see the cancer of the ego‹the inner weaknesses and the negativities‹and makes it easier for them to get rid of it. That is true compassion. Q. Do you consider them as Your patients? Amma: It is more important that they realize they are patients. Q. Amma, what do you mean by ³disciples cooperation²? Amma: Faith and love. Q. Amma, this is a stupid question. But I cannot help asking it. Please forgive me if I am being too silly Amma: Go ahead and ask. Q. What is the percentage of success in Your opeartions? Amma laughed aloud and gently hit the tope of the devotee¹s head. Amma: (still laughting) Son, successful operations are very rare. Q. Why? Amma: Because the ego doesn¹t permit most people to cooperate with the doctor. It doesn¹t let the doctor do a good job. >From Amma¹s Heart ______________________ ______________________ Message: 9 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:06:46 -0700 (PDT) balakrishnan Shankar Re: more on patients Yes Premarupa, I loved this piece too.. the book 'From Amma's heart' is fantastic.... makes me want to go more often in the question line! ... and sorry folks for being reluctant to collect the money and give it to M.A center etc..maybe i am being a bit too cautious- but i already got heavily involved with a similar project here.... anyway ... Amarthya - i pledge my 4 40 too- just let me know where to send it bala Kenna wrote: Q. Amma, are you unsympathetic to Your disciples when it comes to removing their ego? Amma: When a doctor operates and removes the cancerous part of a patient¹s body, do you interpret it as unsympathetic? If so, Amma too is unsympathetic, so to speak. But only if the children cooperate wiil She touch their ego. Q. What do you do to help them? Amma: Amma helps Her children see the cancer of the ego‹the inner weaknesses and the negativities‹and makes it easier for them to get rid of it. That is true compassion. Q. Do you consider them as Your patients? Amma: It is more important that they realize they are patients. Q. Amma, what do you mean by ³disciples cooperation²? Amma: Faith and love. Q. Amma, this is a stupid question. But I cannot help asking it. Please forgive me if I am being too silly Amma: Go ahead and ask. Q. What is the percentage of success in Your opeartions? Amma laughed aloud and gently hit the tope of the devotee¹s head. Amma: (still laughting) Son, successful operations are very rare. Q. Why? Amma: Because the ego doesn¹t permit most people to cooperate with the doctor. It doesn¹t let the doctor do a good job. >From Amma¹s Heart Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Ammachi The New with improved product search ______________________ ______________________ Message: 10 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:12:12 -0500 Kenna Re: Re: House Project Namah Shivaya. Pledging $40. Will probably just put in donation box at upcoming MI program with memo suggested by Amarthya and little note explaining the role our list played in the donation. In Amma's grace, premarupa Aum Amriteshvaryai Namah ______________________ ______________________ Message: 11 Wed, 22 Oct 2003 18:28:35 -0500 Kenna Day before and 1st Day of AV50 Namah Shivaya dear Listers. Day before AV50. The Amritavidyalam buses filled the taxi yard outside the back gate of the ashram and before dawn hundreds of us stumbled down with our luggage, found the bus with our hotel name on the front and climbed aboard for the 3 hour ride to Cochin. We arrived mid morning, and because bus driver had no idea how to get to our particular hotel, he drove to the stadium. So we got a preview. Sure enough, there was a life size reproduction of the front of Amma's temple standing in front of the stadium, so it felt like we were arriving back to where we had just left. The driver stopped outside what would soon be the Western dining area. It needed a lot of work, so while we waited, some of us helped pick up debris from the dirt floor which would soon be covered with huge rolls of carpet. A lot of the debris was bright tissue paper from the beautiful tissue mandalas decorating the roof of the tent. After the driver got directions, we headed for ³The Kamyakam², our assigned hotel. The driver kept having to stop and ask directions. Once he had to turn around in the main street in noon rush hour. Amazing. In such situations anyone on the scene can jump in and act as traffic director. Picture a bus turning around in the middle of rush hour on your most crowded street. When I registered in Chicago, without too much thought I put down 3 star a/c, outskirts quiet location, wondering what it would be like to get back and forth to the programs. Well....the bus quickly left the main streets and managed to get through a series streets (imagine alleys) to deposit us at...a ferry landing on the backwaters of the northwestern shore of Eranakula, which is really where we were. (Maybe someone on our list can tell me why everyone calls it Cochin?) As we boarded the ferry for the 15 minute ride to "The first ever complete luxury backwater resort in Kochi," I was feeling both charmed (what a beautiful setting) and alarmed (how were we going to get back to the stadium?). It turned out to be a fairly new 4 star set on an island. It was the last hotel brought on board the AV housing project because the sevites were desperate. It was beautiful! And the interactions between the hotel staff and this bunch of westerners would make a movie, either comedy or soap opera or film noir (starring the ³pet eagles² with the clipped wings), depending on who's point of view. It did feel like one of the many gifts Amma gave for the effort we made. It sat on a large pond complete with paddle boats overlooking the backwaters. The sunset that night was almost as breathtaking as Amma¹s divine face, and the setting was so peaceful that I have to admit I wondered whether I really wanted to go back to the concrete, diesel fueled air and inevitable mass of people in the unavoidable heat the next day. Not to mention the transportation challenge. Blessedly, the A/C didn't work as well as leaving the window open, so we didn't have to keep shocking our bodies with frigidaire air and Keralo heat like those staying at the more western style hotels. The program was to begin the next day with an Interfaith Ceremony starting at 5 am. By our calculations that meant getting up at 3 am, catching the ferry at 3:30 in order to meet the bus which was scheduled to be at the ferry landing around 4 am. First leap of faith since the driver had no cell phone.... About a dozen of us decided to do this....because in the Amma drama, we are all a little crazy... First Day morning. So there we were at the ferry landing in the dark, watching the ferry head back to the hotel and finding no bus. No phone. No taxis. Well, maybe the bus would be there soon....Half hour passed. Another comedy film in the works. Two women from Taiwan with almost no English stood by themselves over there. A group of French speakers stood in a little group over there. I sat down over what my nose quickly defined as a sewer (a theme to recur later) doing japa as best I could, one devotee started chanting Amma¹s names, a few were saying we should start walking toward the stadium. We all watched local residents bring in several herds of water buffalo. Amma had us right where she wanted us! Minds chattering away, helpless in the quiet outskirts of a big city none of us knew. Couldn't go back to our beds. Couldn't go to stadium. Time to surrender to the process. Karen (from our list) started talking with the french speakers revealing a language skill I didn't know she had. That brought them in on the group decision making process. Should we start walking? Should we have our own interfaith ceremony right there (by now I was more than willing to move off the sewer). We finally agreed to start walking, took a few steps as a group and....the bus roared into view. "Take one step to Amma, and She will take 100 steps to you." It was just one of the many miracles unfolding in every nook and cranny of a city that was taking a 5 day holiday to celebrate Amma¹s birthday. We later heard that the bus never showed up at some of the hotels that morning. Arrived to overwhelming throngs close to 5 am. Made way to huge morning program tent, complete with hundreds of fans in tent ceiling. This tent held thousands. My friend Meenamba and I ended up on the very edge of the tent in the midst of some Indian women. Soon the girls from Amma¹s orphanage poured in and surrounded us. We listened to speech after speech in English. Most of the women around us could not understand. They sat for hours and I later realized we westerners would never have had the patience to do that. Meenamba had studied a little Malayalam and got out her note book and pen and started writing little notes back and forth with Amma¹s daughters. I was reminded of an evening at the Ashram during bhajans when I was sitting in their midst. My memory went back to the late 80¹s when I first heard about Amma adopting the orphanage, participating in the support of it, never imagining that I would end up singing in their midst 15 years later. What struck me was how very well they were, having ended up with the best mother in the Universe. Their blessing became my blessing, our blessing. Eventually I was drawn into the interaction. They got all excited about my spiritual name and one of them wrote it for me in the beautiful curves of Malayalam. It¹s smiling up at me from an ink stained paper as I write. How does one capture such moments to share with others? Amma had brought me from something so abstract to something so deeply real and healing. It was only the beginning. And I suspect that every person who attended AV50 has many stories about these moments of real time love and peace making. At one point late in the morning program Shri Bawa Jain invited everyone in the tent to stand and hold hands and focus on the needs of widows and orphans. This was welcome because it was something the whole group could experience together. One problem: none of the women around us could understand the invitation. So we were reaching out to them and they were looking at us with wonder. This inspired Meenamba to go to a swami and urge more translation. This segment ends with the ³let¹s go for lunch to the Indian kitchen² leela. After stopping at the western toilets behind the western canteen, we made our way through huge crowds to the huge crowd in the Indian dining area. There were many lines serving thousands of people, but we couldn¹t even figure out where a single line ended. This was because it was more like a sea of people around each serving line. And the men were pushing the women out of the way. This was the first day, and everyone was learning how to do what had never been done. Finally a fine group of young volunteers made a human chain around the entrance to the line and allowed only the women to enter. I suspect it was better organized the next day, but this child could not bring herself to try again. I learned a lot about my unconscious ideas about personal space through these experiences. Pranams to all of Amma¹s children who served 2.4 million meals at that kitchen and thank you, Amma, for allowing me to receive one. Offered with deep gratitude and wonder and Amma¹s lotus feet. premarupa Aum Amritesvaryai Namah ______________________ ______________________ Message: 12 Thu, 23 Oct 2003 01:50:22 -0000 "Amarthya" Re: Happy Diwali Happy happy Diwali to you too Erica, and everyone! Could some of us share their Diwali traditions with the rest of the list? I don't know how to celebrate Diwali besides doing my usual puja with extra candles, and meditating on Sri Ganesha, Saraswati Devi, Laksmi Devi.. and always the Lotus Feet of Mother Jai Ma! Ammachi, "Erica" wrote: > Namaskar to all my brothers and sisters, > > May Sri Lakshmi bless you today and every day...warmest wishes for a > Happy Diwali! > > With love, > At Amma's feet, > Erica ______________________ ______________________ Message: 13 Thu, 23 Oct 2003 02:58:03 -0000 "Amarthya" Re: House Project Aum Amriteswaryai Namaha Someone suggested we send the collection in a birthday card which explains our project. I like the idea. I'll spring for the card, and i can upload a scanned copy of it to the files section of the group. 1. If you choose to send a check be sure to make it PAYABLE TO THE > M.A. CENTER < write down your check number I will email/or mail you with the check number & amount to confirm I have received your check. 2. If you choose to send cash (not so wise, but) please write down the serial number from each bill (lower right & front of bill, example my $20's serial # is CB43601080D) I will email/or mail you the serial numbers & amount to confirm that I have received your cash. Diana Burnett 2800 Pine Tree Drive #5 Miami Beach, FL 33140 USA 3. PayPal is a last resort for non-US residents who'd like to participate - email me privately. 4. If you send in or drop off a donation for the M.A. Center youself but as part of the group project, include a note that says "Ammachi- Amrita Kuteeram Project" (and a birthday card?) please let me know what you've sent so I can keep a tally, email me privately if you don't want to announce to the group. - however - M.A. Center's final receipt to the group that I will collect & send will not reflect your monetary input of what you send or drop off yourself, just what I have collected. I will post totals as I collect them using the check number and amount or the serial number and amount like this: CB43601080D - $20 (me obviously - ;o) pledge - 20 pledge - 40 pledge - 40 pledge - 50 pledge - 40 pledge - 40 as you see that's $250, only $500 to go! I will send the final list to the M.A. Center in the card, and I'm requesting a receipt from them for the donation which I will mail to each participant (postage on me) so please make sure you give me your return mailing address. Jai Ma! <send mine? Always, Dixie>>> <Did you contact someone at MA Center so they know what we're doing? In other words, if they receive a check from me, how will they know it's part of our group's effort? Count me in for $50. Gabriela << Namah Shivaya. Pledging $40. Will probably just put in donation box at upcoming MI program with memo suggested by Amarthya and little note explaining the role our list played in the donation. In Amma's grace, premarupa Aum Amriteshvaryai Namah >> ______________________ ______________________ Message: 14 Thu, 23 Oct 2003 03:42:16 -0000 "Amarthya" Re: more on patients Bala-ji, It's your fabulous idea in action so major props to you, please don't apologize, it's absolutely fool hardy to collect money from strangers - and I'm the fool! LOL And sending money to a stranger (won't even go there ;o) But you are right, if you don't know how to organize it, it's a nightmare. That's how it was for me before my non-profit-org work. Now I work on fundraisers all the time, and I'm used to the task. I keep spread sheets in EXCEL of much bigger collections. Last wednesday we hosted a "Daddy & Me" buffet breakfast for the school at the temple to raise money. We served bagels, cream cheese, cheese, pita bread, cereal & milk, fruit salad, juice, tea and coffee all purchased and prepared by volunteers. Sold plates at $12- we raised $600 in 1 hour. That's why I couldn't let the house project go by - $750 is eeasy. And i know that anyone can send money anytime to Amma's charites, but when it becomes a group effort there's impetus to really, actually, get it done. And once you get it done, you're likely to participate or coordinate something like it again. Having said that, i'm not for any and everyone walking around with a hat saying "Hi i'm collecting for the *** fund" and just throwing money there.. that's crazy, but then this is crazy. I volunteered myself because we mentioned it here and when someone presents me with a need for help or a job to do, i have a pact with Amma to always help. For example, if someone needs directions, but I don't know the way, I can't say "i dunno" & leave, I just won't allow myself, because that's Mother asking me for directions, I have to find the directions or another person who knows the way, then I can go on. So now I have to help get that $750 house for that family in India even if I have to pay it all myself! Jai Ma Ammachi, balakrishnan Shankar wrote: > Yes Premarupa, I loved this piece too.. the book 'From Amma's heart' is fantastic.... > > makes me want to go more often in the question line! > > .. and sorry folks for being reluctant to collect the money and give it to M.A center etc..maybe i am being a bit too cautious- but i already got heavily involved with a similar project here.... > > anyway ... Amarthya - i pledge my 4 40 too- just let me know where to send it > > bala ______________________ ______________________ Your use of is subject to The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 Even your good thoughts only help alot. Check: 1. Make it payable to the > M.A.CENTER 2. Log for your records the check # and amount Cash: Log for your records the serial number of each bill (look at your money, it's on the front side lower right) and amount. Send the donation - with a clear return address to: Diana Burnett 2800 Pine Tree Drive #5 Miami Beach, FL 33140 P.S. It's not wise to send cash in the mail - hide it well in the envelope. Any cash I receive will be re-issued as a Cashiers check or money order payable to M.A. Center. Jai Ma! Ammachi, laksmi dasi <ammaslotus> wrote: > about the house- please count me in for forty- im still confused about where to send it but this idea really feels good in my life- that i can make even a small diference- even though i am struggling financially right now myself. > its all good though- ma'i ka'i- hawaiian for its all good... > jai jai mata bhavani > ambuja > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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