Amma in Michigan

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Dear brothers & sisters,

 

I had a wonderful time in Ypsillanti with our Amma. She was so loving. Did not

go for darshan on the first night and was happy to just sit and watch her.

 

As Carol and I were co-ordinating the flower shop, got lot of opportunity to sit

behind Amma as a collector, kept chanting the Mrithyum Jaya mantra for our Guru.

 

Here is part of Swami Dayamritha's talk:

 

For the very first time, when Swamiji went to meet Amma, he had warned his aunt

not to talk about him to Amma. As it was customary to offer some fruits to the

Guru when we visit with the Guru, his aunt had made him carry a big basket of

fruits. It was getting heavy by the minute as his aunt talked with Amma. So he

looked at Amma and thought "Can't you see my problem?" Just then Amma looked at

him and said "Are you having a problem?" His aunt replied "he has many problems

but he would not let me talk to you about it" so Amma said "you cannot hide

anything from me" and then Swamiji said "the rest is history."

 

Guru & Shisya:

 

The relationship bewteen a mother and child is pure and the purest is between a

Guru and disciple. Guru is purnam (whole). Guru does not expect anything from a

disciple. The Guru just gives.

 

River and a creek: Creek pollutes the river, but the river is not affected by

it. River carries the dirt along to the sea.

 

Guru Kula -- the abode of the Guru:

 

In olden days the disciple learned many thing in the Gurukula. The Guru also

imparted the knowledge of spirituality. Today we lack spiritual awareness. There

is no shortage of teachers. Every one wishes to be a teacher and no one wishes

to learn. We learn about worldly relations from experience, which is very

limited, and a slow process. People whom we interact with maybe ignorant of the

Truth and so we cannot learn properly from them. Sometimes our relationship with

God is very businesslike.

 

Swamiji tells a story of a little boy, Mike. His mother told him to write a

letter to God explaining why he wished for a bike for his birthday. He starts by

telling God that he was a good boy and that he deserved a bike. Then he realises

that he was not that good a boy anyway he would like a bike. Then he wished for

a red bike. Finally he tells God "You get me the red bike and then I shall be a

good boy."

 

Swamiji said our first step is our attachment to the Guru. It intensifies our

longing for God.

 

Amma has no desire and no wish. The Guru thinks more about us than we think

about Her.

 

In Amma,

 

ambika

 

 

 

 

 

 

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