Australia, measles, etc.

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

 

I am back from Australia--and didn't get the measles!

But I did hear there were some problems for tour staff

getting either out of Australia or into Singapore. I

believe one young man on tour staff had the measles and

stayed behind when Amma left Australia. (I was present

when she departed the hotel for her car to the airport,

and her concern for him was touching. I could have

misunderstood, but I think she asked him if he had any

money and he said no. AT least she asked him "Do you

have any _____?" She then directed someone on

her staff to help him.)

 

Amma has once again satisfied this child's heart and

mind that she is all-knowing and cares for each one

of us. Amma has often stated that we are like clear

ponds when we meet her, but have lots of gunk at the

bottom of our "ponds." She has to dredge up the gunk

to make us really clear, so this tour had a lot of

"dredging up" issues for me personally. As much as

I enjoyed the tour, it was quite rough in some ways.

Being an Amma devotee is not for sissies! I wanted

to run away, but the Divine Surgeon kept

me on the operating table! Before I left, a dear

friend told me, "You have to trust in the benevolence

of the Divine Mother." Easier said than done

for me. But as Amma said in

Australia, "How can you run away from yourself?"

Only the sure knowledge that the problems were in

me and would happen again wherever I was, kept me

from running away. I guess, in retrospect, I had

the spritual measles.

 

I have notes on the Gold Coast Q and A, as well as

one or two of Swamiji's talks that I will post when

I get time. However, Amma is causing things to move

very quickly on several fronts, so we'll see when

time manifests.

 

Love,

Jyotsna