Digest Number 2053

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wow!

  

  

   what a beautiful story!

  

   thanks for this...

  

   bala

 

Ammachi wrote:

 

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An example of Ammas Grace! Please read

 

 

 

Namah Shivayah,

 

I thought I would share a touching "Amma's Omnipresence" story that happened

to me

today. I hope it will inspire you!

 

For some reason I bolted out of bed this morning after only two hours sleep.

Anyone who

knows me, will attest to the fact that this is a miracle in itself I had

an appointment later

in the day, but decided to go to a coffee shop and just relax and catch up

on my reading

since I could not get back to sleep. This might be a common thing for some

people, but I

think the last time I went to a coffee shop by myself to relax and read was

about 12 years

ago. It was odd that I had the compulsion to do this...and I ended up at

Starbucks of all

places. Again, totally out of character for me.

 

So, with me I had the new Amma book "Ultimate Success" and another book. I

found a

comfy chair by the window and settled in to read, all the while thinking how

odd it was

that I felt the need to go to Starbucks after shooting out of bed at 6AM. I

must note before

I continue here that I have never met anyone who even KNOWS WHO AMMA IS in

the area

in which I live.

 

As I sat there, I heard my inner voice tell me that someone was going to

walk through the

door who needed to see Amma's face or talk about Amma. I kept pushing this

inner voice

back, as I considered it the WAY TOO CREATIVE ramblings of my mind. Still,

the feeling

persisted that someone was going to come into the coffee shop that Amma

wanted to

reach. Again, I pushed it back thinking it was my own ridiculous musings. I

also thought to

myself, "OK, well if this is true....how will I know and what the heck can I

do about it? It's

not like I can stand up and address the whole coffee shop asking "IS ANYONE

HERE

LOOKING FOR AMMA?" LOL

 

NOW....there was ONLY ONE EMPTY CHAIR in the whole place and it just

happened to be

next to me. An elderly woman came in and sat down next to me. As soon as she

sat next

to me, I was overwhelmed with the feeling that THIS WAS the person I had

been thinking

would come and would need to see Amma's face. There is the most beautiful

photo of

Amma on the cover of the book I am reading. I came up with an idea to test

and see if I

was hearing Amma or if I was just thinking way too creatively and needed to

shut down my

overactive imagination!

 

I decided to get up and get another cup of tea. I took my purse and phone,

but left behind

the AMMA BOOK face up on the table beside me along with my other book, so it

was clear

I was "saving my spot". IMAGINE MY SHOCK when I was headed back to my table

to see

that woman next to me quickly placing the Amma book back on the table! Now,

the book

was face down and in an awkward position. She looked embarassed, but I

smiled....now

reeling in the bliss that my impressions might be correct after all.

 

After about 5 minutes, she turned to me and asked "That woman on the book

cover....is

her name Amma?" I MELTED. I went on to breifly explain that I was a devotee.

The woman

went on to tell me that she had just been discussing Amma with some friends

of hers who

had gone to see Amma last year and were now trying to convince her to go for

Darshan in

July!! She asked me many questions about Amma and I was able to give her a

card of

Amma that had the ashram website address on it. We parted with huge smiles

and I told

her we would probably see each other again in July.

 

I walked away from this humbled and awed. I realized that the whole reason I

shot up after

two hours sleep, headed to Starbucks of all places, and felt that I should

place the book on

the table with Amma's beaming smile...ALL OF THAT.....ALL OF THAT.....was so

that Amma

could get a message to one of her children she has yet to meet!! When I

left, I cried in joy.

I never cease to be amazed! There I was going about my unusual morning, not

even

knowing what Amma had in store for me!!

 

And I also learned to listen to that "inner voice"....because sometimes it

is the voice of

Amma herself.

 

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

JAI JAI JAI JAI JAI JAI MA!!!!

 

Ananthasree

 

 

 

                 

 

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