Awaken, Children - Amma - Vol.5

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AWAKEN,CHILDRENlDialogesWith

Srt Srt Man Amritrr ayiVOLUMEV

SWAMI AMRITASVARUPANANDA

MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI MISSION TRUSTjAritapuri,Kerala


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io B00k IS Humbly Orered At TheLOTUS'FEET OF HER HOLINESSSRISRI MATA AMRITANANDAMAYIThe Resplendent Luminary lmmanentIn the Hearts Of All Beings

ya40 4rsaidanar

2rJi4aF`m11 :Mattrr2 12a masatt I prostrate to thc Universal Teachcr,who is Satchidananda(Pure BeingKnowledge Abslite Bliss),Who is beyOnd andifferences, Who is eternal, an, attributeless, fOrmllss

i and ever cent red in the Sell 1 1Sapttsmpan"

asninap aFainl lGumpa Japar"h sna a .

Whatever merit iS acquircd by One,through pilgrimages,ndfrOm bathing in the Sacred Wat rs tlnding to the sis,ca,not be equal tO even onthousandth lart 9fthe merit dered`frOm partaking the water with which the Cuit's F et arewashed. GURU GITA

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BLE OF CONTENTSSo Gs : . lllINTRODUCTION :: :, x

: . ::C ttAIF TER.I IIIII 111,

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WAichillThe RightAttitlde? .5 1lTl:itilt ::CHAPTER III:..:::..:.. .. 000000` ::......77Sadhatta Attd DOstiny. l...: .:. :.80Act With Discrimination. ,. :.. . `:1Penetrate:Below The Surface. .:. 1 ..:. : .:..,.95Do N6t Add tt Youi E6 := : : .:8The Witness. 105CHAPTER IV ......... :....0114The Bettity OfworkTh19ughLove ...:i: .::. :.119CHAPTER V .`. .."o... 00oo, `' 0 0'0 134


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CONTENTS

Discrimination. 137Compassion Makes A Mahatma Take A Body...... 143CHAPTER VI. 00.... 0149Be CourageOus. . .:. .. 150Response As Opposgd To Reaction o..o.........o.......o... I55CHAPTER VII... .6oO` ooo00L.::172The Ability To Respond ',While Living ln The World. 173Ltte tt Compasslon. 86CHAPTER VIII.....? 0...'1' `202Surrederl,g , :. 1 1 ' 204HAPTER IX ..... 000213Spirituality ls Real Wedlth. .,215CHAPTER X :000.:. : 219'Necessit,OfThe Guru GraCe., . 219A Curut Waming ... .00....f e: :.. .:228Forget Tlle Past. . 232The WondeFful Healing Touch OfAmma..:.2421NDEX. . :. 254

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SONGSA[bhuta charitg ,... .... ..... .. ...o.. o .. o. .. ... . o o. . o...... .. ...,, 2 1 3Adi parasakti o...r... o......... o o. o...... o... o.................. o... 27

)Aga*anta porule . o. ......,... . ... . .. o....... ............o""""'' .... -rrt,... .....:.: ""1 1Agatanlyili . . . . . . . o o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'. . . . . . . . . . .Amma amma tAyg .. e......... o............................ ... o . 1 5 2Ammayal?e efitd,:mmayall,e ..r.o..................:. .........o.. 7 5An:upama gwnanilate : . o o ..-. . . o o . . . .,. . . . .,, . .. . . .. . . .. . .. . . ., . . . 1 5'i i : :Arikil undgnkilum . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . o or . . .. . . . f .. . .. . . 24 7Arikullil .......... ..,'............ i............*...........'. ' '........ 148Bandhamilla 218Chtn/,/,kalkantyam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . o . . . . . 1 3 0Deui mahatmyam o.......o.........o.....,..................oo .. 758DgqJi mah'gswariye ...........o.....o..................:..'...... ..104El'lam ariyunnd ...............................:...:..::....... ,.,. ?05Goqlardhana glri .. o. o o........... o o'o r o o o r.......,.............'.. 23t7Hariyute kaltl ......,.......... o.......... o......... o.............. tl. 68Ini oru janmam ................ o o rr i.......... . t..........,r....... 1 66

o.o.....o........... .... 7 6lKamesha vamalcsht ...... . . ..... ....... ...... ..... r......'.. ..... i. .. 6Kannadach,alum turannalum ....................o........ 1g3Karunatnn latnmiri .. . .. . . .. . . . .. . o o eo r. . . . . o o o rje..... .. . . . .. . ... 3 4Katinnu l


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MaOb%ddh

SONGS IX

170Mara y adukul,a hriday esw ar a 53Mauna ghanamntnm 112Mganaatl ,' '1 62Nilambtta 148Nilameghangal,e 38SAms ATA, dukhA sAffiL&nfirfiL,.....:.i. ....a.....,i;..o......i.o.... .. 86SUndAfini VAYA ...o .r.rl'r'...,.?....o. .....itoco.....i.............. 138Ved77LbiC 177120edanta venalilude


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INTRODUCT10N uyang nle rnanasr pra1' Mhn n2e ya r prarnyli 1/rrma cr

_OmI May msttCCh bed 'mind, mammind bc r00ted in m specch; 3 hman,Tccal ThscrtO mel .This is hOw the Upanishadic Rishi prays befOre he

starts speaking abOut the Suprelmte Trutho This mightbe the praver of all CIreat Soulso Ever estabhshed inthat Suprelmte State of Funness,they dO not want tospeak. They knOw that speaking will distOrt Truth.Threfore,the Great Ones always prefer tO rettain insilence.

Yet silnply out Of cOmpassion for those who are insearch of God and fOr thOse whO are groping in darkness,the Sage speakso He knows that he is going to trytO dO the impossible.TherefOre he prays, O Sel illulnined Brahman,I am going to try to put my experience of the Truth into wordso lt is so fbll that wOrdscannot express lny experience of the lninite Truth.Still,I am going to try.But when l speak,let me beable tO express and convey the Truth, the essentialmessage,through my 6 Let me not distort Truth."


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INTRODUCTIONYes. Our Be10ved Curu and God,Amma Mata

AmFitanandalmtavi E)evi mayialso have thought alongthese lines befOre speaki,go Amma says, Che camotspeak when one is at rest in on et own Sell That iswhy Lord Dakshinalmurti,the irst Gluru,is always depicted as relmtaining in silen e."But beyond compare isAmmat comlsSiOn for Her children.Fr m that StateOf Perfection from which there is no return,where.mind and sleech cannOt ev n begin to reach,Ammacame down to our level of underst Hxling so that ShecOuld share lHler experienc f the Truth with Herchildren. l

JuSt like the heavenly Canges owing down lomthe peaks of the Himalayabathing and pur ng allthose who come into Her waters,Amma,with Herarms outstretched,is pati itlyWaiting for Her children to fall into them and t )ihave a glimpse of thatSuprelT.e Experiencee Once ve fallinto that warm andheart soothing embrace,Silc will slowly:help us soartO the unimaginable hcigiltSloltpiritual bliss6Sitting on the protective wings of Ammat universa1 love and cOmpassion,"e can liSten to Her nectarous, thoughtprovoking words of wisdom. EachwOrd,cah glance and every t hought is a profound experience and needs meditation to understand itsmeaning deep withino lf we are able tO read this book,every word of it,with that meditativeness,it will always relmtain as an ever fresh and noble expe ience inOur hartso Let us y.CCttly and see whathappens.


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INTRODUCTIONIn Kerala the mOns00n wtt at its peak.The h avy

rainsooded the intricate systel L Of the backwaters,occasion 1ly causing them t Overaow The giganticwaves of the ArabiarL Sea beat upOn the narrow stripof land iust Or the southwest coast of lndia.This island was Ammab birthplace,and On the family prOperty Her Ashiram was established in 1981,as disciplesand devQtees found their way to this spiritual haven.To live with a M like Amma is living in cOnsciousnes, living in 10ve. Each moment with Herleaves many fragrant memories,creating a chain 6funfOrgettable events and fond remembrances to cradlein the secret,silent chamber Of Onet hearto NO d6ubtthis chain Of divine inemori s win in tunl eVentualycreate incessant and unending wales Of 10ve,the fuelwith which tO transcend the dOwnward pul1 0f theworldiJust tO be with H r is t0 0pen the book Of divine knOwledge and wisdOm.This b00k,hOweet isnot to be read with the lnind Or the intellect,but readin the silence of Onet heart.

Swamimritaswarpaninda

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CHAPTERMOnday,12 July,1984

By eight o'clock in the morning, the night'is rainhad ibated somewhat, but daik cloudJ Stin hoveredOverheado The Ashram grounds werl oOded frOm theearly mOrning downpour. Except for the thunderousrOar from the O ean,the Ashralmt was quiet and Serenc,

Beause of the rain,thc previous night'sE)c i Bhahad not bcen asrowdd as usuttl and had ended by oneO'clck instead of four Or five in thinOrningo A Inanwho had colme tO Bha

`slrn was sitting on the

temlle verandao By his sidO was a small, ld woodenbox which loOked like a cageo One Of the residents aprproached him and asked if he needed any helpo Thedevotee,a Muslim,`repli d that he w6uld like tO seeAmtta,even though he had iust had HeF darShan thenightbfore. As they ttalked together acrOss thegrOunds,the man told the rresideit that he was frOmChertalla,a tOwn about 60 kllometers awayo He was inthe perfume business and earned his living by Sellingthe perfume that he himSelf made,A week carlier hehad e to Karunagappa y, a town very near

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AWAKEN,CHILDRENAshram,in order to sell his perfumeso There hc hadheard about AInma and th lt vel,y salne day he hadcome to the Ashram for the Arst timeo Since it was aSunday,he received Alnn a's darshan during Dc i BhaqJlaand returned to Klarunagappany, here he spent thenight in a lnosque.Il the iniddle()fthe night he had anunusual experie,Cei whiCh he prOcceded to ten the resident.

was awakened by the sound ofsomebody openingmy perfulne box,this box l have right here by lny side.Startled,I jumped and silt up in bed.I was struck withwOnder as l beheld Amma 10oking through my perfllmebox. She wasiust aSI had seen Herin De j BhaSee /ing the startle 1k on my face,Amma smiled and saldto me,`Son,Amma was searching for pure sandal,odextract`But there ls none hereo She then threw rne aquick glance and an endearing slile and disappeared.IIwas left feeling very sad that l could not give Alnmawhat She wantedo SO yesterday l came withithe sandalw00d extract and sprinkled it over Her during E)c iBha.Amma seemed very happy and l t00 felt blissfuldoing that. She even exclailned right during E) :Bha, `Oh, you brOught it.I Fronl that remark it wasclear to me that She knew what had happened thatnight in,the inOsquet A surge of devotion arose in lnyheart and lny eyes were fill d with tears."

The innocent perfume seller had a big smile On hisface.He continued,'I feel that my life's al haS beenfullledo Now before l go,I wollld like tO see Ammaonce more and bOw dowr at Her Feet.Thatis why l amstill here." `


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Dia\ogues lPith Maw, Amvitanandanayi

Ju tiat that moment the Holy Mothelppeard onthe balcon,Of Her F00mtrThe MLl lim devotee stood upand bow d down in f nt of HeFiWith=all:humility.TheMOthtr said to hilniOh son,are y6u still herel HaveyOu hadlsomething to eat7'I . : 'I tiHe answered,I stayed behind to see you OnCe againbefore cOntinuing on my sales,ourney.By seeing AmmaI have now had my food."Amma laughed and remarkedt "son, you areing profound words."- tft" joyful man answered', "l 'am speaking the

speak-truth.tt

There is iOthingispecial.about pure dandalwoodiextFaCt fOpla Mahat77La,Wh6 is beyond` nfdesires and wh61ig established in th ate of supreme dettichent.It isnOt that the Mahatma wants to have an oblect hke thatHe does things like this to create a ircumstahce so thatwe will.be inSpiredo Such experiences also iistill faithiand de,otion in our lninds. Theyiservellas a laddeF fOrthe devotee to ascend S16wly tow his goJ.

A`bmachari71 apprO chedito tell'Mother that:hewOuld not be able tolgo for the inOrning meditationibe catse he had some im.portant"orklto do.:Okay,son,"Alinma said to himif`Go to the me&ta

tiOn hall and explain to all the others the reason forvour absence.Only after doing that can you go ind attend to the work.If yot are absentiwithout explanation,Others will be tempted to break froll th disciphne.whatever you dO,,Ou should try to set an example forOthers.ti You Should serve as an inspiFatiOn for your.brOthers:Every aCtiOn of a Spllitual seeker should carFy


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LN,CHILDRENa ln ssage and alless6n,lk)r Others.There sh uld be anideal behind`each and every act Of a true seeker.": The llchar prostrated tO,MOther and.went tOdeimeditati

"hall`MOther Once again presSed lHer10ve and affectiOn tO the Musliln devOtee and retraced

Her steps to HeF rOom .

WORKWITH LOVELateL in e dtt at.about 2 ot10ck,Amma came tOknOw that the cOws had not been fedo She felt very sad

abOut thesei anilnals tied tO theiristallsiand sunllnonedthe bmcL, whO was in charge Offeeding them`Ashe app=Oachcd MOt

=,he hung.his head and confessedthat hc had simply forg6tten,tOifeed:the cOws ,Withgreat astOnishment Amma exclaimed,'Wha 7 YOu fOrrptrtO edithese p001 creatures thattcannot.speak toeXprebSltheir,hunger and their thirst7 Do you,yourself,ever fOrget tO tttOr drink:We humans cttt aSkrif00d.when we are hungry,but they can't,can they7 This is agreat,sin.,A spttFitttal seeker shO.uld be able tO know.thfeelings of others,nOt Ody t 91ingS Of Otherip oplebut Of an creatures DOn't think that because.they areunttleitO.express themselvesiverbally as humans do,other creattres dO nOt have feelings likc humans, :O be able tO put Oneself in anOther's positiOA,tobe able to see and to feel as another persOn dOes,this liS,the rare,gift of an earnest spiritual seeker,KnOw thatthese creatures also have feelings.TO prOvide )Odianddrink for them at,thc correct time,knowing that they,11lke us,feel hung r and thirst,is a s dhDO not feed


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Dialogue,s W*h Mata Amnw4qdanayithe l,imal,mechanio11ly poni :19 it 1t b994, it.lSone Of t l jobS assign14 tO yOu, l nlt lec9 emOr91r9utiner Try tO S,etttat:h91ife whi pulSate,inyOt lnd me is lheis, e 1 ::het,oWsi 11 Try:10 feel=hOiF hu, Cr and thirst,then,lhe,ork.willlleCO , asad

`" ir l:

Aier sayhg this,Amma Herself t00k fOd=from a sack in the,tor r00m and started lreparing thef00d and wateF. =:e itti 1, With groat hesitatio,and fear,the brahmachapproached Mlther and rerqtediHer.9 1et him ife,ed:19" S 4mrnOd tOhi :and sald, DOn't say anyt g wo M9th wan"19o thith 10vc.Lct these=1lS,feeli19yl: hcfoOd.F . : :: : , . .l The rd nextitOtr4_1119nglFd llyf4 cont1Sly ple141 gi=0lthe cws,1m.dtt th1119=k Wlholt ttving l,y:01tentiOnto him`As She fed the cO" ,Im=Ca,ed andribbed,,ah animal oi the Lle and.forehead_ i greatlov

cOmpttsion.The a,hOWed their ttrati

tudby ttbbmg eir . IS ShOdder.There tts a smi 114,01ntmo,t9 lMOther'Sfaceo When thcwsshe4: e iXtu Water andfeed,the Holy Mother walked over tO a nearby haystack,and ptlling out some hay frl ei,P,She o red it tO the co=OnCo mOr,. lbiig nd 9a:I#lwas n arly 410 pomo When S haleF ttnG

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AW ,CHII EttRE]loleis

1=tll"IWeia

L6 1616ve.There 16ve in our ttctions,and thcreibr ,6beauty in wttlat w d6.arc always anticipating thetiit Of 9ur lc,10 ,,and this results in

stllSSn,S Ofmind ttnd lLttk J citr :10 . A onl polled=ld

l T l. 1 1 . :' HEART ANID INTELLECT ` At ttbout fiv 6' lok11 th n00 ldof pe"le h hrd.:h,front verlnda Oflthmldit 01:lalL.I ithe hi thiS tttheritt WIS

M9tler,16uttFo led b' Id Sholder ieo

oF t ,41 exper ,ingitthe'

1iV1ltli111 , I I .: 1

1 1 1 : :

1 CIl:areOIKamala:i

::l itr`,:Yo, Goddess :L ceL ti ,'Pro ct ith cmbm all sOb" .


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Dialogscs Wirh trkra AmnunandatwyiYou, tlw Ptlrie One, euen protcctThp Lord of tln Ocean ,f Milk'(Vishnu).Ttt CtreatOr esI His: o7 dtt to Yo ghncc:sal"Ons tO Yoz O came rorth BrahmM,I As SaFaSoJ, Sed oF thC C Jre Utt cc.

ftei the,songlthere was a meditative atmOspherefOi hile:When MOth r loOked at Herichildren withan'i"iting Slle,lolne of,I bFamaChanins askOmmai thi, ft91 il,lyu We,,ding thews,I healrd,6u tll rie bra imhami4 not to speak,thlt yOt anted it9:do the wOrk with loO o that theanimttls)ld feel it.I didn't understttnd the r al impol,:6f what yo said,but it,ounded tO mthat theremust b sie coriliecti6 between lo,e and.spcech.CouldI.=111ase l plain7" i `pliedi Sy,u:rttOt wFOng,but ther

I : :otieen16oPecCh Th,real coinecti6h is bettteen 16 :ind silenCer W Hen

e is real 16 a theFe ilISilen Thtt cannOt b any6141 Thlle111 017 iloJlia perfectly almlJe,theicattnot b an ples OF'avel Whe,real10Ve experili"19lnd wav are a diSt tion,distri6 , a disturbance in the mentll lak :11Loveensues fr01rstillie 6f mindi In that stillnessi on nexpOrienee silence.Th talking of the mind stoPS COmplelyo R a1 loviS ttlt'1 that 1lle I SilenCe,sile'Cea16ne;is'th langiag e19ve `TRttl lov existsFin th heart.The 16ve that existst:T=:


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8 AVEN,cHILDR , ,llecto Th,I o,,tc I ,lbutS n6thigl0 =atttelrordeL Itillc, s=n41,pits iOuti:=:==it cnotle1 16vc lo= ind cSS It ca Only,FoaSOn:IIwin even try tO rcaso out llV,ad c91ploS19no SOn,Where thcre is t00 1nuch talking,ther is n6 19ve.OnewhO really lovOs iS COnstantly l a ieditate=oOdiThOulltS Ceaoe t91 ettitt in thc preseneeirOf such lovo.Te true 19ver only ttditcS;:hc ,vel think,,All hithOughtslie b6ut his bdOved,sO lthere are= t numerOul th9ught Waves i hi i.0ly e lOught prelVall,O that Sing.lh6ught is aboit h belovcd`Whenithe iSly3ei

:i149s1 Ord,and SpeLch cann6t r ac= A=la" lst91.

and reml itin pur 9 := Sel one ttnnlt.Spea Wheneb9o a:ie,ti 10n19wniISOl :=iS wl.LoFd Dakshinl ur the nrsr c::1lwmained il silence.hi ,aI Lordl DakshmiughiS dCipleS10ugh,ilencO. 1 4idi,9 ,pak,

4l:::=But nOw nObOdv 4111lerstan4 the,llel ,Ofl r91119ver a meditatOr.ly yder bim age dr l9all.iaZy bec e.1i sile=119f edl111:know,lto the .Theyamoly:with words,and


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10 AWAKEN,CHILDREN11(3o beyond the ,Ound. What dO you.experienCe

now'' i rNO attwer came to this last quetti6n,Hcr ttdivdurality.:disappeared a,d dissolvedo She beca 9 0ne withHer LOrd,In that state thete wasobQdy to,peak 6r lisrtene She attained thc fi 4 state Of lov ,the etcrnaliandinseparable uhiOn with H r Lord,where the mind withi"w6rds and intellcctual thinking cannot reachof 1me paused at the end ofithO:,tory The,Shecontinued, 1lWhether thstory aCr any happend or

"t isnot ittportant.Try to 1bibttithO esscntial mcs'sage`that the stOry conveys. person who always thints

intenectuany cannot undeistand the feelings of theh,alt.Hle cannot u,derstand the meaning OfimeditatiOnand love,He knowS nQlhing=but t1lkingo NVhitls the uof such intelloctl'' . . VOther paused and tmchar immediatclyOke up, The.entire 9 iotence 9 li i"elf is indebtc4.to the hittan intellectol hat about all the ocietttinc.inventions anld an th de,elopttcnt,of1llelOdeF,iage1::1:=T.Son,try::o unders,a= clearly.''M lher ettplained:ry to be very attive,hel youilisten ,MotheFRQttember t se theiherart insteillect.

hildren,MOther is nOt trying to say that the ,tettect is entirely tseless,It is necded;it is,Ob6olutelynecessary.But it has an apprOpriate phce of it oPut it where it b110ngS.DQI 9t.1e itlinapl=o,liately.To place in6rdinate empha 1 o intelLct ls dangerouse That Will sp11l theibeauty lf li._Too uch intel


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DiabrS WithMata ALl 11lect and iot enough h

will cause connilt,diSal

pOintent and fruStrati 1lere skld be a blance,abalance betWeen heart and intellett lf Wei penet tedeeply intO all aSpects and all area,9f life,we wi11 ndthat hidden behind everyth g is lole We will discover/that love is the forcei the ptter ttnd in,pi= tion behindevery word and every actiOno This appli

l people,

irrespective of race,caste, creed,,sec , religio , 6r ofwhat work people do. ,To an 6ttsidcria ientiSt.aking ettperimenlS inthe labOratOry appearsi9 be doing solely intellectualwOrk.Most people will sl,that hiS Woik takes brains

and therefOre it is intellectual wOrt and nOt SOmethingthat in,lves the heart,But look carclv into the processo Whttt will be: vealLdti that th e is lve i hisork,that hiS heart i 1aged ine wOrk. h:ct,ifyouan really see,vou lwill unde nd th :withOut10v 9ne cannot do that tind of wa:=:In rea ty9:themore yO observe,th more youiwi ttalitt that 10ve isthc forc bchind all scicnli PerittettntiOn and inventi6nehindialli w6rt

ole givOs sharpne"=o l mtc ,Ct The morel,ve you h,the l andlltwiy"willhave.You may call 01,ubtlo intl 9,bul,it

bv : woFk beh:l.Sha" ss Orsubtlety:It i,ljust a qu tiln of real izhg thisb SOmeirerize itt some donlt.1 : 1 1 bFaAm liste,1g lhOvghdully,but hetea further claH i6 ::Aima,.Iu,dersta,4,butnor completely. Pleese be hind enough to slaborate alittle more."


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12 AWACN,CHIIEREN Amma continld, S,o, can be performed"ithout.OntiOniVttiatevcf the work isl mntallrphysical,andeiher it i,tas,or dimctlt exciting6F m1lanei c6n entration,is'rettiredi NOWi What iconcentratib CotFadOn is nOthi g bit'Stiniessd1'mittdi ConcentFatibn StOps the' "1 6f thOtghtsiWhen th6ughts tOp,the restless mindoin its activity andlstilineSs is pOSSiue`That stllin ss Ofithe mindcomeS olly aS a r sult of love.F6r a scientist it'is thelove t61 be in entive a 1

"riment whic 12Shim d e deeplv intl h kr Ho lves t6,orkihard. ec6m6n te iSd in rlelatiOn t6 this are`liter st':1ll1=tttT Shlrit Or intens dit l lttn't that cOrrect7 . 1ll mma,in thtt casl:hlthiS dittFentiationl beLiveeiheaFt and'hen ctl Therel altr thL1 1,th

n9t th 7'111 : 111I th at s ithe :is iO dib,at ill:Bit'ivouresen i[al.t : theis'i d =which you yourself impose dut td your ignOrantel You

have n6ti vet lr acr d ittliLe SupFettttate of oess.Ytt dielst l ittithe w6rldlofidtalit,:You aretStill in th,011 Of wOrds and phrasls the wdild Or dittrntiatibnhmthis plin:'Once the limitatiOns aStFpttbed,th hithtte is l16veil nOthing btt'DiLove.In fact,all these explanatiOns arlld direrent tel...sarl only to mak you understand that experience a16neCanteval Truth, nd thwOrdslmdplo111ot dollch t06d` 1 1: : : 11 = lr`thinkingiaidi1as6hing predOttlie in dperson,we can hirn a,int nual. Abnd"herlth re is


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Diatt With Matt Am71a7na' 13mOle 10Ve and compa,siOn,We call.it hearti Both heartandiintellect are need d.In fact,as far as intellect isc6rned,what we leall need is not iuSt thinking butdisciitninative thinking, or a discrilninative intellect.We need tO be able to think properly and d crilninatebetieen g Od and bad,and we also need a good heartin Order t6.fecl and cxpress love.H art and intellect arenec ssl fOr bOth a sadha and a person whO leedS aregular h`usually,thisibalance between the heart andthe intellect is hard to find. hildreni love i 6tr real natureo we are ofthe natile 6f DiinLOveo Ttat love is shining in eath andever,6ne of us:As love is our inlate nature, there cannOt b any ttnifeStation of atty kind without thispowr oflo.ve behind it.Certainly th scieiti3t who is in enliVe and whcttperimeits has love in im.But thlt lov iS limited toa narF6 annl.It iS direct d oily tO th scientincfield in which he workso lt do sh't embrace all creationHe is mOre Or less b6und tO the laboratOry where hesits,oi to the SCientinc equipmnt which he usest lHledo01bthink bf ial life.H is more interested inin6it iheth r thre is lifel on the oOn Or OnMars:Hb i morintrested in mventing nucleariarmamnts

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ltttist ttay Claltt he is trying t6nd thtruthof the llnFical woild thi6 ghanalytic approach.He dictS thi6a,alyz h6w thtt function.If he isgiVe,1lrkitt ,he is more intertttel in uSingthe a imal 1:hatt6fice and th sarch fOr trtth,he will dissect


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14 AWAKEN,CHILDRENthe anittal and al9 itS OrganO.Once the kittO hasbeen cu1 0peni it is d91d.:Life diSapp ars al any pOSSibility for 10ve is g9ne.Only if there is life is ther0 1oveIn his search for the truth of lifer the scientist unwittingly destroys life its,1l Strang ife is love.To see and feel life i ever,thi g iS10ve.Life is not on the in00n 6r in the sun.On the contrary,the mOon iSili ;theù is ilife.Life is here.Life isthere.Life is everywhereo There is nothing but hfel Sot00,loveo Wherever there is life,there is 10ve and viceversao Lifed love arnOt tw6.11hey are one ,Bit ig 0ranCe about their onlneSS will prevail until RealittatiO,lesÙntil Reali atioi comes,the diffettnce betweenintellect and heart will continue."

There was a leep,ilenceo Eve 9Sg ,was l edOn Mother's faceo She was expou ding a p10fOund truthwith the gFeatest ,ilnplicity. EVeryOne sat spellb9unduntil the isilence was broken by the ow of A m snectarous words as She continued.

sclentlst iS mOre concerned about the Outside:han the inside.Hci,iore interestcd in the partS tha,n the wlole.He is so engrossed in the world he perr.leivesi that he is tOt11ly uniaware of the inneF niversOlc has many great ideas.He is nd6wed with a,harpellect,but his 10ve is lilnited to the scientinc field

=:J=:i=Jtankild,a10v r of a11.CFeati ,anl a l,ver lf life` A rishi isia rea1 lov,T becauS e hc haSìO,di

lo hi,vn Self,the vcry core of life andilove.Hc expettenCe,ttna love everytthlrea_ abOV i belowi lonti balk_


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in an dire tiOns.Eveh in,hell,even in the nether wOrld,he sees nOthing butrlife and love.For him there is nOthing but life and 10ve shi ing forth with splndOr andg16ry from all directiOn Therefo ,I MOther would sayhe is`the real scientisti'He expcrilnehts in the innerlab9ratory of his own being.He never crca ,diviSionin.For him life is onerwhole.Hcl always dwells intlttt ttivided state Of 10ve andiLifehe ieal scientist,the siage: longly cmbraces lifeandrbecm qlel,ith it,He never tFieS tOght withlife.I WhiL the scientistitries lo14ghtcOnquer life,thc sage simrily surretterS lo l and lets it carry himwherever it ".

As She inished theilast setttcnAmma enteredinto a state of sa7 `Her eyes were Wide Open,butthey,were iStin.Her body.didn't 1ove at all;it was somotiotte ithat One cOuld not e cn detect the risndfanerlbFeatho Amma's exalted 00d lasted sOmetittLeo Wh lAna was absorbed i samdhli,One OfthebraL

haniT sang a sO4ama ymlila cO MOJr,o GO ss,,A& :qCaiticsb"e the SuppO13 0r thOsc"ho sec rettc.O YO "ho aFCimttst e tol.Yo "isdO ,A ,d 10,G:oc mc a bi3 0f Yo 1 1ompass10 ,EOcn withoDot Lntt that l hagcl lmyttingr.


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16 AN LN,CHILDRENShb"[Yo'T Fcet ald ttcss me 11 '

1 WhO,falling iintO the occan ofmisC STILLNESS OF MIND

When She calmterdown toithe ttorinal state.Of cOnfsciosness,the saie brahmcharin asked anOthereStiOn. Amma,you said that c6ncentrationi mtts themittd`till.I ha e heard that scienti c research and ex,rimeitation rqviie a treiendOus'amOunt 90ncentrationt lf sO,scientis,s who spend hours end hours inthe labOratoryl sOmtime evendayS On eid, must experience that stiliness of mind`Isn't that t 7 1s that kindOf stillness and the stilln ss you are speaking about oTandFthe same?If ndt1 1"hat is the difR renc 7" :: Amma replied,Thttt is a very intell ent qu,StiOntSon,though bOth Ofthe may haVe a inental stillies :there is vattt dilence h their exper ncesi A ttitttistmight oxpttience a certail kittd 6f Stil1/nlsS'Wihen hencentrates'6n a,atti laF eXpeFiment Or: he isin the process of inveiting sOmething.Bttti whent heleaves the laboratory,he be9omes the.same man again:EventhOugh a scientist, he t o has ContFOlledby his old habits and vasatts,he lwill.:be ifO ed to actaccording to's mind attd d sire Hl ct rmainthere in that state of`nOthought'for longl The scientist ca't hold o to the expeAlnce 6f stilhttss lor.anygreat length of time.It simply begins when he eitersthe laboratory and eidslen he comesiout:It is truethat when a person h 6ierpoitteaness a ter in Still:ness of mind is gained.Iticanihttpen even to a laylmtanat certain tiineso Mother will agree that the concentra


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Oviburdened:Their heads aFe full Ofith6ghts; ideasiand llais for the fu:ure.Onc thyome 6ut,f thd=s611d stilliess, hich does not:la,t10ng;they ateOagain thsame 61d small eg.

egO.HOwever,a rishi ls COttplet01y emlty:Heib,lomliketh cOrpse in the r Or.He lets thriver Of l b,airy'hianytther it lik,, The scientitt iS tttnall,fulful1 6f kttoWl dge abtt,hl wOrldo The shi iS intenallv ll,fu Of the tperi1 9f One sWith theSulAbs61ute.Th silntiSt Sees man :rJie ttshisees One.:The scientist is oily a partOfexistence,whieth l is theiwhOle Of etti tice.Vhile the scientistburdeis himselflwith fa tsdre,Ithe httCOm,Selty s6 1hit ill ktt wled:ela"thi6 him b tcani6t attct his exp rienc 6fiGttenes Whilel e scileitttt imits andlnatrOws his Vilibil tha hi10=plland eibra es the tirl:uttierse.' :11 r

MOther stOpped talking attd asked the bra macLiarrins t6 sing Kod_an ti.: i l 1 O Eternal TT th : l Mand has be archlingfor

. Fol:I::ons aid

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Diia10y iWith Matt AmT ma ilnccssibl1 30 :,Yo 11 SiMI FlancGbing"e the cFfalgencc of the s"nStands stil1 1 jt o"l ccn dancingln tcclng conF:b,cTccd shri71e r00ms,

dFbr a 0s a71d oCO s,Yct stiII Yo arc i acccssibl distarLti

PRAYING AND CRYING TO GODIASiMED1lM10N Friday;6 July,1984

maLiving dalttn in th hut.one Of thede161e,aSkedi lAm aI I:k 6,Only tt little ab6ut,pirituality.I have faith in Mother and l want to lead ade101dadddicated lifeo C6uld Ou please ten mesoOthi,g abOlt becOming more iritia17"MOtheF g,ve hiln this lnsWei: SOn,first Of all,youshould ge tp this id,a ab6ut becOming 6re sliritual.

==li==ith9ght Can sometimeS bl a hdrahce. : and pray tO Gdi Sing His g10ries.D6n'tOVrStrain yourself to try to sit in lotus 10sti 'or h01d6ur breath t6 meditate On His formI MeditatiOn is reiembranc Of God,cOiStant and 10viig r membrance.COTlder Him as yotr beloved Orit,,cO ,ider yourselfaS ttis child.Or cOn,ider Him as y6ur father oF moth 'r.

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20 AWACN,CHILDRENSimply try to think Of ttim iust as we think 9f our father or mOther or beloved.How does a lover relmtemberhis beloved7 Cert ly inO:iby ollting in 19tuS pOSture.The remembrande sittply httppcnS in lim ,hile he islying down,walking 6r sitti,g On the banks ot a riVer,6r it may happen while he is at wOrk.It does not matterwherhe is or,what he is,dling LikewiSe, IImemberyOuF belovd deit,whenever, uan,no matter"hereyou are or what you are dOing _ontcmplate Him as your cre,tOr, pFOtect9r andthe final abode tO wh re you will return.Try to feelHim With yodr heart;try to tel Hiorpresence,grace,compassion and love.op n yOur heart and pray to Him,`O Lord,my creator, OtectOr,and inal resting place,guide lmte to Your light and love: Fill lny heart withYour preseice.I've been told that l am Your child,butlam tolly igrant of my eXistencc in You.,My ostblelo'ed LOrd,I do notitnO ow tOohip You,or

=i WCompassiottate O,c,Show m :he right path so that I

can return tO my re 11bode tthich is nOtttng but You 'IclillFen,pray an4 ShCl tears aS yOu thik OfttimTh the gr atcst samao No othersdMm will giVeyOu the bli,s iof divine 16vO as effeCtively as si99=prayer.You do 't havtO undcrg91anv academlci aining to love GodY9u dnit have tO be a schOlar or a

phi10,Opher tO wOrship Him( r tO Ca11 0ut lo Him.Justca1l ou:,but 191e,all,9meOm your arl:Jlt.Sachild cries out for food ol 16 be fbndled or c ddllb,his mother,call,Out to Hitt with the satte inten ity andin01encco Cry.e,d Pray,tO Himo He must reveal Him


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Dttlogycs With Matt Am nandam 21telf.He cannotisit silcnt and unmoved when sOmebodycalls Him like that.

hildren nnOcent prayer,calling out=O the Lord,is a very pOweFful Way tO blease the Lordo Yo don'tneed to beia sch61ar tO d /that.Een for aniulschooledlayman or ttL illlteFaterest dweller,the Lord's gracecan b attainediif One isireally ideterinincd to achievethe goal. : :here is a ttoFy tOrillustralc this pOinlo One of thediSCipleS Of the arst sankaracharya was very proud.ofhis deVOtiOn tho .LoFd Hi i be10vedl daity WasNarasimha,the manrliOn,the tfourth incarnaliOn 6fVishnt.In order to please his be10ved dcity and to haveHis vision,the devotee Went lo thc fottst tO per rmintense tapa .Foriman days he,medttated sitting on arOck nea the h Finitag ,and became seriOusly tengageddOing Ver,lauslere sna.Theis htt did not,pticethat one day a fo St d"elleF Came lo watCh him.Theforet dweller Observed him With.reat CuFioSity butcOuldn't underStandlwhy this man wis Sitting in suchanlodd pOSition,upright Iwtth crsed legs.Since thedevOtee L his eves t10Sed,the Simple man mistookthe meditative loSture r sleep.HelWas sp.cuFiOus andcager to Speak lt9 the slleping ttan,thal theFestdweller came every dav and waited foF long hours, hOpring that the devotee would open his eyes .t last,,a day came When the tadhat emerg( fFOmhis imeaitation.The simple foFeSt dWeller approachedhim with great respect and aSked,`Tambra, why doyOu alwayS sit anl Sleep:Why canlt y9u li dow 1'See*The manner in which an upper caste penon is addressed by " lower caste pr-son. The term means 'reverend master.'


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22 AWAKEN,CHILDRENing the innOcente Of the forest d"eller,the dttOteelavghed and sall,`H y,1ly man,I am Otgsleelin ,Iam m ditating on the form.Of m,bebved deity ' _

``Of cOurse the fOrest d leller c6uld inOt inderstandanythi,g.Having livedlin theifOr st a111his life,he wist6tally uttch001ed attdiilliterate.`M ditatingI Belev ddeity7 What is that7'he exclaimedo The devotee said,`You do nOt understand this sOrt 6f thing.I am tryin.g tocall and pray tO my LOrdF The fOirest dweller again wOnde=d,`Whit Calling sOmeOne wi:houtimOvingi Omthis pla,er wh dou go out t0 100k fOr him7'Thedeotee did not reply.He simpl ismiled and went backlnto ineditatiOn.:`lDays passed:The fOrest dweller's curi6sity did n6tilet him re t.Unable tO Ontr01 hiS urge tO knOw Oreaboit the persOn fOr wh e deVOtC was searching,he Once again alproacheditle Swith great hOpehe asked,`Tambra,whO is this lnan you are caning fbr7C)an l help yOu find hiin7'The devOtee wa 'extreltttelypleased with this man ncerisinCe he knew lthatthe fbrest dwenr would not understand anything abOutmeditatiOn Or other techniques of s dhani the devOtesaid,`LoOk here,the person l anl calling is ndt a humanbeing but a peculiar kind of liO ,a supremely powerflillman liOn 'With thi anserlthe fOFeSt dWeller was satisfied

he days rOned int =nths and during this tilnethe twO became c10s friendst The fOrest dwelllrifeltVer oad abOut his tambra, whO was always,itting.:inmeditatiOn,forgOing fOod and.31eepo He thoug4ht, Whata disobedient creatur this,anrli ,il L6ok at tamb ;he has becOme lea d wak for want of f00d and


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:mr=:l=:cent fOrest dwell r waited for tte dev 9e to open his

dweller,ould meet with failure, ut dlnking that theres no sente in"ying to make him indeistand,theisttl1=lt4

cavto cav ,fr6m bush toibush er hillS aid into valrIh=1:i171ttt

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24 AWAK=N,cHIttNslowly had burnt awaylhis prittitive iaturald alongwith it all his aslhe lstufr slowly dissOl edand all thoughts disappearedr eventually even the,verbal c,1ls ceased.He becam totally silent.Only thc allconsuming ire of love bu ed within hiln, and thissoared directly up,Itrttnscending the celestial abOde and,ally enteri,g the abode of Lord Vishnu Himstll Thenalmtes of this supp6sedly ig,9rant forest dwener'sm dirtation wrere so powerful that Vishnu had tO rcspond,PT11 .T

``The fOttst dweller pulled out a creeper,ticd litaund the Lord's neck andl ld Him back tO the tambrawhO was still.sitting on a 10ck with eyes elosed,tryingtO see the fOrm Of his eloved deiity.The fOrest dwellercalled Oit, `O TambF ,.Op9Olr ey,S Here is yOurman lion.I brought him hcre fOr you.'Thc dcvlteeoke up after theirepeated calls,and he cOuld nOt b

'ieve his ey,s. He rubb.ed his eyes again and again,lQOked and looked againo Still he could nOt believe hiseves. His Lord, the imagnificent inCarnatiOn of LordVhnu,was standing right there bcfOre himo with onnd the fOrest dtteller was holding a creeper ticdarond the Lord's neck,andi`with the Other hand he waslfeeding ttim green gFass.1 lSecing how amazed thc tam waS, the fOrestdweller said,`Tamb ,cOme down.Take your 110A Heis all right.He is nOt danger)usi Come On dOwn.'Thedevotee scraed Or the rock like an insane man attdfell dOwn in front Of b6th the Lord and the fOrestdwener,crying 10udly like a lchild seeking forgivenessThe rest dweller was puzzled by thist Now the Lord


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Dialoyct With Mata Am 3itLmay, 25spOke,19et up, w dear One.Do not feel disappoitttedRemember that dear to Me are those who lovingly tteiember Me, constantly feeling Mvi presence bothwithin and without.The ego cannot exist where thereis rea1 10Ve.Andi where there is rea1 lole,there l caneaoily entOF and dWell.'After ha ing said this,the Lordplaced His hand on th iforest dWellerls ad; givinghiln mohsha,the inal emancipatiOn.The Lord consoledthe devotee,saving that he too'wo ld reach the ultiate state during thit lifetime.,The devOtee becamegenuinely humbled:

his forest dweller did not dtudy any SCriptu=es,buthe had a heart to feel and expr bs lov .His search wasnot eVen for hilnself but for someone else.This kind Ofperson ettdowed with such a loving and compassiOnateheart ls moreldear to the Lord than one WhO Ineditatessitting in the lotus posture,proudly contemplating hissariptural knowledge and techniques oF meditation'andijapat`Children,taking this story as an inspiration,try tOpFav until your lea melts andowsWn as tears.It:issaid that the water Of the Ganges purittes whoever takesa dip in ito The tears which 11 the eyes while one is reemberig God have trerdOus power to purify one'smind.These teatt are more powerful than meditation.Such tears are verily the Canges."

.The Mother always instructs pcOple difentlyo Sheseesach being clearly.and instruc according to eachone's lnntal caliber and inheritedi spiritual diSp6sitionMOther advises some tb continue on the path that thOyare fonowing,but oth rs She insttucts tO dO an entirely


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dreitis`dhan .There are caSes in which MOther tellsa sadhaO dO the same saJAana,whiCh he is dOing bitwith slight char eso MOst peOple wh cOm to s e Heiare instrtcted tO fOnOw the path Of devOtion,lovc andprayer.Few ar thOse whO are tOld tO f0110w the Ve tapath Of nOnduality.AccOrding to M6ther,mOstleopleare not cOmpetent enough tOlpOrfOrm ve`hnta sad Hr strong conviction isithatt vedanta sad wil1 0bStru91 peOple's spiritual grOwth if it i`p= ic d by immature and incomp tent peolle:Mother believes thatthe number of peOpl wh6 really unde tand Ve`and its i plicatiOnd in life is very sttan ,Amma says,'Vedanta isinot something tO be

lalked abOut.It is a wa.y of life.It is tO b livedo NOwadays in the inam6f yedanta people get caugh:up t much in the head,and thcy destrOy an the teauty attdchar spiFituality attdi D iie LOVe by indulging inlegotistic talking and egoisti ways.:lThe reader may find it strange that MOther shOuldinstruct a devOtee not to struggle tO try tO sit in 16tusposture Or hOld hisi breath t lneditate on the fbrln.6f adeity:Instead,she insttucts hiln tO cry to the LOrdi. dpray withinnendeo MOtherr says lhat man,lc611come to tter with the ,mlaint that they have everhad a real ` xperiencel, even though they have beenPerriitt intense sadhana r several yeatt Mot rblievs that this is mainly due tO the lack Of 10ve andinnocence in their sJhana.TO really l e and tO attainreal spiritual ettperienCe,one=nu,tideve10p the quali oof 10ve and innOcenceo Amma says lhlt"httteer.spiritual path One ptrsuesI.itish6uld be built on the strOngbase Of prema.In the case Ofthe devotee whO had.askedthe qustiOn,thpath Of devOtiOn must be the sadhan


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1081 4 Matt Am ndamay' 27which would helpthim lo.gFOW,piritually,since that iswhat Amma dd him.A real Master knows what isbeSt for his dev6teeQiand discipl(s,

The time lwtt nearly s rthirty i the evening.Amma got up and WalkedltoWaFd the temple veranda .Itwatimc tl begin the evening b rn 1l the.residentsand the viS ing devoteeSi Calme and took their seats.Soon the chanting bega ith the accomtpaniinent OfthharOnhm and the tabla, 4e Sang Adipi.`.

O.Prima suprcc Pr,=I PIcb ss ls,Fi4%S Ofas Ss.

O Gttdlss ith cightec ms,Whosc mO nt is`.liO , :Yo%T c CSshippca c cn b lt petalS,O Yo"lo LCa rl 5mi L"haOc a diantce And possess all seven uirtues in eryWl measwe.Yo"angeF " thalof a clcphantil.Yo"cOFSttpped ib thc go ttm:0 0ba ss oF th Ulcrsc,ancc in m rt als, 1 1 1Coslidcr Lii :Lhis stplicttt, :'1 :

: Grantling mc all10os.The blissful moments of sging along with Amma

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=1wSand was wet,sOmeb6dy brOught a mat fOr Amma tO lie=WT:] iFttli_I

i:: 1lfWi i=i:

ttris TF:y=t pnl and yes,I MOther said, if perfOrmed with an Ohe

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Dialngues Vith Ma:a Amriwnandamayi ZgMirabai.*'Whit was their s 7HOw did the,become KT,shnama s(fu11 6f Krishna)7 Was it thrOughlOng hburs of sttting in 10,us pOSture doing rigOroubeditationI N6.But of cOurse th y did mcditato Theydid c6nstant and intense lmteditatiOn, but not sittingwith crossed legs.p votees lik th Gopis and Mirabaiconstantly relmtembered thg10ries Of the Lord,cherishing His Divine FOrm within themsel es,irrespective oftilne or 1lac.The just Cried and cried until their tearswtthed away their entire indstuluntil all theirthoughts were gone.lChildre.,when"e Ory we cin fOrget everything tifOrtl sSl, Cryihg helps ls t6 stOp brOoding on thpastand dreaming about tl futuie.It he b is t6:be in thepresentith the LOrd and]His lDivine l celao SuppO esOmeOne ttry dett t6 us diessay bur mother Or father,wife 6=husband,or a sOn oF datgttere We Will lam nt,ittkittg bfiltt or her,wOn't w071We for ct everythingelsl.At hat m6ment nOthing ebe cOm ,tO dur mindse:Clt the sweet memorie6 ofthl dtpttrted onet We willhttVeo othei interst than thinking about and c6ntemplating that pe 6no OuF minde become fully fOcused.6h that peFSOn. :

Childrni crying.has the ipOwr tO make the mind90llet 1,OnO pointadi 7hy dO we meditatq7 To getcoicentF 16 ,isn't that why7.Y .iSOi the best way tO

i,t1,'1tiOn Tlat iS Wlat at levotCes lik the Go*Q man,devom Kr blived h ttjttthan h the 15 cen .She waS a princes who renOunced her rOyalty and wealth to seek her bebvedLOrdo l


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l =T== ::llove me.But,O Loidi please do not te away tty rightt616ve You.'They praved and Oried u,til their wh919being was trenS rtted into e State of constant praveFy:TFII:==O":r lhd::AR:`TttfT1=tllittc:L1

i

.rilrTI: :Iilself of the salPraver is nothittg bu1 lccepti,glH"1T=

Iir==itt19Iitll==

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pttlors lttth Matt Am man, 31thisI This is exposing yOurself as a 10tany helpl

ss cieattre withOut Him and His craceo This iS humblingy9urSll ThiS is the genuine way to exhaust the sanas.There shOuld be the awaren,ss Of helplessness; ne,S10uld feel Onet helplessness.Help10ssness win makeone humble.Humility in turn win help one get Godgraceras well as human 10ve." i4ma Was still lying in the sa,d,she st6pped fOr aWhil,l Nobody spoke fOr sOme timeo MOther asked fOr

something tO drlnk,but when(3ayatri brought.it,Shedidn't drink.IttcOmprehensible are=Her wayso After along pausei one of the brahmactt lini said,Amma,hOwdOes the prayer 6f a lnere behever diftr fF6m that Of atrue devoteer"Ammi answered ere believeT as diStinguishedfrOm l truc devoteO,usuall,pray t6o ^They may use thesameiterms,and they mav engage in the same mannerof supplicatiOnb ln fact the wOrdstthey use canlbe identi,al.But they are jist uttering wOrds, meaningless

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32 AWACN,CHILDRENcall this prav INo,we cannol.It iS iust an expoSitiOnOf his ego`He still has hiS OWn likes and dislikes.HiSgOal is to ful 1l his desireso E)esire iS the central pOintaround WhiCh hiS praver revolves.

6wever,a true devotee offers himself to the Lordwhen he praySo Praver lS an Offering,an offering of one'sOwn lifeo Real praver iS real surrender.In real pravere nhhg k,nO Ti 1 tiOn.A true devotee realizesI I ::# Wi li this,the devotte simply"ies tO expr s his tal helllessness to the L6rd and aCcepts Him as the sole protecr and guidet ln sich sincer and openhearted praver,the devotee confesses the uselessness and the burden ofhis egoo Why should one keep a uSeless thin :Ther,fore,he pravs tO the Lord to remove it,tO de slroy itThis kind of praver is real meditation,and:it Will deinttely take oneito the goal.In real p er thdeVOte,has no likres oF diShkes.He WantS tO givelup hislgo`Hetries to Se eerything es a lmtanifettlatio

of the Lord.e has n ther desires to fulll except to mergo ineternal union with hiS Lord " :

Another question was brought up: C:an,a peFSOn bebeielittedbysomeoneelsellF::1III:pen.:liDncenMOther ieplied, Yes,tli trati6n,devotion,and purel.resolve of the perso ,whOl timent of al desite, tOIISaVI:cureta disease. 1


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dest=ovedo Such pFaver will totally chenge yOur o tlooktoward life.Thold person dies aid a ne one is born.However,praving for the ful 1lment of pett,deSir sdos not involve any change in One's peisonttlit,,Theperson who prao in thiS wav remains the same;his attitude r lmtains unchanged:

his is not to say that yOu should n6t bconcerned

aout those Who ar -1 or who are lss frtunate thanyOu.Pray for them,foi th Lod to hell them.I This isfar superior than praving for little petty desires to satiSthe senses,But remelmber, if yOur goal is Selireah2ation, it is your ego, your anas, that hatt :o be remOved:This needs seli l)rt and a Sattt's guidanceand grace "

After this discussi6n On prayeri the melancholy tineOf the song;Karanatan httmiFi, lled the atmOsphere:..

O Mo ther, kindlyicas t a compassionate glance at meThat I may attain Peace of mind.I adoreYiw Holy Feetin the flower of m) ntirTd.Day ond night, w&ves af sonowRise in my mind, overwhelming it.You are the Ruler of the Eatth,Destroyer of somow and Giver of good'Thus, shour Yow mercY to me.O Mother, grq,e me a chanceTo adore Your Flawer-ltke Feet-May Your look of compassion fall on meThat I may become filled with Bliss.


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DiIOrs 4 Mata Anattma, 35lKlindly shOcr th nedttb"s dFOps t iOr YOMT P :Lc mi .Whi,s miserablc and help ss, 1Thtt lctJnglme ba" and suimln,he coOI wa rs Ofcalor BIiss:

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36 NttN,CHILDttNtrying to lut a thiCk Curtain bet'Cen vOurstlf and us.Please do not deludetus.t Tlelllus soimethingtabout slirituality. l

Immediately When d thi the Mahatmdropp d the sack and Walked fOr a few aFdS.ThepeOple asked,`What iS thiSI We dOn't understand themeaning 'The Mahatma replied,`This is Spirituality,unbirdening the burden of y6ur egO 'The scholars Said,`Okay,what next7'Re=acing his stcPs,the Mahatmanow t00k the sack and put it back on his shoulder.Thegreat One replied IThis isl spirituality: to drop.oF renounce everything.The hea,y Sack is your.ego ith its negative tendencies,like anger,gFeed,iea10usy andselishness.It is tt burde ..This is the weighl that keep,yOu down.Unbuttden the"eight of your ego.And thenlafter drOpping it,9o pletel,,you COme back andl arry itagain.But now it is'weightlessi ln other w6rds,1 )ntcalry it again until you feel that it is no longer a butldeno The ego is no mo=e an ego then,.but an apparcntegO It lis inter( ting t9 watCh ithe functioning Of theapparent egO`It is iust a'lay The SelicFeatedlego is toamuse yourself and those,who approach you.Thi6 Selfrcreated eg6 now contains toys andisweetS to am chi:dren

hildren,spirituanty is, thing ibut giving upl andtahng back SpiritualityiS nothing but unburdening everything and then taking back the burden.But this tttlnethe burden is no more a biuFden.:To put it inanotheway,don't take upthe burden until and unless you feelthe weightlessness. Yes, when you havc mpletelyettptied the inner burden,vou lle it backyou carr,`the buden of the worldi ButinOWlyou wo 't feel any


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1th Matt Am7 i 37heavinetts.-Oh the cOnttary,you will feel a treien( samOunt Of)jspringing forthdOep within,,clenWhill Cattitt the burden Of the wbrldI PreviOuSly,itWtt Feal Sureriht nl the islno surettng: allbeau ,our

iS Llly at rest,and therfOrl:y6u donot iel it tO be a bu ymoreo Even thgh,ou

still,erfOm ations,you are involved and at thsameme nOt inv01ved.You istart seei=g things frOm an tiFel,difent angle.YOu enact a le,but You neverget identied with it.You remain.6utside.Yiou cannOtbut feel blissful,no matter what you ma,dO " :

A comment was made,whith revealed a bit of conLsi6n:``To drop the ego and thcn take it hack and yetremain egOless without feeling the urden of it.owdi9ult,o uttderstand 1 Mther continue d:`6M6ther has said thttt ltlS an experienc ;that it can ieither be grasped nOr can it beexplaincd or inteTTted b,the intelllct The intelle thas an ex1lanatiOn fOrlesingle thhg,Pleople arenot ready to accept anything without an explanatiOnThey think that theie intlt be a 16gi al ettplanation foreverythingo P00r things They thittk they can cx,lainthe nature of this iniverseith all its myste eso Modern scientic thinking io responsible fOr imparting thikind Of attitude to human minds.The inOdernlscientifiapprOach deals Only with things and obj cts that can beperdeivd.It deals only with the empirical wOrld thatcan be measured with external instrumentsl and thecOnclisiOns drawi have to be intelletuall understandable. his cOncept of mOdem scicnce has damaged human faith.Love cannot bO percei ed,neither can faith


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Ni CHILDRENheylaleinot tangttle.Thes,4ualities cttmp lbe putitolwords,vet they are the v rymditionS Iofilhout them life is not litt but dath`Theibeauty anddOr oc life dependirely 6n love ad fai . Theynnot be explained except in real life., It, is our experi-:t without love and faith life becOme5: eahchine or like a: Orpseo Just,as a COFpse dccompoSeb also starts decOmprosing in the absence of 10ve andith. This is our daily experience.,,Every mqment is anerienc this great truth.It is aiazitt that pcople;Sathey have such doubts about what is true."

111 1 er Once againi"ared to e01w She was in a strange,Of wet sand in itter righ

d placed it On Her fOr hOad.Fystill.Mother closed tteFiain d in Her own '0=ld,laible to the han .mind.

Suddenly Mother began singing N:hmeghanga .O dark-colored cloudsHow did you get this bluish hueTlw s:ame dsrk complexionAs Bnndavan's Son of Nandn, Sii Knshna?Did you go and maet Baby Krishna? 'Did He smile at you and talk to YouTDid He, with His blue lotus-like eyes,Squeet like honey, ,cclst a glance at you?


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Dialosrres Wirh Mau AmriunandannyiThe deep silence Of the night and the prOfOund1:

eati,g feeLng created by the sOng ttade everybOdyISmind glide intO a tranquil state ltlis indeed wonderfulto liSte,tO 14other's neOtarOus words and e 3,atiC Singling,fOr She fills bOth heart and sOul with 10ve and conltentent.But these intervals Of deep oilen e,whe tradiates,hei bliss Of Her inncr silence,are bfibeauty beyOnd wOrds.During these editat e.o:mentS, those perso LS in Her preseince cai dive deelliwith nO effOrt at all intO the inttrmOst recettes of th irOwn hearts,wh re they experienCe silenc and peacei lComing down frOm Her exalted m00td, MOtherturned to one side and the ba11 0f sand fen from Herforeheado One of the brah Mchamins careful17 picted itup and kept it in his hands.Once again the perso who had ask d the questi6nabout explainin.g Sliritualit,luiSued the sattE line ofthought: Amma,y6u did nOtiexplttn hOw the saintcannOt feel the burden ev n thOugh he is carrying it."Mother smiled misChievOusl, iShe might have b eithinking how'silly we wlie to cOtttinuc tO ask the samquesdon even after being t01d repeatedly that spirituexpriences were indeScribable,that they CannOt be plained.However,thc MOstlCompasSionate On againbleOsed Her children by gi ing a few more hints:SotbefOre answering your question,let M6ther ten hOw theintenect keeps on raising obj ctions ind dOubtSo ltnever lets us believe; it never lets us have undividedfaitho Look at yOu no :Even after you have been tOldhOw spirituanty is inexplicable, yOur intellect dOeshlta110w you tO accept ito ltldoes nOt,a1low yOu tO believe:It keeps on demanding proof inithe fo 0f mOre aid

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t ex.The min1 existence tt knowlli=l=:

mind. The saint st",fedmg the mind with knowledgeworld Once6d foi the ego is stopped,the ttind=ops itS:habitual

d:imechanical functioningo Thesaint becomes the sole Ontrncr.The,sait lives in thehealto While the head is the seatiOf the ego,thO l art is

vlded`He becomes the unlverse.n the o isireOVed,vou are nl 9re a perrsOn`You become consciotsness:You become forml ,,.:The ego is the mat Fi41 WIhges namc aid rOnce the ego is destroyedi name and form are g9nelYou may giVe a name tO the sainl a,d,ou mav attributef a fOrm to hi ,.btttihe is neither.He becomesilike lheind.He becOmes tp e:n,thing ca,p,ss throughhi.The entire unill ew`ith all its obi l thei=stn,s and(ltars;mou,tams,valleys and fOrOstS;Ocean ,rers und streamsi all peOple,all animals ad,Tl


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Dia10rs With Matt Amtttam, 41lives silently, peacefully and bhssfullyJ Decats he isiegolOs,he is`n6 Inind '9re is anothe="ay of190king at ito While re ing under water,wC dO not tel the weight Ofthe thingswe caniy,no lnatter h9w laFge the tquatttity,may be.Butcome out of the waterland t,to Carry the same thingS.You may not en be ttble to lnOve them an incho LikeWise,the Mahama de`deep into l whde Ofe ste,ce.He becomes existen c itselt and buOyant in thiSlaCe of existence,the`burden'he carriOs islweightlessThuS,it iS not really a burden for him to carFy.He feelsno burden,fOr in reality,he is cOttpletely unburdenedsince his is egoless.

A saint lives in love.Hc hves in compassion.A

Seint iS the embOdiinent,of 19ve and COttpassion. Ipure love there is no burden.Nothing can be a burdento pure desireless 10ve.Rea1 love can carry the entiruniverse hout feelittgiany weighte COmpassiOn canshOuldeF the suttring Of the entire world withOut feeling the,lightest bit of paino What we can th heavybrden Of the entire world is wtightless fOr a Mahama.Hc CaFFieS this`burden'Out of sheer iOy and bliSs.But infact,he does hOt carry it at all. He cannOt cttiry any'ing because inOl a perSOn;he is not a fOm.He isS,itS lf and spaccan cOntaitt enything:Anythingand everything will t in spac ,and st_in theFe Will beplCELty 6f space.`in spac 'eaning,limitless spacej inrehatstible ace.L `'Therelis no division in that state;one blecomes tOtally und idel.Itt factthere is only space.Division iscreated by uso As a res lt of Our Own karlnai the egocr ates divisiono lt is like a house divided by walls intO


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42 AWAKEN,CHILDRENmany=ooHIs.BefOre the hous as cotttructed,therewas only space.After the wans were put up,the spaccwas divided into separate rooms. But in reahty,evenwhen the entire house i built and chvision is created bythe wans,there is stil1 6nly space.The hOusc exists in,paceo Now,if yOu demolish the walls,the house disappears and again yOu have 6nly spacc.Likewise,the eg0can be compar d to thwalls that delineate the divisi6nso Remove the ego and you will again be ome space.i ut son, what good does it do you if you silnplyheaF all these words and ideas7 You should try to attainthat state of being unburdenedo Only that is worthwhile.": Another b77LaChin feltivery moved to speak,'Itis beautiful when you spOak abOut them, Ahma.Though"e are at the lowest ebb of life,we feel so inS,ired When you speako Sometimes there is a tide of inner urgency, and we feel stro gly motivated to kno"and experience that suprelmte statet But this feeling doesnOt last long;it dies away soon." ,. Taking up this point,Mother elabOrated, NOw,thetide comes and goes.It comes in when YOu are in situations silnilar to this,inspired by satsapng.The sum itotalof such inspiri g Circulmstances ill culminate in an urency that will be felt colstantly.That will be the take16ff p6int:At that point y9u will have nO choice buti:totake the inal leap,the inal sOaring up,A real ttasterwl take you tO that point by creating inore ins,iringand more intense chcumstances.As you become morend inOre ieceptive,ithe intenSity of the circumstanceswin increase.That is how a true Gluru takes even the


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0FSSencl or ttC Agan ,o ::C%hiocrsc,ILo htts Yo are 110fiSm71 _0,IiSSfal.SC :ElcttMI B inglid oF SCo ,O PttaI Pottr,sypremcP(er,prOtec11.mcYo"ct DcIIcl, I hcts,"ingiall,Eager to ofrer.the blis Libetttib , Icn b cttd bt always shing h thc meditttio tha o"s. :


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44 A\rAKEN, CHILDRENJO You who shine forth in fultIn the form of Eternal Truth,O Devi, Eternal One, show the Path of Salvation,And shine in me, a dullard onnong martkiClearly I rclI You, O MotherDeign to enter and shine in my heart.Choose me to praise Your stor)And liberate me from this maye.

At tenthirty in the eveningi it started to rainIItseemed that 4 ma wiShed to be in the rain,fOr She didnot get up.As if in tune withHer,everyone relmtainedseattdcept Gavatri,who was extremely COnc lnedabout Mother's health and hySiCal ns.Gayttri gotul,fOr she could see thalithe drizzle would sooniturnintO heavy raino MOther did n6t movc,Gayatri pleadedfor ttmma t6 get up l d move to the temple vetanda 01gO tO Hler roomo Suddenly the drizzle becalmte a d6wnpOuro Everybody got drenc edo The moment the drizzlehad begun,Gayatri had unfolded the umbr lla whichshe httderried along with her,and tried to hold i16verAmmao But Amma wiS enloying the rain,and Only withmuch ieluctance did She give in tO CayatFi'S COntinuOus pleading.Finally Amma gOl up ttnd went along withher to Her ro6m.The btthmtns stood thre a fewmOre moents as if 10st tO this world.It took a fewminutes for them to reahze that Mother was gone.Thesuddenly they all iumped up and rushed tO the templeveranda. [ Shivering,On of the bFahimachariins coted, Itseemed to me that Amma wanted to seeiWhd lr w 'd


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Diloyes With Mara A t may' 45get tp and run aWa,whn the rain came:Itseemd asifit were a test. But then again,maybe6to Amma hasHe1 0wn reasns.She may have simply preferfed tO ttayln the Faln.' 1 4: Anothr One said, 14don't knOw how to act 6n suchoccasionso For exaimple: Gayatri insisted that MothershOtld go to lHer room,wher as nOne of uS uttered aSgll WOrd:We just sat here and kept quiet.Of'cottsewe relmtained in the rain t00`But my questiOn is,what isthe ri ght attitide7 Whth attitude iS Correct,Gayatri'sOr Ours7" r

Sharing these fellilgs Of utteasiness,anoth r.b7 hmaChaF' COmmented,Now that you:have raiSed thatlquestiOn, I alS6 have a guilty.colSCinctabout it. Ithittk "e should haOe asked Amma t6 go to Her r mbelbr it rained so heatvil,.'' ' A bit of discussi6n followed and the brahmachattnsc6nclided that they ShOuld k Mother about it Wh nthty had th ance.Then the,lent t,thCir rOoms.Tholy sou,ds were th6se Of the wind blolwing,thehifalhng and thocean"a,es roaring 1 1

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bOtheFing them the day before.One of thO aokcd,mmal yesterday,While yQv were in the rain and it,tarted to pOur, Gayatri pleaded that yOu gO t9 yourroom,whereas,e did not say anythingo We luSt keptquieto Now,Amma,kindly telliuS whether OuF SilenCewas alwrong attitudei" 1 1:Laughg loudl ,Amma replied,`,no,childrcn.DOn't,worry,yOur attitude wasnlt wrOng.Both Cavatri'attitude and youriattitude Were cOrrect. , ayatFrs shas to takeicare of Attm s physi 1cal needs. She is ,ery cOnscientious about thal Thelover,in.theibeg.inning stagves,f10ve,is alwttys very atltached to and concerned about his.Or her,be10ved'sphysical bOdy.This attachment Or st=ong bOnd contintes until the final state hei the lover bOcOmes tQ,11lyone with the be10ved.The attitude of`I and YOu'cOntinues to exist in the 10vcr until the final merglng tatesplace.Gayatri is always cOncerned about Amm1ls body?Amma'siphysical leeds are wha,she think,and dreamoabout ceaselessly,Hlr cOn rnifor Amm s b9dy atiScSfrOm her puFe 10ve foF Amma That is h6wiit.ohou14behaving attachment and deep cOncem for theGuru's body,even thOugh the Guru is not at an bothered about his bOdily needs.Attachment t6 the(3urumakes 9ne dctach 10m all w6rldly cOncerns a,d worri sI It'helps the spiFitual seeker forget abOut the wOrldand c9,cOntrate on Godo The spiritual pFOgiess 6f a disrciple 6r i devOtee dep nds 6 th intisity of his Or herremembrance Of his Curu or God,which is alSO meditation,and this will culminate in tOta1 0heness.Gttyatri'sthoughts are always focused on v6ther and Her ndeds;thri there is6thihJ Wr6ng in GayatFi's ttttitudc.It' all righ . :


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Diahgues WithMaror- Amriurctrdanwyi 47hildren, have yOu heard the stOry of Krishna'sheadachel Lord Krishtta One day pretended tO have a

sev re headacheo When the sage Narada came into theLord's private chalmbersl he saw KriShna roning on thebd,unable to bear the terrible pain.ExpreSSing greatsympathy,Narada ittquired f therc were anything hecOuld dO fOr the Lordif there were any remed,tO easethe paino Krishna,ls if undergoing severe pain,Inurured in a barely atdible oice,`The only medicine isdust frOm My devotees'feet.This iunbearable peitt willg00nly if the dust is applicd to My foFehead 'earing this,Narada thOughtl`Oh dear,I ai thegreatest devote of the Lord,but how can l commit thewOFSt Sin of giving the dust frOm my fet for the Lord toapply On His fOrehead:Tt isipossible.I cannot dothat.'

ut still he wanted to 6btain a cure fbr the Lord,Sohe went Out and search d for sOmeone who would givethe dust frOm his feet for th Lord to apply to His foreheado First the,age went to Rukmini and Satyabhalmta,the Holy Consort,of Krishnao They immediately refused,nOt wantinL toommit such a big si .NextNarada Went tO se matty saints and sages who were renOwned fOr their devOtion and tappas,but nOne Ofthemwas ready to commit a great sin l e that

`:A disappointed ,Narada returned to lDwaraka,theabodof Sri Krishna.He told the Lord thatthose whomhe had apploa9hed were attaid tO incur such a gloss sinand askediwhere he could gO tO,ind the relmtedyo SleingNarada's hel,lesSness, the Lord, still feigning severepain,smilingly replied,`Go to Brin van 'o Narada weht tO B=indavan,where the GOpiS


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were thrined and excit d to see the great dl,otee OfLord Sri Krishna..They SuriOunded himi eagerly a kingquestions about Krishna.After attswering thlir ques,tiOns,Narada inall,told them aboit the se ere headache and its sole remedy,that this was what he hadoome to ask for thLordo Without aimoment's thOughtand as if th ,had gOne insane,th Gopis began illiigbags aid baLS OfSand frOm under eir feet,hOcked,Narada exclaiined,`W7hat are yod doing7Dn't you knoW that this is the worst in,to make theL6rd wear the dust frlm y ur feet:Are you crazy7 'he Gopis in th ir intense love for the Lord criedoit,`lThen let us incur this sin, o Inatter how severO itmay be.IWe do 't careo We don't care'abOut sin Orierito Our beloved.KriShna's headache inust be ured.That is our onlyoncerno lf this dust from under 6urfeet will cure His heada he,we dOn't care"hat puniShment,islin stOre for u6:We will gladly accept it.'1`Narada was abs01utely amazed by the unCOndiriOnaldevotion and love that the Gopis had fOr Krishnao Returning to Dwaraka with the bags of sattd from the Gofpis'feet,Narada found a h althy and illy heall SKrishna sittingith a welcoming smile lighthg His d,iOine countenanceo Narada now realized that the wholehettdache event was a diVine dralmta plavcd by.SriKrishna to humblhim.He was c rtainl,huhbled asthe Lord said to him,lM dear Narada,while you andall the others wtte only worried about inCutting si ,theCOliS Were Only concerned about Me.They were not atall bothered about what greit sinlthey'ould incur;infact,they were willing to accept whatevericottsc Cesmight befall thei for the sO called sinful ,t of g hg


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Dialo Mata Amtttananda"i 49the dul of lteirifect tO the Lord. They c6nsiderednothing else,but Me.Their Krishna should be well.Hispain shetld end. This was their sOle cOncern. Their

is beyond cOmparet

hildren,this attitude of thc devotee in caring fore Lord's lhy,iCal well being is pOrfectly all right Forhttn the Lord is both his beloved and his all in all;sO itJLctly in keeping with his love and devotion fOrthe dvotee to ctte about the Lord'S bodily c9mforts,His health lnd physical needs.The devotee's attachmeit and cOnstant remembra,ce(or One pointedness)=ises out Of this attitide,Which is vc,y g00d.

The braluTtaclwrin then asked, "Amlrra, in the begin-ning you said that our attitude was not wrong, but yourexplanation rnakes it sound as if Gayatri was,right andwe were wrong.tt"Noi oo. Not so," Amma assured him. "Mother wasjust about to say that your attitude came from a place ofbeing fully identified with that particular set of circurrr-stances. You were in a state of forgetfulness. You didn'tsge the rain coming; you had not seen the rain cloudsgathering. Your mind was so concentrated on watchingAmma at that particular moment that even when itstarted to rain, you did not notice the rain drops. Youwere living in the moment with Amma so that nothingelse mattered. However, since it is Gayatri's sadhana totake care of Amma's physical needs, she was rnore corr-cerned about Amma's health. She saw the rain comingand , felt extremely concerned about Amma's gettingdrenched. Of course she wanted Amma to get out of therain and go inside. So both her attitude and yours arecorrect.


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Dh Mara Am 51``BI rememberr this is ivst an example.Bott yOu

iandi Cayatri still haOe a long,10ng way tO g6 to reaChthat state of supreme devotiOn .ow,hildren,if yOu cOnsciouslv act in a sel shWay,liat is wrO .For ttample,if Out Of anger or spiteyOu leliberately let Amma stay in the rain,ithat w6ulabe a t6 ally ha.l attitude which cOuld adverselyCt,our iritual prOgress.AlsO;had you run Out oftheiain withOut caring abott Amma; ithOut Seeking Herplrmission to lea e Or without being asted by AmmatOg6,that would havc been a wr6ng attitude.HOweOer,none ofyou did any Of thOse things,so don't Orry.Ome peOpl hve the attitude that Ammtt is G6dithat Sh i6 beyOnd everything and that nothing can afet Her.They think Of Her as being an powerful andkno that She can even live without food and leep becatse Hcr energy is inexhauStible.They cOnsider H r to`be the stpremO Brahman,the Absolute.This attitude isals6 correct

he differnce is,while a d vOtee sees both the extemal and the intemal aspect,Of the Lord,pcople whObelieve that God is thAb301ute BIahman se Only theinternal.BOth for cayatri and for you,MOther is y6urBe16ved Lord and allpOwerful God;She is erythingfOr pu. 1 1`Children,M6ther knOws that both,Ou and Cayatriare very much cOncetted about MOthers physicaliwellbeing,but in that particular set of cirtumstances,youbtalmte identied with thatmOment and yOu(brgot everythingo whereasiCavatri,as it was her sad'` ,wasmore concemed about MOthe :phySiCal 16dy.Ho"ever,in both cases this fOrgetfuincs,and identi cati6n


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52 1 : VA.CH)RENhapttns,only once in a whilet ttt shouldfbecom constant.And that is the po t When 70u ettrm :ataste of supremerlove," __Thehm,e very happy to heartht they6t mada mistake in unwngly al10wingiAtO stay ln the rain by not tFglng Her tO g 1lLiS eXllanati61 relieVed thOm of any guilty cOnsciende,`Aslinstr,cted b Amma,One 6f=the bJmanins langM`"la hrlisara. ..

O most charming O c,Lord Or theIs.hcar.Wlith the complexlo ofraiCIoOds, : Bcaring thc GO` ess La shmi o His cLst,. i Lotttsced Onc, hrcYongCrs. . That carss soFt hlttbics7 1

O Yo I:ed in B ,n so of NandaiWho&ed and pla`d in thc h

ts 1 0fLoFd CLitanand othcFS, I Yo"c abL ttd Omagat .

TYo""ho c bOnded to Yo"Fecs,' 11 :We J'

0"r palms 1 rmio .At about three o'c10ck in the afternOon Amlna wasFOaming inthe cocOnut grove. This seelmted norinalough,ryet there was som thing unusual in Her inaniner. One could discern that She was reveling in the

highe,planes,for the FeSidents had seen lHer d6 thisbefore.It was a pttticular mood Of HerO,biding h:hesolute stillness Of Her rell nature while Sh :mOvedabOutijThis continued foF S6me tim`


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Dia10y Mata Am m 53A fe mittel ilttter,Moth( ::wasndimtt nettr ay9ing Oo601kg uplle i ttt tFee anOwl,was being attac=ed b IF crows ITh angry.crows screechd wildly aS rhev 74: thcdefenseless owlo lt seemed certaii that th clo, would

kin the owl _IPicking up a s ne,A ma throWiit attth eicws,butthe crowS were not bothered and continued the attack.

:At this ploint M6 eripited uplttveral stones and shotthem rapidly at the c wsI Thi3 tilme the cro,s accepteddat and ac,away,1 ng ttLe O l alonet Dnt sobl lthe l 6r bird fell low :6 th tree:1 uttring in10f Mothero With wounds all er itS body,th owlllayOn the,undiOi,s.Ammt d6m ard t66k:the bleedi,g biFd in Her handsi careSSig it compaSsion :ately: Withi aisad b6=6 IH lfac She gendplaCdthe owlo Htt lapl cayatri:"Amma callediout, bringsOme h6t,ater i tOvrels.'' . :iOne}6f th a1chattns ran tl (Gtayal i and repOrted the matter tO her.In a fe hlttes Griicamed6wn with the hot water and sOmte t sI Seting theM6ther's white skiFt COVer d ttith bl,cayatri lettheoe wOFdS Slip out of her l. uth::,110h ideari vOFuriSkirtiS CbVeFed"ith blood:Amma;the tkirt is ruined imw.1'Hearing this comment,Ammhrewia very sal 10ok at Ga,atri Th love.andi,cOmpasSib .She had inHei eS foF the O1ere 10t viS 1: the look Shgave Ga,atrio lt Was mOrle like a W s if tO Say,ait tin l inish teAding to thiS 16and h01plessbird`"Gayatri guessed th implications thatbok andturied palet : .Using the hot water attd towel,Amma wiped 6ff the


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Dttlogzes W ith Mata Amritallanamay: 55Gaytttri reminded MOther Ofl Her bloodstained

skirt Amma,don't you wantto changc your skirt7"4S if Waiting to hear these wOrds,Amma retoFted,o, Mother does not want to change. She wants tohav the blo( on Her c10theso lt reminds Amma ofthe

helpless creature and of the pain it underwent.It indicates the pain and agony of the entire creatiOn. Itmakes Her`remember the hJelpless state of those whO arein sorrow and suffering:ThuS Mother can alsO rememrber the need to fe lOmpass10niand to express it to allcreatures,no lnattet hOw insittnifiCant Or useless theyappear tO be.It really pain 111fOr MOther tO sec howselicentered Her children are.Instead of feeling ompassion for this helpless bird,Cayatri is more ncernedabOut the clotheso lt is pttinful to think that as spiritualseekers Mother's childrei:dO nOt feel the,ain Of Otherbeings." .:

Galitri hung her head as she sat very still.A heavysilence lled the atinOsphere and every6ne lbegan tOfeel something of the MOtherls conCern for tte tentirecreation.It was awesome:Tcars F011ed dOwn MOther'sface,but nO one knew whyo WhO can comprelhend themeaning of the tears:of One so c impassionatelAs the Mother's mind changes its lnood,there is achange in the atmospherelaround tter.Her m00d is inevitabl renected in the peOple,ar Her. ,Amma bcgan talkintt again:TThe thOught that Herchildren are nOt able to feel cOttpassion,that they cannot see th mselves in sOmebody else's place is extremely painful fOr MOther.

ithout love and OmpaSSiOn the world cannOt exist.The whole Of existence is indebted tO the Mahat77L


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56 WAttNICHILDRENfOr th lloidompassion thV haVe sh6

d ol 1110:Th eatiandl theatuies'i it an:1ssttn 61comp lIThOSei,hav =n,lt II=bevond, 1 1- : ,=dmof Sdllnestt the st OfOneiess.In thatiStis,o,mOtb hra isnOng buse.i:T01 mplSsi , eHo,%1611a,ti :I

`

6 colmetdcII wh ldl,they"hen,=oo c.with etlmiWhould lhey bOth r abut 6th111'1

: 1state 6f Onen

lth re"feelings h th18 te There is ieitte:lompl :Or lack ofPano A1:t=Thtt111they create a body t6 ,xpress.COmpaSSiol and 10ve,Oncempassion ariseS wi , lCOme dOwn

t6the human plan OficOnstc191sns,Whv dO they d9thiSI What for:H[ave you.e er tlught about7:Thcydo that only to cr ate the spirit Of 10e andicompassloin you."

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Dia10wStWith Mata Aml 1mdamay, 57nO=Wantito COme downi aS if,Ou WOuld have preferredto iemain Ln that smte of Oneness.Th n how d6es thisCO

=happ,n l HOw dOes that cottpassionise71 1 _ 111 tmiOnale one,.Sp6k `lM9th"haslrl 9fha,abOut what httpettd Whtt hebIigh= efuny ilhrol yettS Of tap ,Buddha becae enlightedt lWtthei:9d enlightenient,I,iddha re

W de :WhetI11ldhl l 1 The,

==:=i== and a11 its creamr "6ild be benlettl om what hehad gained.If he did 9t speak,11 e a tramtendous lossr the,6rld. l i O thgods came dOwn from httven a d appearedbere Bddha.Bowing dowi 19 thl=Oa:,Oul,th,v re

peatedly.Pmyed to hi Sp:17,101Oly e,pleale speakl YourttieS.1 h afabll one;therefore,be c assionatletiT tcFe are inanyp/eople who are su1ond,0=Ow.one singleword frOm you will give them h6pe.Yotf m re psencewin gtte them peace and tm ltillity There are alsseekers Of Truth whOl,eed 70tr help.Cuide them tOthis stof Sel RealizatiOn. L word,a glance,a touchom 7u will bela shOttring of ambrOsia upon themPlease speak,00.reat One,'. 1 l l`:A:Ar,t, Buddh4, the En lightened Onc, paid nO


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heed to their prayers.Then after their cOntinted insistencei he tried tO explain to thlelni that nO ing heuld say would fully express his experien e of Truth.The gOds contin ed tO plead with him,`Think of ailinghumanityo Have cOmpassion for those who are i, orro"and dcspair, longinB fOF SOmeOne to give them sol ceand peacof lind.Think ofthOse seekers f Truth whoare badly in need OfsOmeonc to guide thett to the goal.They.need guidance. If nObOdy helps them ithey lnaylook bact and think,``I have been waitingiso long toreach the state of Perfectiono What if it does nOt exist:Maybe there is nO such thing as SeliRealizatiOn, soWby ShOuld l wasle my time any 19nger:"And in thatstate of frustration and disappointinent, they mighteven fall back into the woild ofi,lurality.Think,HolyOne,think.Think ch peqple`Take pity On them.Feel compasslon for the and speak.One llok,onewOrd or one touch from a h01y person lik you is sufficient for them tO attain the goalirThat attainm nt of asingle soul is enOugh for the rest of the wOrld to be beneitted. 1 1

radually Buddha's heart illed with compassionAnd sO,after having expeFienCed the highest Truth,ater having beenlled inside and Outside, and hauingattained Oneness ttithi the Supreme hing,h :camedom. . : ,1`The praverO'and supplications Of the gods in thisStOFy r( )resentithe innericall attd longing of sincOresadhah and peOple who believe in the exittlence Of aStprelmte Power,who are badly in(need of Ood'sf.1 iaceand guidance.There are always sHCh peOlle WhO yearninttnsely to have ible perience of G:They


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Dialoycs w ith Matt Ammndam i 59will see the destructivc powers trying to ov elin thehigher values Of hfe and feel the ilttler urgency for aposit e spiritual change.Their htense call and oiayerswill creatwaves of compassion in the inind Of a greatsOulo That call brings him down."

A brahmmttarin said, Amma,I am tteling a bit ofcOnlsiOn abOut what you saido Sometittlestyou say thatOnce Reahzati6n is attained one becomes fu11 f loveand compassion,that there is nothing but love,in sucha persono Thln l haVe also heard ou say that in thatstate of( neness there is neith r1love nor lack of love,either cOmpassion nor lack f compassion.This sOundscontradictorv.Amma,please make this clear."

Children,"Amma sald, once Realitttion is attaind,someibeings merge With eternity,and a vcry fewOfthem come down.Who would like to come downia .ter having entered the(Dcean of Blis37 1n order tO comedon frolm that ultimate state,that tate frolm Whichthere is nO return,it is necessary to have something tohold on toa determined tho ght,a sanialpao only afew wh6 can make that s ba tO descend will comedowh.That sanlpa or mlental tesolvetis compassion,love or seless seivice to,suffering humanity.If yOu donot want to listeniand respond to the ca1l of those sincere/seekers and the cry of those who aretsuffertt inithe world,and if y u want to Felm:ain in thtt ilnpersonalstate and do not want to be compaSSiOnate, it is allright;you can Felmtain there.1`When vou cOme down, a curtaln tWhich can bepulled awav at any time is put up by self will;h16rderto1lnake functioning in this orld:smooth and uninteF


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tupted:Conscy,yOu d9 not pay atty atte,tion to,the ather side of the cuFtain.Yet on and Off you do g0to thother side,but you manage tO c9me ba,k.TheVery thOught Or a reminder 9f th 9ther s ide ca,simpl,lift you there.

nce y9u cOme down,then play the rOle w ll..You le and 6rk hard for the uplifthg of all humanity,YOu wll,have pr6bs,ObSt les ia 4 dittcult situation :You_will also have tO face abuSel,Iscandals andcalumy.IBitdO nO,carbecause although exterHyOu l 00k like everybOdy els , intemany you aredlttreitotally different.Inside,you are 6ne with theSuprelm[ TFuth; theFefO:9, you are untouched; unafected.Httving ecOme one with the very Sourcc of en ergy itself,,ou WOrk tirel ssly.:Healing and oothingithe deep woundS Of thOse whome to you;,y:giveipeace a,d happiness to cveryone. Your.way of.livinglifeotF renunciation,16vei compassion and seles

i noessgives inspiratiOn to others to wa,t to expcriencewhat you experience. f they dno want to be con erned abOut the19rldlat,all,lthOse c OmpaSSionate and 10vi,et6nes whoFcidOWn can als6.Femttn in thatin 1dilsttte andi mergl itt Supreme ConsciousnesS.In that state there is

i indtthr loe nOr iackf lo,e,neither compassion norlakof comlas 10ni

nilorder to express compassiOn and 10ve and perl forin seless settrice and in,order to insp=e others to experience those divine qualities,one inust have a body OnQe a body:is taken,itt has tO take its naturail course.IThe Mal`ts1ldy is different frOm.an oFdinar,eFSO 'S:IfSO Wills,he Can keep the bOdy ao long a`


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: Dialoycs W7ith M4ta Am tamndamay, 61:he wiShes, ithOut belg afnicted by disease,nd Suttring.But he consciousl,Inakes the body undergo all theexperie ces that an sxdinary humenibeing unde=goes.Th rein lies his greatncss .idn't Krishna get hurt during the Mahabharatabattle7 Didnit tte ttght etthtcen tim.es wiJarasandha,the powcrful aid Crll king7 Finally He lip10maticallyleft the battle eld:Hle could have killed JaraSandha ifHc had want d,bur Kttishna didn't He made Bhima,the second PandaVa brother,do that.emember it was an arrow shOtiby an Ordinaryhunter which lut an end t6 Krishna's life in this world.JeS,S as.cx99uted iOn the lloSiS 4 0f Them couldhave prevented the e ent ihpt in end to Their10dy, but They let eVeFything happen i e naturalcOurse 6f ev nts.They let life ca=y Them:They ChOsetO be at Thtt were l,dl,t the eVont, CCur.They werewilling tO su ender.HoWever,lbib d9es n9t mean thatthe natur1l C6urse is inl talle.or unavoidable forThem,as it il for ordinary humans.No,that's not so.IfThe,had wishedf Thy COuld have aveFted all bittOr ex

nary humans have:Yet bear in mind that if a circum= .T:::ab6ut to dup the entire cx ean*:and how Sri Krishnawatm.


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62 AWA_KEN,iCHILDRENlifted up the inountai (3ovardhana wtth His little fingert'* . :Amma paused and askd brahmacharin Rao toising asong,v% a ganam pati".

Oh%happ,beCS,malodics ithO"t"orA,Won't "com tO thc Abode oFth Diinc Mothr7No mre do c hac tOandcr On the d s TOads of this CarthK710"that the D19iinc Mothcl has come to arth.Wiith the CFS Or Springi tC GoddesS has cOmc,DgoCb c go cTcer. NIct"s go to thc Di ine Abodc:l`Lct%s:0 hCartsith ic ras of"iSdOm,F%:: ith thc BIj s oF SCr,Exclaim that th mple1 0f bOd d mlindls nccr Thatil i l

After the sOng,Amma continued: Children,youmay attain the htthcst T:ith,but still oi ma lackcOmlassiOne With6ut feeling:10ve 6r any c6ncem:forsuffering human beings,yo lnav remaiin the s,atOfOneness.Youl"ill be like 10tisOwei blooming.On

1 mountan Govardhana :Enttd atithis,Indm mined down torentsuin der todeStEw the Vilages and theh cOwso horderto ct:Lord K h litedEttT;:t IICiridharr' r tte whO heH ttc hil1 00 ardhJ."


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Des WtitL Matt Amri mayi 63some hidden peak in the Himalayas. Or you will be likea lake full of pure crystal clear water that i,hidden in adeep inacCessible fOreste Or you will be like a fruit treefu11 0f ripe fruit in the middle Of a dense foresto Nobbdycan enioy the.beauty attd fragrance Of that lotus;no beewin gtther its pollen tO make honey._Nbody willOmeto bathe in that lake Or drink from ito Nob yan enjoy the sweet and deli019us fruitt But stin your existcnceis full,Iclear and pure,for yOt have reached theigoal.`10n the other hand,the comlaSSiOnate oneS,thOSewhOse hearts are illed wtth 10ve and concern,are like ariver which 10ws down frOm the higheSt mOuntainThey are like thei Canges.After having ascended tO thehighest peak of bliss,6ut Ofcompas lon theyow downfrOm the heights in Order to let Oth rs bathe in them,drink frott thcm and swim in them.They arellite a fruittree grOwing by the side Of the rOad,Offerittg itS fruit tOeveryone.Tired travelers can enjoy the fruit;they canquench their thir t and appease their hunge=.They arehke a beautiful lotus blossOnling in the telmple pond.PeOple can gather around tO enloy i beauty and dehght in its fragrance,and dOing S9,ithey fee1 0onteited.Like bees cOnling tO collect pollenifor.holcy, peOplewin gathernd the cOmpassionttellneS,wa.L ng forpearls ofiOm to falltfrOm thelphey therttelvesbecOman1 0fferiO ithe peOple.Su` ,souls haVewholly surrmdered themselves tO a1l of ettist ,cet yet9ut oftcompassion they OttrithemveS baCk to thewOrldi still th y relmtain in silence.11 , .

: i l .: : = l: : ` :Ammat explanation was sO penetrating ttld revealing that evleryone isat. bsrbttd in,Her woFdS ho else


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64 MKENi CHILDRENn Oind sO clearly end C6nvi,cingly tuch truthsthat are`ls.btler than the sibtlestl'70 ly one whoi byilnere l"in,tan m6ve effortlessly betwcen these two

ing in dalknel:.:A6watt wlFep 'y9fOr all

th tfuble thit,6 undergO for usI Amma,h9"are Wt6deve10p this lo'e andltomp li6n:Oh,IAmma.Ama:..Amma...P TheOttach iin started to sob=:Like a mOther dee11, 6ncerned a )utt her s6n,Amma conlsOled himo S10Wly he st6p eltCrying asiohelt}h,PttlfOr Her childre .

FORGETIN ORDER TO REMEM BERCoDAnother brah77Ltthal had a question: 4mm I

Ihhettd vou.saiy se'cral times that One should'forget1 61deF to rem mG6d 'What does that mean71'I Amma exPlaihed this seeminglparadox:Children,=::=iI[i 1L=mowiI:

is elswheFe,the lessons will not go into youtiheadle te#


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Dialawes Vith Mata Amritanandamayi 65thingsl aF be happcning in the slme labOratory,butthe siest dpes nOt s e6r hcar any ing as he allento h on particular wOrk.He be 10king thrb gha miCFoSCOptitostigate ithe subtle,collS`9f lh9 hurman bOdy,but he will nOt even be a"are of ttle microscope.Hc seesinOthing bu t the minute cellS that he`iSstudying. : :

`lThus,in ever day life this kind Of fOrgetting andremeibering happens all the timc.Each ttome,t Sttething is fo=gOtten and something else t,rcttembered.Themilyl:is fOrgotten and the offiCe is rememlered.Thfe wife is fOrg6tn;the,hildren are Fcttembered.The chttren disaplar and the wife appe.rS This happelS eVery moment,moment to momenl,but we arenOt aware of it.It is clear nOw'that in day to day life rgetfulnesS iS required in Ord F tO remember SOmeiF:: l= :etauslhen wetSee thl:W61ldi Godiis` rgtcn__unless wchave the power tO see,the world as19od.conttant reltembrance Of G6d ineanS a consta,tfOigetting of the w

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