How I meet Amma...foot darshan

Om Namah Shivaya!

I meet Amma in 1990. At that time I was a spiritual seeker who would
go to almost ever spiritual event. Zen masters, angels gatherings,
whatever and whenever. I decided to go to a small Ammachi satsang in
Washington D.C.

At this point, I did not really like Hindiuism, which i thought was
tacky. Too many elephants, monkeys, spicy food and gaudy colors. I
prefered Zen buddhism, and japaneese stlyes.

I went into the satsang of about 7 people at Loiuse's house. The
first thing I noticed was a picture of Amma's feet with a bunch of
flowers around them. This, to my mind, was another example of a funny
and tacky Indian custom: worshiping feet. Yuchhh!

But I couldn't take my eyes off the picture, I just stood there
staring and staring. After a few seconds, I felt as though I had
smoked some marijuana, but gentler and brighter. This was one of my
first big Shakti blessings from Amma. I did not know what "Shakti"
was so I was a little disconcerted. I actually thought that this
group of people were generating the energy, and that I had stumbled
on a group of incredible adepts. We sang bhajans, and I just got more
and more "blessed". I was actually frightened by this. I drove home
and spent the rest of the night feeling quite intoxicated.

It wasn't until later that that someone explained what had happened.
That I had experienced a blessing from Amma. I became very interested
in Hinduism after this: Very, Very interested.

What are the physics of this?

Om Namah Shivaya!
Chris

Namah Shivaya Chris,
Great story about your meeting Amma! I just love hearing how She
reaches us and pulls us into Her arms (or to Her feet as in your
case). As for the physics, I for one just love tripping on the
mystery of it all.
Jai Ma!
Omana

Omana wrote:

> As for the physics, I for one just love tripping on the
> mystery of it all.
> Jai Ma!
> Omana
>

Namah Shivaya,

Me too. For me it is totally impossible to understand Mother's greatness
with the mind. There are brief moments when She has granted me an
expansive glimpse - and it has totally blown my mind and is impossible
to describe.

I think that what we know of Her is like a speck on the wall.

At Her Feet,
Prasadini


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