Amma's words on humility

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"Life is a mystery. You cannot understand it unless you surrender, for your

intellect

cannot grasp its expansive and infinite nature, its real meaning and fullness.

Bow

down low and be humble; then you will know life's meaning."

 

"Once a seed becomes a big tree with an abundance of fruit, it doesn't have to

declare

to the world, 'Look everyone, look at me. I am a beautiful tree, laden with

fruit. Come,

people, come! Rest in the shade of my limbs! Enjoy the cool breeze that filters

through my leaves! Enjoy my delicious fruit!' Even without any kind of

announcement,

people will flock to the tree to enjoy its fruit, its shade, and the breeze. But

first, like

the seed coming out of its shell, you must come out of the hard shell of the

ego. Just

as the seed bows low beneath the soil in order to grow into a tree, so you, if

you are

to evolve into the Self, must bow low to all of existence in utter humility."

 

"Real humility comes only when we are able to see everything as G-d. Humility

means

to become smaller and smaller. There are two ways to realise G-d. One is to grow

bigger and bigger and become bigger than the world. This means to become aware

that, 'Everything is in me, I am everything.' But this is not easy. This will

easily inflate

the ego because we don't know how to grow big. It is not the ego that should be

made big but the real 'I.' The mind should be expanded to embrace and

accommodate

the whole universe within it. On the other hand, to become small is much easier.

Consider ourselves to be the servants of G-d. G-d is not sitting in a particular

place or

on a throne. He is everywhere, in every object of the world. Therefore, when you

think

and discriminate properly, you can see that you are the servant of the world.

Being a

servant of G-d means being a servant of the world."

 

"Amma does not see any greatness in your showing respect only towards Her. What

Amma looks for is whether you children respect others or not, whether you

children

are selfless, or whether your attitude is egoistic towards others, whether you

have

humility or whether your attitude is, 'I cannot bow down.' These are the things

which

Amma cares about."

 

- Amma