Seattle Public Program

[Guest guest]

Dear List,

 

Not too much to report. Good programs today in

Seattle. The hall is a former department store and

quite spacious. I personally liked it. The stage

had a red and orange backdrop with tiny lights

behind the draped saris.

 

Mother was honored by the (woman) leader of the Tribal

Council (?) of Washington, and the Mayor of Burien.

Rhadika gave a short satsang, then Amma gave a talk

on the necessity of love in life. Swamiji was

translating. He said Amma says men are primarily

intellectual and women are more emotional, so

"men have to come down to the level of women......

no, that is not right!" Every one roared with

laughter and Amma acted like she was hitting him

on the head and had a great laugh over that.

 

The darshan token numbers went up to 1300 this

morning.

It was a pretty good crowd even though Burien is

not generally a destination point for travellers.

 

Tonight I happened to be up by Amma's chair when

a blind woman came with her guide dog. Amma started

unwrapping a chocolate kiss for the dog, and Geetha

asked the woman if her dog could have chocolate. The

woman said no, apparently, as that's what Geetha

said, then Amma went ahead and dropped the kiss on

the floor and the dog ate it. The dog also had a

sign "Ignore: working dog" on its back, but Amma

also petted the dog.

 

Amma was saying my darling

daughter in several languages. There were some

Polish people and Amma was saying "my darling

daughter" in Polish. There were other languages

also, but I didn't know what they were.

 

Another joke from yesterday's luncheon:

 

A man was hiking and fell off a cliff. As he

was hurtling downward, he grabbed onto a small

bush and was left dangling out over the abyss.

He began to pray fervently for God'd help.

Then he heard a voice from heaven, God's voice.

It said, "LET GO." The man thought for a moment,

then asked, "Is there anyone else up there to ask?"

 

Love,

Jyotsna

 

P.S. Sorry I have to be at PLU before noon so am

unavailable for pickups at the airport. Also I have

no list of airport arrivals for devotees.