AMMA SAYS - STORIES & JOKES

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OM AMRITESWARYAI NAMAH

 

AMMA SAYS - STORY

 

Host of the Party

 

"A great party was in progress, It was a wonderful party, everything

was perfect, and all the guests were happily enjoying themselves."

 

"Around midnight a crazy gatecrasher sneaked into the house and

joined the celebration. He approached the host and said, 'What a

boring party! What a suffocating atmosphere!' He went on and on

about what a terrible party it was in such a convincing way that,

finally, the host began to be persuaded. He forgot how much he had

been enjoying himself until now and became convinced that it really

was a terrible party. He even forgot that he himself was the host!

So he said to the gatecrasher, 'You're absolutely right. It's awful!

Let's go somewhere else.' 'Yes,' said the gatecrasher. 'I will

organize a fantastic party - it will be my party, and you will be my

guest.' The gatecrasher began to promise him all sorts of wonderful

enticing things."

 

"They left the party together and went to the gatecrasher's house.

It was a dreary place - ugly, dirty, and lifeless, and no one else

was there. But the crazy gatecrasher, believing his own illusions of

grandeur, kept trying to persuade his guest that the gloomy house

was a beautiful mansion and that they were about to enjoy themselves

at any moment. 'The fun will soon begin,' he kept saying."

 

"But nothing happened. In the beginning the man believed him, but

then he suddenly returned to his senses. 'Wait a moment!' he

exclaimed. 'What is it?' said the gatecrasher, looking worried. 'Oh

no!' exclaimed the man. 'What am I doing here in this horrible

place? I have forgotten that I am the host of that other wonderful

party - that it is my home! I have forgotten how much I was enjoing

myself there.' Ignoring the gatecrasher's protests, the man walked

out through the door and hurried back to his own house. All his

firends were still there having a great time; they hadn't even

noticed he was gone. He smiled at them and happily rejoined the

celebration.

 

"My Children, the entire human race is in a similar position. People

have forgotten who they are. We are supposed to be living in our own

wonderful home, where we belong, enjoying the splendid celebration

of life and creation. Like the 'host' in the story, we are, in fact,

the center of it all, but we do not know it. Something has gone

terribly wrong. The ego has sneaked in and has lured us into a state

of utter forgetfulness, a state of unconsciousness. We have

forgotten that we are the host of a glorious celebration. Instead,

as if sleepwalking, we have left to join the ego, the 'crazy

gatecrasher', at his non-existing party."

 

"The ego is an outsider. But we, the host, the real center of the

wonderful 'party', around whom the whole play of creation is taking

place, have forgotten the truth about our real Self. We have

mistakenly attached ourselves to the ego, the impostor, identifying

with the ego and its distorted views.

 

"We need to wake up from our stupor and remember that we are

the 'host', the very center of creation. Then, we, too, will

exclaim, 'Oh no, what am I doing here? I have forgotten that I am

the host of the party! That is my home! I have completely forgotten

how much I was enjoying myself over there!' Then you will not waste

another moment. You will rush back to your real home, and remain

within your blissful, joyful Self."

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AMMA SHARANAM