More Conversations with Amma

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Namah Shivaya Nirmala,

 

This one is to help you get LIGHTER. .

 

Nov 2000, San Rafael:

I wanted to ask Amma a q, so I got a chance in the line. I am a

Mallu but I don't speak it well at all although I understand it

perfectly, so I had it written in English and was ready to get it

translated. She saw me, pushed the interpreter away and basically

told me to speak in Malayalam. I told her I was not good at it, but

She gently and lovingly told me to try; She said She will understand

what I say. Then She did small talk with for 2 mins before we got

around to the question. Magnificient time!

 

Washington DC July 2001:

During darshan, I had to talk to Her again...this time, with (mis)

placed confidence, I started speaking to her in Malayalam, about the

same problem that I had spoken of earlier. There, in front of 50

people, She blasted me and said "This guy's Malayalam is so

horrible; I can't understand if he is speaking Malayalam or Tamil or

Hindi!"

 

July 2004, Chicago:

Devi Bhava darshan, Amma talked to me a bit. But she was talking to

me in Tamil. Actually, She has been doing this for a few darshans

now even though she knew I am a mallu, but I was too shy/afraid to

point it out to her. But this time, I asked her why she spoke to me

in Tamil when she knew i was a mallu? My (unspoken) point was that

atleast I can understand Malayalam even if i don't speak it that

well, but with tamil, there was every chance that i would not even

understand what she said. Her answer "Well, your Malayalam is so

horrible that I am left with no recourse but to speak to you in

Tamil!"

 

Jai Ma!