To ganesh on monitors and tokens

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Ganesh wrote:

 

There are so many people trying to have Mother's darshan now that one

really has to jump through hoops. In the morning they give out tokens, but

if you have had Darshan this Fall they tell you to come back in 3-4

hours to see if you can get a token, then tell you

to come back 2 hours later to see if you can get a token. Then tell you

that you cannot

have a token that day. I think that it has pretty much come down to having

one or so darhans per Mother's visit, unless a person is otherwise lucky.

 

This still does not take into consideration that there are people who

simply cannot

be there for a long time without causing themselves physical harm.

Yesterday I

encountered a woman who was obviously severely chemically sensitive, could

not be in the hall for long, and was trying to communicate with an otherwise

very nice hall monitor who just did not "get" the problem. It was all

very sad to me.

 

 

 

Dear ganesh ~ yes, it is sad. I wonder if I should take a note from my

doctor : ) just to "prove" I really am sick. Whenever I have seen Amma, I

have

only had one darshan with her ... even though I knew some people were going

back and back and back. Now we have tokens. There are so many who want Amma's

darshan ... it is humbling, and yet, at the same time, I understand the need

for the tokens. The people who would go through the line as much as possible

might have been preventing others from getting there at all. In the "early"

days, the crowds were smaller, and it was so much easier. But it has been 6

years since I have seen Amma, and I can imagine how the people wanting to see

Her have grown exponentially. I just ask the group to pray for me that I will

have the wellness and ability even to get to Santa Fe. Just to be in the same

room with Amma would be darshan enough for me. Jai Ma ~ Linda