Guest guest Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Dear Sweta, the musicians at the end of DB were playing qawwali music, a looong riff on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Allah Hu." It made my heart happy to hear that, because I love Nusrat's music and because my spiritual path before meeting Amma was mainly Sufi. So, I just visited San Ramon for the first time! Although I didn't have the opportunity to connect with anyone from the list, I did connect with a couple of other Amma devotees from CA and had an absolutely wonderful time! Also, I was surprised at how many familiar faces I saw...which made me feel right at home! I wondered if I'd know anyone....and was greeted first in the parking lot by a former NY satsang member (he moved away last year) and then a current NY satsang friend while removing my shoes outside of the temple! One of the lines coordinators recognized me from NYC and I got to do a couple of seva shifts, which felt so nice...although it was an adjustment as some things are different in CA! My birthday darshan was wonderful! Amma fed me a chocolate and then she had my husband and I feed each other chocolates (which hasn't happened since our wedding almost five years ago, so that made me really happy!). She gave us each a rose and me an apple and both of us a double-darshan! Also, a few people who saw me walking around with the apple and the roses were wishing me a happy birthday, which was sweet! =) Oh, my husband got such an amazing and long darshan on Friday night! Bhavani and another woman and Amma were working through a translation of a song (I think "Ma Jagadambe?") into English and she sang through the entire thing while holding him! I almost envied him having that darshan and then I realized that it was even more special for me to see him having such a beautiful darshan than it would be to have had it myself! I saw the photo of Bala making Amma laugh in the bookstore! It really made me smile. =) I wish I could stay for longer than just a week-end...but I feel certain that I will come back! The land here is so charged with Amma's energy and it was a real treat for me to leave the hall after Devi Bhava and walk out into such natural beauty...such change from NYC! =) Namah Shivaya, Iswari Ammachi, wrote: > Namah Shivaya, > > Here are a few recollections about DB. Amma apparently had painted whiskers & a nose on a young child with sandlewood paste. It was so cute & showed Her sense of fun > > A group of young people, many who wear long dreadlocks, played music for Amma in the morning. The drumming had a sort of tribal sound to it. Not sure what language they sang, but someone said it was a combination of Perisan & Arabic. They were quite talented. > > The hall was much less crowded than in Nov., which made finding a spot much easier. There was so much love, happiness & joy on peoples' faces after the end of DB. I hope we bring this love & happiness to everyone we meet. It was so beautiful > > > > Discover > Find restaurants, movies, travel & more fun for the weekend. Check it out! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Hi Iswari, Did you receive the birthday darshan sometime after 3:00AM, during Devi Bhava? I saw a couple, each holding roses, exit the bookstore's side of the stage. I thought it was a couple from the east coast whose wedding picture was linked to the Ammachi list at one time. I was a woman wearing a white sari, a blue scarf around my neck, almost 5' 7" with very wavy brown shoulder length hair, sitting or standing in the chairs after exiting the book store's side of the stage. Thank you for describing the song. It played shortly after my darshan, which was a very cool time to hear it. The ashram grounds are so charged with Amma's shakti, that you can feel Her there, whether or not She's physically present. The Swamini's new book states that Amma said we should be attached either to Her body, or to an ashram. Amma says the ashram IS Her body. What an amazing darshan your huband must've had on Friday! Sweta ammasiswari <ammasiswari wrote: Dear Sweta, the musicians at the end of DB were playing qawwali music, a looong riff on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's "Allah Hu." It made my heart happy to hear that, because I love Nusrat's music and because my spiritual path before meeting Amma was mainly Sufi. So, I just visited San Ramon for the first time! Although I didn't have the opportunity to connect with anyone from the list, I did connect with a couple of other Amma devotees from CA and had an absolutely wonderful time! Also, I was surprised at how many familiar faces I saw...which made me feel right at home! I wondered if I'd know anyone....and was greeted first in the parking lot by a former NY satsang member (he moved away last year) and then a current NY satsang friend while removing my shoes outside of the temple! One of the lines coordinators recognized me from NYC and I got to do a couple of seva shifts, which felt so nice...although it was an adjustment as some things are different in CA! My birthday darshan was wonderful! Amma fed me a chocolate and then she had my husband and I feed each other chocolates (which hasn't happened since our wedding almost five years ago, so that made me really happy!). She gave us each a rose and me an apple and both of us a double-darshan! Also, a few people who saw me walking around with the apple and the roses were wishing me a happy birthday, which was sweet! =) Oh, my husband got such an amazing and long darshan on Friday night! Bhavani and another woman and Amma were working through a translation of a song (I think "Ma Jagadambe?") into English and she sang through the entire thing while holding him! I almost envied him having that darshan and then I realized that it was even more special for me to see him having such a beautiful darshan than it would be to have had it myself! I saw the photo of Bala making Amma laugh in the bookstore! It really made me smile. =) I wish I could stay for longer than just a week-end...but I feel certain that I will come back! The land here is so charged with Amma's energy and it was a real treat for me to leave the hall after Devi Bhava and walk out into such natural beauty...such change from NYC! =) Namah Shivaya, Iswari Discover Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing & more. Check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Dear Sweta, yes that was us...with respect to both the 3am Devi Bhava darshan and the wedding pictures (although I swear we are not pink, as the pictures seem to indicate...I'm not sure if it's the lighting, the camera or Amma's shakti that did that!): http://www.bigbrother.net/~pandora/Ammawedding/ How cool that you saw us, even though we didn't get to meet! Definitely, next time, because I really loved it there and hope to have the chance to return someday! =) Namah Shivaya, Iswari Ammachi, wrote: > Hi Iswari, > > Did you receive the birthday darshan sometime after 3:00AM, during Devi Bhava? I saw a couple, each holding roses, exit the bookstore's side of the stage. I thought it was a couple from the east coast whose wedding picture was linked to the Ammachi list at one time. I was a woman wearing a white sari, a blue scarf around my neck, almost 5' 7" with very wavy brown shoulder length hair, sitting or standing in the chairs after exiting the book store's side of the stage. > > Thank you for describing the song. It played shortly after my darshan, which was a very cool time to hear it. The ashram grounds are so charged with Amma's shakti, that you can feel Her there, whether or not She's physically present. The Swamini's new book states that Amma said we should be attached either to Her body, or to an ashram. Amma says the ashram IS Her body. > > What an amazing darshan your huband must've had on Friday! > > Sweta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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