Seeing Amma - wasTo Sweta on Amma's physical presence -Linda

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Om Namah Shivayah!

 

I too have found feathers to have great significance. The sanctuary I

volunteer at is home to two beautiful peacocks, and every time I find

a fallen feather on the ground I immediately think of Krishna and

Mother. My altar now is home to many fallen peacock feathers and other

feathers found at significant moments throughout the years.

There is a wonderful book called Sacred Feathers. It is a compilation

of stories about people who have had significant and magical

encounters with feathers. The website is at

http://www.sacredfeathers.com/ I thought this book mught be of

interest to you, Erica!

 

Jai Ma!

 

Ananthasree

 

http://www.ammaschildren.com

 

 

Ammachi, "Erica" <sugarandbrine> wrote:

> Om Namah Shivayah

>

> Someone once told me that seeing a feather somewhere means that you

> are at the right place -- exactly where you should be. It's a sort

> of confirmation. The feathers can be anywhere: on the ground, in a

> bush, printed on a card, on a website. I didn't mean to make this

> symbol mean something to me, but it has grown into that over the

> years. Now, every time I see a feather on the ground, I get a BIG

> SMILE. Most of the time, this happens after I am asking Amma for

> guidance of some sort.

>

> Most people wouldn't think twice, seeing a bird's feather on the

> ground, but for me it means a LOT. I get a huge grin and say, "I see

> you, Ma". It's comforting.

>

> Jai Jai Ma

>

> With love,

> Hoping for feathers for you all,

> Erica

>

> Ammachi, Prasadini <ganesh1008@c...> wrote:

> > Namah Shivaya,

> > The whole time I have known Mother I have been disabled, and have

> been

> > able to spend only

> > limited amounts of time with Her. Like most of us, I would love to

> be

> > able to live with Her - first I would

> > have to have the disposition to be able to do that, but that's

> another

> > story. :-) There have been so many times that Mother has shown

> that She

> > is with me. Little things that may not mean much, but when they're

> all

> > put together, it shows me at least, that She is here, now, and

> always.

> > Like the zillion times I have looked for my

> > keys and finally in utter frustration said aloud "Mother, please

> help me

> > find my keys" and presto! there they are under a piece of paper,

> or just

> > as I am saying those words it the idea pops into my head to look

> > somewhere else. I'd say this happens, oh, about 99.9 percent of

> the time.

> > Then there was the time I was walking down the street and tripped

> and

> > was surely going to smack into the cement and cringing at the

> thought

> > and all of a sudden the word "Mother" comes out of my mouth (not

> > seemingly generated by the brain) and I stopped - upright. It was

> as if

> > someone had caught me - I didn't feel Her hand, but I'm sure She

> did.

> > And many, many other weird little things that happen that I would

> have

> > to be really dense to not see Mother's hand. I truly believe that

> these

> > incidents are Mother saying "yes, I am here".

> >

> > This child would love to be able to see Her everywhere and in

> > everything, but I think I am certainly not on the express bus, but

> on

> > the local bus. I get off and check things out and get back on the

> bus.

> > She makes Maya too interesting and real. I pray for the day when

> we can

> > all see that all is Her in Her wondrous play. She who is writing

> this

> > whole script.

> > In Mother's Love,

> > Prasadini.

> >

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Dear Prasadini,

 

I have also been blessed by the Amma who finds my keys and glasses for

me. Like you say it is 99.9% of the time. Last week I had a little

adventure with Amma. It was a Sunday and I could not find my glasses.

I kept on asking Her where they were, but I kept on looking "on my

own". Finally I gave up and sat down. Then She said "you won't find

them here, in the house." Since I always wear my glasses when driving,

I found it hard to believe that I had left them at work. But I took

out an old pair of glasses and drove over to my office to look for the

glasses. When I got there my boss was working at my desk. I asked him

if he had seen my glasses. He said "no, they weren't here on the

desk." So I went home and started my search all over again. Then She

said "I told you that they aren't here." So I surrendered to Her. The

next day I went to work and my glasses were in my in-box covered with

invoices and paper work. Someone had taken them from the desk and put

them in my box.

 

Another way that Amma has helped me many, many times is with a

digestive problem that I have. Sometimes when I am driving (usually

long distances) my body starts to go into spasms and I know that

diarrhea is close at hand. Sometimes it is so powerful that I know

that if I stopped at a public restroom that I wouldn't even be able to

get from the car to a toilet. When this starts to happen I start to

call on Mother. The more intensely I call on Her, it is though She is

holding my body very tightly. If I keep on calling and trust in Her

completely but also surrender to Her Will ( know You have more

important things to do than solve this for me... Your Will not mine) ,

She takes charge of the problem until I can get in the house and to the

bathroom.

 

Whenever Amma helps me in a way that I am aware of, I always remember

to say Thank You. In fact, with the keys & glasses blessing, it built

up over a period of time when I always remembered to thank The Doer of

All. Oh, to be able to see all action and all blessings as Her.

 

Pahari Maa

 

 

On Aug 16, 2005, at 11:53 AM, Prasadini wrote:

 

> Namah Shivaya,

> The whole time I have known Mother I have been disabled, and have been

> able to spend only

> limited amounts of time with Her. Like most of us, I would love to be

> able to live with Her - first I would

> have to have the disposition to be able to do that, but that's another

> story. :-) There have been so many times that Mother has shown that

> She

> is with me. Little things that may not mean much, but when they're all

> put together, it shows me at least, that She is here, now, and always.

> Like the zillion times I have looked for my

> keys and finally in utter frustration said aloud "Mother, please help

> me

> find my keys" and presto! there they are under a piece of paper, or

> just

> as I am saying those words it the idea pops into my head to look

> somewhere else. I'd say this happens, oh, about 99.9 percent of the

> time.

> Then there was the time I was walking down the street and tripped and

> was surely going to smack into the cement and cringing at the thought

> and all of a sudden the word "Mother" comes out of my mouth (not

> seemingly generated by the brain) and I stopped - upright. It was as

> if

> someone had caught me - I didn't feel Her hand, but I'm sure She did.

> And many, many other weird little things that happen that I would have

> to be really dense to not see Mother's hand. I truly believe that

> these

> incidents are Mother saying "yes, I am here".

>

> This child would love to be able to see Her everywhere and in

> everything, but I think I am certainly not on the express bus, but on

> the local bus. I get off and check things out and get back on the bus.

> She makes Maya too interesting and real. I pray for the day when we

> can

> all see that all is Her in Her wondrous play. She who is writing this

> whole script.

> In Mother's Love,

> Prasadini.

>

> ecjensen_us wrote:

>

> >OM NAMAH SIVAYA

> >

> >i love what you said The Supreme exists in all.  you know i find

> >many times when i see things are Amma.  for example the other day my

> >wife was trying to shake down a stubborn thermometer and all of the

> >sudden she said, "how do Mothers do it? they must be strong! 

> >Mothers are great aren't they?  Mothers are the best!"  it kind of

> >freaked me out because i was thinking about Amma at the time.  then

> >another time she gave me some instructions when i was helping her in

> >the kitchen(she likes to cook) and i did it my own way not following

> >her instructions(and it turned out her way was better, surprise,

> >surprise!) and she said, "What has gotten into you?  you used to do

> >everything i said.  now for some reason you are rebellious, trying

> >to do things your own way.  is this something new your trying out." 

> >we laughed about it because of course she was kidding me, giving a

> >little "business."  but i can imagine Amma saying that to me as well

> >from time to time.  i think your right She is everywhere, anything.

> >

> >JAI MA

> >

> >Ammachi, nierika@a... wrote:

> > 

> >

> >>

> >>Sweta wrote:

> >>

> >>...Today  I wondered how I can keep going on without being

> >>in Amma's physical  presence.  Then I remembered that

> >>Amma says to see everything as  coming from God or

> >>Guru...

> >>

> >>

> >>Dear Sweta ~ I know it is not the same, but I truly do believe

> >>   

> >>

> >what has  been

> > 

> >

> >>demonstrated on so many occasions ~ the Supreme exists in all; the

> >>   

> >>

> >Guru is 

> > 

> >

> >>Supreme, etc. So if I want to "see" Amma, I go and talk to my

> >>   

> >>

> >puppy (who got a 

> > 

> >

> >>thrashing today from my hubby, which I totally disagree with), and

> >>   

> >>

> >my puppy

> > 

> >

> >>is  Amma. I, by happenstance, see a tiny butterfly, and the

> >>   

> >>

> >butterfly becomes

> > 

> >

> >>Amma.  Of course, I am not always able to do this ~ to see

> >>   

> >>

> >everything as

> > 

> >

> >>God/Amma, but  the times that I am are beyond words. In the "Guru

> >>   

> >>

> >Gita" is says,

> > 

> >

> >>"This all  appears as various forms, whereas there is nothing

> >>   

> >>

> >which is different

> > 

> >

> >>from the  Guru. (S)He alone is the manifestation of cause and

> >>   

> >>

> >effect.

> > 

> >

> >>Therefore, we bow  down to the respected Guru." Amma's physical

> >>   

> >>

> >presence is all around

> > 

> >

> >>us all the  time. We just need to put on our Amma

> >>   

> >>

> >eyeglasses.  :  ) Hugs ~ 

> > 

> >

> >>Linda  P.S. However, just watch for coming events. When I finally

> >>   

> >>

> >get to  see

> > 

> >

> >>Amma again, and She leaves, I will be crying my eyes out with the

> >>   

> >>

> >best of  them.

> > 

> >

> >>

> >>   

> >>

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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ecjensen_us wrote:

 

>what great examples you give! for me that is my goal as well to see

>Her everywhere. at least your on the bus i am still waiting for the

>ticket office to open to get a bus token. i rather enjoy maya

>myself and am not sure my karma is such that i could live with Her.

>but that is ok for me because while i definitely consider Amma my

>Guru, i don't feel like i want to follow Amma as much as follow the

>example that She sets(i'm waiting in line for that ticket too :>) )

>maybe with more devotion and Love for Her i would feel different.

>

>but i think that is the importance of satsang, hanging around with

>Saints, chanting the Name, etc. spirituality teaches us about

>seeing and knowing. seeing with the eyes, and knowing with THE eye.

>

>to know what we see to be unreal and to see what we know to be real.

>

>JAI MA

>

>

 

to know what we see to be unreal and to see what we know to be real.

 

Very wise words. I think they will go on the refrigerator as a reminder!

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Ardis Jackson wrote:

 

>Dear Prasadini,

>

>I have also been blessed by the Amma who finds my keys and glasses for

>me. Like you say it is 99.9% of the time. Last week I had a little

>adventure with Amma. It was a Sunday and I could not find my glasses.

>I kept on asking Her where they were, but I kept on looking "on my

>own". Finally I gave up and sat down. Then She said "you won't find

>them here, in the house." Since I always wear my glasses when driving,

>I found it hard to believe that I had left them at work. But I took

>out an old pair of glasses and drove over to my office to look for the

>glasses. When I got there my boss was working at my desk. I asked him

>if he had seen my glasses. He said "no, they weren't here on the

>desk." So I went home and started my search all over again. Then She

>said "I told you that they aren't here." So I surrendered to Her. The

>next day I went to work and my glasses were in my in-box covered with

>invoices and paper work. Someone had taken them from the desk and put

>them in my box.

>

>Another way that Amma has helped me many, many times is with a

>digestive problem that I have. Sometimes when I am driving (usually

>long distances) my body starts to go into spasms and I know that

>diarrhea is close at hand. Sometimes it is so powerful that I know

>that if I stopped at a public restroom that I wouldn't even be able to

>get from the car to a toilet. When this starts to happen I start to

>call on Mother. The more intensely I call on Her, it is though She is

>holding my body very tightly. If I keep on calling and trust in Her

>completely but also surrender to Her Will ( know You have more

>important things to do than solve this for me... Your Will not mine) ,

>She takes charge of the problem until I can get in the house and to the

>bathroom.

>

>Whenever Amma helps me in a way that I am aware of, I always remember

>to say Thank You. In fact, with the keys & glasses blessing, it built

>up over a period of time when I always remembered to thank The Doer of

>All. Oh, to be able to see all action and all blessings as Her.

>

>Pahari Maa

>

>

I'm REALLY glad that Mother helps you with your problem that happens

while you're driving! :-)

And YES! It is important to say "thank you". Usually it is such a relief

that the thank you is automatic.

 

But it think it is impoirtant to feel grateful for everything. That's

another little lesson this child needs to learn -

 

JaI Ma!

Prasadini