More Amma in San Ramon (more personal stories)

[Guest guest]

Om Namah Shivaya,

 

What a miraculous tour this was, as always. Aikya, thank you for sharing

your experiences. Isn't it wonderful that Amma is not only the Great Healer as

a physician, but also as a psychiatrist? More than ever before, I'm realizing

that like Jesus, Amma is THE Great Healer. 2-1/2 years ago, I noticed Amma

bringing up an inner conflict that I hadn't been able to transcend, for most of

my life. After bothering me immensely while in Her presence, then reducing by

subsequent tours, by this tour, it appeared to be entirely, miraculously,

gone!!! Jai Kali-Ma!

 

Then, Amma brought up other uncomfortable negativities, over which I shed many

repentant tears, crying for help. I've been carrying around a lot emotionally,

regarding my deceased mother, that I couldn't release on my own. While waiting

to hand prasad to Amma, hearing a bhajan (Jai Kaliany Ma, Devi, Durga, etc...)

I perceived Amma as the most compassionate Divine Mother of many forms, my true

Mother, who is also my mother's Mother, & also her Healer. After that came

deeply cathartic tears. Thank You Amma

 

This tour, I seemed to receive more from Amma by doing seva, than by seeking

Her darshan. One prasad sign-up person said that Amma wanted us to do 7-1/2

hours of seva each day during Her tour, in order to hand Her prasad! So, after

handing prasad to Amma, I scuttled down to the kitchen tent in order to work on

those hours.

 

We veggie choppers lined the road, sang & clapped as Amma's car departed the

temple. Amma's car slowed way down & She threw Hershey's Kisses to us.

Tossing chocolates, She gave me a big smile, (like the one I'd sought by doing

seva closer to Her). The Kisses slid to the ground, & I decided to let someone

else have them. But, walking away, I felt sad, like a little girl who didn't

catch candy at a parade.

 

Later, in the snack tent, (Aikya was there a passerby sprinkled prasad

snack mix on my plate. Eatting this prasad was one of the few times I felt I

was aware of it's Shakti. Then the woman sitting across from me, had a piece

of the carrot cake I'd been eyeing, wrapped up to take home to my son! What a

lesson in instant karma!

 

On Devi Bhava night, I was disappointed that I wasn't assigned to do Special

Needs seva, close to Amma. Somehow I ended up looking for a vacuum for the

childrens' cottage. While getting one from behind the closed token table,

many people approached me for tokens. The parking shuttle center is right in

front of the childrens' cottage, so I asked if anyone was leaving with unused

tokens. One woman had 10! Then the parking sevites began collecting tokens,

to be passed on, especially to new comers. This was so fun! When I learned

that one sevite hadn't received a token, I prayed to Amma, then found one on

the temple floor. That was a first! This is a great seva, & maybe one of you

on this list would also like to do it.

 

Towards the end of Devi Bhava, I went to see if more help was needed with

flower petals. Amma showering petals on devotees, is one of my favortite parts

of Devi Bhava. So, it was a bit of a sacrifice, to consider giving this up, in

order to do seva. In the end, I was still able to be showered. I've wanted to

be on the stage near Amma during a wedding, for a long time. Due to this

seva, it finally happened. Also due to this seva, I was able to be close to

Amma as She left the stage, & She actually smiled at me (most probably dur to

seva). Wow! If the word gets out, we might be stumbling over each other to do

seva, even far from Amma's physical presence!

 

Sweta

 

 

 

 

 

 

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