To Prasadini on my concern about tokens and being able to see Amma

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Prasadini wrote:

 

I can't speak for the Devi Bhava, because I haven't been able to go to

one in years. I certainly in my whole life, even when I was very

healthy, have not been able to stay up all night. So I don't know how

most people manage to stay in the hall all night.

As for the programs and getting a token to get a token, they told us to

come back at a particular time, which was several hours hence. So you

would have time to go to your room to rest and then go back and check on

your token. As much as Mother wants us to spend as much time as we can

with Her, I don't think She wants us to make ourselves sicker...I have not

tried to make arrangements before attending a program, but

you might try to see if you can get in touch with someone at the Sante

Fe ashram and speak with whoever is in charge of the hall, or whoever is

in charge of special needs, so you can give them a heads up, and so you

know more about what to expect.

The situation is difficult, but it is doable if you stay in the same

hotel.. Also, I have never been able to fully participate in Mother's

programs, so I don't know what I am missing! I pay to go to a retreat,

and then attend maybe a third of it, but I get a lot out of it.

Dear Prasadini ~ thank you for writing to me. I think my hair was on fire

when I wrote my email. : ) I am much reassured by what you have said, and

your suggestion to contact the people in Santa Fe in advance is a great one ~ I

will do that, when it is a bit closer to next year's tour, and see what they

suggest. I really appreciate your sharing so much of your experience with me.

 

Years ago, I attended a retreat in Rhode Island, when they were still at the

college. I was sick then, but nowhere near how sick I am now, so I was able

to participate in a lot of the retreat programs, which was truly wonderful. I

am grateful for every moment I have had with Amma and every opportunity for

tour seva, because I can't do much. One year I helped my sister prepare the

cloth enclosed room on the stage that Amma uses for rest in between different

parts of the program. I felt so blessed. I got to make Her little bed. In the

early days, before there were huge crowds, at one of the Washington, DC,

programs, my sister dragged me over to the stage. She wanted me to sit as close

to Mother as possible. I didn't want to deprive someone else of the space, so

she actually shoved me up onto the stage. LOL It was really wonderful sitting

up there, even though I wasn't really close to Amma, I was as close as a

person could get other than Darsan. It seemed like a dream then, and that is

how

I remember it ~ so lovely, listening to the singing, watching Amma giving

Darshan. It was like a canopy of peace had descended over me.

 

Again, my thanks. Jai Ma ~ Linda