Amma's Love - Dog's Passing

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Om Amriteshwaryai Namah,

 

Amma blessed me to spend most of the week with Her in San Ramon. While in the token line about 11PM Thur. nite, my son called to say that I needed to come home right away. My dog, Maison, was having toubles breathing & walking. Immediately I strode up to Amma's side & relayed the situation to a swami. Amma looked at me with such concern & compassion as I cried. She said She would pray for my dog.

 

Driving home, it was clear that attachment is the cause of sorrow, & I began to see how I need to become detached, even from my body. By 2PM I was laying next to Maison, who was weak with labored breathing, & seemed to stop breathing 3x. Maison has been a strong attachment, running down 4 flights of stairs to my car with a tail wagging welcome home, insisting on sleeping under my covers on just slightly cold nights, protecting me from perceived assaults & walking by my side on dark nights in the redwoods, even in the rain which he hated. But, I found myself wanting him to pass before Devi Bhava, if he was going to pass on anyway.

 

The next Fri. AM, Maison seemed much better, & it was then that I saw sharp turkey bones on the floor. I gave the vet's instructions to my landlord/roommmate, & went back to Amma. A call on Sat., my birthday, confirmed that Maison was still OK. While leaving the hall after Devi Bhava, Amma looked up at me on the balcony, where I thought She wouldn't see me, & gave me a look of loving innocence.

 

While driving home Sunday, my landlord relayed that he wasn't sure about Maison. Upon arriving home, I brought Maison outside, & he laid down in the mud in the rain, plus he wouldn't eat. While trying to figure out how 2 of us with back issues could transport a 100 lb plus dog inside, my son showed up. He carried Maison inside, then down 4 flights of stairs to our car.

 

Hours later, we learned that Maison had an accumilation of blood in his abdomen, & a highly abnormal count for something in his kidneys. The vet said it's very painful when their kidneys & livers fail. A copper penny was in his stomach that could cause zinc poisoning, cost $1,000 to remove. A tumor was found near his spleen, whose cancer had spread, & $5,000 might buy him 4 more months. Neither of which I could afford.

 

Maison look up at me with the same love & innocence in his eyes, as was in Amma's gaze. Later I realized this is because it's the same Divine Mother that's been loving me in both of them. He was a black Labrador Retriever, who I sometimes took to calling my Kali-Ma. Maison was a birthday present when he was 7 weeks old. 7 years later, 1 day after my birthday, Maison made his transition. He helped me so much through a very trying time of life, giving sunconditional love, comfort & loyalty. He passed peacefully, as we gazed into eachother's eyes, while I chanted Om Amriteshwaryai Namah.

 

He's been my best friend besides Amma/God. Now Amma must be my best friend. Thank You Amma & Maison.

 

Sweta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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