To Mary: I'm new

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Welcome Mary ! Namaste,

 

Amma's main message is Love !

And with five children and caring for your husband,

you already have a good head start on many of us.

So, my 2cents for you, is, probably,you don't have to

worry too much about path, etc.

You already have one " Love and Caring. "

 

And Amma said that if one performs every action

without selfishness,

one does not have to go searching for God;

God will rush into your heart and come to you;

which seems to be what's happening in your case.

 

As far as your TM mantra,

I have been a TM teacher and religiously

did TM for many, many years.

After meeting Amma, I asked Her for an Amma mantra

and She gave.

 

Amma gives a mantra according to your choosen deity( Jesus, Mother

Mary, Krishna, Rama, Divine Mother, Amma, Divine Light, etc., etc )

Sometimes, for TMers, Amma asks them to continue with their TM mantra.

 

My partner, after having a mantra from Amma for a few years,

asked Amma for a different mantra. Amma did give her a different

mantra but not the one specifically asked for.

 

With Amma, I feel a lot of flexibility and freedom, whereas with TM

(especially the crazy organization) there was a feeling of

?discomfort? after some time.

 

Like you yourself said, God(and Amma) will guide you.

 

Amma Bless,

amarnath/anatol

 

PS There are a lot of articles, pics, etc at www.amritapuri.org

Also you can email " Offer to Amma " at

http://www.amritapuri.org/sevadesk/mailma.php

 

Ammachi , " Mary E " <francesthompson0 wrote:

>

> Wow, Sweta! Such a lot of good information. My situation is that I

am in Maine, I am the

> sole support of my family (husband is retired and suffers from

Asperger's) and still have 3

> smaller children at home. We are borderline poverty level. When I

don't work, we don't eat

> or pay taxes, etc. When the time is right for me to go see Amma, it

will happen. I don't

> worry about things like that, I trust in Godde to guide me. I had a

vivid dream about Amma

> about 8 months ago. I didn't know who she was at the time, just some

rather short,

> middle-aged, dark-haired woman, with a big smile, who hugged me and

filled me with

> joy. It was very powerful and the feeling of joy remained with me

for some time

> afterwards. I will be looking up some of the resources you

suggested. I listened to the

> Bhajan clips and loved them. I have always had a love for Indian

music, both northern ad

> southern and never had any problem understanding Hinduism, with all

its permutations.I

> received a mantra, many, many years ago, from a transcendental

meditation teacher-I

> guess it is still " good " to use. haha-not expired anyway.

> The clips on youtube are good also, I spent about and hour watching

them yesterday.

> Thanks again for your help

>

> >

> > Dear Mary,

> >

> > It does seem that you have some real insight into Amma, even

through a brief TV

> contact. Stranger things have happened ... there are so many

amazing stories of Amma

> blessing people. She's a true saint.

> >

> > You may enjoy reading one Amma's biographies for sale through

Amma's Books at

> Amma.org. One has an Indian flavor. While " Amma, Healing the Heart

of the World, " was

> written by a western woman, Judith Cornell.

> >

> > To read about Amma's teachings, I encourage you to read any &

all of the Awaken

> Children book series. Some are considered good for westerners, &

you could e-mail

> Amma's Books to ask which ones.

> >

> > The Chants CD, (brown cover), has Sanskrit prayers/chants, as

well as the

> Mahisasuramardini Stotram. This is a bhajan, (devotional song),

sung each morning at

> Amma's Indian ashram. My first Amma CD was the one recoreded in

Assisi, which is quite

> good. The 1988 Part 1 World Tour audio tape has some very good

songs, & the 1987

> World Tour tape also looks good. Amma's Books has lots of on-line

music clips.

> >

> > The Chants & Meditation video is very good, & gives the bonus of

a short overview of

> Amma's life. People have good things to say about River of Love.

You may be able to

> rent, Darshan, The Embrace " at your local video store, or buy it

on-line. It was given a

> Cannes Film Festival award, & follows Amma through a recent tour of

north India & 5th.

> birthday celebration.

> >

> > I'm also a mother & was raised Catholic. The biographies tell a

bit about Amma's

> childhood experience with a Catholic church & priest. After 4-1/2

years, it still seems

> amazing that God has blessed me with Amma. Words cannot describe

the grace. You are

> very fortunate to feel this connection.

> >

> > Whenever you can meet Amma, it's my sense that it's worth any

extra effort. Amma

> also gives mantras for how you worship God. She imbues the mantra

with spirtual energy,

> to help you along your spiritual path.

> >

> > Many of us can e-mail our favorite on-line video clips of Amma

to you.

> >

> > Sweta

> >

> > Thank you adriane-I am very bummed that I have to work

when she is going to be

> in

> > Boston. However, I am reminded of the words of Jesus to Thomas

" Blessed are you who

> > have seen and believed, but blessed are those also who have NOT

seen and yet believe " .

> I

> > believe in what and who Amma is, although I may not get a chance

to see her right

> away.

> > She has already affected me even from this great distance.

> > Mary

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