To Mary: I'm new

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I am touched by all the responses I have received. When I embark on a new

venture, I

usually can tell if it's Godde's will for me by what kind of obstacles are

thrown up in my

way. I come here from a very long, life-long journey towards Godde, and each

turn of the

path comes by itself, not as a result of my striving. My glimpse of Amma was on

TV, by

chance, since I almost never watch 20/20. I just adequately cannot tell you in

words what

the effect of seeing her was....my mother died when I was 10 and I felt this

deep yearning

for a hug from Amma. The TV show awoke such deep feelings of the loss. And a

sense of

Joy that my search for mother-love was over.

Mary

>

> 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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Ammachi [Ammachi ] On Behalf Of

Mary E

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:29 AM

Ammachi

To Mary: Re: I'm new

 

 

 

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

Maine,

 

Maine's a big state, but do you by any chance know a fellow named Dana

Sawyer, who teaches at the Maine College of Art in Portland? Good friend of

mine.

 

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.

 

Just out of curiosity, how come you spell God that way? I've never seen that

before.

 

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.

 

There used to be a huge collection of Amma bhajans at

http://www.amma-europe.org/english/eservice/index.html that you could listen

to in their entirety, but that's down at the moment. There's other cool

stuff there.

 

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.

 

I was a full-time TM teacher for 25 years myself. Amma " recharges " TM

mantras, as well as giving her own. Your choice. I use hers.