Awaken Children, Book 7 Changes a Life

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Awaken Children, Book 7 Changes a Life

 

One of the Circle of Love Inside letter writers brought someone for

Amma's darshan this summer whose life was changed by reading Awaken

Children, Book 7. Here is the story that he sent to us by email about

himself.

 

He wrote:

 

A friend of mine has suggested to me that others may benefit from my

story. So, here it is.

 

In 1996 I was arrested and sentenced to 10 years in prison. After four

years inside I still had all of my criminal behaviors. I ended up

assaulting a correctional officer and was then " sentenced " to 3 years

in isolation. In this unit we had single cells, we came out for one

hour of recreation each day Monday thru Friday, and a 20 minute shower

3 days a week.

 

After the third month in this unit I looked around my little cell and

asked myself " How did I end up like this " ?. Then I told myself that I

needed to change but I didn't know how. The next day the officer came

around with a book cart on wheels, he stopped in front of the cell and

asked if I would like something to read. I looked down and was

immediately drawn to Amma's book Awaken Children VII. In the book Amma

talks about the mind being mad and how we make poor decisions when in

an emotional state. This is how I had lived my life up until this

point. I began to use meditation to bring the mind into the present

moment; eventually I began to live in the present moment during the

course of the day, even when I was angry. Living in the present moment

when angry allowed me to make better decisions. I no longer said or

did negative things while angry. This was the first step for me in

learning to have some measure of control over things that I thought

were just part of my personality. You see when we are angry it is

because of a thought that causes a chemical reaction in the body; this

chemical reaction can affect our ability to think rationally, unless

we are aware of our anger in the moment. Then we can make a conscious

decision not to do something that we will regret.

 

At this time I meditate regularly, I practice living in the present

moment daily, and I continue to be aware of all of my emotions even

the so called good ones. Today, I am in college instead of committing

crimes. I am a straight " A " student in physics/engineering. I owe

everything I have to Amma and her Divine Wisdom. I will continue to

use her book to improve the quality of my life.

 

Thank You Amma.