Message from Madhu: Aarti is Home!

[Guest guest]

Jai Ma! Here is a heart-touching message received today from the

mother of little Aarti, the 3 year old girl who suffered a stroke.

 

Dear Aikya Param....

 

Today I am sending this mail to you to request you to include me in

your Circle of Love seva ....writing letters to prisoners . I do

not wish to delay anymore . This was something I had always wanted to

do ....as I am at home , and writing letters is something that is

within my reach as seva. Please include me in your circle .

I don't have a post office box and yes , I would like some guidance

on that point . You had mentioned Eric Jensen. I have read all the

guidelines and I will abide by them . I have read the attachments and

understood the perspective . I hope Amma lets me do this seva....the

only one possible for me in my current circumstances .I wish to do

this seva because Amma has said that peace and contentment comes in

your heart once you pray for others ....I wish to experience that .

Uptill this point I have lived life only for myself....I wish to

experience what Amma has said .

 

I wish to thank all the circle of love letter writers for sending me

these beautiful letters of hope that kept my spirit up in this

crisis . As I type this email I have a box of all these letters on my

lap and I cannot even begin to type their names ....as it will be

such a long list ! I read and re read them ......some sent a

bracelet that Amma had worn which I put in Arti's left hand [ that

doesn't move] .....some sent articles that were related to my

situation to keep my hope up....some sent valuable sayings by

Amma ....some sent toys for Arti ....[ a beautiful unicorn ,

butterfly etc] ....some sent beautiful greeting cards with Amma's

picture on it.....some shared their own bad experiences and how they

came out of it with Amma's grace and told me never to lose hope .

Many told me that they lit candles for Aarti ...and overwhelmed , I

thanked all of them in my heart for their selfless kindness.

 

What struck me was the EFFORT that they took to do this . In this

busy life here in the U.S where people don't have time to even tell

each other the time....I can only imagine how they took out time for

me and tried to give me hope . I thank all of them from the bottom of

my heart in this mail [ which I hope you forward to all of them] as

it that will be more better than me writing individually to

each ....one of them { Santosh } even offered to arrange a call to

Dayamrita swami as he was visiting that area for Satsang....he gave

me the dates and told me that I could call him but unfortunately my

haphazard routine , flitting between the hospital and home made me

recieve this letter late and I could not avail myself of this

opportunity . Someone sent me a copy of photos of various saints that

I myself have visited for years when I was in India and I realised

that Amma represented all those . I really cannot thank you enough

for what you all did for me. I call all these writers my invisible

friends....friends who prayed for me although I have never met them .

 

Arti has come home this week . She is walking , climbing stairs [ a

little unsteadily]....the arm however needs a lot of therapy to come

to normal . The doctors tell me that the stroke can recur . When she

will be evaluated after three weeks I hope it doesn't come to

surgery . The only person who can make the stroke never recur again

is Amma and your prayers . I place all my children at her feet and

surrender to her . One of the letter writers wrote that each

experience of sorrow chisels and chips away the covering and touches

the soul . I agree . As I sat in the cafetaria of the hospital , for

the first time I looked around at all the people grabbing quick bites

around me and realised that each one , each one was there because of

some unfortunate tragedy that had struck their child ....perhaps even

worser than my own . And I felt ashamed to pray only for Aarti to

Amma from that night ....automatically I prayed for all of them too .

All of them deserved to get better ....and only my suffering made me

realise this ! Formerly I had visited others in hospitals with

flowers , and breezed out without even a thought ....today I noticed

and thought . It was Amma's way of chiselling my soul .

I am sorry for the long mail ....and hope you get back to me and

include me in your circle . It will delight me.

 

Madhu Datar .

 

 

 

Aikya Param

Circle of Love Inside

[Guest guest]

ONS This is wonderful Aarti is home. I appreciate Madhu's thank you. Many

Blessings to Madhu!

 

Aikya Param <aikya wrote: Jai Ma! Here

is a heart-touching message received today from the

mother of little Aarti, the 3 year old girl who suffered a stroke.

 

Dear Aikya Param....

 

Today I am sending this mail to you to request you to include me in

your Circle of Love seva ....writing letters to prisoners . I do

not wish to delay anymore . This was something I had always wanted to

do ....as I am at home , and writing letters is something that is

within my reach as seva. Please include me in your circle .

I don't have a post office box and yes , I would like some guidance

on that point . You had mentioned Eric Jensen. I have read all the

guidelines and I will abide by them . I have read the attachments and

understood the perspective . I hope Amma lets me do this seva....the

only one possible for me in my current circumstances .I wish to do

this seva because Amma has said that peace and contentment comes in

your heart once you pray for others ....I wish to experience that .

Uptill this point I have lived life only for myself....I wish to

experience what Amma has said .

 

I wish to thank all the circle of love letter writers for sending me

these beautiful letters of hope that kept my spirit up in this

crisis . As I type this email I have a box of all these letters on my

lap and I cannot even begin to type their names ....as it will be

such a long list ! I read and re read them ......some sent a

bracelet that Amma had worn which I put in Arti's left hand [ that

doesn't move] .....some sent articles that were related to my

situation to keep my hope up....some sent valuable sayings by

Amma ....some sent toys for Arti ....[ a beautiful unicorn ,

butterfly etc] ....some sent beautiful greeting cards with Amma's

picture on it.....some shared their own bad experiences and how they

came out of it with Amma's grace and told me never to lose hope .

Many told me that they lit candles for Aarti ...and overwhelmed , I

thanked all of them in my heart for their selfless kindness.

 

What struck me was the EFFORT that they took to do this . In this

busy life here in the U.S where people don't have time to even tell

each other the time....I can only imagine how they took out time for

me and tried to give me hope . I thank all of them from the bottom of

my heart in this mail [ which I hope you forward to all of them] as

it that will be more better than me writing individually to

each ....one of them { Santosh } even offered to arrange a call to

Dayamrita swami as he was visiting that area for Satsang....he gave

me the dates and told me that I could call him but unfortunately my

haphazard routine , flitting between the hospital and home made me

recieve this letter late and I could not avail myself of this

opportunity . Someone sent me a copy of photos of various saints that

I myself have visited for years when I was in India and I realised

that Amma represented all those . I really cannot thank you enough

for what you all did for me. I call all these writers my invisible

friends....friends who prayed for me although I have never met them .

 

Arti has come home this week . She is walking , climbing stairs [ a

little unsteadily]....the arm however needs a lot of therapy to come

to normal . The doctors tell me that the stroke can recur . When she

will be evaluated after three weeks I hope it doesn't come to

surgery . The only person who can make the stroke never recur again

is Amma and your prayers . I place all my children at her feet and

surrender to her . One of the letter writers wrote that each

experience of sorrow chisels and chips away the covering and touches

the soul . I agree . As I sat in the cafetaria of the hospital , for

the first time I looked around at all the people grabbing quick bites

around me and realised that each one , each one was there because of

some unfortunate tragedy that had struck their child ....perhaps even

worser than my own . And I felt ashamed to pray only for Aarti to

Amma from that night ....automatically I prayed for all of them too .

All of them deserved to get better ....and only my suffering made me

realise this ! Formerly I had visited others in hospitals with

flowers , and breezed out without even a thought ....today I noticed

and thought . It was Amma's way of chiselling my soul .

I am sorry for the long mail ....and hope you get back to me and

include me in your circle . It will delight me.

 

Madhu Datar .

 

Aikya Param

Director

Circle of Love Inside

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semira E. Rose A candle is not dimmed by lighting another candle. " Just as

food nourishes our body, selfless actions nourish our soul " - Sri Mata

Amritanandamayi (Amma) " The optimist sees the rose and not it's thorns, the

pessimist stares at the thorns , oblivious of the rose " - Kahlil Gibran

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Om Namah Sivaya,

Amma has already chiselled you and yours into

something beautiful for so many to admire and learn

from. One more instance of Amma's love and grace

reaching beyond barriers and oceans.

May Amma's blessings keep you and yours ever safe.

Love, Suja.

 

 

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