1-11-2023
Pranams to all.
I would like to share something which is not easy to comprehend. Every moment with the Divine is auspicious and strengthens our faith. I’m writing here because we all witnessed it with our own eyes. I must thank the little bird because of which this moment could be captured for posterity.
In Rishikesh around 11am, all of us went to the holy Ganges with Amma. For all of us who were blessed to travel with Amma this time, it was our first darshan of Ganga mata. Amma asked us to take a dip in the Ganges and she sat on the stairs by the river bank. We all took a dip and asked Amma’s permission whether we could do padha puja to Amma to which Amma smiled and asked us to put some water in her palm since Amma did not come down into the river. As we placed water in Amma’s hand, Amma said something (which we were asked to not disclose) and put the water back to the river and within a few minutes the entire river rose to 2 feet and reached the stairs and soon her feet were completely soaked. When Amma lifted her feet, there was a heart shaped rose petal on her foot. Later the river water level went down to what we had seen earlier. For the next 3 days, the water level did not increase at all.
Why I thanked the bird was because, when we reached the river side, a bird was sitting on the rock in the middle of the Ganges. As the water rose, that rock completely submerged in the river within a few minutes. I could click the picture of the time before the water rose only because of that bird which was sitting on the rock and thus, could share this beautiful leela we witnessed.
Dear sisters and brothers, let us not forget who Amma is and we pray to Amma to remove this Maya so we do not forget who she is.
Pranam at the divine lotus feet of Amma.
Kusuma