Amma's Gospel

 
Amma’s gospel was simple:

Love yourself
by being true to yourself
Be not in haste to react
First anticipate then contemplate
and
then respond
Follow the right path
Be happy
Be successful.

I would express my curiosity

Amma would elaborate:

Stop electing
the path of deceit
in the journey of life
The path of deceitfulness
makes you
the key contestant
against your very own self
while cruising through
the vagaries and variables
in the play of life 

This play of deception
sets up boundaries
to make you
a prisoner of the past
that has long been dead
yet keeps haunting
And, you simply keep longing
to be free from the bondages

Treacherous is this play
that hoodwinks you to become
a puppet of emotions
a victim of desires
and not the master of your mind

The sham and deviousness
of playing blame games
makes you a gadget of ego
that traps and ensnares
leading to a fraudulent integrity
of tumbling self-esteem
unable to see its very own reflection

What is the way then, I would ask?

Amma would respond:

Love yourself
by being true to yourself
Be not in haste to react
First anticipate then contemplate
and
then respond
Follow the right path
Be happy
Be successful.

~*~

Have I fathomed?

 

See also: Why Pray? | Crossroads | Word  

Read also: Leela | Cyclical |  Quest

 

Illustration by Niloufer Wadia