Leaving Amritapuri... Again
Bharat Yatra 2004
Wednesday, 11 February 2004 - Amritapuri
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It's always the same—the girls waiting
by Amma's stairs, the others queuing up in hopes
of touching Her hand, the eagles soaring above.
Leaving: if you are one of Amma's children at
Amritapuri—or anywhere else in the world,
for that matter—you get used to such scenes.
The perennial union of Guru and disciple—in
your heart you keep this solemn Truth tucked,
but it's not always easy when you are one of
those not going along. |
Thus it was for more than the hundredth time at Amritapuri
this Wednesday, February 11th—Amma was leaving
for a long tour in India.
As Amma's car slowly rolled past the line
of those staying behind, She would occasionally
grab someone by the hand, or express Her sorrow
at a brahmachari's inability to come. At one
point, Amma took one of the Ashram's newest residents,
a one-year-old English boy named Benjamin, into
Her arms—and into Her car. He was all giggles
as Amma showered him with affection, but started
wailing when Amma finally handed him back to
his birth mother. |
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Though few expressed it, this was the sentiment in
most of those assembled's hearts. For most of them,
it will not be until the conclusion of Amma's Australian
Tour that they see Her again—three long months.
But the twist is that only when Amma leaves one place,
can She come running to another. Thus when one group
is left dejected, another is ecstatic—this time,
Amma's children in Kannur and Talasseri, the first
two stops in Bharat Yatra 2004.
—Sakshi
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