Daily OM...Quotes from Amma

~Amma~

"We should tell children while they are very young that there is a power known as God who controls everything. If we teach a child to remember this divinity in all circumstances of life, that child will be able to keep his or her inner poise in every situation, whether it be victory or defeat."

~Amma~

As the body needs food to survive

and grow, the soul needs love.

Love instills a strength and vitality

that even mother's milk cannot provide.

All of us live and long for real love.

We are born and die searching for such love.

Children, love each other and unite in pure love.

Pure Love is simply

emptying the mind of all fears,

tearing off all masks

and revealing the Self as It truly is. 

Love is the face

of God.

~Amma~

Surrender arises from helplessness.

Helplessness provides the opportunity

for you to release your ego.

The ego makes you feel important,

but a hopeless situation makes you realize

you are nothing and will not be free

unless you give up the sense of I. 

This realization dawns

when you experience the burden of the ego.

Only a great blow or a serious threat

can bestow this knowledge.

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The difficulty is not expressing love

but letting go - outgrowing - the ego.

Love is human nature;

it is already present within us.

but we are held back

by our individual boundaries.

We have to outgrow our individuality

in order to become universal.

Ego stands in the way of love.

When it is removed, we can flow like a river.

~Amma