– Smt.T. Narayani Amma, Ex-M.L.A. (1961)
Ever since I got the first sacred darshan of Mother in December 1952, I have felt an inexplicable strength, courage and serenity, an assured feeling that I got something unattainable and everlasting. This feeling of strength and calmness is, standing me in good stead through all troubles and turmoils of everyday life. I feel as if they are the divine sport of Mother and come what may, I am sure I will get Mother’s protection at every step. Her unique, benign and inimitable smile and glance of grace give the joy and glory of God. Afflicted souls get the much needed solace and comfort from her sweet love and advice. She loves all equally and pours Her grace over all impartially, irrespective of caste, creed, wealth, age, gender or rank. We behold in Mother the embodiment of the noblest principles of human life. The more we come closer to Mother, the more we perceive her sweet, calm, affable and loving nature and more effectively comes the realization to us that Mother is supreme, One without a second. Verily she is goddess incarnate, “Adi-Parasakthy,” from whom emanated all Avataras.
Sages and Avataras are best studied in their day to day life. The study of a great personality as that of Divine Mother is of the utmost value for us, provided it is first hand and unbiased. One of the most remarkable features about Mother is that her teachings are mirrored to perfection in Her Life. Mother has taught us the goal Supreme, shown us the way to gain the direct experience of non-dual Brahman. Mother has for the first time proclaimed to the world that it is possible for Grahasthasramis, men and women, to attain self-knowledge, to experience absolute truth, knowledge, bliss. Mother stresses the importance of Pathivratha Dharma and reveals to us the fact that through the strict observance of the dharma with purity in thought, word and deed, one can attain liberation. A Pathivratha makes home a temple, with a happy blending of all noble qualities. By Her own highly elevated life Mother has set the exalted example of an ideal Grahasthasrami and Pathivratha.
To her devotees and disciples Sadguru is not only a Guru but a mother also. And what greater love is there in the world than the love of a Mother, all loving and ever forgiving? Our Sadguru is the embodiment of Love itself, of viswa Prema.
Without arrogating to my humble self any pride or egoism I beg to reveal, that by the Infinite Grace of Divine Mother, my relations with Mother started ten years before I actually got the sacred Darshan of Mother in December 1952. In 1942, I had a dream vision, of Sree Parvathi Devi, my Ishtadevvatha; I prostrated twice seeking Sarangathi at her Lotus feet. I still vividly remember that glorious vision and on December 1st 1952 the same vision was repeated. This time I was, in dream vision, praying before a beautiful photo of Mother, whom I have not then seen. On December two, to my pleasing surprise, when I saw Mother at bhajan in Meenakshi Mandir for the first time, she was exactly as I saw her in dream in the previous night. Her disciples scattered all over India, worship Mother at heart and at various Mandirs erected in various places of Bharath Bhoomi. Perhaps there is no instance in the history of sages or Avataras in whose lifetime they are worshipped in temples erected in their divine names. I offer my humble prostrations to those Lotus Feet of Divine Mother again and again.
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