had gone to the airport to meet her! I told him
how I had posted it on fridge and that I had
every intention of going to see her also. He said
to make sure I stayed until the end so I could
get one of the hugs she would give out.
My First Meeting
That night, I went to the little tiny temple where
with Amma
she was. Only about 35 people had turned out,
By April
but the temple had to have the doors opened
so some could spill out into the garden. I heard
the Indian songs they sung and it was really
nice. My friend sat in front of me. When the
music ended people went up to her and she
In 1987, I was working as a nurse in a held them.
retirement center in San Francisco, California
and I was also working in a day care center for
elderly adults. I was working two jobs because I
was a single mother with a child to support.
One day on the way to work, I picked up a copy
of a local news paper and as I was looking
thought it I saw a very small ad about this
woman, Amma, who was coming to San
Francisco and she was going to sing some songs.
I looked at her picture and immediately felt a
connection. The funny thing was she was going
to be at the ashram across the street from
where I used to live. I spent some time at this
ashram and I had in the past gone there to pray,
even though my deity was the Virgin Mary.
I was as clueless as to who she was. It was mind
boggling what happened when I got in her
arms. I went to put my arms around her and I
gave her this huge bear hug - you know the
The advertisement gave the time and I posted it
really big hug - but this funny thing happened to
on my refrigerator to remind me what day it
me as I was hugging her. I could not feel where
was so I could schedule time off work to go. I
her body stopped and mine began. Our bodies
had never heard of her before and knew
became one. A feeling of intense Oneness
nothing about her, but I felt very drawn to go
came over my whole being. My heart opened
see her. The night before the event, I got a call
and my energy rose and I was on fire! I knew in
from a very close friend who told me that he
that instance that she was my guru and there
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