Wednesday morning, October 29✨
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A satsang of deep devotion, opening with the sloka, ‘Namah Shivaya Naan Maraven’, I can never forget Namah Shivaya. Amma drew on this theme, saying that even if the mother forgets the son, or the life force forgets the body, one can never forget the Supreme. Whether we act in the world or remain still, she said, it is not about saying or doing — it is about knowing that everything is God._
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A devotee sang this sloka with great reverence, ‘Namah Shivaya Naan Maraven’, I can never forget Namah Shivaya_
30 minutes of silence
Question: I care deeply for nature and feel called to environmental action. But when we say _everything is God_ and perfect — the world feels like an illusion, and taking action can seem like ego or separation. How do I serve and act lovingly in the world without reinforcing polarity — and without using spirituality as a way to avoid responsibility?
AMMA: It is not about saying or doing. It is about knowing that everything is God. Whatever you do — whatever you aspire for — you can do selflessly. That is not a hindrance for this knowledge. This knowledge is the Truth — the knowing of you. If you can be still and do things — yes, fine. Nothing is opposing. It is not about saying ‘all is God,’ it is about knowing all is God. That is enough. And all this can help.
It is not that you should sit and not do anything. Whatever you can do, you can do. But even while doing, know that it is all happening through the One.
Summa iru does not mean you should just sit still and do nothing. That stillness is for knowing. When you act — you act. But know the stillness remains within you. Do not interact unnecessarily or invite things unnecessarily. Safeguard your mind and be still and do whatever you want. That is all.
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Question: When we act from love, we act from the awareness of perfection — that we are part of the all. But when the mind is acting from imperfection, trying to fix a problem, then it is coming from the illusion that there is a problem. So feeding the hungry, restoring nature — these could still be done from love, not because something is broken?
AMMA: Yes. Sometimes I also fix problems. (smiling) But not looking at them as problems — looking at them as ignorance, lack of clarity.
What we need is clarity, that is all.
I said ‘fixing,’ but I am not having problems. There is no problem to fix. There is only lack of clarity. When there is clarity — there is no problem.
The song says:
‘If the mother forgets the son,
if the son forgets the mother,
if the eye stops flickering,
if the heart forgets its own learned art…
I can never forget — Namah Shivaya.’
That is all Realisation is.
You may forget your body sometimes.
You may forget what you are doing sometimes.
You may forget what is happening.
You may forget your own name.
You may forget the whole world in front of you.
But you cannot forget who you are —
who the Lord is — the Supreme.
Namah Shivaya, means the Supreme Truth. Even if the life force forgets the body — something which cannot happen is: I cannot forget the Supreme. That is all. You may fix problems, you may not fix problems. You may do things, not do things. But you never forget who you are. As such there is no problem. The problem is just a projection.
What we need is satsang, association with the Truth, not with the false mind. The mind projects many things. It is a way to approach the Truth. When I say: ‘You cannot forget who you are,’ I am also saying: ‘You cannot remember who you are.’ It is only spoken like that — because there is no mental remembering or forgetting.
You do not need the mind to know it or to be it. It is not about what you do, or what you say — it is about what you are — as pure knowing. If your knowing is God — wherever you look, there is only God. If your knowing is Self, wherever you look, there is only Self. That is why we say: We should not say everything is God. We should know it.
The one who knows — will not speak of it. You do not need to say it.
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Question: In mythology and religion they say God has no origin — like energy cannot be created or destroyed. Some say certain places have more energy than others. What do you think? Energy is the same everywhere, right? Is it just our frame of mind?
AMMA: I don’t think anything about it.
After a short pause.
It is true: nothing is created or destroyed here. There is no creation as such — from the absolute point of view. How can the Absolute have an origin? It is the ultimate, the Supreme. If you say God — it is all the same.
How can it have an origin from something else? Not possible. The energy you feel — that is still in the realm of the mind. Maybe a much purer mind — but still mind. When you go to sleep, there is no mind — and you do not feel any energy.
Amma invited the devotee to sing the same sloka that opened the satsang. Again devotion filled the hall.
AMMA: Namah Shivaya— the shining Supreme Truth — ‘I never forget.’ That is the whole sentence. The pure-hearted ones — in their heart rises _Namah Shivaya._ The rising Truth — shining as the Supreme — I can never forget.
It is with humility — the author did not say ‘my heart,’ but ‘in the heart of the great ones.’ The Supreme Truth shines in all pure hearts. Everything can be forgotten — the mother can forget the son, the son the mother, even the life force can forget the body — but _this_ cannot be forgotten.