Discovering the inner

I recall 13 years ago in Seattle, my three year old daughter and I were granted an unexpected darshan with Amma.

It was our second opportunity to meet with this inspiring Saint from India named "Amma". However, when we arrived late at the Church of Truth that Monday evening, the hall was filled to capacity with over seven thousand in attendence!! I sighed and told my daughter Daelyn that the crowd was so large that we would probably not stay ...It didn't look too likely that we would meet Amma without waiting for hours...definately far past my daughter's bedtime.

At that moment a Japanese devotee of Amma came up to Daelyn and I standing at the hall entrance. She said "Are you here to meet Amma?" I replied that we only just met Amma
the night before, but by the looks of things we had come too late and the crowd was too large. She asked us to follow her and that she would seat us. To my surprise, this compassionate and alert devotee took us right up to the front of the large hall and sat us a few feet from where Amma was to begin her evening program!
After sitting so near for all of Amma's evening satsang and bhajans, I prepared to leave with my daughter. However, Amma pulled my daughter to herself for the first darshan of the night. She then surprised me again by pulling me to her warm embrace also. Then she told us to sit beside her while she gave darshan to thousands more. My daughter fell asleep in my lap as I discovered the inner blessing of meditating beside this divine personality named Amma.

Jai Ma
Chidanand