A lady from Switzerland had a moving experience to share about meeting Amma. She has suffered a deep mental depression and had eventually entered a psychiatric hospital. The following year she met Amma and took a long list of questions to ask her, hoping that she would take away her illness.
Amma answered only that she should meditate ten minutes each day. The woman felt she did not have the strength to do so. She was able to leave the hospital three months later, but without much hope of overcoming her illness.
Even though it was clear to her that Amma was a Mahatma (a great soul), she felt that even Amma was not able to overcome her terrible depression. She felt doomed by her illness, like she was in a prison with no way out. Her sister once asked Amma what else she could do to help her. Amma replied, “Tell your sister that she is under Amma’s protection.”
Even with her illness, she joined her ninety-year-old mother in laminating photos and stickers that were being made for sale in the bookstore. Gradually, she began to feel some contentment that she could help others through this selfless service.
The next year, when Amma visited their town for the tour, this lady joined her for a walk around the grounds of her sister’s house where Amma was staying. During the walk, Amma sat down on a small wooden foot bridge to meditate, and this lady sat with the others by the side of the river. Listening to the bubbling noise of the water, she suddenly felt that the heavy weight on her shoulders was flowing away with the water. The next night she had another powerful revelation when Amma came back from the program hall early in the morning. Amma passed her on the stairs and touched her hand. Through Amma’s physical touch, she experienced in a split second that Amma is the Real Truth. She felt deep within that she was accepted by God and not condemned as she had always thought.
This lady feels that Mother has worked on her from within. Perhaps it was acts of service that brought the grace to create a healing. With Amma’s grace, she was able to stop taking antidepressants, and feels convinced that Amma’s Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique® helps her to keep her inner balance. She has been relieved of the serious depression that filled so many years of her life with darkness. It is as if she has had a second chance in life.
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