Turn inwards to acquire awareness of the Divine! 

- SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

Iron turns into rust if it seeks the company of soil. It glows, softens and takes on useful shapes, if it enjoys the company of fire. Dust can fly if it chooses the wind as its friend. It has to end as slime in a pit, if it prefers water. It has neither wing nor foot, yet it can either fly or walk, rise or fall, according to the friend it selects. Knowing this truth, a great saint, Kabir once said.  “Here are my prostrations to the good, Here are my prostrations to the bad.” When asked why he offered prostrations to the bad, he said, “My prostrations to the bad, so that they may leave me alone. I do the same before good, so that they might remain near me always.”  You are shaped by the company you keep.

-SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

The task before each of one of us is to plant the seeds of Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love in each heart.  Foster these saplings and watch over them with love and care until they grow into trees yielding a rich harvest of sweet fruits. Sages who had succeeded in this beneficial culture have laid down the means and methods, the steps and slips, the helps and hindrances, that one has to consider. The swimmer has to push the water behind him so that he might proceed forward.  So too, while attempting to march forward, one has to push back from him the evil thoughts, habits, deeds and impulses that crowd in.  Believe in this conviction, instill faith in your heart and you will be assured of success.

 

 

-SSSB

 

Namaste,

 

 

Georgie Ayala

Peace is a shoreless ocean. It is the Light that illumines the world. It confers knowledge of this world and that. Pure love can emanate only from a heart immersed in peace, for it is an atmosphere that pervades and purifies. Peace is not a conviction arrived at by means of logic. It is the discipline of all disciplined lives. Iron has to be beaten flat by iron alone. So too, the inferior, lower mind, has to be shaped better by the superior mind itself. One has to make his mind superior and stronger for the task of personal upliftment. Drink deep the waters of discipline. Immerse yourself in it and become cleansed. May its coolness refresh your sorrows and pains, and quench the fires of ignorance. 

 

 

-SSSB

 

Namaste,

 

Georgie Ayala

You must demonstrate that Love, Peace, Righteousness, Truth and acts of Loving Service, rendered in a spirit of humility and reverence, is what makes people happy.  We need not concentrate on production of more food or building of more houses or manufacturing more cloth. What is most needed today is a total effort to make human beings manifest more tolerance, more humility, more brotherliness, more compassion and deeper awareness of the springs of joy and peace that lie within the heart of each one. Be in the forefront of this spiritual adventure.

 -SSSB

 

Namaste,

 

Georgie Ayala

Spiritual Discourse and Individual Blessings/Saraswati Diksha

Spiritual discourse and song followed by a special opportunity to privately share your joys and pains with Amma Sri Karunamayi. Amma will be offering Sri Saraswati Mantra Diksha (initiation to students ages 4 to 24). Free public programs. Discourses are in English.

 

Wednesday, May 27 10:00 am  Free

Community Church of NY

40 E. 35^th St., New York, NY 10016

in Manhattan between Park and Madison- easy access from boroughs, NJ, Upstate

close to Grand Central, Penn Station, subways, tunnels.

 

Friday, May 29 

10:00 am  Free

Hindu Temple Community Center

143-09 Holly Ave., Flushing, NY 11355

Queens at corner of Holly Ave. and Smart St.

subways, buses, street parking, reasonable prices in local lot.

 

Realize Your True Self:

A Special One Day Meditation Retreat

Saturday, May 30 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Hindu Temple Community Center

143-09 Holly Ave., (corner of Holly and Smart), Flushing, NY 11355

 

Join us for a unique opportunity to explore and deepen your spiritual practice under Amma’s loving guidance. People of all spiritual backgrounds and faiths enjoy the motherly grace of one of the world’s most revered masters during this special day of discourses, meditation, fellowship, and song.

A vegetarian lunch will be provided. Please register early. First come first served.

 

Fee: $95 early registration (until May 4) - $115 (after May 4). $25 discount to seniors over 65 and students with ID till age 24.

Proceeds after expenses will support Sri Karunamayi’s charitable activities, including a free hospital and school in rural India.

For more information and to register, go to

http://www.karunamayi.org/tour/2009NewYork.html 

fax no. for retreat forms: (914) 923-8329

 

 

Homa - Sacred Fire Ceremony

Sunday, May 31 9:00 am–2:00 pm

16 Cross Road, Cortlandt Manor,

Westchester County, NY 10567

- All are welcome -

Accessible by Metro-North from Grand Central Station + 10 min. ride, convenient highways from all points in the Trisate area.

Directons will be on the website by the end of the 1st week of May and also on the voicemail.

An ancient Indian ceremony for individual and universal peace.

Open to people of all faiths. Free public program. If you wish to sponsor the homa and receive a blessed prasada which contains the vibrations of the homa, please go to the ny programs part of Amma’s website. Further details regarding the exact location of the homa, directions, etc. will be available in May.

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

Ignoring the unity of all mankind in the Divine Soul, one relishes in quarrels and factions. He classifies some among his contemporaries as friends and some as his foes. Duality is the making of an individual. It is their own likes and dislikes, prejudices and passions that is reflected, and that creates all these reactions of love and hatred - it is the resounding echo of faction and friction. Friendship and enmity arise from your heart; they are labels fixed by you, not marks which other people are born with. The same person is the thickest friend of one and the mortal enemy of another - both because of his one act or word. Realize this truth and live in unity;

- SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala

Instead of saying a hundred things, it is better to do one thing properly. Sanctify your life by doing selfless work. For the person who talks a lot, there is no time for work. For the person who is engaged in work, there is no time to talk. Instead of wasting time in your words, use your time in service to mankind, which is service to God, all the while repeating the name of the Lord.

-SSSB

Namaste,

Georgie Ayala