This is an excerpt of an interview Amma gave to the number one weekly magazine in India, The Week, in September 2003.
Interview/Mata Amritanandamayi/My karma is to console By C. Sujit Chandra Kumar Your biography says you converted water to panchamritham (sweet dish). I don't think of it as a miracle. For me, peace of mind is the greatest miracle. What happened that day was, there was this Bhagavatha reading in a neighbour's house. While listening, I danced in ecstasy. Some people came and demanded that I show them a miracle. When they insisted, I asked them for a pot of water. That was distributed to everyone and they ate the panchamritham. Another time, someone took away the lamp. Those days, there was no electricity. Some devotees poured water in sea shells. I asked them to light it. It happened while the devotees were watching. They only did it. I haven't done anything myself. People say you have cured diseases. Why then did you build a hospital? Even if you remove the poison from body, if mind doesn't change, there is no use. Jesus Christ is said to have healed people. Why are his followers building hospitals? How did Krishna become Dhanwantara- murthy? Prayer and medicine are necessary. Tomorrow, I can also get unwell. Some local people still have doubts. How can we remove the doubts of everyone? When Krishna, Nabi and Rama came to this world, people had doubts. Is there anyone who has total acceptance? Do children fully accept their parents? Does one have full control of one's own mind? No. There will be two sides and that is the way it should be. Some have preconceived ideas. It is difficult to wake up those who are pretending to be asleep. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
