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November 2008 
Amma's message
Tom Yeshe
"Love is a universal religion, and this is what society really needs. Love should be expressed through our every word and action."
"We already have this love within us in all its fullness. Life cannot exist without love. Life and love are inseparable; they are one and the same."
"Children, we shouldn't allow the beauty and grace of selfless love and service to be wiped off the face of the earth. The world should know that a life dedicated to selfless love and service to humanity is possible."
"Lending a helping hand to a neglected soul, feeding the hungry, giving the sad and dejected a compassionate smile — this is the language of love. Let us focus on what we can give to others, for only then will we experience deep joy and fulfillment in life."
"No matter how rich we are, as long as we have no compassion, we, ourselves, are truly living in utter poverty. If we are compassionate towards our fellow beings, it is like gold with a fragrance, something utterly unique. Its value is beyond all words."
"There is one Truth that shines through all of Creation. Rivers and mountains, plants and animals, the sun, the moon and the stars, you and I — all are expressions of this one Reality."
"By establishing a loving relationship between humankind and Nature, we ensure both the balance of Nature and the progress of the human race."
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More from Amma:
“A person who is blinded by ego will forget others, because he is selfish. Having no concern or compassion for others, he lives in a small world of his own and sees everything as different from himself. He and everyone else are separate entities as far as he is concerned…. But the vision of a Mahatma [a liberated “great being”] is entirely different. Having emptied his mind completely and filled it with love and compassion, he is egoless. He is wide awake and His all-pervading consciousness sees and hears everything. Everything happens within him. Within him, the entire universe exists. He is the universe…. Nothing is different from him…. Love cannot contain two. It can contain only one. Love is purnam, it is Fullness. In Love's constant and devoted remembrance, 'you' and 'I' dissolve and disappear. Love alone remains. The entire universe is contained in that pure, undivided Love…. Love is all-pervasive. […] Once egotism is removed, you are no more a person. You become Consciousness. You become formless. The ego is the material which gives name and form. Once the ego is destroyed, name and form are gone. You may give a name to the saint and you may attribute a form to him, but he is neither…. He becomes space…. The entire cosmos with all its objects … can just pass through him. And he simply remains untouched … and unperturbed. He lives silently, peacefully, and blissfully. Because he is egoless, he is 'no-mind.' Here is another way of looking at it. While remaining under water, we don't feel the weight of any things we carry, no matter how large the quantity. But come out of the water and try to carry the same things. You may not even be able to move them an inch. Likewise, the Mahatma [great being] dives deep into the whole of existence. He becomes existence itself, and buoyant in this space of existence, the 'burden' he carries is weightless. Thus, it is not really a burden, for, in reality, he is completely unburdened since he is egoless. A saint lives in love. He lives in compassion. A saint is the embodiment of love and compassion. And in pure love there is no burden. Nothing can be a burden to pure desireless love. Real love can carry the entire universe without feeling any weight. Compassion can shoulder the suffering of the entire world without feeling the slightest bit of pain. What we call the heavy burden of the entire world is weightless for a Mahatma. He carries this so-called 'burden' out of sheer joy and bliss. But in fact, he does not carry it at all. He cannot carry anything because he is not a person, he is not a form. He is space itself and space can contain anything…. Everything will fit in space, and still there will be plenty of space 'in space'—meaning, limitless Space…. There is no division in that state; one becomes totally undivided. In fact, there is only Space [Consciousness]. Division is created by us…. The ego creates division…. Remove the ego and you will again become Space.”