4 March 2010
Ａt first i thought that this work is easy, but i know it is so harder work than my imagination. one day i had fever 39.5. Ｓo i could not work. I feel is so sad not because of fever but because of not having worked.  So i am going to work hard tomorrow.
Koji Ichida as soccer boy

When Amma sends her emissary, it is as though a very special messenger had come directly from her heart.  You sense her presence, her purpose, her commitment to her work,but most of all, you sense her love.

A year and a half ago in August of 2008, Br. Shantamrita Chaitanya came to Manila to teach the Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique, and those students have happily kept his efforts and Amma alive in their hearts.  We met weekly at a private residence (actually, my living room), week in and week out for …

Solar eclipse seen at the Amritapuri Ashram

In Sydney New Years Eve is traditionally spent at parties and watching the fire works. This year Shantamrita’s visit in Sydney was on new years eve and new years day. We wondered if many people would attend as there was short notice for the tour, many people already had plans in place to be watching the fireworks and so many people are out of town at this time of year. We suggested that the tour be at another time of year when it would attract more people. …

24 Dec 2009, Kenya
Is giving unconditional? Santa passed out biscuits to all the children at here in Amrita  Kenya programs. In that this was Santa’s last stop for the day there were extra biscuits left. Santa delighted in having all the children come in a cue. The youngest in age  followed by the older ones. Initially there was a lot of chaos & this reminded Santa of his early days with AMMA at Amritapuri where he was getting training to become a Santa.  At that time Santa was just an …

24 Dec 2009, Kenya
9 domes totallying over 8,000 squares feet of living space, just needing a little T.L.C. It’s a builders paradise. Twenty three kilometers from Nirobi, it’s a wild commute. Lucily we have Pascoi, our expert and faithful driver.
We are still in the pioneer phase  and Amma the great potential of the project keeps us jamming. Have a merry Christmas and a Happy New Years.
-Sulma
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We all sang different Christmas songs with the children here in Kenya.  When we asked them what they remember about Amma’s visit last year in …

We met with three ecologists from the Natural Museum of Kenya on the Amrita Children’s home Site.  They surveyed the 11 acre plot and gave a lot of recommendations for the property.
At one point we spoke to them about the neighboring Maisai Tribe that is suffering from the drought.   One of the project officers said that a program to address the problem of drought with these semi nomadic cow keepers has been experimented with.  They teach the tribes how to irrigate smaller plots of grass and then rotate the grazing …