The extra luggage of indiscriminate dreams, desires and attachments will make your life's journey miserable.

If the goal is to realize the Supreme Being, you should become egoless. That requires self-effort. The sadhak should work hard. He should pray sincerely for the removal of the negative tendencies. This prayer is not to achieve anything or to fulfill any desires. It is to go beyond all achievements. It is to transcend all desires.

In today's world, both men and woman need motherhood, the nurturing motherly feeling, the feminine energy. By receiving this energy, it will make them independent and free.

Amidst sorrows, the only thing that enlivens us is optimistic faith. Never lose that faith.

Pray: O Lord, make my eyes see only the good in everyone.

What makes Amma happy, is to see her children helping others to feel happy.

When thoughts are reduced, power of the mind and its subtlety increases, tunes with the Universe. Then you can see the realms beyond the common understanding. When the mind is pure and quiet it becomes one with the universal mind. That mind is like a mirror. The secrets of the Universe will be revealed there.