In his speech, Arjun explained how he felt that Amma had revealed to him his interest in working with children, teaching them how to dance. This was confirmed, he said, when he was able to help a six-year-old child whose father had just been murdered the week before. By sharing his time and energy with others, he said he felt he was turning his thoughts and actions into worship. 'If you do what you love with all your heart,' Arjuna said, 'it becomes worship in itself.'
"Throughout my teenage life, I always found Amma in my mind, reminding me of the importance of keeping my spirituality intact with all my worldly endeavors. When first coming to Amma, I thought that spirituality was a lifestyle that was lived behind the walls of temples and ashrams. Then, when I was given a mantra, I understood that spirituality was a tool to find one's innate inner peace. I also thought that the true value of spirituality was only reaped when taking physical refuge in the Guru. Amma taught me the importance for spiritual grounding as we live out life 'in the world.' |
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"I have laid my work in dance on a spiritual foundation that Amma has provided for me. I look at my dance as a form of meditation in which I live one breath at a time."
—Arjuna Sayyed |
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