M. A. CENTER
Los Angeles

Amma's New Year's Message

For the New Year, Amma shared a message with her children — a gentle reminder to meet life's changing seasons with equanimity and an open heart.

"Ups and downs are the very nature of life. Spirituality is the science that teaches us to happily accept everything."

— Amma

Amma encourages us to see difficulties not as sources of despair, but as stepping stones to growth — and to practice compassion and kindness as expressions of our fundamental unity with all beings. May the year ahead be one of awareness, acceptance and love.