A fundraising auction of more than 200 curated paintings from 86 emerging and professional artists launched today. Hailing from 18 different countries, the artists have donated their work to support our humanitarian projects.
The auction has another goal in a world where people are spending more and more time on their devices instead of together. The artists wish to reach others on a heart-to-heart level through these tangible expressions of their love, both in devotion to Amma and their efforts to help her uplift suffering humanity.
Upon blessing the paintings, Amma expressed her gratitude for this noble cause.
You can participate in the auction at amma.org/auction. It is open until May 18, 2024.
Amma’s Message
Amma bows down to all the artists who have created these beautiful paintings that we see around the hall.
These paintings really show the creativity outpouring from your heart. It is the power of the Divine flowing through you that has made all these paintings possible. Amma bows down to that Supreme Power.
When we enjoy the creation, we should also remember the Creator. It is always difficult to do so. For example, when you enjoy a chocolate, we hardly remember the person who made the chocolate. But the remembrance of the Creator behind the whole of creation makes us grateful for the Source.
In Sanatana Dharma, the Creator and creation are not two, but one. It is the Creator that has become the whole of creation. Without the energy of the Creator flowing through us, we cannot do anything.
When you made this painting, you used paint, brushes, a canvas, etc. If the canvas says, “It’s only because of me that the painting is so beautiful,” or the paint says, “No, I am the sole reason why this painting happened,” and the brush says, “Without me, nothing would be possible,” it would be sheer foolishness. Of course, they played a part, but primarily there is the painter who effectively used those instruments. Likewise, behind the painter, there is the supreme painter, God, whose strength flowed through the painter.
Amma remembers an anecdote: On the occasion of the father’s birthday, the youngest son presented a very beautiful, expensive gift to him. The little one said, “Dad, you never would have received such a valuable gift from my elder brother.”
The father opened the wrapping of the gift and was surprised and shocked seeing the expensive thing inside. He asked, “Where did you get the money to buy such an expensive gift?”
The little one replied, “Simple… I used your credit card.”
Similarly, we are able to function because of the power of the Creator alone.
Recognising the role of the Creator in creation will always keep us humble. Moreover, it helps us to become fit instruments for the Supreme power to flow through. For example, the water in a tank can be completely emptied through a pipe attached to the bottom of the tank.
Only when you become a zero, do you truly become a hero. Let us become zero to the ego.
May you all remain effective instruments in the hands of the Divine, just like the brush in the hands of a painter. May the Supreme Power keep flowing through you and continue to express itself in the form of more and more such beautiful paintings.
