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Loving exchanges between mother & daughter

8/1/2020

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After my visit at Goloka Dham I spent three days with my 90-year old mother in her nice village in the South of Germany. Now, during the second half of July, the weather was beautiful and sunny
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My meditation was to reciprocate with her loving and selfless service, which she had rendered to me when I was a child. Here and now, I could only offer a tiny token in return for her many years of dedicated service. Today our roles seemed to be exchanged - old age had forced her into a helpless and dependent condition, just as I had been helplessly dependent on her care and affection in my childhood.

Now I endeavored to cook nice prasadam for her - just as she had always cooked my favorite dishes....

And I had to fasten a bip around her neck to keep her clothes clean while eating - just like she had done for me....

I surprised her with her favorite milk sweets from Sri Sri Radha Madana Mohana's plate, just like she used to surprise me with my favorite sweets...

I drove her to the forest and across the fields in her wheelchair, just like she had driven me around in a pram....
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Now she was the one who asked the same questions repeatedly, and I patiently answered them over and over again, just like she had done the same thing when I was a child.....

Now she told the same stories again and again, and I tireleely listened to them over and over - just like I had told the same thing repeatedly as a child.....

I took her to the doctor, just like she had taken me as a child....

Now, sitting in the waiting room, she asked me to tell a story, and I told stories from the Srimad Bhagavatam - just like I had asked her to tell stories as a child...

Now, every evening, I sat at her bed and read some meaningful thoughts from spiritual literatures to her - just like she had sat at my bed every night, for many years, and read a nice and meaningful bed-time story....

Now I gave her a foot massage - just like she had extended herself to console me as a child....

And I picked a bunch of wildflowers for her - just like I had always done as a child....
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One of her statements was: "Old age is not for cowards....!" And she remarked how in old age one becomes as helpless as a child again. And I responded: "Yes, so we can helplessly depend on the Lord and His devotees...."

The perfect loving exchange....

Your servant, Devaki dd
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