49th Congress. 49th freakin' Congress!

On June 30, 2010 at 2359 UTC/7:59 PM local time (the inauguration ceremony was held in the evening, rather than the traditional 12 noon), the 49th Congress of the Inner Realm of Patria was sworn into office on the steps of the Capitol in Castoropolis.

Read the full text of the 49th Congress Inaugural Address.

On July 1, in a Special Session of the newly inaugurated Congress, Amma Karunamayi delivered the Speech from the Throne. (technically not the Inaugural Address, which was delivered on the evening of June 30 after the official oath-taking and may be read at the above link). The following is the transcription of Karunamayi's address to Congress.

Inaugural “Speech from the Throne” by Amma Karunamayi

July 1, 2010

Om Gam Ganapataye Namah. Amma’s blessings to you all. I love you so much, my sweet children. I love you, babies, millions, billions and gazillions of times. I love Patria so much.

[Amma K. spent some time discussing the benefits of regular meditation practice, the energy contained in the various chakras, how the human brain viewed in cross-section resembles Lord Ganesha, e.g. the trunk is like the brain stem, and how Mother Lakshmi’s four arms resemble the four chambers of the human heart.]

Children, think twice, no, not twice, 10 times, 100 times before speaking. Keep your speech sweet and gentle. Your words and thoughts must always contain the sweetness of kindness and compassion. Be humble always.

[Amma K. shared her experiences at the 2009 Parliament of Religions in Melbourne, Australia, where she was one of the keynote speakers representing Hinduism.]

Embodiment of Divine Souls, my beloved children, true knowledge is truth only. Omkara is the world of power and divine truth. Truth is spiritual food for aspirants. Inner spiritual strength comes from sadhana and silence. Those who meditate daily will get tremendous power.

"I"ness is bondage. This is ignorance. This "I"ness is illusion. It is born from ignorance. Illusion always springs separation. Difference is nothing but duality only. Through meditation, destroy the ignorance by the sword of your knowledge. Ignorance generates desires, hate and fear. Ignorance always obstructs the true vision. Children, destroy ignorance today with silent meditation. Experience your true Self by your silent practice. Body, senses and mind are part of the nature. The Self is absolute consciousness, identification with supreme self is the highest experience in life. Life has no bliss in the finite. There is no sorrow in the infinite. Bliss is only in the infinite. Sorrows and pains are only in finite. Everything that is related with the material world is imperfect. Absolute alone is perfect. The forms are not in the real, but the real is in all of the forms.

A real yogi is unchanging, non dual, atman or soul. Visible universe and the mind seem to be changing. Atman only is changeless, imperishable. Everything in this world decays and takes birth but to die. But supreme Self, Brahman alone is immutable, undecaying, birthless and deathless. Brahman is infinitely pure, ever free, perfect and indestructible. The Self is ever free, nothing can bind it.

Immortality is the birthright of all. I am not this body; I am all pervading immortal soul. This is true wisdom. Deep is the supreme silence. Peace of the soul is infinite and immeasurable. Know thyself. Children, realize Brahman and attain immortal bliss.

Children, there is a strong desire in all of your hearts for freedom, independence and eternal happiness. Wisdom is the greatest weapon. It surely saves meditators from worldly ills.

Divine love of Wisdom, as an ideal of perfection burns brightly in the heart of all. Real truth vibrates in the heart. This total world is the body of consciousness. World is the essence of Brahman. Entire world, all the living beings they get light and power from the truth. The knowledge of atma comes when you are aware of your own innermost self. Children, do not apply reasoning to what is unthinkable. The kingdom of bliss is your heart only. We all are one; the one Divine Light. Vedas speak of oneness of divine consciousness.

Upanishads' essence is essential unity of all religions. Inner Wisdom is real gold. A man of an inner wisdom can transform the earth into liberation. The perennial fountain of nectar flows in the heart of a Brahman Jnani. Moksha or wisdom is the ultimate goal of a yogi. After attaining wisdom, there is no rebirth.

My Children, you are nothing but the truth only. Truth is pure spirit. The nature of truth is peace and bliss. The self-effulgent truth destroys all sorrows and all pains. It is impossible for self to hate self. A knower of self becomes master of all worlds. Worldly reasoning cannot lead to spiritual truth. There is an unchanging entity in everyone's heart, who is silent witness of three states namely dreaming, waking and sleeping. Identify with this "witness" and then end life mundane.

Children, meditate in order to reach your goal of perfection. All is Brahman, fearlessness is the fruit of wisdom. Inner freedom is immortality. Root yourself in your Atman. All miseries will come to an end. So children, deep, deep in the ocean of bliss, in Samadhi only you attain illumination you have Brahmic supreme consciousness. You will see God in all living beings.

With motherly love in the new 49th Congress, your Amma has not come this day as your guru or as Speaker of the House, but as your own mother. I love you, babies.

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The first act of the new Congress, after the above Inaugural Address, Speech from the Throne, divvying up cabinet positions, and other bits of administrivia during the two-day Special Session, is to adjourn until September. The First Session of the 49th Congress (1·XLIX 2010-11) will convene on Sept. 20, 2010.

With the new Congress having been sworn in, and the 2010 election campaign having ended, note that the title of this blog has been changed to reflect Patria's mandate for Positive Possibilities.