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{{Infobox Hindu leader
|name= Mother Meera
|image= Mother Meera 8.jpg
|caption = Mother Meera
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=yes|1960|12|26}}
|birth_place= Chandepalle, [[Telangana]], India
|birth_name= Kamala Reddy
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'''Mother Meera''', born '''Kamala Reddy''' (born 26 December 1960) is believed by her devotees to be an embodiment ([[Avatar]]) of the [[Hindu mother goddess#Hinduism|Divine Mother]] ([[Shakti]] or [[Devi]]).<ref>Adilakshmi Olati, "The Mother", page 4</ref>

==Life account==
[[File:Mother Meera1.jpg|upright|thumb|Mother Meera Ashram, Madanapalle, A.P., India]]
Born in [[Chandepally]] a small village in the [[Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district]] of [[Telangana]], [[India]], she allegedly had her first [[samādhi]], a state of complete spiritual absorption, at the age of six, which lasted for a whole day.<ref>Adilakshmi, 'The Mother', page 9</ref> When she was 12 her uncle Bulgur Venkat Reddy met her for the first time, and was convinced that the girl had already appeared to him in the form of visions. He came to believe that she is the Divine Mother and started to take care of her, allowing her to unfold her inner experiences. Her parents Antamma and Veera Reddy live in [[Madanapalle]], [[Chittoor]] district of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>Mother Meera, "Answers, part II", page 21 -23</ref>

In 1974, uncle Reddy brought Mother Meera to the [[Sri Aurobindo Ashram]] in Pondicherry, India, of which he was a member.<ref>Adilakshmi, 'The Mother', page 10</ref> There she first met Westerners and started to give ''[[Darśana|darshan]]''. She is however not associated with the Sri Aurobindo Ashram today. In 1979 she was invited by her first devotees to Canada, where she went several times. Meanwhile, uncle Reddy's health started to deteriorate.

In 1981 she made her first trip to [[West Germany]], where she, together with uncle Reddy and her close companion Adilakshmi, settled down a year later. She married a German in 1982. Uncle Reddy died in 1985 and was buried in the local cemetery in [[Dornburg, Hesse|Dornburg]]-Thalheim, [[Hesse]].<ref>Adilakshmi, 'The Mother', page 7</ref> For some years now, she has been giving ''darshan'' (literally ''seeing'', primarily in a spiritual context) at [[Schloss Schaumburg]] in [[Balduinstein]], a small town in Germany. Previously, in the early 1990s, she gave ''darshan'' in a house in the town of Thalheim, some 5 km northwest of Hadamar in Germany. She also visits the United States on a regular basis (see links below).

==Activities==

Mother Meera receives thousands of visitors of all religions for ''darshan'' which she conducts in total silence. Her ''darshan'' consists of a ritual, where she will touch a person's head, and then look into their eyes. During this process, she reportedly 'unties knots' in the person's subtle system and permeates them with light.<ref>Adilakshmi, "The Mother", pages 87 -88</ref> She doesn't charge any money for doing so and she will not give lectures. Mother Meera's reported task on Earth was in calling down a dynamic light-force from the Supreme ([[Paramatman]] – the supreme [[Atman (Hinduism)|Self]]) in collaboration with other [[saint]]s and divine beings, as she says, making spiritual progress on earth easier.<ref>Adilakshmi, "The Mother", pages 38 – 40</ref> About this light she says:

{{quote|Like electricity, the Light is everywhere, but one must know how to activate it. I have come for that.<ref>''Answers, Part I''</ref>}}

Through [[Japa]], the mental remembrance of ''any'' Divine Name or [[Mantra]], which may be done informally, and whenever convenient, people could open themselves up to this Light.<ref>Mother Meera, "Answers, Part I", pages 89 -98</ref> She does not claim to be a guru or have followers. To be connected to her work, people do not have to recognise her. Her teaching is mainly related to [[Bhakti]], that is devotion to God, and in that she accepts all denominations.

Mother Meera does not belong to any particular tradition, except for a certain closeness to the work of [[Sri Aurobindo]] and [[Mirra Alfassa|the Mother]],<ref>See 'Sri Aurobindo Research Academy' in Mother Meera, "Answers, Part II", pages 189 – 195</ref> whom she was reported to have met in their [[subtle body|subtle bodies]], when she was a child, visiting their Samadhi (grave).<ref>Adilakshmi, "The Mother", pages 10 – 12</ref> She teaches the unity of all religions. Everyone can go their own ways. It is only important to be connected with the light (the personal spiritual role model) every day by praying, reading or meditating.

== Critics ==
After splitting from Mother Meera, the writer and former follower [[Andrew Harvey (religious writer)|Andrew Harvey]] wrote ''The Sun at Midnight''.<ref>Harvey, Andrew, ''The Sun at Midnight: A Memoir of the Dark Night'', 2002, {{ISBN|1-58542-179-0}}</ref> In it, Harvey accused Meera of [[homophobia]], saying that Mother Meera disapproved of Harvey's marriage to another man. In his first book about her, ''Hidden Journey'', Harvey had originally praised her as an avatar, attributing his own claimed enlightenment to her. Harvey's accusation of homophobia is disputed. One of Harvey's former lovers, the writer [[Mark Matousek]] (1997),<ref>[http://www.markmatousek.com/ Mark Matousek Homepage] ''www.markmatousek.com'', accessed 16 May 2021</ref> said that: "I do know that the idea that she's homophobic is completely ridiculous. For God's sake, we were served breakfast in bed together in her house."<ref>Mark Matousek, "Sex, Death, Enlightenment"</ref>

==Books==
*''Answers, Part I'' – by Mother Meera, {{ISBN|0-9622973-3-X}}
*''Answers, Part II'' – by Mother Meera, {{ISBN|3-9805475-5-8}}

==Quotes==
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"One common mistake is to think that one reality is ''the'' reality. You must always be prepared to leave one reality for a greater one." – Answers, Part I

==See also==
* [[Meera]]

==Notes==
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==Further reading==
*''The Mother'' – by Adilakshmi, {{ISBN|3-00-000241-3}}
*''At the Feet of Mother Meera: The Lessons of Silence'' – by Sonia Linebaugh, {{ISBN|1-4134-1053-7}}
*''Hidden Journey: A Spiritual Awakening'' – by Andrew Harvey, {{ISBN|0-14-019448-7}}
*''In Search of the Divine Mother: The Mystery of Mother Meera'' – by [[Martin J. Goodman|Martin Goodman]], {{ISBN|0-06-251509-8}}
*''Sex Death Enlightenment'' – Mark Matousek (1997), Riverhead books, {{ISBN|1-57322-581-9}}

==External links==
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{{Wikiversity|Yoga oracle#98. Mother Meera}}
{{Wikibooks|Yoga/Spiritual_Almanac#November. Mother Meera}}
* [http://www.mothermeera.com/ Mother Meera Germany]
* [http://www.mothermeerafoundationusa.org/ Mother Meera Foundation USA]
* [http://mothermeera.org.uk/ Darshan in the UK]
* [http://mothermeera.school/ Mother Meera school in India]
* [http://meremeera.fr/ Mere Meera (official french site)]
* [http://matkameera.cz/ Matka Meera (official czech site)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160404173825/http://thisisawar.com/AuthorsMatousekInterview.htm Mark Matousek on Mother Meera]
* [http://www.mysticsaint.info/2008/09/silent-darshan-of-mother-meera.html An experience of Darshan with Mother Meera]

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