The Reverend Mother Yogacharya M.

Hamilton
on the 10th Anniversary of her Mahasamadhi

Devotees and Friends remember

Memories of Mother
Devotees and Friends remember

Mother Hamilton
on the 10th Anniversary January 31, 2001 of her Mahasamadhi

Published by The Cross and The Lotus Publishing PO Box 16717 Seattle, WA 98116 Website: www.crossandlotus.com

2001 The Cross and The Lotus Publishing All Rights Reserved

This book is dedicated to our Beloved Mother For all you do, for all you are

As Ive told you many times before, to realize your oneness with God inside is not to quit living but to start living, really to start living for the first time. - Mother Hamilton (From Talk No. 780115)

CONTENTS
Page Preface..........................Yogacharya David Hickenbottom . . . . i The Divine Mother in Earthly Form ..Herlwyn Lutz . . . . . . . . . . 1 Yogacharya Mother Hamilton . . . . Swami Satchidananda . . . . . 3 A Divine Friendship . . . . . . . . . . . Win Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barbara Lutz . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bonnie Barnowe . . . . . . . . 11 Seek and You Shall Be Found . . . . Rebecca Barnowe . . . . . . . 13 Harley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Barnowe . . . . . . . 14 Mother Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glory Kurfurst . . . . . . . . . . 16 Our Blessed Divine Mother . . . . . . Rev. Pat Downey . . . . . . . 19 Mother Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John & Dianne Durkin . . . 30 Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wendy Pritchard . . . . . . . . xx My Memory of Mother . . . . . . . . Mandela Pritchard . . . . . . 55 Baptized By the Guru.....Yogacharya David Hickenbottom . . . xx Mother Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Mother, My Role Model . . . . . . . . Cate Koler . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 A Story about Mother Hamilton . . Lorraine Bourcier . . . . . . . 37 Dearest Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Larry Koler . . . . . . . . 39 A Bright and Powerful Light . . . . . Peter Schultz . . . . . . . . . . . 42 My Divine Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . Judy Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elvy Schmoker . . . . . . . . . 50 My Memories Of Mother . . . . . . . Charmie Gilcrease . . . . . . 52 For our Celebration of Mothers Life..Jerry Trofimchuk . . . . . 56 Blessings of the Gurus . . . . . . . . . Lois Hickenbottom . . . . . . . 62 Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diane Tipton . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Constance Meisner . . . . . . 66 Mother Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Honor Wells . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Mother, my Param-Guru . . . . . . . Chad Hickenbottom . . . . . 68 My Perfect Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill Hough . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Hearing Mother, the Search was over..Carla Gold . . . . . . . . . . 71 Mothers Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . Cathy Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . 74 A Mother Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peggy Baker . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Param-Guru Mother Hamilton . . . Jenny Linklater . . . . . . . . . 75

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We wish to acknowledge Cate Koler for organizing and proofing the letters, designing the layout and overseeing the production of this book. We also wish to acknowledge Larry Koler for his help in the design and layout of the cover and the photographs in this book. Thanks to Lorraine Bourcier and Carla Gold for their valuable assistance.