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The Hugging Saint
Submitted by editor on Fri, 12/07/2007 - 07:44.
Mata
Amritanandamayi is an Indian Spiritual leader who has spent the last 30 years
of her life travelling the world and giving people the experience of darshan.
In simple
words, darshan is a hug. Mata Amritanandamayi explains it as being a giving of
love. She states that it is like visiting a perfume factory whereby once you
leave the factory, you still inadvertently carry the scent with you. For the 26
million people that she hugged over the last 30 years, this is an experience
that they still remember and draw strength from.
Psychologists
have stated that during a hug, beta-endorpins are released, which are a natural
state of opium. Mata Amritanandamayi simply states that her hugs are simply
representative of a mother opening her arms to embrace her child.
When asked
what Mata Amritanandamayi expects to get out of people from hugging them, she
said "I don't expect anything from anyone. My life is to give, not to
take."
What small act of kindness could you do this weekend to share love, the way that Mata Amritanandamayi has devoted her life to doing?
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I am one of the fortunate people in the world to has rec'd a hug from this dear lady.
The experience was unforgettable. It felt as if all the worries of my life had been dissolved in a sea of warm light and love. For those few moments as she hugged me with such joyful generosity all was eclipsed but that feeling of being contained and a part of complete and absolute Love. Everything was Love.
I went home and slept for two days. The results of that love are with me still.
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