Entrevista Interview

Amma "I Accept the Whole World into My lap"

She transmits a current of love with every hug. She has thousands of followers.

Born Kerala (India), 1953

Presides over the foundation "Friends of Amma"

Gandhi King Award 2002

The legend says that MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI, Amma was born blue like Kali, the divine mother of the Hindus. She survived bad treatment from her family and neighbours. And at 21 years of age she manifested her mystic union with the supreme being. Since then she opens the hearts and comforts the pain of thousands of people through her hug. She just filled two halls at the Mar Bella in Barcelona.

Are you a reincarnation of God or something like that?

God is pure consciousness. And consciousness is everywhere. In the organic and the inorganic. In you, in me, in this rose petal, in the sea that you see through that window.

Did you have a revelation?

Yes, ………..Each one of us form a part of the whole. Imagine that there is a big tank of water. Through a tap you begin to empty all the water in the tank. If you are one with the consciousness, all the consciousness can manifest through the (your) body.

What do you transmit in a hug?

Amma helps the people to be independent. And independence is only possible when we realise our own real nature with true love.

It isn't always easy.

If there is love in us, we can express this love through our actions and words. Then there will be love in the family and in the work place. It will extend to all parts. And peace will reign inside and out.

Is a 15 second hug enough to achieve all this?

One second is enough to awaken the love if one is open to receiving the hug as it is meant to be.

And how is it meant to be?

The heart should be open. It's like tuning in to a radio. You have to turn on the transistor to be able to hear the program.

Once it is on. Then what?

With my hug, I can wake up those who are sleeping. If I shake them a few times, they react. But if someone is pretending to sleep, it doesn't matter how many times I shake them, they won't get up. Its like giving a mirror to a blind person.

Do Bush and Sharon fit into this group?

I could try to hug them if they wanted. But Amma's duty and those of a politician are completely distinct. They are like judges in the courts, they approve of some and exclude others, while my responsibility is to be a mother, accept the whole world in my lap

The whole world?

Even a broken clock shows the correct time twice a day. There are good qualities in the worst person.

A tolerant woman. And free from sectarianism?

I never force anyone to change their religion. On the contrary. I ask that they remain firm in their faith and their teachers. God isn't a limited being. What limits us and makes us dependent is the "I." The goal of religion is its elimination, it is compassion, it is love expressed through every word and deed.