The Embrace

The Indian guru affectionately known as Ammachi wishes to comfort wounded hearts through an expression of unconditional love, but also to awaken in people to what she calls the "healing qualities of universal motherhood." Both men and women can express these qualities, she teaches. "The love of awakened motherhood is a love and compassion felt not only towards one's own children, but towards all people ... to all of nature," she says. "This motherhood is Divine Love - and that is God."