Only in your arms, Amma!

17. Om vadana smara mangalya grha torana cillikayai namah: I bow down to Amma whose eyebrows shine like the archways leading to the house of Kama, the God of love, which Her face resembles

I fell in love with the Goddess of Love many moons ago. Her face till date remains the most gorgeous, prettiest face I have ever seen. Her hugs are not airbrushed or photoshopped. Her love for us is not part of a PR machinery. Her compassion isn't a corporate tactic. What's there, is pure, unadulterated, untarnished divinity, compassion and love. For Her millions of devotees the world over. For us, Her children. 

Amma has said that there are many types of love. There's the love that exists between a parent and child; a husband and wife; between 2 lovers. And then there's the exalted Guru-devotee love. Where all the Guru aims to do is help the shishya through the sea of samsara to a state of bliss, a state of no-ego. What Amma does tirelessly, 24/7/365, is greedily reach out to us and envelop us in Her love. So when we walk away, we take a piece of Her, with us. The last time I saw Amma (and it always seems an ocean ago!) I walked away with a beautiful lingering fragrance and the nicest hug I had experienced in a long time. I also walked away with a feeling that I'd arrived home. Non judgmental love, as the one Amma showers us with, can do wonders: Help people walk the right rope of life. Aid us in our every day struggles. And show us through the doorways, to the very celestial house of pure, benevolent love. Only in your arms, Amma, only in yours!

Om Amriteswariye Namah!