Having come to experience the highest truth of oneness with the Self, such blessed souls do not have to be born again. It is a state of perfect awareness and equanimity, which can be experienced here and now in this world, while living in the body. Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« said, ' Jivanmukti is not something to be attained after death, nor is it to be experienced or bestowed upon you in another world. This understanding itself Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« referred to as jivanmukti. Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« has said that these practices refine the mind, preparing it to assimilate the ultimate truth: that one is not the physical body and mind, but the eternal, blissful consciousness that serves as the non-dual substratum of the universe. Along these lines, she stresses the importance of meditation, performing actions as karma yoga, selfless service, and cultivating divine qualities such as compassion, patience, forgiveness, self-control, etc. Only with the help of all three can the bird soar into the heights.' She accepts the various spiritual practices and prayers of all religions as but different methods toward the same goal of purifying the mind. If the two wings of a bird are devotion and action, knowledge is its tail. In the book The Timeless Path, Swami Ramakrishnananda Puri, one of Amб№›tДЃnandamayД«'s senior disciples, wrote: 'The path inculcated by Amma is the same as the one presented in the Vedas and recapitulated in subsequent traditional scriptures such as the Bhagavad Gita.' Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« herself says, ' karma, jГ±ana and bhakti are all essential. Mata Amritanandamayi Devi (Amma) embraces a child. Given the size of the crowds coming to seek Amб№›tДЃnandamayД«'s blessings, there have been times when she has given darshana for more than 20 continuous hours. So if you can touch people, you can touch the world.' ДЄmб№›tДЃnandamayД«'s darshana has been the centerpiece of her life, as she has received people nearly every day since the late 1970s. The fight in individual minds is responsible for the wars. You cannot change it, but you can make changes. So by affecting individuals, you can make changes in the society and, through it, in the world. Attempting to change the world is like trying to straighten the curly tail of a dog. When asked, in 2002, to what extent she thought her embraces helped the ills of the world, Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« replied, 'I don't say I can do it 100 percent. And so the habit picked up.' Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« has embraced more than 33 million people throughout the world for over 30 years. When they fell weeping into my lap, I used to hug them. They would cry and I would wipe their tears. As to how this began, Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« said, 'People used to come and tell their troubles. She continues to do so annually.ДЄmб№›tДЃnandamayД«'s form of giving darshana is hugging people. In 1987, at the request of devotees, Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« began to conduct programs in countries throughout the world. Today the Mata Amritanandmayi Math is engaged in many spiritual and charitable activities. Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« continues to serve as chairperson of the Math. In 1981, after spiritual seekers had begun residing at her parents' property in Parayakadavu in the hopes of becoming Amб№›tДЃnandamayД«'s disciples, the MДЃtДЃ Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« Math (MAM), a worldwide foundation, was founded. In the same way, my duty is to console those who are suffering.' ДЄmб№›tДЃnandamayД« rejected numerous attempts by her parents to arrange for her marriage. The duty of a doctor is to treat patients. A continuous stream of love flows from me to all of creation. I don't see anyone different from my own self. Regarding her desire to embrace others, Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« commented, 'I don't see if it is a man or a woman.

Despite the reaction of her parents, Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« continued. Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« also began to spontaneously embrace people to comfort them in their sorrow. Her family, which was not wealthy, scolded and punished her. She would bring these people food and clothing from her own home. ДЄs part of her chores, Amб№›tДЃnandamayД« gathered food scraps from neighbours for her family's cows and goats, through which she was confronted with the intense poverty and suffering of others. Born to a family of fishermen in 1953, she was the third child of Sugunanandan and Damayanti. MДЃtДЃ AmritДЃnandamayД« Devi is an Indian guru from Parayakadavu (now partially known as Amritapuri), Alappad Panchayat in Karunagappally, Kollam District, in the state of Kerala.

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