ALL CLEAN!

I respect and admire a modern day saint named Mata Amritanandamayi Ma or Ammachi the "Hugging Saint"
as she is sometimes called, and I had the privilege of being hugged and blessed by her in 2005. You should have seen the lines of all sorts of people waiting for darshan! Grown men in her lap sobbing uncontrollably! It was a pretty rare and spectacular scene. I bought a pair of sterling silver rudraksha beads to be blessed by her, and when I finally got my turn, she held me and rocked me and said "No No No No"sweetly and softly like she was scolding a very naughty tiny baby. Let's face it folks, I wasn't living right at the time, and that's the reason I came to see her. I needed to get back on track, and I had read her biography back in '98 when I was in Australia and I finally got my chance. Well, the other day Declan picked up the beads and held them for a long time. He then looked up at me and said "All Clean!" with a big smile on his face and a look in his eye far beyond his years. All clean indeed. I knew that he knew what those beads meant, and here before me was the living, breathing realization of my dearest wish as I sat crying in Amma's lap. Here is a precious video of Declan after a bath with Daddy. Enjoy!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Amritanandamayi
http://www.amma.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudraksha