From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shempmcgurk Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [FairfieldLife] Even the Who stopped smashing their instruments
Uh, I think you need to resee the video because that is exactly what was going on. Will do. What will you do, Rick, if and when Amma decides to STOP doing the hugging and move on to some other gimmick (or non-gimmick)? What will be the appeal? Sometimes I wish she would stop hugging, because the repetitive motion is hard on her body and she's often in a lot of pain. If she stops, she stops. Her life and all she does for people is appealing in and of itself. The hugging is a gimmick. The hugging is silliness and has nothing to do with holiness of any sort. That's exactly what I used to think before I experienced it. You haven't experienced it, and have said you have no desire to, which is fine, but it puts you on shaky ground as a commentator on the phenomenon. John Quinones of ABC News did the 20/20 piece on Amma that aired last night. He described his experience as being "like receiving the love of 1,000 mothers." Pretty apt description I thought.
