Ted Zeff (Dayalu) met Amma, the "hugging saint" from India, in 1988 and has lived in her ashram in California for 20 years and her ashram in Chicago for one year. Dayalu has written three books about Amma: "Searching for God Part I" in 1996, "Searching for God Part II" in 2002 and "Amma: Inspiring Experiences with the Divine Mother" in 2016. Dayalu has a Ph.D. in integral counseling and psychotherapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco and has studied ayurveda and vedic astrology.

Ted Zeff Dayalu has also given talks about the books he has written about Amma throughout the United Sates, Israel, Denmark and Holland.

Amma's website: amma.org

Book: Amma: Inspiring Experiences with the Divine Mother

Transcript of this interview

Interview recorded 10/29/2016

Interview with Ted Zeff about highly sensitive people.

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction and Background

00:02:26 - Meeting Amma

00:04:22 - Amma's Miraculous Abilities

00:06:14 - The Profound Connection with Amma

00:08:03 - Awakening the Divine Within

00:10:15 - The Profound Effect of Living in Amma's Ashram

00:12:08 - The Divine Mother and the Feminine Form of God

00:14:01 - The Divine Mother's Love and Connection

00:16:01 - Seva and Bhakti Yoga

00:18:01 - Amma's Charitable Work

00:19:48 - The Inspiring Factory Owner

00:21:31 - The Importance of a Spiritual Teacher

00:23:20 - Meeting People Where They're At

00:25:26 - Amma's Adaptability and Presence

00:27:13 - The Boundless Compassion of Amma

00:29:07 - Amma's Ability to Understand Pain

00:31:00 - Miraculous Stories from Amma's Devotees

00:32:39 - Divine Play in Native Languages

00:34:39 - Miracles and Healings

00:36:24 - Accidental Savants and Vast Potentials of the Mind

00:38:11 - Amma's Omniscience and Connection with Others

00:40:02 - Coordinating Prasad at Devi Bhava

00:42:05 - Seva and Amma's Darshan

00:44:56 - Amma's Detachment and Acceptance

00:49:51 - The Journey of Writing a Book

00:54:59 - A Journey of Fearlessness and Protection

00:59:24 - Praying to Amma and Personal Decisions

01:03:24 - Healing Emotions

01:07:48 - The Cancelled Check of the Past

01:11:54 - Tuning in to the Divine Energy of Amma

01:15:04 - See you then.