It expanded my heart and made me want to help other people that might be feeling the same way.”Īfter graduation, Anton plans on doing service in Ecuador for seven months. All of a sudden, I saw the falsity of these goals and realized if other people are feeling this, I have to help them. I thought, ‘Who am I and what is my purpose on this earth?’ It was all about me, how people would perceive me. “I went through a really hard time in high school,” Anton said. Anton first learned about Amma while doing volunteer work in Kerala, India, but she had already developed a conviction to give love. Through lunch conversations and summers spent nose-deep in research and the start-up culture, one can see that students and professors value this ideal of making a difference.Īnnie Anton ‘14, a graduating psychology major and fellow at CCARE, has her own vision for change, one that is similarly rooted in true compassion. This determination and resonant desire to change the world has clear connections to our community at Stanford. “I bet every last one of us is thinking ‘I can change the world.’ She gives you that self-confidence.” “This community really wants to make the world a better place and start with ourselves,” said Amina Janta, one of those volunteers who was in attendance yesterday. The vast majority of these efforts are conducted by volunteers and unpaid administrators, including Amma herself, who does not accept pay. The network also provides aid during emergencies and addresses environmental concerns. With this deep belief in limitlessness, Amma has powered Embracing the World, a global network of projects focused on improving food, shelter, education, healthcare and conditions for impoverished populations in addition. The greatest power is the power of love.”
“We’ve tried and failed to bring peace with these kind of powers. “There are many kinds of powers in the world - military power, power of the written word, intellectual power,” she said. Although Amma is a Hindu leader, she said that her religion is love. Instead, Amma attributes her energy source to the “higher power and universal energy” to which we’re all connected.
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