MIRACLES DO HAPPEN PART 3 DAILY MIRACLES IN LIFE.
THOUGH HE HAS LAID HIS MORTAL BODY TO REST IN 1918,HE LIVES IN THE HEARTS OF HIS SEVERAL MILLION DEVOTEES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.AND HE IS PERFORMING MIRACLES IN DAILY LIFE TO EASE OUR PAIN AND SORROW.
THIS HAPPENED IN KOLKATA SEVERAL YEARS BACK WHEN I WAS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE AND LIVED IN AN APARTMENT ALLOTTED TO ME.I HAD ABOUT FIFTY PLANTS IN TUBS OF ALL SIZES.AND FIFTY TUBS WAITING!!!I HAD THIRTY TYPES OF SCENTED AND NON SCENTED ROSES OF VARIOUS COLORS LIKE RED,ROSE,YELLOW,WHITE ETC.I HAD TWO VARIETIES OF JASMINE PLANTS ,TULSI(HOLY BASIL),AND VARIETIES OF HIBISCUS/JABA/ SEMBARUTTHI FLOWERS TOO. AND I HAD SEASONAL FLOWERS LIKE DALIA AND MARIGOLD TOO.AND I HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL SCENTED SWARNA CHAMPA (MAGNOLIA ) PLANT.
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| ROSE FLOWERS |
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| HIBISCUS |
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| DAHLIA IN FULL BLOOM |
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| SWARNA CHAMPA |
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| JASMINE |
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| HYBRID GUAVA |
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| TULSI |
AND I HAD THIS SMALL BITTER GOURD CREEPER FOR WHICH I MADE A MACHAN (SUPPORT) WITH ROPES AND BAMBOO STICKS.
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| SMALL BITTER GOURD. |
I DESCRIBED MY BALCONY GARDEN IN DETAIL SINCE IT GAVE ME MUCH PLEASURE AND I FELT ONE WITH NATURE.AND I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO MIRACLES THAT WERE RELATED TO MY GARDEN.
I HAD THIS HYBRID GUAVA PLANT IN A BIG TUB.I TENDED TO IT CAREFULLY AND ULTIMATELY IT BORE FRUITS,ABOUT 12-15 IN NUMBER.IT WAS RED GUAVA VARIETY ,THAT IS IF CUT THE FLESH WAS REDDISH AND VERY SWEET.WHEN THE FRUITS WERE RIPENING,I TIED CLOTHES OVER THEM TO PREVENT BIRDS FROM PECKING AT THE FRUITS.
ONE DAY A THOUGHT OCCURRED IN MY MIND.I THOUGHT,SINCE I HAVE ANJANEYA/ HANUMAN/MONKEY GOD IN THE HOUSE,I WILL OFFER THE FIRST FRUIT AS PRASAD(OFFERING) TO HIM.
PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THINK BADLY ABOUT OUR GODS IN INDIA.THEY SAY "O INDIANS,THEY WORSHIP TREES,AND ANIMALS LIKE COW ETC. THEY HAVE AN ELEPHANT HEADED GOD,AND A MONKEY GOD." BUT THE HINDU RELIGION IS THE OLDEST RELIGION IN THE WORLD.THERE IS A CONCEPT BEHIND EVERY FORM OF WORSHIP.THE TREES GIVE SHADE AND FEED US WITH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.THE COW GIVES US MILK FROM WHICH VARIETIES OF FOODS ARE MADE.SO WHAT IS WRONG IN CONSIDERING TREES AND COW AS SACRED?I DO AGREE THAT THERE ARE EXTREME ILLOGICAL FORMS OF WORSHIP.BUT WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE MAIN GODS AND NOT RELIGIOUS CULTS WHICH EXIST THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
AND ABOUT GANESHA ,THE ELEPHANT HEADED GOD.PEOPLE ARE CONTEMPLATING FULL HEAD TRANSPLANT IN HUMANS.I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT IS GOING TO BE.BUT THIS CONCEPT OF HEAD TRANSPLANT HAS OCCURRED TO INDIANS THOUSANDS OF YEARS BACK.EVEN IF YOU CALL IT MYTHOLOGY,SOME INDIAN WHO CREATED IT DID THINK OF THE PLAUSIBILITY OF A FULL HEAD TRANSPLANT.
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| LORD GANESHA |
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| LORD HANUMAN |
AND MONKEYS ARE VERY INTELLIGENT.AND LORD HANUMAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE VERY WELL VERSED IN THE SCRIPTURES,DOCTRINES,MUSIC ETC.SO WE WORSHIP A MONKEY GOD ,THE UTMOST INTELLIGENT AND POWERFUL GOD IN INDIA.
I AM MEANDERING NOW.I WILL COME BACK TO THE TOPIC.
SO I PROMISED TO MYSELF THAT I WILL GIVE THE FIRST GUAVA FRUIT TO MY LORD HANUMAN. NEXT DAY WHEN I GOT UP AND OPENED THE DOOR TO MY BALCONY I WAS FRIGHTENED STIFF TO SEE FOUR OR FIVE HANUMAN MONKEYS THERE EATING THE GUAVA FRUITS.I WAS SO FRIGHTENED THAT I CLOSED THE DOOR. AFTER SOME TIME PASSED,I TENTATIVELY OPENED THE DOOR AGAIN,I FOUND THE MONKEYS GONE AND ONLY ONE FRUIT REMAINED ON THE GUAVA TREE.
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| HANUMAN MONKEYS |
THE HANUMAN MONKEY AS IT IS CALLED, IS ALMOST TWO TO THREE FEET TALL AND SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE LORD HANUMAN,IT IS NAMED A HANUMAN MONKEY.SO ONLY ONE FRUIT REMAINED IN THE TREE AS (PRASAD.)AFTER OFFERING SWEETMEATS OR OTHER THINGS TO GOD,WHAT REMAINS FOR US TO PARTAKE IS CALLED "PRASAD".SO THAT ONE FRUIT WAS MY PRASAD. LORD HANUMAN HAD COME AS MONKEYS AND TAKEN AWAY HIS SHARE OF THE FRUITS AS PROMISED.
I CALL IT A MIRACLE SINCE I LIVED IN A GATED COMMUNITY WITH OUR HOSPITAL AND STAFF QUARTERS INSIDE.NO ONE HAS/HAD SEEN A HANUMAN THERE OR IN THE SURROUNDINGS EVER BEFORE .THIS WAS PRACTICALLY NOT POSSIBLE..AND NO ONE HAS SEEN SUCH A SIGHT AFTER THAT.AND THE MONKEYS CAME TO MY BALCONY AND LEFT WITHOUT VISITING ANY OTHER BUILDING IN THE CAMPUS..HARD TO BELIEVE NO?
THE OTHER INCIDENT WAS ALSO INDIRECTLY RELATED TO MY TREES.ONE SUNDAY, I HAD A PRIVATE SURGERY SCHEDULED IN A NEARBY NURSING HOME.DURING SURGERY,I HAD TO REMOVE MY RINGS ON MY FINGERS TO SCRUB UP.I WEAR A BLUE SAPPHIRE (INDRANIL NEELA) AND A CORAL RING ON MY FINGERS.
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| BLUE SAPPHIRE AND CORAL |
THE RINGS WERE PRESCRIBED BY A VERY LEARNED ASTROLOGER FROM NAIHATI, WEST BENGAL,INDIA SRI.SANTI SASTRY TO GIVE ME PEACE FROM SEVERAL PROBLEMS I WAS GOING THROUGH AT THAT PHASE.HE CLEARLY EXPLAINED TO ME ABOUT THE VIBRATIONS SURROUNDING EACH ONE OF US. FOR EXAMPLE A PERSON WITH MORE RED IN HIS AURA IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE ANGRY TYPE.THE PERSON WITH MORE GREEN IS A JEALOUS SORT OF PERSON AND A PERSON WITH A BLUE AURA IS A CALM ,COMPOSED PERSON.I DO NOT KNOW WHAT SORT OF AURA I HAD THEN,BUT THE ASTROLOGER GAVE ME THE BLUE SAPPHIRE TO MAKE ME MORE CALM .AND THE CORAL AS AN ADDITIONAL SOOTHER.SO I STARTED WEARING THEM AND THE SITUATION MIRACULOUSLY IMPROVED AND I SAW MY TROUBLES AND PROBLEMS VANISH.I WILL EVER REMAIN GRATEFUL TO SRI SANTI SASTRY.
HENCE I ALWAYS HAD MY RINGS WITH ME AND EVEN WHILE SCRUBBING FOR SURGERY I HAD THESE RINGS IN AN INNER POCKET! AFTER SURGERY ,AND AFTER HAVING LUNCH AT HOME,I LEFT BY A LOCAL TRAIN TO A PLACE CALLED BHADRESWAR,WHERE I HAD A CLINIC AND I USED TO SEE PATIENTS TILL EVENING ON SUNDAYS. SUDDENLY AFTER EXAMINING A PARTICULARLY NERVOUS PATIENT ,I WAS WASHING MY HANDS AND I FOUND MY BLUE SAPPHIRE MISSING.
THE VERY FIRST THOUGHT THAT CAME TO MY MIND THAT THE PATIENT HAD STOLEN IT.THAT WAS A VERY BAD THOUGHT TO SUSPECT SOMEBODY WITHOUT PROOF.I DO IT SOME TIMES.IF I DO NOT FIND SOMETHING,I THINK MY MAID HAS STOLEN IT AND LATER FIND THAT I HAD MISPLACED IT SOMEWHERE. THIS A VERY BAD,UNPARDONABLE TRAIT IN ME.I HAVE TO CORRECT THIS SOMEHOW.SO I SCOLDED MYSELF AND CONTINUED SEEING PATIENTS WITH SADNESS IN MY HEART.
I KEPT ON PRAYING WITH NO HOPE OF EVER GETTING BACK MY RING.TWENTY FIVE DAYS PASSED.DURING THAT PERIOD,I USED TO WEAR BLUE DRESSES BEFORE SURGERY AND USE BLUE COLORED THINGS BEFORE ANY IMPORTANT EVENT.AND I WAS VERY UPSET ABOUT MY BLUE SAPPHIRE
.I HAVE THIS HABIT OF APPLYING MOISTURISER ON MY HANDS AFTER WASHING THEM WITH SOAP.AT THAT TIME I WAS USING THE MOISTURISER MANUFACTURED BY A BRANDED COMPANY, "PONDS".THAT WAS A BIG SIZED PLASTIC BOTTLE OF A BEAUTIFUL PINK COLOR.THE MOUTH OF THE BOTTLE WAS NARROW AND IT HAD A CUTE PINK CAP. AND WHEN I WAS USING THE BOTTLE OF MOISTURISER,I COULD HEAR SOMETHING MOVING INSIDE.I THOUGHT,THE INNER CAP HAS GONE INSIDE AS HAPPENS MANY TIMES.THE BOTTLE WAS GRADUALLY GETTING EMPTIED.
IT WAS A CHRISTMAS DAY AFTER TWENTY FIVE DAYS.AND I WAS WORKING IN MY GARDEN THROUGHOUT THE DAY.AFTER FINISHING MY WORK, I WASHED MY HANDS WITH SOAP.AND WHEN I WAS POURING THE MOISTURISER ON MY HANDS,I SAW SOMETHING SHINY FALL OUT.BUT I PUSHED IT BACK INSIDE.ON SECOND THOUGHTS,I POURED SOME MORE MOISTURISER ON MY HANDS .THE BOTTLE WAS NOW ALMOST EMPTY.AND I WAS STRUCK DUMB BY WHAT CAME OUT OF THE BOTTLE..............................MY PRECIOUS BLUE SAPPHIRE RING.
I REALLY CANNOT IMAGINE HOW IT GOT INTO THE BOTTLE.IT WAS NOT A CREAM JAR WITH A WIDE MOUTH.IT HAD A NARROW MOUTH AND I HAD TO POUR THE MOISTURISER OUT,NOT PUT IT IN.I HAD BEEN PRAYING TO GOD DAILY AND HE GAVE IT BACK TO ME IN THIS SURPRISING MANNER.THE RING COULD HAVE FALLEN ANYWHERE AND ANYBODY COULD HAVE TAKEN IT.BUT AFTER TWENTY FIVE DAYS OF GLOOM,I GOT MY RING BACK.GOD HELPS WHEN YOU CALL OUT TO HIM IN DISTRESS.I STILL WEAR THEM.
YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THIS BUT IT REALLY HAPPENED AND IT WAS ONE OF GOD'S MIRACLE IN MY LIFE.
NEXT MIRACLE WILL BE ABOUT TARAKESWAR (ABODE OF LORD SHIVA) IN HOOGHLY DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL.
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