Three Days

Three Days

After I had been working at Annam Brahma for a number of years, I developed serious problems with my feet. They were constantly in pain and after a day of work, walking home was really torture. One day Sri Chinmoy saw me limping home and asked Nishtha about it. She explained to Guru about my feet. The next day Guru called me at the restaurant and told me that in three days the pain would begin to go away. It did. One week later the pain was totally gone and has never come back.

Kalanadi (New York)

The X-ray Showed Nothing

The X-ray Showed Nothing

In the summer of 1997, Sri Chinmoy encouraged me to take tennis lessons from disciples at the Tennis Court. Previously I had had tendinitis in my right wrist, and it hurt sometimes, but I played anyway. After a few weeks, Guru decided to play against some of the children. I lost my match, 8-love. My wrist hurt quite badly, but a little pain was not going to stop me from playing tennis with my Guru. I continued to play with the pain until one day when I was working on my serve with my tennis-teacher Malati, I felt a sharp pain and something snapped in my wrist. Guru asked a disciple-nurse to look at it and, by feeling around, we found a bone in my arm with a piece missing. Guru said to go immediately and get an X-ray. Four hours later, we were still waiting in line. I was on the verge of tears. I prayed, "Please, Guru, I just want to get to the meditation this evening." Next thing you know, they called me in because they had a few minutes between patients. The X-ray showed nothing! When we felt around again, the bone was fine.

Susatya (New York)

Tears Of Love

Tears Of Love

During Sri Chinmoy's August Celebrations in New York, I started feeling pain in one of my teeth. My cheek started swelling more and more, and I realised that an abscess was growing in my jaw. In the beginning I refused to take any antibiotics, but I knew from past experience that it was only this kind of medicine that could cure this problem immediately. I was thinking that if the problem was the result of my karma, I would just accept the suffering, but then the pain became even greater. I went to bed to try to get some rest, but then suddenly I got up and went out, determined to buy some antibiotics because the pain was so great. On the way to the pharmacy I went by Annam Brahma. A friend of mine was guarding the door, and he told me that Guru was inside the restaurant. I was so happy—I went inside and started meditating. After some time Guru appeared, and when I looked at his eyes, I knew that I would not need to buy antibiotics. I felt that my abscess was dissolving and that the pain was decreasing. I immediately felt that I would be better. When I returned home, my eyes were full of tears of love and gratitude.

Shadri (Padova)

Sunlit Path

Sunlit Path

When I joined the sunlit path, both my eyes were very, very sensitive to light. I had four different types of sunglasses because I had so much trouble seeing even in normal daylight. I sometimes needed one hour in the morning just to get my eyes fully open and functioning normally. This hypersensitivity was becoming worse and I stayed more and more indoors. About six months after I came to the path, I was on holiday with my family in Italy when I went into a shop. I gave my sunglasses to my son to take care of them while I bought some clothes. When we left the shop, my wife realised that I could see without them, and it was true. I did not need the sunglasses any more. My light sensitivity changed from one moment to another, and since then has been quite normal. It was a miracle for my family, and I know whom I have to thank for it.

Engelbert (Linz)

Stuck (poem)

Stuck

You know those sticky labels – You buy them by the pack? It tells you – "Lift one corner Then peel it off the back".

I concentrate and meditate As well as I am able, And end up feeling somewhat like That self-same sticky label.

My Master lifts one corner And peels me right away From the backing of my old life, Though I thought I'd always stay

In the old and dusty pathways Where I felt myself so smart. But He peels me neatly right away And sticks me to His heart.

Fran (Bristol)

Spontaneous Healing

Spontaneous Healing

A short while ago I became quite ill. I was exhausted and could do nothing but sleep for several days. Each morning I woke up and hoped that I would feel better, but I was met with the same fatigue and flu-like symptoms. It happened that several people from our Sri Chinmoy Centre were sick at that time. I was getting concerned about work because I teach junior high school, and the Thursday of the week I was sick, we were to host a large dinner and show at our school, for which I was largely responsible. I didn’t know how I was going to make it. I was still sick on Wednesday night and even had to miss meditation because of it, so I did not hold out much hope of being able to be at school the next day. All I could do was pray. I miraculously woke up Thursday morning bursting with joy and energy! Grateful that I was granted my health back, I went to work that morning at 7:30 and didn’t finish until 10:30 p.m., but I felt fresh and energetic. I felt grateful for being able to accomplish all of my tasks with ease and joy, but I did not consciously realise how completely Guru was responsible for my spontaneous healing. That realisation came a few days later when I found out that on Wednesday night, the night before my long day at school, our Centre leader had phoned to ask Sri Chinmoy for protection for our Centre, because so many of us had been sick. It was then that I felt the full impact of what Guru had done.

Lynda (Winnipeg)

Sense Of Peace

Sense Of Peace

Two years ago during Celebrations with Sri Chinmoy in New York, when I was coming back from Circus at about 1 a.m., I fell flat on my nose. I have always felt that it was a case of pride goes before a fall. I was trying to show off, when I fell over. I went straight down without even having time to put my arms out, and the first thing that hit the pavement was my nose, followed by my chin. I told my friends that I was fine and could walk home, and to please ignore the blood falling from my nose. But someone called a taxi that appeared from nowhere and whisked me off to Annam Brahma, where all the meals are prepared. There I was greeted with such care and consideration. I felt very foolish—by then shock had set in and I was shaking. Although they said there was no ice for my nose, a pack of frozen peas was produced and placed on my face. My nose could be moved around my face and was very painful. A doctor from our Austrian Centre came, kindly bandaged my nose and said that it was indeed broken. While I was waiting there, Guru rang up to find out if some task he had requested had been completed. The answer was no, because an Australian girl had come in with a broken nose. I was told later that Guru meditated on me for a few moments. I have never felt such a sense of peace as just sitting there at 3 a.m. in the quiet, and I felt very reluctant to leave. By the next morning, I had two black eyes, a mild concussion, a chin swathed in bandages and a huge, swollen NOSE dominating my whole face—not a pretty sight. I went with a friend to the hospital to have my nose X-rayed, and people we passed on the street would look away quickly—my face was very ugly. A very nice Indian doctor examined me, and after the X-ray he came back shaking his head. He had believed that my nose was broken, but no breaks showed on the X-ray—he couldn't understand it. We left the hospital and went to the Tennis Court. I was trying to chant gratitude the whole way. There was just time to take prasad and see Guru before I left to return to Australia. By the time I arrived back in Melbourne, 30 hours later, there was not even a scab on my face to show the experience. My nose still has a slight tilt, and every time I look in the mirror, it is a quick reminder to work on my pride. But mostly it reminds me of how Guru cares for all of us, even when we are being foolish.

Namanita (Melbourne)

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