After visiting my Guru Sri Chinmoy in New York, I got extremely sick for two days. I could not keep down any food or liquid, but the worst part was the stabbing pain, which would not let me sleep. On the second day I heard a distinct voice which said, “You do not have to suffer any more.” It was sweet, consoling, and at the same time a direct voice. I sat up and began repeating “Guru, Guru, Guru.” I placed my hand on the area that was hurting and a pale green light blossomed there. I saw delicate, Heavenly green flowers blossoming where the pain was, and at the same time I was flooded with self-giving humility. Then the same voice said, “Take some prasad.” My prasad was lying on the table, but it was citrus fruit, which I thought would be horrible for my condition, so I didn’t take it at first. The second time I heard the distinct voice repeat its message, I took a little piece of orange and ate it. All the pain disappeared instantly. Then I felt wave after wave of Guru’s blessings.

Asher (Toronto)

During the Christmas trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in December 1998, Sri Chinmoy and the disciples stayed at the Pan-Pacific Hotel, where I work—which was how I met Sri Chinmoy. One of our staff members in the Housekeeping Department, Ms. Thavamani, had been diagnosed with heart problems by a medical specialist, and had been told she should go for open-heart bypass surgery in about two weeks' time. She was quite worried, and at that time she came to know of Guru's presence in the hotel. She realised Guru's holiness and felt that receiving the blessings from a genuine spiritual Master could revive her faith. She tried to find an opportunity to receive Guru's blessings, and eventually approached one of the disciples to help arrange for her to meet Guru. A day later, the disciple managed to fulfil Ms. Thavamani's request. On that day, when she came to see Guru, he was using one of his exercise machines. As she approached Guru, she was in a state of complete helplessness. She fell down on her knees and tears were running down her cheeks. Guru looked at her most compassionately. He closed his eyes and held his hand out above her head, and blessed her for about three minutes. About two weeks later, we heard that her bypass surgery had been cancelled, and that she only had to go for some minor procedure. Even our hotel doctor, who knew of her medical problems, was surprised to hear of her cure. Now Ms. Thavamani is perfectly energetic. She always talks about Guru's greatness and how he is in her heart, and offers her deep gratitude to Guru and the disciples for helping her.

Sundary (Kuala Lumpur)

In 1972 I was working as an international teller at a bank in Manhattan. One day I had begun to feel very ill and left work early. I don't know how I made it home on the subway. By the time I climbed up the hill and up my street, I was reeling with a raging fever, dizzy and hardly able to walk. When I got home, I called Sri Chinmoy's house and all I could say was, "I'm very sick." A little while later when I was passed out in bed, my door opened downstairs and Savyasachi said, "Tanima, Guru is here and he is coming up." I was extremely weak but I pulled myself up to a sitting position. Guru climbed up the stairs, came over to me and placed both his hands on my head. Immediately I felt this tremendously powerful column of light coming from his hand down through the centre of my body. His blessings lasted quite long and I was trying to be receptive. When he removed his hands he said, "Now sleep, and tomorrow you will feel better." And I did. I woke up feeling not just better but completely well, as if I had never been sick at all. At the meditation the next night Guru said the illness had been so severe that I would have been very sick for at least two weeks, but because I had been receptive, he was able to completely cure me.

Tanima (New York)