Fw: My Baba and I (2nd part of miracle The Crucifix)

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- Ramchand Chugani

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Monday, May 17, 2004 3:47 PM

My Baba and I (2nd part of miracle The Crucifix)

Sai Ram

 

The evening before the Mahasivaratri day of 1973 we were told to be ready in the

early morning for a trip. Our destination was Bandipur Game Sanctuary several

hours away from Mysore State.

 

As we crossed a bridge above a sandy, dry riverbed, Baba indicated that this

would be the place. He said we would all return here just at dusk, and this we

did. The cars halted at the side of the road, and we started to climb down the

bank to the sandy river bottom.

 

I, was beside Baba. As we passed a bush, Swami broke off two twigs, placed them

together and asked me, " WHAT IS THIS, HISLOP?.

 

"Well , Swami, it is a cross, " I answered. Baba then closed his fingers over

the twigs and directed three somewhat slow breaths in his fist, between thumb

and forefinger.

Then he opened his hand to reveal a Christ figure crucified on a cross and gave it to me.

 

He said, "This shows Christ as he really was at the time he left his body, not

as artists have imagined him or as historians have told him. His stomach is

pulled in and his ribs are all showing . He had no food for eight days."

 

I looked at the crucifix, but found no words. Then Baba continued. "The is wood

from the actual cross on which Christ was crucified. To find some of the wood

after 2000 years  took little time!  The image is of Christ after he died. It

is a dead face."

 

I noticed something odd and asked, "Swami , what is that hole at the top of the

cross?." Baba replied that the cross had been originally hung from a standard.

 

We continued down to the river bed, and Baba seated us in a rectangle, with

himself at the head. It could be seen that Swami,s body was already in labour,

and the group at once started signing bhajans (sacred songs of devotion and

praise to divinity.)This continued without interruption until the lingum came

out from Baba's throat and was caught by him in a silk handkerchief.

 

After the lingum had been admired by everyone, Swami put it aside. He then

raised a small heap of sand in front of his knees, and with his finger sketched

an outline on it. Then in a moment or two, he dug his hand into the sand and

brought forth a silver flask filled with amrith. Then he moved his hand, and

created a small silver cup.

 

Everyone, from his hand, was then given a portion of the amrith nectar of Gods.

How delicate was the taste!  It is unique. There is no other taste to compare

to it.

 

Within a few weeks we were back at our home in Mexico and were soon to witness

an amazing serious of events in relations to the crucifix. The cross is so

small that the details on  the figure of Christ escape the eye. A friend ,

Walter, came down to our home and took some color photographs of the crucifix.

 

The over-all length of the Christ figure is only one inch, and Walter was to

make some enlargements to bring out details. When he mailed us a sample of

prints, my wife and I were astounded. I wrote to him and said that if the

pictures were seen around the world, they would create an art sensation.

 

I am sure it is the greatest sculpture of Christ ever made. In my estimation, it

is the most extraordinary object Sri sathya Sai has ever created for the joy of

his devotees.

 

A few weeks later, Walter and his wife returned with color enlargements of the

cross. These along with thee actual cross, were spread out on the dinning room

table, next to large french window over looking the sea.

 

The time was about 5 p.m. The details revealed by the photographs enlargements

were so extraordinary that all the persons present were concentrating on this

amazing vision of Christ, and on the mystery and wonder of Sri Bhagavan Baba.

 

On this afternoon, the sky along the Mexican coast was clear and peaceful. But

suddenly, without any warning, there was a loud crash of thunder and as our

eyes turned to the windows, lightning flashed from a dark cloud, where a moment

before there had been only clear sky.

 

A violent wind rushed through the house, causing windows and doors to open and

shut with such force that the glass was in danger of shattering. The curtains

were flying in all directions. We were much stalled by this turn of events, but

my wife at once, said, " It is 5 p.m Christ died on the cross, and what is now

happening is described in the Bible. "

 

She late brought a Bible and we looked untill we found the pertinent paragraph,

which said that at the moment Christ gave up His life,  a violent strom arose

with lighting and thunder, and winds rent the curtains of the temple.

 

We concluded that we had witnessed a wonder totally beyond our power of

imagination. Before our eyes had occurred nothing less than a recapitulation of

events related to the crucifixion. The following day newspaper in San Diego

carried a brief story commenting on the sudden and mysterious strom that had

arisen without warning on the Mexican coast, near Ensenda. We had our friends

concluded that this recapitulation of an event which had taken place some 2000

years ago upon the crucifixion of Christ, implied a great power connected in

some way with that Small cross and Christ figure metalized by Baba.

 

It might be thought that the story of the cross was now complete.And few senior

devotees were having lunch with Swami and Baba said to the  "Hislop arrived in

Bangalore just now and is waiting.

 

One of the men at the table said Swami, You made a crucifix for Dr. Hislop."

Baba replied, Yes, I made it for him. And when I went to look for the wood,

every particle of the cross had disintegrated and had returned to the elements.

I reached out the elements and reconstituted sufficient material for a small

cross. Very seldom does Swami interfere with Nature, but occasionally, for a

devotees, it will be done.

 

Jai Sai Ram.

 

Swami's Quotation:

Base your actions on knowledge, the knowledge that all is One.

Let the action be suffused with bhakiti; that is to say, humality,

love, Mercy, and non-violence. Let bhakiti by filled with knowledge

otherwise it will be as light as a balloon which drifts along any current

of air, or gust of wind. Mere knowledge will make the heart dry; bhagatii

 makes is soft with sympathy, and karma gives the hands something 

to do, something which will sanctify every  one of the minutes that have

 fallen to your lot to live.

 

*Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba*  Ram ChuganiKobe, Japanrgcjp

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