Guest guest Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 saiprashanthi gurukulam <saiprashanthi.gurukulam wrote: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:49:48 +0530"saiprashanthi gurukulam" <saiprashanthi.gurukulamFROM PUTTAPARTHI...LT. GEN. S.P. MALHOTRA... Lt. Gen. S.P. Malhotra (Retd) is a longstanding devotee of Bhagavan…in his own words. 'With a passion to serve the nation, I was traversing the path of life in the Indian Army. It was in the year 1974, I remember, when the path took a turning towards the spiritual, taking me to Wellington where I was posted as Commandant, Defense Services Staff College. Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba came to Ooty, a beautiful hill station about 14 kilometres away from Wellington. My wife Prem and I decided to visit Ooty to have Darshan of Bhagavan. On arriving at Ooty, we went to the Ashram. Baba came out clad in a saffron colored long robe. He glanced at us and passed by going to the congregation waiting outside for Him. We had a fulfilling Darshan of Baba and listened to His Discourse. At Wellington, we have a mandir in the Staff College complex. A desire arose in me to request Baba to visit our mandir. I prayed to Baba to accept my request. Next morning, the telephone rang and I got the welcome message that Baba had agreed to visit the mandir at Wellington! On Baba's visit to Wellington, we attended His Discourse along with the staff, the students and their families. The visit over, just as Baba was boarding the car for his journey back to Ooty, my eyes met the glance of Baba. Six years passed by. Our contact with Baba continued by our visits to Puttaparthi, twice a year for seeking His blessings. It was in October 1980 that I went on an official visit to Kamptee (Nagpur) to prepare and organize a color presentation ceremony in my capacity as Colonel of Brigade of the Guards. While visiting Kamptee, I developed 'herpes of the eyes'. The attack got aggravated resulting in oozing blisters on my head and face. Immediately, after the color presentation ceremony, I had to be evacuated by an I.A.F. plane to the Army Hospital in Delhi Cantonment. However, in spite of administration of latest medicines, my condition deteriorated, virtually closing my eyes. There was a distinct possibility that I might lose my eyesight. I recollect how helpless I felt while lying in bed in the hospital and praying to Baba continuously for His help. The doctor, Colonel Boparai, was sitting in his room contemplating upon my case & finally gave me a particular injection to which earlier patients had not responded. It worked. The ailment was arrested. But the attack left behind clear pigment marks all over my face which the doctors said would not go and I will have to live with them. Overlooking the doctor's advice, I travelled to Puttaparthi by air and some distance by a rough road to get Baba's blessings. I reached in the afternoon. Baba lived adjacent to a beautiful mandir with a verandah all around. Hoping to have Baba's Darshan during the evening prayers in the mandir's courtyard, I waited in the verandah. At about 4 p.m., Baba came out of His residence and on seeing me sitting in the verandah, came over to me with a smile on His face, took away my glasses with His hands and said 'I have gifted you your eyes'!!! He advised me to stop all medicines and enquired as to how long I would be staying at Puttaparthi. I said, 'about a week'. Baba said, 'have all your meals with me while you are here'!!! During meal hours, I used to be mostly alone with Baba. Whenever I would look up at Baba, while having my meals, I could see Baba looking into my eyes directly. As the days of the week passed by, the pain in my eyes started diminishing and the pigments started vanishing. A miracle indeed! On my return when doctors observed me, they were overwhelmed with astonishment!!! Both my eyes and my service career were protected till I retired in September 1982 as an Army Commander in the Indian Armed Forces!!! READ OTHER EXPERIENCES UNDER 'SAIPRASHANTHI GURUKULAM' (7 PARTS) http://www.ssso.net/gurukulam/Preview.htm Source: http://www.vedamu.org/forum/experienceofthedivinityofbhagavan/LtGenSPMalhotra.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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