The Parachute Jumper's Experience

Sathya Sai Baba

-Staff

By Staff

Monday, June 30, 2008, 15:14

Sathya Sai Baba manifests VIBHUTHI many times a day by circling His hand. We need to understand this wonderful material which comes in various shades of color, perfume and taste and carries with it the divine power, glory and splendor.

On the 1st day of our meeting in a room in Madras, SWAMI asked, "Would you like some vibhuthi?"
I said "Yes," because I wanted to see Him manifest it out of nowhere. I had no idea what to do with it, nor of its power. But I discovered its power of healing on the following day when He manifested vibhuthi for my wife and cured her of hepatitis on the spot!!!

But the most striking experience was the cure of the parachute jumper, Squadron Leader A. Chakravarthy and his 'absent' wife, which is described in detail in the book "Sai Baba, Invitation to Glory".

Squadron Leader A.Chakravarthy, along with 2 scientists with whom he had arrived at the ashram, was called for an interview during his first evening there. Swami manifested several things for 2 of his friends and then told Chakravarthy to join his 2 palms together in the form of a bowl. Then Swami waved His down-turned hand in small circles above the bowl thus formed.

Vibhuthi poured from His hand until Chakravarthy's two joined palms were full. Then He told the parachute jumper to eat the vibhuthi.

The Squadron Leader, who was also head of the parachute jumping school in the Indian Air Force, had no idea why he should eat the vibhuthi but he came from a spiritual family and had the feeling that he was in the presence of GOD, so he did as he was ordered.

He consumed every morsel of this double handful of vibhuthi. "The flavour was quite pleasant and I thought I was getting some spiritual benefit from it," he told me.

He had an interview on the following morning and the same thing happened. Again the Squadron leader did as ordered and ate all the vibhuthi, having no idea what the specific benefit might be.

He and his friends returned to Bangalore after spending the night at the ashram. He was amazed and of course, overjoyed to discover in the next few days that he had been completely cured of a disease that the medical doctors had told him was incurable!!!

He was even more astounded to find that his wife was cured of the same incurable disease. They had both been told by several doctors that the disease they shared was not only incurable but would prevent them having children.

Now, as if to confirm the cure, Swami told them that they would have a son to be born on Swami's own birthday that year. This also duly took place!!!

No placebo effect could have played any part in this unexpected healing of 2 people by 2 double handfuls of vibhuthi, that too given to one of them!!!