In my dream, I was in Parthi. Baba was outside the Ashram, supervising some constuction work being done. I walked close to Him and asked Him "Swami, we want to return to India. Would my husband Rao be able to get a job? Swami showed me an electrical outlet and asked "Would he be able to work with these?" I enthusiastically replied "Yes, Swami". "Then, he will get a job". Rao is an Electrical Engineer, but not working with the outlets. As I was walking away, Swami called me by my name "Padma, come here". When I approached, He asked " You told me sometime ago that someone was sick in your family. How is it now?" Apologising profusely, I said, "Swami, I am so sorry I forgot to thank you for that all these years. It was my sister. She is doing well now Swami. Thanks to you."
The story behind this is : Rama had devoloped breast cancer in 1978 at a very young age. I begged her to go to Parthi and have Swami's darsan. She did not believe in Him, so, she refused to go. I prayed to Swami to cure her. She did not even want to go to Vellore Christian Medical College Hospital for further tests. Rao and I sent her Swami's Vibhuthi in the mail from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She wrote us back saying that she applied the vibhuti on the affected area. But, not because she believed in Baba, but because of respect to her sister and brother-in-law. We were happy she applied it and later, changed her mind and went to Vellore for treatment and got a clean certificate in 1985 after 7 years. So, Swami was reminding me of this incident.
Now my sister's dream. She did not share it with me first. But her tenant leaked it out. So, when I asked her, Rama said "Yes, Baba appeared in my dream and put fragrant Vibhuti in my mouth".
I said "Rama, what a blessing !! If it had happened to me, I would be jumping with joy!!". She calmly said "Padma, I did not pay much importance to it. But the strange thing was I could smell the fragrance of that Vibhuti all day, even at work". I did not know how to convince her about Swami's divinity.
Later on, on her own, she accompanied me and the children to Puttaparthi in 1989 and to Whitefield in May of 1995 . She passed away on Dec 5, 1995.
The story behind this is : Rama had devoloped breast cancer in 1978 at a very young age. I begged her to go to Parthi and have Swami's darsan. She did not believe in Him, so, she refused to go. I prayed to Swami to cure her. She did not even want to go to Vellore Christian Medical College Hospital for further tests. Rao and I sent her Swami's Vibhuthi in the mail from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She wrote us back saying that she applied the vibhuti on the affected area. But, not because she believed in Baba, but because of respect to her sister and brother-in-law. We were happy she applied it and later, changed her mind and went to Vellore for treatment and got a clean certificate in 1985 after 7 years. So, Swami was reminding me of this incident.
Now my sister's dream. She did not share it with me first. But her tenant leaked it out. So, when I asked her, Rama said "Yes, Baba appeared in my dream and put fragrant Vibhuti in my mouth".
I said "Rama, what a blessing !! If it had happened to me, I would be jumping with joy!!". She calmly said "Padma, I did not pay much importance to it. But the strange thing was I could smell the fragrance of that Vibhuti all day, even at work". I did not know how to convince her about Swami's divinity.
Later on, on her own, she accompanied me and the children to Puttaparthi in 1989 and to Whitefield in May of 1995 . She passed away on Dec 5, 1995.
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