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An experience of Dr. Michael
Goldstein
Sairam to everyone,
...
As promised in my previous letter today I am going to narrate a story
about
a person who is amongst us and who is currently the president of US
Sathya
Sai Org.
This happened about 12 to 15 years back. I do not know the year. But
for
those who have the history background and who know about Indian plane
hijacking to PAK know the exact date.
Dr. Goldstein is a very old devotee of Bhagawan and keeps going to
Parthi
very frequently. Once, after a long stay at Parthi he went to swami
and said
Swami tommorrow I am going back to USA. Swami looked at him and walked
away.
The puzzled doctor embarassed and sat back. This treatment he never
got
before. He was expecting an interview or some guidence from Bhagawan
before
leaving from Parthi. Well, the day passed peacefully for many but
certainly
not for Dr. Goldstein. He was pondering over his misfortune and
wentthrough
a sleepless night. Next day morning he went and sat in the front rows
of
visitors in Dharsan lines (in future I may talk about how devotees
have
Dharsan and the daily activity in Parthi). Swami came near to him
stood
right in front of Dr. Goldstein and stared at him. The confused doctor
could
not utter a single word and mustered all his senses to pronounce his
eagerness to go back. Swami mischeviously smiled and said This would
be your
last dharsan. This triggered shock waves in the old devotee who
immediately
fell at Sai's feet and pleaded no I want many more Dharsans. I want to
go
and keep coming I can not bare your separation. The passionate Lord
gave
away He smiled and patted the doc and said "manchidi Kshemanga vellira
(Good go and come safely) I am always with you" Saying that He walked
away.
The doctor borded the flight ruminating Bhagawan's last words with him.
During the course of his journey he was woken into reality when he
heard the
announcement that the plane was hijacked and moving to Pakistan for
fueling. This announcement sent tremors in the passengers and suddenly the
plane went
into panic. Some people started crying, some people started shouting
at the
hijackers, some started reciting geeetha and what not, everyone was
deeply
disturbed. Meanwhile, a hijacker came forward and started collecting
the
passports from all the passengers as they want to segregte JEWS from
the
rest. They came to the doc and collected his jewish passport.
During the course of time plane landed in a PAK airport after initial
refusal by the PAK air trafic authorities. The authorities did not
want to
get a hijacked Indian plane into their airport for the fear of adverse
propaganda from the media and its effect on its diplomatic realations
with
India. Well, within the plane the scenario was different. The
hijackers
listed their demands and threatened to kill the passengrs one after
the
other if their demands were not met. On one side PAK authorities
started
negotiating with the hijackers and the other side they wanted to
attack the
flight to rescue the passengers. The black commandos surrounded the
flight
and started climbing the flight. Sensing trouble outside, the
hijackers
opened firing in point blank range. The doc is hefty and well built.
Apart
from this credentials he was also in the first row to be an easy
target. But
after a series of gunfiring he saw some outside light peeping through
the
opened door. One of the black commando managed to reach the door and
opened.
Dr. Goldstein took this opportunity to jump through the door only to
realize
that the floor or tarmac is about 20 to 25 feet below. Now he could
not go
back as he was already around half way through the air. The doc landed
with
a thud and ran to safety. After the formalities over he collected his
passport and boarded the return flight.
By now the readers would have guessed the destination of Dr. Goldstein
journey. Yes, you are right he straight came back to Parthi. Swami
greeted
him in the varanda itsef "EMI bangaru vachhesava (you returned so soon
my
son)".
Why I am writing this story is to share my sincere feeling that the
creator
is not only capable of writing our destiny butalso capable of altering
that.
We do not have to do penance to change His will. A sincere prayer, a
sincere
expression can change all that. Bhagawan often says "My heart is like
butter. It melts even for a small amount of warmth. That warmth is
developed
by a sincere feeling in you."
With this I take leave of you. Before parting, a sincere prayer, This
story
I heard very long back may be 10 years ago. Before writing this I have
consulted well learned sources in Parthi today. Still there may be
some
destortions. But the story is true. Narration may go wrong here and
there.
some of you may have already read the story or heard this before.
Please
share your feelings with me.
Sairam to everyone
Source:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saisruthi/message/21
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