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Curth Orefjaerd of Sweden
From The Heart of Sai by R
Lowenberg 57 Main Rd. Whitefield 560066 India
Curth Orefjard of Sweden first heard of Sai Baba about 18 months
ago from the time of writing, namely May 1980, when he was given
the book Sai Baba Man of Miracles by Howard Murphet to read.
One year later he decided to come to India with his wife Sisko to
see Sai Baba.
Ten years earlier in Nepal he was given a statuette of Lord Shiva
by a man who was completely unknown to him. This man stopped him
and said "Excuse me, but this is for you." He would take no
payment for it, nor did Curth have any idea why the man should
pick him out as the recipient of the gift. He had a small gold box
made and had the statuette mounted inside same. This box was
attached to a gold chain and Curth wore this around his neck.
On Curth's first day in Puttaparthi, Swami called him in for an
interview. Pointing to Curth's golden box, Swami said "Give me
that" and Curth promptly handed it to him. Baba blew on the
container, and instantly it changed into a beautiful locket with
Baba's picutre on one side and Shirdi Sai's on the other. The
locket was mounted in gold.
Swami told Curth to go back to Sweden, liquidate his business
there and to return as soon as possible, because "I have been
waiting for you a long time, but you were not ready to come to me
until 2 years ago."
I heard this part of the story from Richard LeVan who had been in
Puttaparthi at the end of December 1979 when Curth arrived there.
In March 1980 I met Curth at Brindavan, and invited him and his
wife Sisko to our hom.e He then unfolded something of his past
life and what Baba had done for him.
Curth (Orefjard) said that at
the age of 4 years he had had an out of body experience and from
then on psychic powers slowly started to develop. His grandmother
was deeply religious. She prayed for him and tuaght him yogic
breathing. She possessed the ability to go into the depths of
silence and there to contact Cosmic power or God, which she to a
certain extent was able to impart to Curth. She was a self taught
yogi and a highly developed person. He used to sit quietly beside
her and think about God, and she would talk to him of spiritual
matters. In this way he developed a deep love for God.
At the age of 19 he had a serious illness and spent many months in
a body cast in a hospital. During that time he began to realize
that he could 'go within' and he learned to meditate. He made use
of his deepmeditation, thereby relieving his pain and discomfort.
In his mother's eyes he was a dreamer who spoke more about God
rather than engaging himself in the process of making a living. As
he now had a family his mother was not at all happy that he would
be able to support them, and was afraid that her daughter-in-law
would have to take care of him. She expressed herself in these
terms to Curth, who was stung to the quick by these remarks, and
he made up his mind to become a successful business man. He used
the power of the mind to achieve this and in five years he was a
successful and rich business man. He went on using his mental
power, thereby improving and developing his business activities,
gaining more and more wealth. Now of course his mother and famiy
were very proud of his success. But he says that those years cost
him dearly.
He lost whatever health he had and suffered two severe heart
attacks* and other illnesses of the type which often are the
result of the stressful life of a modern business man. More
especially is this so when he used his whole will power to do
things that are entirely against his innermost conviction, which
Curth had to do.
* (reposter's note: Monday
morning as people go to work they hate is the hour of 168 in the
week of the most heart attacks.)
From THE HEART OF SAI BY R
LOWENBERG OF 57 Main Rd. Whitefield India 560066
At age 49, when Curth's body was weakened beyond the ability of
the doctors who saw no hope for his recovery, he decided to cut
down on his engagements and instead build up the strength of his
body. This, he says, was an intuitive feeling that for some reason
not known to him then, he would require a strong healthy body.
Using the tremendous mind power which was his possession from his
early childhood, in three years he had built up a body taht would
take an ordinary young man 10 years at least. With the aid of this
power of the mind he had developed a massive body and vast
strength. Various magazine reporters, mainly in the field of
sport, now interviewed him.
The writers were highly impressed with the results he had achieved
in weight lifting, and they wrote about him as being one of the
strongest men in Sweden. Other news media were also on to him to
make news out of his phenomenal strength. However, he rejected
this kind of large scale publicity, as he knew that this was not
the purpose for which he had built up his body.
When Curth came to Puttaparthi for the first time at the end of
December, 1979, Swami opened up his Chakras, enabling him to raise
the Kundalini, so that he could then go into even deeper
meditation and trance.
Having been given these powers by Swami, he realized that this was
in fact the reason why he had built up his body. It was so that he
would be able to take the strain of the rising kundalini.
From THE HEART OF SAI BY R
LOWENBERG OF 57 Main Rd. Whitefield India 560066
On arrival at Brindavan at the end of March 1980, Swami called
Curth in for an interview almost every day. He told him that he
had been with him in past incarnations and that He would give
Curth different powers, one of which would be healing power. Curth
now began to feel intuitively that different powers were
developing in him. In deep prayer he asked Swami if he could use
these powers for helping people in distress, as many people had
been approaching him for help. "Yes do that" was the answer, and
Curth did so. At a later interview Swami confirmed having talked
to a sick woman through Curth, commenting "You do good work" Curth
has now been ahppy to accomplish several missions of this nature.
It is quite amazing to see this massively built man go into deep
meditation and trance, while seated on a chair at Brindavan. He
would return to consciousness with a shock and throw out his hands
and legs, as I once discovered when seated in front of him. He let
out a startled shout and struck me in the back. These sudden
returns to the earthly realm embarrassed Curth and he asked Swami
to help him to return more gradually. Many a time he would be in
deep trance, while Swami was giving darshan, and would only come
out of the trance when Swami had already passed his chair. At that
stage Curth was doing meditation for ten hours at a stretch on
certain days. Many nights he did not sleep at all.
Curth was setting a perfect example to us at darshqan by sitting
and 'going inside' as he put it. More or less in his own words he
said, "Why do people sit at darshan looking around, some reading,
some talking, others writing. This Mandir is a temple. We come her
to worship Sai Baba. It is our duty to sit quietly and pray. Then
we should ask ourselves. "Who am I? Who am I?" This "Who am I?"
soon becomes Aum Aum Aum and slowly we learn that "I am He". Baba
will then appear before our inner eye and then we will see Him in
our hearts. "I actually see Him in my heart" says Curth. "I see
the heart, the blood, and the blood vessels, and I see Baba moving
around in my heart. This way we can always have His darshan.
Surely this is worth striving for."
from THE HEART OF SAI by R
Lowenberg 57 Main Rd. Whitefield India 560066
While at Brindavan Baba materialized a beautiful gold ring for
Curth and a day or two later a gorgeous oblong shaped locket, with
a gold frame, showing Sai Baba sitting in a shell on the sea.
"This I give you so that you can see how I always am sitting in
your heart."
Curth said that what Baba had done for him in opening the chakras
might have taken him 20 years or more to do by work and discipline
on his own. Many yogis work for years and years to attain this
end, but never succeed in raising the kundalini. On May 12th,
Curth and Sisko left for Bombay and Sweden. On the third of June,
1980, I was delighted to receive a detailed account from Sisko of
their experiences on the second trip to Baba and I will let her
tell the story in her own words. "Report on our 2nd Visit to Sai
Baba March 18, May 12 1980"
March 18 we arrived in Bangalore and stayed at the Ashoka Hotel
and learnt the same evening that Sai Baba had arrived in
Whitefield the same day. The 19th we went by taxi to both darshans
in Brindavan, But Sai Baba did not show up at all. Richard and
Dean, Sai Baba devotees from USA, whom we had met in Puttaparthi,
came and welcomed us, happy to see us and helpful in all possible
ways. The 20th, at the afternoon darshan, Curth got the first
contact with Sai Baba. Sai Baba saw Curth. The 21st at morning
darshan, Sai Baba spoke to Curth: asked where we were staying..
when we had arrived etc. and said "I shall see you tomorrow". The
22nd in the morning, Sai Baba of course kept His promise. He gave
Curth a wonderful gold ring with a colour picture of Himself. The
happiness at the reunion was enormous and Sai Baba patted Curth
msny times. Alone in the inner room, Sai Baba told how He all the
time had been with Curth, had developed him and amongst others how
He twice had been with him in a dream. He confirmed experiences
that Curth had had in Stockholm but which he at that time had felt
to be so fantastic that he could not be sure they were real and
therefore had not told anyone about them, not even Sisko.
For instance, Sai Baba confirmed the reality of a vision where
Curth had seen himself together with Shirdi Baba in a temple,
where many people were gathered. Curth stood beside Shirdi Baba
who smiled at him and spoke to the people. Suddenly Sai Baba
appeared beside Shirdi Baba smiling at Curth. Then He merged with
Shirdi Baba and said to Curth "You see, we are the same". A number
of these experiences from Stockholm are still 'untold'. Sai Baba
said "you shall stay here with me and I shall develop still more
powers in you." He asked us to come the next day at 9 o'clock.
from THE HEART OF SAI by R
Lowenberg.. on Curth Orefjard .. published at 57 Main Rd.
Whitefield India 560066
After the morning darshan we moved from Ashoka to Shilton Hotel,
on the recommendation of our friend Richard, all the time thinking
of our best interests. He presented us with the most gorgeous
flower basket* to show his happiness to see Curth again.
Richard now asked us whether we daily could share a taxi to and
from Whitefield with a lady whom I will call Irene. She was
handicapped (multiple scloerosis, becoming worse and worse.) Of
course we agreed to this. Irene's belief in God was pretty poor
but she had read and heard about Sai Baba's power and had put her
faith in Him, for curing her, so that she could take up her work
again. Before she came to Sai Baba she had written Him several
letters expressing her wish. Curth now explained to her how she
was blocking herself and could not open her heart to Sai Baba.
Therefore she was unable to feel His Divine Love flowing toward
her. Irene could neither see the total connection between her own
karma and her present condition. All this had now resulted in a
decision: she would commit suicide on her arrival home some days
later. She had lost her faith in Sai Baba. Sai Baba had
strengthened Curth's intuition and ability to 'go into' people, so
therefore Curth was well aware of Irene's intention. Next morning
while Curth was curing his cold in the hotel room, Sisko went
together with Irene to Darshan. Then in the taxi, Irene told Sisko
about her hopeless situation and what she had planned to do. Back
in the hotel Sisko told Curth that Irene had told her something in
confidence. Curth at once said that he knew all about it and
confirmed Irene's decision. All the time Curth also had known that
a way would be opened for directing everything for the best.
After a while in prayer with Sai Baba Curth then went to see
Irene. Now followed one and a half hours of interpretation,
analysis of Irene's karma, and the reason for her condition and
how she herself had blocked her way to Sai Baba. Curth also told
her that Sai Baba would see her before she was to return home some
days later. Irene was happy and grateful.. her tears turned into a
happy smile. Next day when Curth met Sai Baba he asked "The sick
lady.. did you talk to her through me yesterday?" "Yes I did"
replied Baba.
Heart of Sai R Lowenberg 57 Main
Rd. Whitefield India 560 066
At Irene's last darshan, Sai Baba called her in. She was happy.
She thanked him for having sent Curth to her to help her and for
preparing her to meet Baba. Now Irene with happiness in her heart
could return home strengthened in her faith. And she could also
bear her illness with trust and reliance. She had now full
understanding and knew that Sai Baba also in the future would be
with her and support her, thereby making it easier for her to live
with her malady, which was her karma.*
This was the first mission Curth had to carry out for Sai Baba
which then was followed by several similar tasks, after Sai Baba
had developed Curth's powers for helping people in distress. The
23rd: The evening before, Curth was down with fever and became
worse during the night. At breakfast it was evident that he would
not be able to go to Sai Baba. Sisko went there alone with regards
from Curth. However she was not allowed entrance to the house
being without Curth*. The guard took her name and thereafter she
was directed to sit in the first row. Shen passing her Sai Baba
asked where Curth was. "In bed, he's not feeling well" replied
Sisko. "Oh bring him here tomorrow morning" said Baba. During this
time in the hotel room, Curth was in deep prayer to Sai Baba. When
he opened his eyes Baba stood clearly embodied and living in front
of him smiling.
Curth was extremely happy to see Sai Baba and asked if this was
reality. Sai Baba answered with a smile that as Curth could not
come to him, He had come to Curth. The day after, at an interview,
Sai Baba confirmed that he had been with Curth in the hotel room,
and He added "You coudl not come to me so I came to you. I'm
always with you." The 24th. Meeting with Sai Baba Except the above
mentioned common talk and happiness at seeing each other again.
Sai Baba told us to come the next day. At the afternoon Darshan
Sai Baba took Curth alone into his room and told him that He would
give us a small house where we could live more comfortably. You
shall be here, close to Me."
from THE HEART OF SAI by
Lowenberg
The 26th.. Again a private interview between Sai Baba and Curth.
Sai Baba talked about developing Curth's inner powers through
opening the different chakras. Curth had very clearly noticed how
Sai Baba was working in his body, as far as to the uppermost
chakra on the crown of the head. It was now possible for Curth to
comprehend more and more clearly Sai Baba's inner dialogues and
receive His transcendental visions. The 28th at the morning
Darshan Curth and Sisko were called in. After having placed Curth
in a chair close to Himself, Sai Baba asked if he would like to
have a locket with a picture of Sai Baba alone, which never would
change. Now Curth was given a locket with a beautiful frame in
gold. "I give you this so that you always can see how I'm sitting
in your heart" said Baba. Needless to say, Curth was overwhelmed
with happiness. Already in Stockholm Curth had in a vision seen
Sai Baba create this locket for him, but he had not mentioned this
to anybody. Now Curth again got confirmation that his visions are
real ones. Sai Baba said that He would give Curth a special
japamala (Hindu rosary of 108 beads).
Some days later Sai Baba let Curth have a vision where He showed
him how He was creating this special Japamala and when handing it
to Curth He said "This I give you together with a special healing
power". Later on Sai Baba confirmed having given Curthi this
vision. In the inner room alone with Curth and Sisko Sai Baba told
them that He would develop Curth and give him great powers of
different kinds, amongst others, healing power. When saying this
He stroked Curth's arm and said that like this Curth would be able
to transfer healing power to people. Sai Baba said that one of the
reasons why He is giving Curth the highest power that a human
being can possess is that Curth has an absolutely pure heart.
Another reason is that in Curth's earlier incarnations he had been
acting in close contact with Baba.
A way taht Sai Baba had more deeply opened for Curth so that Curth
can serve Him is the manner in which Curth can 'go into' people
and see their problems of different kinds and help them to open
the way to come closer to Sai Baba as well as the healing power,
being able to help and cure people. Sai Baba took Curth's hands
and said "We two are one."
from R Lowenburg THE HEART OF
SAI 57 Main Rd Whitefield India 560 066
The 29th: In the morning after a very long waiting time, in vain,
we saw Sai Baba leaving in His white car. (Next morning He told us
in the interview room that He had to rush to the hospital to save
a woman with cancer who during several minutes, had been dead. He
had operated on her and brought her back to life.) In the
afternoon Sai Baba did not appear. The 30th. Morning Darshan with
Bhajans. Sai Baba spoke to a group of school children, made His
usual round, was a while seated in His chair, and went then
directly to Curth and sent him in, as well as the 'princess' as
she is known to devotees (an Arabian girl from Syria with her old
father) and some more people. Sai Baba showed him the ring (which
He had 'taken' (teleported) from our room) said "Look now" and
blew on the ring and there was no ring any more. "I shall give you
another one later". While Sai Baba was in the inner room with some
other people, the princess told Curth that she was very sick and
asked whether Curth was also sick. "No" he said. She said that Sai
Baba had not helped her. Curth said "No because you do not feel in
your heart in the right and humble way for Sai Baba as your God
and you have no respect for him. Last time I saw you here you
played with his handkerchief for isntance. You are more aware of
being a princess than that He is the Lord in your heart. If you
move closer to Him in the right way, He will also help you." The
"princess" knelt down and kissed Sai Baba's footstool and cried.
Then Sai Baba came and took her in. It was now possible for Curth
to daily go into deep long-lasting Yoga trance where he had direct
dialogues with Sai Baba and Baba taught him. Sai Baba told Curth
that what he was experiencing in his body was the awakening of the
so called kundalini power and the opening of the chakras. Curth
asked Sai Baba for help for being able to control his return back
to consciousness and trance in meditation which sometimes was very
violent. The reactions of the surrounding people embarrassed him.
Sai Baba: "Do not mind the people. They may see it. I shall give
you all powers. Come tomorrow at 9:30 with your wife."
From HEART OF SAI by Lowenburg
re Curth Orefjard of Stockholm:
People of various nationalities in Brindavan had now become aware
of the strong ties of affection between Sai Baba and Curth. Many
came humbly to Curth and asked for his blessing, his help and that
he should pray for them. There were also those who looked upon
Curth as their guru.
Authors present in Whitefield who had written books about Sai Baba
wanted to interview Curth, for telling about him in books to be
written. The 31st of March, Curth and Sisko were once more called
in by Sai Baba. It started with a group interview with about 10
persons. While Sai Baba talked with the others (the leader for Sai
Centre in the Caribbaean with family) Curth went into a deep Yoga
trance. When all the others had left and we were alone with Sai
Baba we kissed His feet in humility. As Sai Baba has seen Curth go
into trance and the following reactions He now told Curth to start
training his self control The will power shall call forth the
Siddhi power to control the return into the body after a Yoga
trance. Curth asked Sai Baba what the word Aryan meant as he had
heard it so often very clearly. Sai Baba answered that it
signified the Sun and was a very good sign. It was included in the
word AUM which symbolized the total amount of all the knowledge in
the Vedic scriptures. Sai Baba said that Curth feels Him within
himself, outside himself and around himself because the two of
them are ONE. Sai Baba told him that he would let Mr. Kasturi
teach Curth the theoretical side of God and Godhood and He himself
would take care of Curth's spiritual development and tell him
about their relations in earlier incarnations. I shall develop
Divine Wisdom in you. You shall, however, not tell people about
it, because they will not understand you, on this level. Richly
blessed, we left Sai Baba. Our friend Dean, a young american, with
fine humble character was visiting Sai Baba for the 3rd time. His
return trip home drew nearer, but he had not yet been called for
an interview (Baba in Summer Showers 1978.. tamasic receive
darshan rajasic receive interview.. sattvic receive padnamaskar).
By all possible means he cared for our comfort and with great
sincerity he listened to Curth's advice as to meditation as well
as about the way to experience a deeper contact with God.
The sympathy between Curth and Dean was warm and mutual. The last
evening before Dean's departure from Whitefield he realized taht
this time he would not be called in for an interview. Curth was in
very intensive prayer to Sai baba and took Dean into his
meditation contact with him. Then Curth clearly heard Baba's
transcendental voice say "Yes I shall see him tomorrow". At the
Darshan next morning Dean was sitting at the side of Curth.
Sai Baba came, smiled at Curth, and called Dean in. It was a
humbly happy Dean who went home to his forests in Vermont, USA.
Also our friend Richard now left Sai Baba and India but we know we
shall see these dear friends again. Still more people were now
approaching Curth asking him for help for their various problems,
sicknesses of physical as well as psychical nature, family
problems etc. Curth was happy being successful in his task to help
them, all under the supervision of Sai Baba. Baba followed Cuth's
doing and saw everything. He said "You do good work".
In Ooty: a small City up in the
Mountains..April 7 14th: (from the Notebook of S Orefjard)
Extremely beautiful countryside with a fesh climate. Here Sai Baba
has a school for children aged 4 to 12 years. One can easily see
how happy Sai Baba is when amongst His children. A wonderful place
and a most wonderful week for us. The second day after the evening
Darshan, Sai Baba called both of us in. A group of students from
the Bangalore College also came in, their teacher and a retired
Indian minister, standing very close to Sai Baba. To Curth's great
surprise, Sai Baba asked him to tell the gentleman about his
meditation technique and about his earlier life. The students
switched on their trape recorder and Curth told in detail about
his practice of meditation until he acquired a deep union with
God, in Yoga trance.
Sai Baba added "You have been many times in the inner
consciousness state with Me." Curth told of visions he had had in
Whitefield. Sai Baba asked Curth also to tell about how in a
vision he had seen Sai Baba in the Cosmos with godlike devotees
singing His glory. He asked Curth to tell also about the private
darshan, that He had given Curth in Bangalore in the hotel room.
The same evening in the hotel room Curth wrote down some
additional particulars in the practice of Bhakti Yoga. When Sai
Baba received these He was very pleased.
He said He would convey these to His students. The evening
thereafter we were again called in by Sai Baba who now offered us
two a delicious dinner. A photographer was called in by Sai Baba
and he photographed us with Sai Baba standing between us. We also
each received 2 beautiful big photos of Sai Baba which he signed
while we ate. The evening ended with a theatre and dance
performance by the children.. something one never will forget. The
following evening after Darshan, Curth experienced his most
wonderful hour with Sai Baba. Only Curth was invited. When he was
sitting beside Swami He began to sing for Curth in English about
Love. Curth felt more than happy and felt an incredible peace and
calm within. He had many questions in his mind b ut they all
became irrelevant ...in some way he found all the answers in Sai
Baba's beautiful song. This hour gave Curth an unforgetta le
memory. He could only kiss Sai Baba's hands and feet in gratitude.
During the following silence Curth felt an eager wish to have this
hour recorded on a photo.. but this wish was never spoken out. One
month later on a flight together with Sai Baba from Bangalore to
Bombay, Baba handed over to Curth an envelope containing a photo
of them both, sitting together that evening in Ooty, signed "With
love, Sai Bab 14 4 80" He said "and no photographer was there" We
left Ooty after an early breakfast, offered by Sai Baba, and
followed His car to Whitefield. Two days later we got the short
message at the afternoon Darshan. "Tomrrow we go to Puttaparthi."
And next morning we drove behind Sai Baba's car to Puttaparthi.
from Lowenberg THE HEART OF SAI
57 Main Rd. WHitefield India 560 066
From Mrs. Orefjard's Notebook:
In Puttaparthi April 16th.. May 3rd On arrival in the office we
were met by Mr. Kutumba Rao in Puttaparthi with regards from Sai
Baba. We were to be his guests, which meant that two big rooms
with fans and a bathroom and kitchen were made available to us.
All meals from Baba's private kitchen were served by Panduranga
who was also always on hand for whatever we needed or wished. The
second day Curth felt cramps in his legs and lower part of his
body and Mr. Rao turned up with 2 doctors. Curth could not go to
the Darshan but Sai Baba saw him in the Auditorium Hall across the
road where the doctors had helped Curth and placed him in a chair.
Sai Baba came, blessed Curth with vibhuthi, stroked him over his
legs and said that the reason for cramps was all the strong
spiritual experiences. So, then Curth was cured. Many discussions
with Sai Baba in the coming weeks. A new locket was received by
Curth.
Also here in Puttaparthi Curth had to tell the students about his
meditation. The penultimate evening when students and teachers
were present Sai Baba Himself talked about Bhakti Yoga, Sadhana
etc in Telugu and everything was translated into English. Sai Baba
held up Curth as a model for the successful practice of yoga. He
then said to Curth: This is not for you. This is for My students."
Sai Baba created, with His hand, a green Lingam, where all the
chakras were marked with black dots. This He showed to all the
others present, but not to Curth. Afterwards, when He was alone
with Curth, He showed him the Lingam and said, pointing to the
dots, "These I have opened in you and I shall develop you further,
to the highest level in human form." We left for Puttaparthi with
His blessings having decided to rest in Bangalore at the Ashoka
Hotel (the heat in Puttaparthi was indeed considerable and Sai
Baba had already earlier recommended us to have some days in
Bangalore.) During these three days in Bangalore, Curth was almost
in constant trance, in contact with Sai Baba. The 9th of May Sai
Baba said "Tomorrow we go to Bombay. You shall fly with me at 5:
00." It was however impossible for us to get tickets on that
flight, so we bought tickets on the 8 o'clock flight instead.
When Sai Baba heard this He
simply said "No it is not impossible to get tickets on the 5:00
flight. You fly with Me." A man turned up.. and we flew with Sai
Baba to Bombay (in the airplane Curth received the Ooty photo
already mentioned.)
BOMBAY May 10-12 Two days with wonderful darshans.. with tens of
thousands of devotees. Curth was placed close to Sai Baba's
podium, amongst selected dignitaries. When passing him Sai Baba
nearly every time spoke to Curth, and gave him Vibhuthi. May the
12th after the mornign Darshan we were guided to the big reception
hall on the top of the hill.. we got our chairs and soon Sai Baba
came in. He drank water and we were served ice cream*. Amongst
other things Sai Baba told Curth that He would show him pictures
from their earlier common incarnations but not only photos..
"bright clear views." Curth showed Sai Baba a photo of our son
Joar. He looked at it for a long time in silence, whereafter He
said that Joar also would come to Him and that He knew about
Joar's great interest and engagement in social welfare. He created
some Vibhuthi for Joar and laid it in a piece of paper. Curth was
to go home, where he was to start a Sai Centre and choose a leader
for same. We were soon to come back again. Curth was to give a
speech at the World Conference next autumn. When Curth tried to
oppose this, putting the blame on his bad English, Sai Baba said
"You talk the Language of Love. You are My diamond" He said to
Curth.
He, our God, blessed us. We kissed His feet. "No farewell. I am
always with you" He said. For a long while Sai Baba held Curth's
hands. And so He went out disappeared out of sight, He, our God,
our Sai Baba. At the evening Darshan Sai Baba sang Bhajans and
gave a speech. The Mayor of Bombay gave a speech praising sai
Baba. A last wonderful evening near Sai Baba-indeed something to
remember in the beautiful spring-lie climate, that Sai Baba has
blessed us Swedes with. The same evenign at 1:15 our Lufthansa
plane left India.
My Meditation by Curth Orefjard
contained in Heart of Sai by R Lowenburg 57 Main Rd. Whitefield
India 560 066
My meditation starts always with a prayer to our Lord for help and
guidance. Then I go over to concentration on God in my heart and
visualization of God's form. I keep a picture of the body shape of
Sai Baba for my inner vision during about 15-20 minutes. Then I
feel great happiness in my heart, and at the same time I am
sinking deeper and deeper into contemplation. I feel very strongly
God's presence and a deep inner peace. Now I transfer my
concentration on an object of spiritual nature and retain it.
Thereby I get a deeper and clearer insight into this object. The
intellect gets sharpened and I see the object in its clearer
light. Intuitively I understand the meaning of the mental form
which has been created. That means the essence of my previous
knowledge ripens to wisdom guided by the intuition of the
intellect. From this point which I would like to call the border
state, I then reach the really deep meditation. Here the
concentration gets strengthened and I enter an absolute stillness.
Often I feel strong vibrations in my body and a clear light gets
formed around me, especially around my breast and head. I
experience a bright light in the form of a beam, emanating from
the so called third eye. At the same time when I experience a
bright light from my heart region it is not unusual that a light
is also formed around my crown. Surrounded by this Divine Light I
now lose all sense of space and time.
This light then takes my soul on its own exploring tour in the
cosmos, which the Scriptures call the individual soul merging with
the Cosmic Soul. This is the same as being merged in God. My
experiences in the cosmos are registered by the
over-consciousness, getting then transformed to the conscious part
of the brain. In this way I become fuly conscious of these Divine
visions which also give me Divine knowledge. All this I understand
after awakening from the state of meditative
trance, in which I had been, and I have a clear memory of all I
experienced. I think that one very well can compare this with what
happens during sleep, when dreaming. At awakening, one can
remember at least part of the dream. The memories from the state
of trance however are much clearer and more informative. I shall
now try to describe what happened in one of these states of deep
yoga trance. Surrounded by a strong bright light my soul was
carried on the beam that was formed between my eyes, out into the
cosmos. Strong sound waves, echoing in the cosmos, issued into a
vibrating AUM. I became part of thse sound waves. As though
through a telepathic transfer I understood the language of the
sound waves. A bright light took form in the cosmos, rose why,
impossible to describe! My over-consciousness formed a question:
"What is this?" The cosmic voice in the light answered: "It is Me,
God" At the very moment I was fully conscious of God. I
experienced God's reality and comprehended His true nature.
From Heart of Sai by Lowenburg
.. chapter on Baba's Curth
I saw a personage take from in the light.. I caught a glimpse of a
picture of Sai Baba so very dear to me. My soul trembled. The
voice in the light echoed in the universe: "All you now experience
is Me. I am the Cosmic Power." The question came to me: "Is this
your light.. your soul?" The answer was "Yes" "how does my soul
look?" My question was not fully formed, before a small streak of
light, being of the same colour as the great light, had taken
form. After a moment the small light streak merged in the great
one. God was not anymore visible for me, but I heard His voice:
"You see, we are One. I give you Divine Wisdom." Slowly I returned
to consciousness. An indescribable peace and stillness combined
with a strong light, surrounded me again. "How shall I be able to
describe what I had experienced, so that it can be comprehended
and understood?" I can only note that it is impossible to
describe, at least for me. "Thank you God for having let me,
through Your grace, experience this Divine indescribable vision of
Your glory!" This and much more, God has let me experience during
my meditation hours in devoted bhakti yoga. "I have also felt the
smell of God. A strong strange scent has filled my nostrils after
awakening from trance. The scent has also remained in my hands for
a long while afterwards." "The cosmic voice of God can also be
comprehended by me in a state of deep meditation, without having a
cosmic vision of God. All the inner organs of my body have on
several occasions been visible for my cosmic eye. All the
so-called chakras or plexus points have been sharply sketched in
yellow-white streams, stopping for a while in different parts of
the body. I do not experience these as steady and immovable. My
etheric body has also shown up in a similar way, and can be seen
in various parts of the bodyk, for instance in the chest or in the
forehead. I have also experienc ed myself being at different
places, even far-off ones. I can see and comprehend people, known
and unknown to me. In a telepathic way, I can then comprehend
their thoughts and condition. This can also happen when meeting
people in person. The above described experiences in deep yoga
trance have been the result of regular dailry meditation varying
between 8 -10 hours adn up to 20 hours per day. Though, without
the Blessing and Grace of Sai Baba all this would not have been
possible. If one once has tasted this Divine nectar, which these
experiences signify, then no efforts are too great for again and
again entering these Divine Domains.
Nothing in the illusory world can
any more tempt one and keep one away from God." Source:
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