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Baba's Miracle of Transformation
I came to know Sri Sathya Sai Baba on April 1, 1978. On this day,
I was rushed to the hospital by ambulance to the emergency ward. A
team of specialists examined me and gave me a battery of tests,
all of which I failed. Simple questions about my name, phone
number, date of birth, occupation, place of employment and field
of specialisation I could not answer. I was delirious and in a
state of mental confusion and anxiety. The team disgnosed that I
had a neurological disfunction and I would be hospitalised for 6
months to a year.
During the night in my state, disconnected from reality, time and
space. I dreamt a man with bushy hair and an orange robe who took
me into a garden, sang a few Bhajans and touched my head. Next
morning, the team of specialists arrived and started questioning
me about my occupation, phone number, etc. I answered all their
questions and was curious about this simplistic level of
questioning. They were amazed at my lucidity and queried what
happened in the evening. I told them about the dream; the dream
that was crystal clear in my mind. They concluded, it was an
amazing recovery. However, they decided to keep me in hospital for
two weeks for observation. After I was discharged, I found out
that the man in my dream was Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
I started reading everything about Him, His miracles, community
projects, discourses, etc., and was overwhelmed by His divine
wisdom. The second miracle more critical than my amazing recovery
is the miracle of transformation of my vision, work ethics and
behaviour.
I studied at top universities in the West, McGill University,
University of Toronto and john Hopkins University and never
learned a lesson in human values or ethics. So, when I became a
professor I never lectured on this topic in management. I thought
was nonsensical problematic, subjective, relativistic, etc. Since
I started studying Sai Baba's teachings I now lecture on values
and ethics; there is an infusion of values and ethics in all my
books, research papers, conference proceedings. A new vocabulary
on values and ethics had entered my mind and consciousness. The
value-based perspective in education, motivation, leadership,
technological change, etc., is really the centre of my pedagogy
and I have taken it to the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford,
etc., where it was well received. This is a miracle of
transformation not only in terms of my profession but also in my
vision, goals, attitude, perception of reality, values, behaviour,
lifestyle, work ethics - all elements of my personality.
Dr. Yassin Sankart - Canada
Professor of Management in Delhousie University, Canada |
