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[Copyright 2001. Dated August 2001.
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By R. D. Awle
Many Western scientists and
researchers have investigated Baba’s miraculous powers, and
declared them to be genuine. Baba is probably most famous
for His materializations of rings – and the frequent
manifestations of vibhuti, kumkum and amrit which appear on His
photographs in various places around the globe. [The
photos below show examples of such manifestations from devotees'
homes around the world.]
Yet vibhuti manifestations are only the beginning: He’s
manifested thousands of items, including deity statues, japa
malas, lingams, gems, fine watches, all kinds of jewelry,
photographs, puja items, at least one crucifix, and various
kinds of food - sometimes in huge quantities. (When they
first emerge from the ether, many of the deity statues are
literally too hot to handle, as if the metal had just begun to
cool from its molten state.) Baba often makes such items
miraculously appear on the altars of His devotees in various
locations around the world - and then later causes vibhuti or
kumkum to form on them. I’ve heard that He once materialized a
live monkey in His interview room.
He
assures us that these manifestations are no mere magic, nor even
the siddhi of being able to psychically move objects from
one place to another. His
miracles occur by God’s power, the same power that created the
universe: the ability to will into being anything He wishes. (This has been proven on a number of
occasions, such as the time a devotee handed Him a leaf and He
returned the same leaf coated in gold, or the time he manifested
an apple for a couple who had been trying unsuccessfully to have
a child: when cut in two,
the ‘apple’ turned out to be a passion-fruit on the inside. The
couple ate it, and nine months later had their first child.)