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The Divine Stories: The Early Days 9. (Releasing bad spirits)
People believed that spirits could take over the body of a living person and change them completely. Puttaparthi and the surrounding areas were full of sorcerers and people felt black magic would cause harm to people.
While in the Mandir, Swami healed many people who were so possessed. Swami explained: "When people died in unnatural deaths their souls hover trying to find a body. In that process they sometimes occupy the body of weak minded people".
Many such people came to the Old Mandir. Swami would have a remedy for each such person. In some cases Swami took a stick and would thrash the person, thus commanding the spirit to leave. Devotees could hear strange voices replying to Swami's questions. As soon as the conversation ended Swami would break the stick. He would say that the spirit had gone and would not come back again. In some cases the spirits were devotees of Narasimha or Anjaneya. Swami would ask them to sings the glories of those Gods and the spirits would have vanished. The people so healed would suddenly look hale and hearty.
But it is the incident of the fat lady that devotees like to talk about
Once a fat lady came to the Old Mandir. The bhajan was going on. Suddenly this lady started to sing in a strange tone which was not her own. Swami looked at her and said, "Either you keep quiet or get out of her". She started arguing with Swami. The tone of the voice would suddenly change. The bhajan ended. The devotees were having food and the lady suddenly changed her tone once again and said, "I want to have food with Swami".
"You are unfit to be here, Get out" said Swami. Then Swami asked everybody to clear the room and asked them to bring some saffron rice (Akshatha) from the Pooja room. He sprinkled a little on the lady. Then Swami suddenly held her up holding a small strand of her hair. It was astonishing...a 250 pound lady being lifted like a straw in the air. He lifted her, and swung her around in a circle like a toy and threw her on the floor. He just pulled out the small bunch of her hair which He was holding while and she fainted. He tied the hair in a knot and waited for her to regain consciousness. She was perfectly normal after that.
There was an another incident which occurred on the sands of the Chitrvathi. Swami liked swings (Jhoola). Devotees would tie long ropes with a wooden plank to make a swing. When sits in this jhoola, they would grntly push the swing. They felt great joy in doing so. This used to happen almost every evening, whenever Swami took devotees to Chitrvathi. On one such occasion, Swami was sitting on the swing and the devotees were pushing forward and backward.. The jhoola was swinging faster and faster, and it went up higher and higher. The devotees started getting worried.
"Push higher and higher", Swami urged. The devotees started getting anxious. At a point of time he seemed to touch the sky. Suddenly with a loud crack the wooden plank broke and fell on the floor. The devotees were panicked, not knowing the where about of Swami. Suddenly Swami appeared behind them with a big smile. Now everyone knew what had actually happened.......the wooden plank was seen much bigger than what they had actually made.
So what was it? :
Swami calmly explained that there was a spirit possessing the wooden Plank. Now that the plank had been broken, the spirit had been released !!!!
Source: Bombay Srinivasan
The Divine Stories: The Early Days 9. (Releasing bad spirits)
People believed that spirits could take over the body of a living person and change them completely. Puttaparthi and the surrounding areas were full of sorcerers and people felt black magic would cause harm to people.
While in the Mandir, Swami healed many people who were so possessed. Swami explained: "When people died in unnatural deaths their souls hover trying to find a body. In that process they sometimes occupy the body of weak minded people".
Many such people came to the Old Mandir. Swami would have a remedy for each such person. In some cases Swami took a stick and would thrash the person, thus commanding the spirit to leave. Devotees could hear strange voices replying to Swami's questions. As soon as the conversation ended Swami would break the stick. He would say that the spirit had gone and would not come back again. In some cases the spirits were devotees of Narasimha or Anjaneya. Swami would ask them to sings the glories of those Gods and the spirits would have vanished. The people so healed would suddenly look hale and hearty.
But it is the incident of the fat lady that devotees like to talk about
Once a fat lady came to the Old Mandir. The bhajan was going on. Suddenly this lady started to sing in a strange tone which was not her own. Swami looked at her and said, "Either you keep quiet or get out of her". She started arguing with Swami. The tone of the voice would suddenly change. The bhajan ended. The devotees were having food and the lady suddenly changed her tone once again and said, "I want to have food with Swami".
"You are unfit to be here, Get out" said Swami. Then Swami asked everybody to clear the room and asked them to bring some saffron rice (Akshatha) from the Pooja room. He sprinkled a little on the lady. Then Swami suddenly held her up holding a small strand of her hair. It was astonishing...a 250 pound lady being lifted like a straw in the air. He lifted her, and swung her around in a circle like a toy and threw her on the floor. He just pulled out the small bunch of her hair which He was holding while and she fainted. He tied the hair in a knot and waited for her to regain consciousness. She was perfectly normal after that.
There was an another incident which occurred on the sands of the Chitrvathi. Swami liked swings (Jhoola). Devotees would tie long ropes with a wooden plank to make a swing. When sits in this jhoola, they would grntly push the swing. They felt great joy in doing so. This used to happen almost every evening, whenever Swami took devotees to Chitrvathi. On one such occasion, Swami was sitting on the swing and the devotees were pushing forward and backward.. The jhoola was swinging faster and faster, and it went up higher and higher. The devotees started getting worried.
"Push higher and higher", Swami urged. The devotees started getting anxious. At a point of time he seemed to touch the sky. Suddenly with a loud crack the wooden plank broke and fell on the floor. The devotees were panicked, not knowing the where about of Swami. Suddenly Swami appeared behind them with a big smile. Now everyone knew what had actually happened.......the wooden plank was seen much bigger than what they had actually made.
So what was it? :
Swami calmly explained that there was a spirit possessing the wooden Plank. Now that the plank had been broken, the spirit had been released !!!!
Source: Bombay Srinivasan
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