Miracle from the Adaman Islands
Jai Shri Mataji !
It has been reported in various Indian media that theAndaman & Nicobar group of islands of India hadsuffered around 3000 deaths and little over double thenumber were reported missing till yesterday (theofficial death count is based on number of bodiesfound – the bodies not found are declared missing!).The leader of Andaman & Nicobar Mr. Manoranjan Saha isbased in the capital of the island group - Port Blair.The gentleman is very-very simple, even by Indianstandards. He wears a dhoti-kurta (a dhoti is a wraparound cloth, generally of cotton, that is still wornby villagers in many states in India and regardedunfashionable by modern Indians!). His sight is alwaystowards the Mother Earth or towards Shri Ma. He cannotspeak English (he acknowledges that he had learnt itin college but cannot speak) but can converse in Hindiwith a Assamese or Bengali (east Indian languages)accent that is difficult even for a hindi languageknower to understand. It was heard that he is made funof even amongst SY’s in a center which I too was partof but his surrender and dedication are what SY’s likeme who are nowhere as deep as him should look up toand learn.He had presented miracle photographs that came out athis center to SY’s including me when I was based in acity in South India. The photo had his contact numberat the back. The day before yesterday (4th Jan 05) itwas announced on the Indian Television thattelecommunications with Andaman & Nicobar group ofislands have been restored. On calling him upyesterday morning he was very happy to receive a callfrom a SY. He said that all 150 SY’s in the group ofislands are safe by Mother’s grace. The center isintact too. (He runs the center from his house ofwhich he occupies a very small part & has dedicatedthe rest of the house for the center. The center canaccommodate all 150 SY’s there!). He informed that aSY had a house at the jetty. The waves crossed thejetty’s wall but stopped at the wall of this house(you may have seen in photographs of areas along thecoast in south-east Asia that all structures along thecoast were completely destroyed. This house is not).He informed that the center was on a small hill andintact.On asking him whether he needed help in any way heseemed very hesitant to ask. Here he was in a landtorn apart by Tsunamis and in one of the worstaffected places of India, being asked how he/ theother SY’s could be helped while he kept on talkingonly Sahaja matters. He narrated how he had asked thequestion at the South Indian Seminar last year of howto remain in the Sahastrara longer & how he hadreceived beautiful answers from other SY’s. His onlyregret was that he had wished to donate some land andbuild an old age home by Mother’s grace but the waterlevel has now gone over his land (a number of islandshave gone under water completely or partly).It was requested of him to check up with other SY’s inthe group of islands and to inform if they needed anyhelp and it was thought that if he himself may haveneeds, he may inform subsequently. A contact telephonenumber was given to him but he said that it was notpossible to call outside from Andamans till that pointof time. He said that he had wanted to contact Mr.Nalgirkar (India leader) to take permission forperforming a havan after the disaster but he could notget through. He also said that he also did not wish tocall any SY in the mainland so that the person may notwrongly construe it as a call for help.Though he had been told that he will be called after aday to check on help needed but I was worried how toorganize (any sum would be a pittance to people whomI thought would have lost there everything) and thenhow to send out the help (bank transfers may not beworking; even if a SY from South India is requested (Ihave been brought to Pune by Mother’s grace & am nolonger in South India) it would be difficult for himto go there – and it was anyway too late by the time Iremembered that I had Mr. Saha’s telephone number withme! Also the telephone lines had just started working.Yesterday I even thought that I will post this to a SYe-mail group & word will spread. But then I was alsoworried how people will talk to him because of hislanguage constraints mentioned earlier and even ifsomeone wants to send help the logistics barriers maybe insurmountable for now. The Indian government isindeed doing a good job of giving help to its affectedpeople and also other affected nations but theprevailing conditions are really very bad. All thetime I was thinking how this problem can be solved notrealizing that the divine itself takes care of all itschildren.Today, after trying to leave it to the divine andgiving myself a bandhan, Uncle Saha was called. It wasalready afternoon – it had taken me that much time tosurrender and call! When asked whether he could findout what help was required he again reassured that all150 SY’s in the island are safe and do not needanything (though the overall situation is indeed grimsince the lowermost point of this group of islands isjust 60 nautical miles from the epicenter of theearthquake in Indonesia). He said that by Mother’sgrace he was pretty well off monetarily (though manyof his lands are under the water now). He also helped/is helping other SY’s in the islands monetarily. Hesaid that he is telling me about the help he has/isproviding only because I am sounding too concerned;otherwise he prefers not to tell this. His only griefnow is that his desire to build the old-age home maynot happen or be stalled because of nature’s fury.What he said subsequently demonstrated theestablishment of Shri Mahalaxmi in him. He wants todonate a huge sum for SY. He asked me that since I amin Pune I should find out how he can give the money.He had actually bought the money when he came to Punefor Christmas Puja but was unable to meet the nationalor the city leader because of the huge event (thesewere the only means he seems to know through whom todonate) and had to take the money back. What isspecially touching is that he still wants to give thesame amount in spite of the difficult condition he maybe facing.More on the miracle – though in SY it is not a miraclebut known fact of Shri Mataji’s protective powers. TheSY center in Port Blair had many photo-frames of ShriMataji. Though they fell down because of theearthquake but not even a single one was broken! Thepublic address system too is intact. It had cost Mr.Saha quite a sum to purchase this for publicprogrammes. The center had a couple of televisions andmud pots of plants. (I can get the center photographwith me scanned but don’t know how to send to thegroup without being blocked by yahoo because I see allattachments removed in yahoo where I receive my divinesahajayoga group e-mails except the ones kindly postedby the Moderator whose url i.e. link is specified).Everything of the center is intact. Most othersbuildings around are destroyed and people are sayingthat this building remaining and that too with itscontents intact is a miracle.Many people are leaving the islands because of fear ofinundation of the land and bad conditions there. Hesays that because of Shri Mataji he does not have anyfear and wants to remain there to carry on Sahajawork. A true leader, isn’t he?
Jai Shri Mataji !- a SY from Pune
P.S.1. Mr. Manoranjan Saha’s telephone no is 03192-235031.It may have to be dialed +91-03192-235031 from otherthan India. He may not understand non-hindi speakingSY’s but will definitely understand Jai Shri Mataji(Your talk may be limited to that only !!)The telephone of Andaman & Nicobar centre if any SYwishes to dial from a country other than India wouldbe +91-3192-235031. The hyphens(dashes in the number)are to be ignored i.e. like 00913192235031.2. Just got a phone call from a SY in Chennai in SouthIndia –of course all are safe there as well - JSMJ !
It has been reported in various Indian media that theAndaman & Nicobar group of islands of India hadsuffered around 3000 deaths and little over double thenumber were reported missing till yesterday (theofficial death count is based on number of bodiesfound – the bodies not found are declared missing!).The leader of Andaman & Nicobar Mr. Manoranjan Saha isbased in the capital of the island group - Port Blair.The gentleman is very-very simple, even by Indianstandards. He wears a dhoti-kurta (a dhoti is a wraparound cloth, generally of cotton, that is still wornby villagers in many states in India and regardedunfashionable by modern Indians!). His sight is alwaystowards the Mother Earth or towards Shri Ma. He cannotspeak English (he acknowledges that he had learnt itin college but cannot speak) but can converse in Hindiwith a Assamese or Bengali (east Indian languages)accent that is difficult even for a hindi languageknower to understand. It was heard that he is made funof even amongst SY’s in a center which I too was partof but his surrender and dedication are what SY’s likeme who are nowhere as deep as him should look up toand learn.He had presented miracle photographs that came out athis center to SY’s including me when I was based in acity in South India. The photo had his contact numberat the back. The day before yesterday (4th Jan 05) itwas announced on the Indian Television thattelecommunications with Andaman & Nicobar group ofislands have been restored. On calling him upyesterday morning he was very happy to receive a callfrom a SY. He said that all 150 SY’s in the group ofislands are safe by Mother’s grace. The center isintact too. (He runs the center from his house ofwhich he occupies a very small part & has dedicatedthe rest of the house for the center. The center canaccommodate all 150 SY’s there!). He informed that aSY had a house at the jetty. The waves crossed thejetty’s wall but stopped at the wall of this house(you may have seen in photographs of areas along thecoast in south-east Asia that all structures along thecoast were completely destroyed. This house is not).He informed that the center was on a small hill andintact.On asking him whether he needed help in any way heseemed very hesitant to ask. Here he was in a landtorn apart by Tsunamis and in one of the worstaffected places of India, being asked how he/ theother SY’s could be helped while he kept on talkingonly Sahaja matters. He narrated how he had asked thequestion at the South Indian Seminar last year of howto remain in the Sahastrara longer & how he hadreceived beautiful answers from other SY’s. His onlyregret was that he had wished to donate some land andbuild an old age home by Mother’s grace but the waterlevel has now gone over his land (a number of islandshave gone under water completely or partly).It was requested of him to check up with other SY’s inthe group of islands and to inform if they needed anyhelp and it was thought that if he himself may haveneeds, he may inform subsequently. A contact telephonenumber was given to him but he said that it was notpossible to call outside from Andamans till that pointof time. He said that he had wanted to contact Mr.Nalgirkar (India leader) to take permission forperforming a havan after the disaster but he could notget through. He also said that he also did not wish tocall any SY in the mainland so that the person may notwrongly construe it as a call for help.Though he had been told that he will be called after aday to check on help needed but I was worried how toorganize (any sum would be a pittance to people whomI thought would have lost there everything) and thenhow to send out the help (bank transfers may not beworking; even if a SY from South India is requested (Ihave been brought to Pune by Mother’s grace & am nolonger in South India) it would be difficult for himto go there – and it was anyway too late by the time Iremembered that I had Mr. Saha’s telephone number withme! Also the telephone lines had just started working.Yesterday I even thought that I will post this to a SYe-mail group & word will spread. But then I was alsoworried how people will talk to him because of hislanguage constraints mentioned earlier and even ifsomeone wants to send help the logistics barriers maybe insurmountable for now. The Indian government isindeed doing a good job of giving help to its affectedpeople and also other affected nations but theprevailing conditions are really very bad. All thetime I was thinking how this problem can be solved notrealizing that the divine itself takes care of all itschildren.Today, after trying to leave it to the divine andgiving myself a bandhan, Uncle Saha was called. It wasalready afternoon – it had taken me that much time tosurrender and call! When asked whether he could findout what help was required he again reassured that all150 SY’s in the island are safe and do not needanything (though the overall situation is indeed grimsince the lowermost point of this group of islands isjust 60 nautical miles from the epicenter of theearthquake in Indonesia). He said that by Mother’sgrace he was pretty well off monetarily (though manyof his lands are under the water now). He also helped/is helping other SY’s in the islands monetarily. Hesaid that he is telling me about the help he has/isproviding only because I am sounding too concerned;otherwise he prefers not to tell this. His only griefnow is that his desire to build the old-age home maynot happen or be stalled because of nature’s fury.What he said subsequently demonstrated theestablishment of Shri Mahalaxmi in him. He wants todonate a huge sum for SY. He asked me that since I amin Pune I should find out how he can give the money.He had actually bought the money when he came to Punefor Christmas Puja but was unable to meet the nationalor the city leader because of the huge event (thesewere the only means he seems to know through whom todonate) and had to take the money back. What isspecially touching is that he still wants to give thesame amount in spite of the difficult condition he maybe facing.More on the miracle – though in SY it is not a miraclebut known fact of Shri Mataji’s protective powers. TheSY center in Port Blair had many photo-frames of ShriMataji. Though they fell down because of theearthquake but not even a single one was broken! Thepublic address system too is intact. It had cost Mr.Saha quite a sum to purchase this for publicprogrammes. The center had a couple of televisions andmud pots of plants. (I can get the center photographwith me scanned but don’t know how to send to thegroup without being blocked by yahoo because I see allattachments removed in yahoo where I receive my divinesahajayoga group e-mails except the ones kindly postedby the Moderator whose url i.e. link is specified).Everything of the center is intact. Most othersbuildings around are destroyed and people are sayingthat this building remaining and that too with itscontents intact is a miracle.Many people are leaving the islands because of fear ofinundation of the land and bad conditions there. Hesays that because of Shri Mataji he does not have anyfear and wants to remain there to carry on Sahajawork. A true leader, isn’t he?
Jai Shri Mataji !- a SY from Pune
P.S.1. Mr. Manoranjan Saha’s telephone no is 03192-235031.It may have to be dialed +91-03192-235031 from otherthan India. He may not understand non-hindi speakingSY’s but will definitely understand Jai Shri Mataji(Your talk may be limited to that only !!)The telephone of Andaman & Nicobar centre if any SYwishes to dial from a country other than India wouldbe +91-3192-235031. The hyphens(dashes in the number)are to be ignored i.e. like 00913192235031.2. Just got a phone call from a SY in Chennai in SouthIndia –of course all are safe there as well - JSMJ !
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