The experiences bestowed by Kanchi-Mahaswami — Part 55 : Two Experiences — Mystical & Dangerous
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Author : Sri S.Gurumurthy
Translator : C.Rangarajan
When we look back upon our life, we may not able to provide a rational explanation for some of our experiences. Then, we will understand many unseen forces are in play. I have experienced this axiomatic truth at many points in my personal & professional life. Let me share two that had the dose of spiritualism injected into them. In both, I was able to feel the blessings of Kanchi Mahaswami.
- Horrific road accident in 2010
- Black magic against me
Yes, I am confirming what I said — Black magic. Until then, I have heard about it but never experienced it. It troubled our family for 1.5 months and troubled us to the greatest extent. Amidst the political, public life, and spiritual experience, let me share this too. Also, I am planning to write about my role in the reliance saga, Bofors scam etc after this.
Mystical Happenings
This had happened in 1982. I had returned from an official tour. My Mother said, “ Guru, in the night, after closing the doors, windows & turning off the lights, we could see stones are thrown into the house. This is happening for the last 2 days and it disturbs us badly”. That bold lady was shaken too. My friend, a Siddha-Purusha, who frequents regularly said,” Out of enmity, someone has performed this black magic. Their main goal was to frighten us. We should counter this through prayers and strong willpower. Never to counter this with the help of another black magic performer. They have combined and destroyed many families”. Then, all the 4 brothers were part of a joint family. There were 8 kids in the age group of under 10. Our setup had included relatives and friends, who were from our village. The total strength would come around 25. Then, we had temporary guests from the village who would use our house for a night stopover. Our first problem was to keep this secret, a closely guarded one. From there, we had a multitude of problems. In the meantime, my Father-in-law had passed away. For all the problems, we would reach out to Kanchi Mahaswami. But, he was on a long all-India tour, since 1978 and stationed in Maharashtra. Due to the death of my FIL, I was not in a position to go and meet the saint. We passed on a message through my uncle Kannan, who was part of the Saint’s entourage. We did not get any reply for one month.
Hair-raising Experience
In the meantime, the stone-throwing problem got aggravated. We were trembling in fear, as the nighttime approached. Sharply at 9 pm, the stones would start falling making a loud sound. Some other strange events were also happening — from the bathroom, the toiletry items would fly and fall at different places and all such happened in front of the outsiders. Once, a razor fell on my client’s head. We could provide any reasonable explanation to anybody. As days progressed, we had more issues — the chairs moved on their own, the pillow would fly, we would hear the sound of barking dogs, etc. I stopped all my travels and shared this only with Arun Shourie, Goenka, and Cho. Goenka offered to get some people from Kerala and I had declined that too. I told him that we were waiting for the instructions from Kanchi Mahaswami. Cho mentioned that he was aware of it but for the first time he was hearing from it someone, directly (once, he had mentioned that he had lost his head hair because of black magic). Shourie quoted Arthur Koestler’s book, “Roots of coincidence” and said that mystical happenings are possible. He told me to record the happenings and would discuss with me, later”.
How can I take notes in that situation? Some of my close RSS friends came and stayed with us. One of my friends, Rajasekhar, who did not believe such matters, stayed with us and experienced them first hand. One day, my nephew got slapped. We heard the sound but could not see the one that slapped him. Then, we got the information from Kanchi Mahaswami to perform Sudarshana Homam/Yagna. At the commencement of the homam, a stone fell but everything stopped after the completion. We were advised by the Kanchi Mahaswami not to find out the person, who performed black magic against us (since it may mislead us).
The accident that ended in a surprise
The next one is about an accident that gave me a new life. On 20th Feb 2010, I was returning to Chennai after giving a lecture at SASTRA university, Thanjavur. I was traveling in their brand new car to Chennai (they gave me food to eat during the journey and I was accompanied by Prof. Srinivasan up to Samayapuram). It was 7 pm. I got a call from a peethadipathi of a mutt (who took their training from in Tantra sastra from Kanchi Mahaswami). He had advised me to travel by train since he foresaw bad signs.
I was clueless, meditated on Kanchi Mahaswami, sat back in the rear seat, and put on the car belt. I called back the Swami at 7.30 pm and explained to him about my plan. He told me to call him regularly until I reach Chennai. A bus was travelling at top speed on the parallel service road. The bus was broadsiding towards us. Due to quick thinking of my Drive Raja, we averted a major accident but hit the end of the bus and the car toppled. My driver was injured and requested to help him. I could feel his blood and be frozen.
Help from the Public
The people nearby came running, stopped the traffic, helped to lift the car, and got us out of the car. Even in the melee, they told me to check my belongings — laptop, purse, mobile, etc and told me to be careful. They helped to secure me and the driver in a safe spot. Subsequently, an ambulance had arrived and took my driver to the hospital. I was moved by the help rendered by the common men and thanked them from the bottom of my heart.
I called up the local Sarada ashram (we knew each other) for help and could not reach him. Suddenly, a car stopped and one Dr.Srinivasan alighted down. He checked me thoroughly for any major scare and accommodated me in the car, all the way to Chennai. He gave me the front seat and squeezed himself in the back. As we approached Chennai, I did not want to call my family, since they may get rattled. Instead, I called my friend Joshi to come to Tambaram. I could see the grace of Kanchi Mahaswami in every life-saving moment involved in that accident.
Postscript: Dr.Srinivasan
I met the doctor and thanked him for the help. He took it very casually. There is a message in his Whatsapp DP — If you live smile less than the life will mock at you; If you lead the life with a smile then the life will smile back at you; if you help someone then the life will bow to you.
Again, from the bottom of my heart, I thank the noble doctor, the helping public, and many others.
