Suddenly, Sathya Sai Baba extended his arm forward with his palm clenched into a fist. Looking at us with a sly look, he opened his fist and we saw the exact same chain in his hand! How could this be? Was it a fantasy?!
Everything that happened was beyond the comprehension of the human mind. We were dumbfounded. Further, when he presented the chain to Alexander, Sathya Sai Baba had said the chain would protect him from dangers.
At the time, we did not pay much attention to those words, but now Sathya Sai Baba repeated his own words spoken two years ago. He further added that my friend was supposed to die that day and the disappearance of the chain saved his life.
Sathya Sai Baba said the chain was not washed away by the turbulent waters of the great river. It was dematerialized by him under water. The proof of this was the fact that at the moment of our conversation Sathya Sai Baba was holding the very chain in his hands.
My friend, in a trembling voice, asked how exactly he was supposed to die, perhaps drown? If the chain disappeared into the river, then it was logical to assume there was a danger of him disappearing into the turbulent waters of the Volga. Sathya Sai Baba, after a short pause, said that another death awaited him, but he would not talk about it.
Sathya Sai Baba placed the wonderful chain in the hands of my friend, who was overjoyed. After a moment, Sathya Sai Baba asked for the chain back and my friend carefully handed it back.
Sathya Sai Baba pointedly raised his hand with the chain up, as if to show it to everyone present, and then he blew on it three times, after which it disappeared. He said that Alexander no longer needed this chain. My friend once again experienced the shock of the speed of the miraculous events, and he sat in silence in the corner until the end of that meeting.
After the interview, Alexander was quiet and thoughtful for several days and I didn't want to interrupt his privacy. However, a week later he came to his senses and told me he had experienced high spiritual states since having experienced the energy of infinite, divine love.
63. Miracle or tricks
There have always been many discussions around the objects materialized by Sathya Sai Baba. There are people who do not believe at all that he could actually materialize objects. Some believe he was a high-level magician and simply pulled various objects from his sleeve. It is the nature of the restless human mind to doubt and be constantly in a state of fear.
To call Sathya Sai Baba a magician is to be completely ignorant of his life and the deeds he has done over the years.
All items materialized by Sathya Sai Baba were amulets. It is appropriate to assume that in different cases he invested different types of energy. These items changed the fate and circumstances of people’s lives.
I want to express my point of view on the process of creation of various objects by Sathya Sai Baba. Perhaps my point of view is wrong, so take my words as just my opinion.
In my opinion, some objects that appeared in the hands of Sathya Sai Baba were indeed materialized by him. Thus, we were witnessing the startling event of the appearance of an object that had never existed before, and I believe such objects arose directly from the absolute consciousness of the Avatar.
An outwardly materialized object could seem most ordinary and quite man-made. This deceptive feeling could sometimes confuse and give rise to the assumption that it was all a hoax.
Let's not judge strictly those who began to doubt the authenticity of the materialization, because if you are shown such a unique object, then you may also wonder how you can understand that this ring or rosary really appeared from the absolute Consciousness of the Avatar? The problem is that sometimes these items looked quite ordinary and man-made.
I will take the liberty of suggesting that some of the objects that appeared in the hands of Sathya Sai Baba could have been teleported. This is also a great miracle, which is different from materialization.
Teleportation happens like this: some object was in another room, and then, by the will of Sathya Sai Baba, disappeared, demobilized in that room, and then appeared in his hand.
In essence, the mystical value of teleported objects is no less than materialized ones. It is difficult to say why Sathya Sai Baba sometimes teleported and sometimes materialized objects. This was probably due to the types of energy he wanted to invest in the item. I want to reiterate that these are just my guesses and assumptions.
64. Materialized watch – a symbol of time
Among the items that Sathya Sai Baba materialized and gave were watches. I have seen many times how he gave people watches that miraculously appeared in his hand.
At one interview, Sathya Sai Baba gave my friend Vyacheslav a beautiful men's watch that appeared from a flash of light. My friend was happy to receive such a unique gift.
Returning to Russia, the young man thought a lot about the meaning of this gift. Intuition suggested the clock indicates the need to learn to feel and use time more wisely as the greatest gift of God. My friend realized how much time he wasted as he was often late or used time inefficiently.
Vyacheslav began to be more attentive to time. He learned how to properly allocate his time, not to be late for meetings, and to plan in advance many events that related to his work and personal life. Having received a gift and realizing its significance, he began to live according to new rules and allocate his time carefully and accurately. Because of this, many circumstances of his life changed for the better.
Of course, you can say that if any person, even without a wonderful clock, begins to use time correctly, he will be able to achieve great success. Sometimes the Avatar gives lessons and hints to people on what exactly they need to pay attention to in such an unusual way, using supernatural events.
A year later, I again came to the ashram for several months. With joy I met Vyacheslav, who received the wonderful watch from Sathya Sai Baba. A young man told me that a couple of months before going to India, a terrible thing happened.
I anxiously tried to find out what terrible thing had happened in his life. My friend told me that two months before his arrival in India, the watch that Sathya Sai Baba gave him stopped.
At first I did not understand why he was so worried about the fact that the clock had stopped – what is so special about it? Vyacheslav looked at me with surprise and said if an ordinary wrist-watch stops, there is nothing special about it, but since this watch was presented by Sathya Sai Baba, there must be deep symbolism in this.
After being silent for a while, my friend even suggested that maybe he was going to die. Maybe the symbolism of the clock stopping was that his time was up.
I did not know what to say to my friend and advised him to ask Sathya Sai Baba. A few days later we were interviewed. My friend waited for the right moment and asked Sathya Sai Baba why the clock had stopped. Vyacheslav's voice was frightened, but he was ready to listen to any answer, even the most severe.
Sathya Sai Baba carefully looked at the young man and in a calm tone said that nothing special had happened, the battery had just run out, and all that needed to be done after our meeting was to leave the ashram on the street and find the first watch dealer standing near the entrance and ask him to replace the battery.
At that moment, we didn't pay much attention to the fact that Sathya Sai Baba emphasized that we should find a very specific watch dealer and ask him to change the battery. First of all, Sathya Sai Baba pointed out that this should be done immediately after the interview and the merchant should be right next to the entrance to the ashram.
We felt that we should follow Sathya Sai Baba's instructions as closely as possible, and so decided to do as he indicated.
Hearing the consoling words of Sathya Sai Baba, my friend breathed a sigh of relief. He realized there was no danger to his life. Nevertheless, Vyacheslav tried to find out from Sathya Sai Baba the deep meaning of why the clock stopped after only a few months.