Vedanta - Heart-Felt Prayer
AJIT SINGH
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John Sullivan, the English collector of Coimbatore, was camping at Dimhatty , a jerkwater hamlet near Kotagiri, in 1819.As the evening drew on, his worst fears came true when he heard a distant rumble in the skies. In no time, peals of thunder rent the air and jagged flashes of lightening criss-crossed the skies. He could see sheets of rainwater advancing rapidly towards the village.“Oh God, the whole village is going to be washed away ,“ he moaned. He fell to his knees and prayed, a lump in his throat, eyes brimming. In a while, the water storm receded into the distance.
In 1978, Baba Muktanand, the sage of Ganeshpuri, was camping in Delhi for the inauguration of a chapter of his ashram. As the sky was clear, food had been prepared alfresco for a couple of thousand devotees.
The weather suddenly turned inclement and as there were no arrangements on standby , they panicked. Baba withdrew to his room to meditate. After 20 minutes, when he emerged from his room, there was not a trace of rain clouds over the area, though rain could be seen falling on the other side of the fence.
These two events separated by a time span of 159 years and a distance of about 2,800 km, are remarkably similar in their construct. Sceptics are likely to dub these incidents mere coincidence and brand the believers, superstitious.
Gandhiji spells out his deepset conviction unequivocally , “The sky may be overcast today with clouds, but a fervent prayer to God is enough to dispel them.... Properly understood and applied, prayer is the most potent instrument of action.“
In 1978, Baba Muktanand, the sage of Ganeshpuri, was camping in Delhi for the inauguration of a chapter of his ashram. As the sky was clear, food had been prepared alfresco for a couple of thousand devotees.
The weather suddenly turned inclement and as there were no arrangements on standby , they panicked. Baba withdrew to his room to meditate. After 20 minutes, when he emerged from his room, there was not a trace of rain clouds over the area, though rain could be seen falling on the other side of the fence.
These two events separated by a time span of 159 years and a distance of about 2,800 km, are remarkably similar in their construct. Sceptics are likely to dub these incidents mere coincidence and brand the believers, superstitious.
Gandhiji spells out his deepset conviction unequivocally , “The sky may be overcast today with clouds, but a fervent prayer to God is enough to dispel them.... Properly understood and applied, prayer is the most potent instrument of action.“
