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Relief From Incurable Eye Trouble
On 2 January 1958 Kehar Singh ji's sons were playing tennis with a walnut at their house in Lucknow. A fast-returning walnut struck against the glasses of one of the boys and broke the lens. His eye was bleeding and badly injured, for many particles of glass had pierced it. The boy was immediately taken to the Medical College in Lucknow, where Dr. Mehra gave him treatment and then discharged him, saying that an operation would damage the eye. Kehar Singh ji then took him to Sitapur Eye Hospital where the doctors were of the same opinion. The glass particles remained in his eye.
One of the boy's eyes had been defective since birth. He could not move it from side to side and could not see any object clearly if it was more than five feet away. Because of this accident, his other eye also became useless. The boy was worried about his future and became depressed. One day he asked his sister if she would take care of him all through his life. The conversation touched his father, who lay on his bed and wept throughout the night. He prayed to God saying, "O God, this boy has not committed any sin. Why have you punished him for my sins?" By reading the Bible, he had gotten the impression that children bear the sins of their forefathers.
At midnight the phone rang. Kehar Singh did not want to take a call that late, but it was Baba calling from Mehrotra's house in Bareilly. Though Singh ji had not remembered Baba, Baba had heard him in his distress. Pooran Chandra Joshi was at Mehrotra's house and said that Baba had covered him with his blanket and sat quietly and seriously for some time. Then suddenly he cried out, "Kehar Singh is crying. His son's eye is damaged." He picked up the phone at once and said, "Kehar Singh, what are you doing?" Kehar Singh replied, "Nothing, Maharaj." Baba said, "You are telling a lie. You are crying. Your son's eye has been damaged. Don't send him to Sitapur. Take him to Dr. Mohanlal's hospital at Aligarh."
Kehar Singh remembered that Dr. Mohanlal was a friend of Vinod Chandra Sharma, who was then secretary to the Medical Department, government of Uttar Pradesh. He asked Sharma to ring up the hospital and reserve a room. When Sharma phoned, Dr. Mohanlal said, "What sort of a man is this Kehar Singh? The room was reserved three days ago, and it has been vacant since. Why has he not sent the patient?" When Sharma told him that they had not yet tried to make a reservation, the doctor replied that a man had come in and reserved it on Kehar Singh's behalf. Kehar Singh ji believed that Baba himself did it.
That same day Kehar Singh sent his son, his wife, and his nephew to Aligarh on the night train. The doctor himself met them at the station. He called a meeting of seven specialists and asked them to examine the boy and to submit their reports separately. Six doctors were against an operation. Only Dr. Shukla endorsed surgery, though he could not give assurances of any kind. Kehar Singh's wife was unable to give permission for the operation, so Dr. Mohanla talked to Kehar Singh on the phone. The boy's eye was already damaged, so considering Baba's wish, he gave consent for the operation. Many glass particles were removed during the surgery, but over twenty particles remained, which could still be seen in his eye.
The boy was discharged from the hospital, and the bandage was removed eight or ten days later in Lucknow. Because of the presence of the glass particles in his eye, the boy saw multiple images. He saw several light bulbs in the room and many moons in the sky. He was not able to recognize anyone, even from a distance of three feet, so he was very disturbed. Kehar Singh sent him to see Dr. Mehra of the Medical College in Lucknow. The doctor said that the boy's condition was to be expected, and that his problems would remain since no further treatment was possible.
Later, In February 1958, Baba called Kehar Singh from Kanpur and said, "Come to Devkamta Dixit's house," and gave him the address. When Kehar Singh and his son arrived in Kanpur, they offered pranaam at Baba's feet. Baba held his son's hand and pulled him near to him. Pressing the palm of the boy's hand with his right finger, he said, "I called Kehar Singh today only for you." A short while later Baba sent them back home.
Seven days after this meeting, the boy went to his father, happy and excited, and told him that he was able to see clearly without glasses. Kehar Singh asked him to read from a book, which he did. He could see clearly. Even the scars from the operation were not visible. Baba had restored the appearance and vision of the eye to how it had been before the accident on the 2nd of January. Kehar Singh took his son back to Dr. Mehra for a check-up. When the doctor examined the eye, he was bewildered. He got all his students to examine it as well and told them the medical history. When he learned that it was all by the grace of an Indian saint, he took photographs of the eye with a view to publishing an article.
Meanwhile Dr. Mohanlal phoned Vinod Chandra Sharma to ask about the boy. When Sharma ji told him that the boy could see everything clearly, he examined him personally and found it to be true. However, he said that it was medically impossible for him to see as long as glass particles remained in his eye. His recovery was purely Maharaj ji's grace. The boy never had any further problem with his eye and later got his M.A. degree.
One day in May 1958, when Kehar Singh was with Baba, Baba said to him, "That night you were asking why God was punishing the boy for your sins. You should never say so. God does not do this. Man himself suffers because of his own karma."
One of the boy's eyes had been defective since birth. He could not move it from side to side and could not see any object clearly if it was more than five feet away. Because of this accident, his other eye also became useless. The boy was worried about his future and became depressed. One day he asked his sister if she would take care of him all through his life. The conversation touched his father, who lay on his bed and wept throughout the night. He prayed to God saying, "O God, this boy has not committed any sin. Why have you punished him for my sins?" By reading the Bible, he had gotten the impression that children bear the sins of their forefathers.
At midnight the phone rang. Kehar Singh did not want to take a call that late, but it was Baba calling from Mehrotra's house in Bareilly. Though Singh ji had not remembered Baba, Baba had heard him in his distress. Pooran Chandra Joshi was at Mehrotra's house and said that Baba had covered him with his blanket and sat quietly and seriously for some time. Then suddenly he cried out, "Kehar Singh is crying. His son's eye is damaged." He picked up the phone at once and said, "Kehar Singh, what are you doing?" Kehar Singh replied, "Nothing, Maharaj." Baba said, "You are telling a lie. You are crying. Your son's eye has been damaged. Don't send him to Sitapur. Take him to Dr. Mohanlal's hospital at Aligarh."
Kehar Singh remembered that Dr. Mohanlal was a friend of Vinod Chandra Sharma, who was then secretary to the Medical Department, government of Uttar Pradesh. He asked Sharma to ring up the hospital and reserve a room. When Sharma phoned, Dr. Mohanlal said, "What sort of a man is this Kehar Singh? The room was reserved three days ago, and it has been vacant since. Why has he not sent the patient?" When Sharma told him that they had not yet tried to make a reservation, the doctor replied that a man had come in and reserved it on Kehar Singh's behalf. Kehar Singh ji believed that Baba himself did it.
That same day Kehar Singh sent his son, his wife, and his nephew to Aligarh on the night train. The doctor himself met them at the station. He called a meeting of seven specialists and asked them to examine the boy and to submit their reports separately. Six doctors were against an operation. Only Dr. Shukla endorsed surgery, though he could not give assurances of any kind. Kehar Singh's wife was unable to give permission for the operation, so Dr. Mohanla talked to Kehar Singh on the phone. The boy's eye was already damaged, so considering Baba's wish, he gave consent for the operation. Many glass particles were removed during the surgery, but over twenty particles remained, which could still be seen in his eye.
The boy was discharged from the hospital, and the bandage was removed eight or ten days later in Lucknow. Because of the presence of the glass particles in his eye, the boy saw multiple images. He saw several light bulbs in the room and many moons in the sky. He was not able to recognize anyone, even from a distance of three feet, so he was very disturbed. Kehar Singh sent him to see Dr. Mehra of the Medical College in Lucknow. The doctor said that the boy's condition was to be expected, and that his problems would remain since no further treatment was possible.
Later, In February 1958, Baba called Kehar Singh from Kanpur and said, "Come to Devkamta Dixit's house," and gave him the address. When Kehar Singh and his son arrived in Kanpur, they offered pranaam at Baba's feet. Baba held his son's hand and pulled him near to him. Pressing the palm of the boy's hand with his right finger, he said, "I called Kehar Singh today only for you." A short while later Baba sent them back home.
Seven days after this meeting, the boy went to his father, happy and excited, and told him that he was able to see clearly without glasses. Kehar Singh asked him to read from a book, which he did. He could see clearly. Even the scars from the operation were not visible. Baba had restored the appearance and vision of the eye to how it had been before the accident on the 2nd of January. Kehar Singh took his son back to Dr. Mehra for a check-up. When the doctor examined the eye, he was bewildered. He got all his students to examine it as well and told them the medical history. When he learned that it was all by the grace of an Indian saint, he took photographs of the eye with a view to publishing an article.
Meanwhile Dr. Mohanlal phoned Vinod Chandra Sharma to ask about the boy. When Sharma ji told him that the boy could see everything clearly, he examined him personally and found it to be true. However, he said that it was medically impossible for him to see as long as glass particles remained in his eye. His recovery was purely Maharaj ji's grace. The boy never had any further problem with his eye and later got his M.A. degree.
One day in May 1958, when Kehar Singh was with Baba, Baba said to him, "That night you were asking why God was punishing the boy for your sins. You should never say so. God does not do this. Man himself suffers because of his own karma."
