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To document further proof of the feasibility of the return of death, I transcribe below “The Resurrection of Walter Cowan, a North American citizen, as reported by Dr. John S. Hislop in his book My Baba and I. By the way, it was through that book, which I bought in a bookstore in Caracas attracted only by the title and without any prior idea, that I learned about SAIBABA for the first time, and it turned out, as they say, love at first sight.
THE RESURRECTION OF WALTER COWAN
The resurrection, the rising from the dead, is something that all Christians have heard. And because it is a sacred story, we tend to believe in it, otherwise we have been hit by doubts coming from agnostics, atheists, humanists, and people who in general adhere more to reason and logic than to faith. And in recent times resurrection stories come from people who do not consider themselves part of the “establishment,†and therefore their stories are not taken seriously. In general, what has been said above refers to the Western world. In India this same structure of beliefs and disbeliefs about the resurrection is not the norm; and this story is about events that occurred in India, although Walter Cowan and myself were born in the West.
Walter died in his room at the Connemara Hotel in Madras. He and his wife, Elsie, had arrived on December 23, 1971 to see SAIBABA, who was in Madras to preside at the National Conference of the SAI Organizations of India. .
On the morning of December 25, a rumor began to spread that an elderly American had died of a heart attack. My wife Victoria and I immediately thought of Walter. We headed to the hotel and there we found Elsie. Walter had fallen to the ground in the early hours of the morning. Elsie called Mrs. Ratanlal, who was staying in a nearby room, and the two women managed to get Walter back into bed, and he died in Elsie's arms minutes later. An ambulance was called, the body was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival, placed in an empty storage room and covered with a sheet to wait for daylight and decide on the funeral. .
Elsie and Mrs. Ratanlal had already gone to see SAIBABA when we arrived, and He told them that He would visit the hospital at 10 in the morning. The two women were ready and waiting to meet SAIBABA at the scheduled time. They went to the hospital, but SAIBABA had arrived earlier and was already gone. To the women's joy, but also to their great amazement, they found Walter alive and receiving care. No one saw SAIBABA with Walter, nor had SAIBABA said how or why Walter was resurrected, but upon returning to the family of devotees who were hosting him, SAIBABA told them that He had brought Walter back to life.
Walter's own account sheds some light on what happened and I was later involved in a fascinating episode, because Walter's life continued to be in danger and, in fact, SAIBABA told me that Walter died three times and had to be brought back to life three times.
Walter describes his experience by saying that he realized that he had died and that he had remained with his body in the ambulance, looking at it with interest. Then SAIBABA arrived and together they went to a place that seemed to be at a high altitude. There they entered an assembly hall where there were people sitting around a table. The meeting was chaired by a person who had a kind face and spoke in a kind manner. He asked for Walter's records and these were read aloud. The records were in different languages and Walter did not understand what was being said until a little later, when SAIBABA began to translate. Walter was surprised to hear that he had held important positions in various times and cultures and that he had always dedicated himself to the well-being of the people. Immediately, SAIBABA spoke to the presiding person and asked that Walter be placed in his care, because He had a job for Walter. Later, when he and SAIBABA left the room, Walter felt himself descending towards a place where his body was, but he felt a great resignation. In terms of direct experience, he had realized that he was not his body, and he did not wish to be subject to bodily anxieties and miseries again.
After listening to Walter, I asked SAIBABA if Walter was imagining the incidents. SAIBABA answered that it was not imagination: the events were real, they occurred in Walter's mind and SAIBABA himself had guided the thoughts. I immediately asked if everyone had a similar experience when dying. SAIBABA replied that some people had similar experiences and others did not. Several years later I asked the same question again, and SAIBABA answered that turning into a corpse was common, but what follows varies for each one.
The day after Walter came back to life was of great interest to me. Sri Appa and I accompanied SAIBABA to a devotee's house. From there we went to a meeting of women members of the SAI Center in Nigara, where SAIBABA was going to present awards and give a speech. Sri Appa and I were sitting on the platform, a few steps away from SAIBABA, and we were able to observe Him closely. He presented the awards and gave a spiritual speech; all without any interruption or moment of hesitation. After the meeting we were to go to a devotee's house for lunch. As soon as we got into the car, SAIBABA looked at us and said: “While I was speaking at the meeting, Mrs. Cowan called me. I immediately went with her to the hospital and did what was necessary. Mr Cowan’s health had taken a negative turn.â€
Thus, even though He was busy on the platform, SAIBABA had gone to the hospital and done what was necessary. But in the eyes of Sri Appa and mine, SAIBABA had continued to be active and speaking without interruption or any moment of hesitation. How does one explain this mystery?
When we arrived at the devotee's house for lunch, SAIBABA looked at us and said, “You will not be able to join me for lunch. Take this vibhuti to the hospital, put some of it in Mr. Cowan's mouth and rub the rest on his forehead and chest. If you walk to the corner, you will find Mrs. Hislop in a taxi. she will take you to the hospital.â€
It happened that my wife had followed us in a taxi. Although she had put in a lot of effort to remain unnoticed, as always, since SAIBABA knows everything. When we arrived at the hospital with the vibhuti, Mrs. Cowan said, “Walter became very ill recently. I thought he was dead and I was terrified. I immediately called SAIBABA out loud. Now Walter seems somewhat improved. When I called SAIBABA, I immediately felt His presence.†Elsie had experienced in the hospital exactly what SAIBABA told Sri Appa and me in the car.
Other instances of resurrection powers have been known to other devotees. The Rajah of Ventagiri told me of his experience when, about twenty years ago, he witnessed the resurrection by SAIBABA of a man who had been dead for six days and in whose body decomposition had already taken its normal course. One cannot comment on these mysteries; They are outside the common human experience.
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