Shri Lahiri Mahasaya Goes to Mars

Then Baba got up and we followed Him to the room where the dead body of Shri Kishto Pal lay.

Baba stood apart from all the rest of us and instructed us not to touch Him until the demonstration was over.

Baba stood near the head of the body. His toe touched the crown of the sadhaka’s head, at the site of sahasrara cakra. He spoke to the dead body: “Open your eyes”.

The eyes opened. We were thunderstruck With His foot still touching the subject’s head, Baba asked:

Baba

Who are you?

The body replied:

Lahiri Mahasaya

I am Shyama Charan Lahiri.

We were startled because we had expected to hear Kishto Pal speak his own name.

Shri Lahiri Mahasaya was one of modern India’s greatest yogis who had passed away in 1895.

Baba

Why are you here?

Lahiri Mahasaya

I am the bodiless soul, and You have instructed me to protect this body.

Then we understood: the dead body was the medium, and the entity speaking through it was the bodiless soul of Shri Lahiri Mahasaya.

Baba

Very well. Now that you are here, do some work for us. Go to the planet Mars

A few seconds elapsed, and the bodiless soul replied:

Lahiri Mahasaya

Yes. I am there

Baba

Is there any life there? What do you see there?

Lahiri Mahasaya

I do not recognise any life here. It appears to be marshy land all around. Algae or weedlike growth seem to be present.

Baba

All right. Now go to the earth’s moon.

Lahiri Mahasaya

I am there

Baba

What do you see there?

Lahiri Mahasaya

Vast, dead deserts and mountains

Baba

Is there any life form?

Lahiri Mahasaya

No. There is no oxygen here

Baba

Now go inside the land. Do you recognise any familiar substances?

Lahiri Mahasaya

Yes. There is gold in the soil

These exchanges filled us with wonder. At no time since entering the room did Baba break contact between His right toe and the sahasrara cakra of the subject.

Soon Baba instructed the bodiless soul to go to the planet Venus.

Baba

Is there any life form on Venus?

Lahiri Mahasaya

Yes, but it is very different from ours. They are highly developed spiritually. Their complexion is somewhat reddish. Even the most ordinary life form here is more advanced than the spiritually advanced people of the earth

Baba then recalled him back to earth and directed him to a Himalayan cave, where a yogii conversed with Baba through the bodiless soul. Baba also sent him on missions to Washington D.C. and Moscow.

For political reasons, it is better that I not disclose details of those journeys, but within days we were to see events in world news that we related directly to this incident.

Baba then brought the demonstration to a conclusion.

Baba

Remember, no-one is to tell this sadhaka what has happened here.

The eyes of the dead body closed as Baba gave the bodiless soul of Shyam Charan Lahiri leave to depart.

The mouth of the subject was open.

Baba broke the silence with a commanding voice:

Baba

Wherever may be the soul and prana vayu of this person is in the great Void, let it come down to this earth immediately!

From the earth let it come to India. In India, let it come to Bihar state. From Bihar let it come to Jamalpur town of Monghyr District and then enter the Quarter Number 339EF of the Railway Colony of Rampur

In the breathless silence, Baba’s voice ordered the soul and prana vayu to enter the dead body of the disciple. Shri Kishto Pal opened his eyes. A cry of amazement and joy broke from the mouths of the onlookers.

In rapid succession, Baba commanded all vayus to enter the body, and He established balance amongst them.

Then and only then, did Baba withdraw His toe from touching the sahasrara cakra of the subject.

Baba sat down on the wooden cot and uttered a mantra of some sort in the direction of the subject. The sadhaka sat up.

At once our tension fell from us and melted away. The atmosphere lightened, and we all felt excited and happy.

The subject appeared very dull and absent-minded, as if he had just awakened from a long sleep.

Baba

Why do you look so distracted?

Kishto Pal

[Scanning the room with glazed eyes and a bewildered expression] I feel thick-headed

Baba had eradicated his memory of having gone through the death process, and he had no idea of what he had just experienced.

Baba

It’s all right. Do not take any solid food tonight. Just have a glass of hot milk before going to bed. You will feel better by morning

At the end of this demonstration, two questions plagued my mind:

1. Why was this person chosen for the demonstration?

2. What happened to Baba when He left the dead body and went into the adjoining room, and why did He ask us all to massage Him vigorously?

The demonstration was over, and the crown dispersed. When Baba got up and left for His home, some of us followed Him.

On the way, one of the disciples told me that he knew the sadhaka who had been the subject of the demonstration.

This morning when I went to Baba’s house, Shri Kishto Pal was already there. Baba was very angry with him, and He severely scolded and punished him in front of me. Then Baba told him to leave and to come to the demonstration in the evening.

When he left Baba’s house, Baba told me.

Baba

I had forbidden him to marry, but he got married anyway. He has a very short life, and that is why I told him not to marry. He did not listen to me and has now created problems for himself and his family

In the course of the demonstration, Baba had subjected this disciple to death in a controlled environment a the right moment.

Thus had Baba had fulfilled his samskara of death, and gave him new life again for his won sake and that of his family.

To facilitate in this discharge of his samskaras, Baba had also given him severe punishment that same morning.

Further evidence that the subject for this demonstration was specifically chosen was the fact that he was not a resident of Jamalpur.

Baba had called him all the way from Calcutta to give him new life.

The following day I went to Baba’s house. I did my sastaunga pranam and respectfully stated that I had some questions about the demonstration.

Baba

I will not answer any questions about the demonstration

Nagina

Fine. But what happened to You after You left the dead body of the subject and went tothe next room? Why were You so quiet when You lay down and why did You ask us to massage You vigorously? I have never seen You like that

Baba

My mind was withdrawing into the state of nirvikalpa samadhi. If I allowed that to happen, it might have taken me a few hours to come back to the normal conscious state, and there was a possibility of the decomposition of the subject’s dead body. Your vigorous massage disturbed me enough so that I did not enter nirvikalpa samadhi

After these demonstrations when I next went for Baba’s darshan, Baba said in somewhat a serious mood:

Baba

You had a strong desire to see these demonstrations. I have therefore shown them. In future if you would like to see I would only show one demonstration: when I would say, ‘the earth exists’, the earth will remain, and when I would say, ‘the earth does not exist’ neither the earth would be there nor you nor I will remain”.

Nagina

Baba it does not matter whether I remain or not, but Your existence on the earth is so much necessary. The whole creation will be blessed by Your presence

Baba

Your curiosity and eagerness had increased so much that these demonstrations had to be shown. People take them to be miracles; which is not good

It is so true. I had been in the habit of questioning Baba on such matters all the time.

By this I understood that Baba meant that I should no longer continue with such questions.

I, therefore, never asked such questions again.