Kailash Chandra Joshi worked in the Loretto Convent in Lucknow. When Birla
Vidyamandir was established in Nainital, Joshi followed Baba's
instructions and went there to work. However, he had to take sick leave
for nearly a year because he suffered from ill health, which did not
improve even after treatment. In the end he went to Dr. Khajan Chand, a
TB specialist based in Bhowali. After a thorough examination, the
doctor told him that the disease had so affected both his lungs that it
was incurable.
Joshi was in a desperate and depressed mental state when one day he had
Baba's darshan. He told him about the situation
and that his services in school would be terminated. At this Baba said,
"Nobody can terminate your services. If you yourself
leave it, that's another matter." About his disease Baba
said, "You
have faith in an injection worth fifty rupees and not in a medicine
costing two paise. Go to Bindki Road near Kanpur. There you will meet a
vaidya turned sadhu. Have
his treatment. Take your utensils with you. He will give you food to
eat as well."
Following
Baba's instructions, Joshi went to Bindki Road. He saw the physician
that Baba had told him about, who diagnosed him with liver disease and
did not place any importance on the x-rays. He asked him to take a
particular medicine with some powdered pipal (an
Indian herb)
mixed in his milk. Joshi had no faith in the physician's diagnosis or
his medicine. However, after a few days of this treatment he regained
his health. He went for a check-up at Lucknow Medical College and was
declared fit. Back in Bhowali, Dr. Khajan Chand was surprised to see
him in good health. What Baba said in relation to the termination of
his services at school also proved correct. Joshi passed the age of
seventy-five after Baba's Mahasamadhi and still
did not retire.
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