12. REPLIES TO UNASKED QUESTIONS

In 1944, G. C. Ganda was posted to the head office of the State Bank of India at Kanpur. The same year on 14th November, he met Baba at the home of his colleague, Dixit ji. He says, "Baba said to me, "I shall come to your house. " He then got up and left. I could not understand what he meant at that moment, but my brief meeting with him had such an effect on me that I followed him in my car. Maharaj's car travelled fast and I could not keep up with it. After that, I had a great desire to meet him again."

"Later I found out that Baba had come to Lucknow. He was at Suraj Narain Mehotra's house. The next day I went there with my wife and her sister-in-law. Baba was sitting in a room on the first floor. Many devotees were there. We stayed outside the room. Baba sent all of the devotees away one by one and then called us inside. First Baba said to me, "Ask what you want." I asked for his blessings and ever since, he has always bestowed his Grace on me. To my sister-in-law he said, "You worry about your husband unnecessarily. Leave the worries aside and all will be well." Lastly he spoke to my wife, "You have come with something in your mind. Say what
you want to ask." Baba asked her twice to speak but she kept quiet. Baba asked her once again and when she did not speak that time, he said, "Alright, I shall come to your house and see you. Tell me then. " The reason for my wife's silence was that she had made up her mind not to express her questions in words and wanted to hear Baba's answers in private. "

"Baba had come to Dixit ji's house in Kanpur, from where I brought him to my home. We had made arrangements for his reception in the outer room of the house, but instead of going there, he said, "I shall sit in your small prayer room." He went into the house as if he was already familiar with it, and I simply followed him. He sat in the prayer room and asked me to send for my wife. Maharaj said to her, "What do you want to ask?" Still she did not say anything. Baba then spoke for about ten minutes answering all her questions in detail. In the end he said, "Tell me if anything has been left out." As was her nature she did not speak, but there was a look of joy and contentment on her face. Maharaj said, "Never trouble a saint in this way in future. " When Baba had left, she told me that Baba gave replies to all her questions. After this incident our whole family became his devotees ".

Nasir Ali was a retired Sub-Inspector of Police and a long-time devotee of Maharaj. In 1963, he came to meet Baba at the home of Suraj Narain Malhotra in Lucknow. He was eighty-four years old then. He wanted to narrate an important event in his life to Baba. Baba, putting his finger to his lips, gestured to him to keep quiet. Nasir Ali was so trouble, I would fast for the whole day. Then I would take a bath and shut myself in my room. Sitting on the floor in the darkness, I remembered Baba and he would come and sit beside me. I would tell him my problem and he would give me a solution. He himself helped me and steered me out of all troubles.

In January 1966, preparations were being made for Kumbh Mela, at Prayag, Allahabad. On the bank of the Ganges, towards Jhansi, Maharaj got a camp pitched, so that his devotees could stay there and bhandara could be held there every day, He himself was staying at Church Lane. During the day, he would go to Sangam and there was no fixed time when he would return. Visitors would wait for him at Church Lane every evening.

One day some important people, among them a high official of the Central Government, arrived by car. They waited for Baba until 8.30 p.m. arid at last, disappointed, they thought of going back. When the Officer asked me, the writer, how much longer they should wait for Baba, I told the in that there was no fixed time for his return. When he would give darshan depended on his mood. I suggested they stay for another half an hour. They agreed to stay until 9 p.m. I asked them when they had had Baba's first darshan. In reply, the Officer Luld me about an interest Ling event, which occurred when he was the District Magistrate at Jhansi. This story follows:

"One of Baba's devotees was the Civil Surgeon at Jhansi. One day during the course of a conversation, he told me that Baba Neeb Karori was a saint with high psychic powers and worth visiting. At times Baba had also come to their house and he told me some of Baba's Was, which made us eager to visit him. We had Baba's darshan once, at our friend's invitation.

During the Second World War, Baba arrived at the Civil Surgeon's house one day. The surgeon welcomed Baba and later that night, made a bed for him on a takhat. He thought he would himself sleep on the floor so that he would be able to attend to Baba, should he need anything.

Both of them went to sleep at 11 p.m. and at about 1 a.m. the sound of someone restlessly tossing and turning woke the surgeon. He switched on the light and saw that it was Baba. When he asked Baba why he was so restless, Baba gave him his blanket and said, "You go and throw it in water." The surgeon asked Baba if the task could wait till the morning but Baba insisted that he go straight away.

It was a dark night and there was no road to get to the lake by car. He woke up servants and after completing the task arrived back before dawn. He saw Baba sitting looking happy. When the Civil Surgeon asked, him the reason for throwing his blanket in the lake, Baba said, "Your son, [who is an army officer], was not able to face the German attack. A stampede was caused among his troops and he also ran away, but the German soldiers followed him. He jumped off the top of a ridge and got stuck in a marsh. The soldiers fired on him from above, and taking him to be dead, they left. All those bullets got stuck in my blanket and their heat made me uneasy. When you threw the blanket into the lake, I was relieved of my discomfort."

The blanket was new and there were no holes to be seen in it. The surgeon could not really comprehend what Baba had said but he was more at ease knowing that his son was safe and sound. Baba went away the next day. Many days after this incident, the surgeon's wife received a letter from their son. In it he told all the same details but expressed his surprise at some unknown power that had saved him from a rain of bullets. There was no possibility of his life having been saved otherwise. From their son's letter, the Civil Surgeon realized Baba's great blessing. By the time the officer had finished telling the story, it was 9 p.m. Just then Baba returned.

This event happened during the Second World War. Chandra Shekar Pande, S.D.O, M.E.S, was very worried about his wife. She had fever for a long time and was now so emaciated that she was close to death. He sent a telegraph to his father-in law, Motiram who lived in Anupshahar. The elderly Motirarn was very disturbed at this news. He went to his Guru, Mauni baba, who was a highly elevated holy man of the time, and asked him, "0 Gurudev, today I beg of you, please, somehow or the other, restore life to my daughter, or end my life also. " Mauni baba remained in a meditative pose for some time and then said, "Only Baba Neeb Karori is capable of restoring life. You pray to him to fulfill your wish." So, at Anupshahar, Motiram. meditated on Baba and prayed to him.

Meanwhile at Jhansi, Baba arrived at Pande's house and asked, "How is your wife?" Pande did not know Baba and asked him who he was. Baba replied, "Baba Neeb Karori. " Pande said, "She is lying dead inside. " Baba said, "Will you show her to me?" Pande took Baba inside. Baba looked at her dead body and said, "She is not dead yet. You have some grapes in your house? Fetch them, and a bowl and a spoon. " Baba extracted some grape juice by pressing the grapes in his hand and poured that juice into her mouth. Her pulse began to beat and in a few moments she opened her eyes. Baba said, "Give her grape juice and milk to drink, she will be cured." Then Baba went away. Pande's wife began to recuperate and she regained her health without any treatment.

It turned out that Baba visited Motiram's house when Pande's wife was six years old. Someone had died in the neighbour's house, and as the child had seen this for the first time, it had shocked her tender heart. At that time Baba very lovingly said to the girl, "Ask whatever you want." She said, "Baba, when I die, bring me back to life."

Baba was committed to his words, but said nothing at the time. Baba kept his promise given to a child.

(Harish Chandra Pande, Raghunandan Pant's house at 105, Allenganj, Allahabad.)

This event happened in 1951, in Haldwani. The young wife of Pooran Chandra Joshi, an employee of the Forest Dept., UP, had an attack of paralysis. Her face was distorted and her complexion became pale. Her eyesight became blurred. Leaving her in this pitiable condition her husband had to go out of station. On his return, her condition worsened. Joshi consulted a doctor who advised him to take her to Lucknow or any other big town, to get her treated. This treatment would be expensive and was beyond Joshi's means. They remembered Maharaj in a state of helplessness and then both of them fell asleep. Baba gave them darshan in a dream and her condition then improved. Some days later Baba himself came to their house and asked her, "Daughter-in-law, what happened to you?" He looked at her kindly. Putting one of his palms on her head and the other under her chin, he gave a jerk and set her face right. The loveliness of her face was also restored.

367. AN INCURABLE DISEASE

In 1981-82, Nandlalji, a ghee merchant from Haldwani, suffered from an incurable disease. Although he had undergone treatment in Haldwani, there was no improvement and he had to go to Delhi. There, many treatments were tried, but his condition remained the same. The doctors were not able to find the cause of the disease. All kinds of tests were undertaken, even his spinal fluid was tested. If anyone suggested a medicine to him, he tried it. His wife was also sad because of his ill health.

One day, worrying about this problem, she was at home alone, crying. She meditated on Baba and had vision of Baba standing by the Hanumanji's murti in Vrindavan. Raising his index finger, he was saying to Hanumanji, "Win you cure Nandlal or not?" She was filled with happiness by that momentary glimpse of Baba and became confident that her husband would recover.

From that very moment, a miraculous change started taking place in Nandlal ji's condition. Within a span of 2 days, he was completely cured of the disease which was so far diagnosed as incurable.