Anthar Dhwani

Life is not just expecting, hoping and wishing. When young Brishti suffering from a debilitating spinal disease and her mother came to our hospital, they came with a lot of hope or rather lots of hope. What was their expectation? To be free from her illness and hopefully go home healed. They felt Divine intervention was required and hence they journeyed to this Temple of Healing which became their home for more than a year. It’s truly a remarkable story of implicit Faith in their God, Swami and this Temple of Healing, all of which nurtured their Hope and strengthened their prayers for Divine Grace.

Grace, Compassion and Munificence are truly boundless.

Photo titles: 1- The patient with Acceptance and Hope 2- A distraught mother 3-The SAI Counsellor nurturing Hope. 4- Keeping their spirits and Hope alive by the SAI Counsellors. 5- Mother praying to Swami to take them into His fold. 6- Mother and daughter ready to leave for home. 7- A happy and healthy Brishti back in her home with her family.

From Hopelessness to Hope, Divine Grace through Faith.

This is a story of patient Nanda Kishore, 66 years old hailing from Shahjahnpur district in Uttar Pradesh. Burdened with the responsibility of having to manage a household alone at the young age of twenty-one Nanda Kishore had remained fiercely independent. He believed he had to be the provider for the family.

Nanda Kishore loved to sing and listen to music, which relaxed him, but over the years he had let go of this passion due to his family responsibilities. His health suffered; stress, anger episodes, diabetes and high BP set in, necessitating medication - a stranglehold on his lifestyle. He could no longer take care of his family business, which he reluctantly handed over to his younger son. His frustration and stress increased which soon led to cardiac distress symptoms starting to surface.

In this condition he came to our hospital, full of Hope, as a patient with CAD, and as per protocol he was sent for SAI Counselling. This was where Swami’s Grace brought about a miraculous change.

Accompanied by his eldest son Sanjay, Nanda Kishore came in a wheelchair. slouching, looking sad, dejected and worried. His son looked equally concerned. The counsellor asked why he was in a wheelchair, and was told he was feeling weak. The counsellor started by asking a few questions, and learnt that Nanda Kishore is a staunch devotee of Lord Balaji and used to pray to him daily. The counsellor’s empathy encouraged them to unburden Nanda Kishore’s travails of the past.

The counsellor then lovingly began to explain the importance of the mind -body connection. She also helped him understand how our negative thoughts influence our body, and how this can be a cause of ill health, including his heart condition, the fluctuation of his blood pressure and his anger episodes. She briefed him on anger management techniques. They understood the importance of thinking positively, and how to disregard small issues. At this point, their body language changed. They looked much more relaxed, and the counsellor introduced the BRMC breathing technique to them.

The counsellor noticed that Nanda Kishore was doing reverse breathing typical of patients when stressed. Seeing that he needed to relax, the counsellor continued with the BRMC and concentrated on relaxing his mind through mind cleansing by removing negative thoughts and reflecting on positive, meaningful and happy thoughts. She asked him to think of singing again. She prompted him to connect to his favorite deity, Balaji.

After the BRMC session the counsellor could see a sea of change in both their facial expressions. They had a slight smile on their faces, and they both looked relaxed. Sitting with their backs straight, their body language reflected more optimism and more peace with themselves. She noticed that Nanda Kishore looked less worried and there was the glimmer of hope in his eyes!

As they were about to leave the department, Nanda Kishore suddenly stood up from his wheelchair, and with a happy satisfied smile, he said ‘Now I’m not afraid anymore. Bhagawan Balaji and Sai Baba are with me, and I have faith that I will become healthy again. I’ll go walking now’. He happily walked out of the Counselling Department, totally transformed, with Hope, Faith, Gratitude, Love and a new positive attitude. He was treated, healed and went home - a different and happy man. He resumed his singing!!

Swami’s Grace had brought about this miraculous change through one of His chosen SAI counsellors.

Achieving Serenity through Faith and Hope

This is an unusual case of a Bengali couple, 42 years old Raju Adhikari and his wife 37 years old Sushmita, who came together to our hospital in December 2019 for the first time. Unusual because both were cardiac patients seeking treatment in Swami’s hospital for their respective illnesses and were not accompanied by anyone else. They planned to interchange their roles as patient and caregiver!

They came together for the SAI Counselling session. The counsellor listened to the patient’s story sensing they wanted to unburden their pent up fears and anxieties about various issues in their lives. Raju was the family’s sole bread-winner supporting a wife, a young son and an aging mother. He loved music and relaxed with the family watching TV. They pray to their family Guru Anukool Thakur in whom they have complete faith. He used to work in a garment shop in the pre Covid days. It was a struggle to make both ends meet without a regular income.

His major concern was the health of his wife who has a rare congenital cardiac abnormality requiring surgery and had undergone an ASD closure previously. She was also under treatment for hypothyroidism. Naturally her medical expenses had to be borne from his meagre income. This became a major source of stress for him and he resorted to smoking for relief. Things went from bad to worse and he soon developed high BP and had a heart attack in October2019. He knew that both he and his wife needed heart surgery which was beyond their means. Life went on, their prayers to their Thakur sustaining them which ultimately led them to our hospital.

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