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For a shipping
man, he charts
course of life
IN 1995, Mr. Rai, now a captain with the Merchant Navy, was at
his home in Jalandhar, when his left-eye vision blurred. Doctors
found that there was a nerve problem behind the left retina. At
around this time, his mother and wife went to Guruji’s temple in
Defence Colony for an errand. Subsequently, Rai’s mother wanted
her son to go to Guruji. He refused initially, but agreed to drop his
mother till Guruji’s place. Once he was there, he was curious and
went inside.
Like all mothers, Rai’s too was anxious that her son should get well.
She told Guruji of his problem. Guruji sent Rai to another room and
told him to wait. Rai was restless and mentally asked Guruji what
he was doing there. No sooner had he made the query when Guruji
came and asked him: “What should I do for you?”
He asked Rai to get a bunch of betel leaves. He blessed these and
asked him to put them over his eyes with the help of a light bandage
for about an hour, and then dispose of the leaves in flowing water.
After an hour, Rai found his vision was perfect.
Rai began going regularly to Guruji’s. He had a vision on his
third or fourth visit. He was woken up during his sleep and found
that there was a blue light on his bedroom wall. He could clearly
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