Or I go completely clueless,
my repeat go to, resort is to sloka, verse 30, chapter I, BG, Shrimad Bhagavad Gita:
na ca śaknomy avasthātuṁ
bhramatīva ca me manaḥ
nimittāni ca paśyāmi
viparītāni keśava
Perhaps God doesn't expect us to get scientific and explore. And, in my humblest intuition, the best answer is the following excerpt of commentary on above sloka by Swami Chidbhavananda:
".....It is the way of the weak, the wavering and the vegetating to seek guidance from omens. The active, the dutiful and the discerning have neither the time nor disposition to run after them."
Well, that's the Lord's emboldening to the dejected Arjun.
Well,
More occult stories....
Story I:
Courtesy: Recent edition of Tamil Weekly, துக்ளக்: narration by The Editor of his experience from Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Puttabarti.
It was the time when MIG fighter flights were crashing. One Tamilian settled in US kept calling the Editor and said, " it's not any accidental one. It's Pak, doing black magic. The only person who could prevent this is Sri Sathya Sai Baba. You must talk to him."
The Editor narrated this to the Industrialist Mr Venusrinivasan. The latter took the Editor to Puttabarti. Baba called them on the second day of their stay at the Baba's Ashram. Editor conveyed the message from the America settled Indian. Baba went into dhyan for 2 minutes and Said to the Editor, " tell him, the American Resident, not to worry." So saying Baba closed His fist and opened it. There was a big size diamond ring in His palm. He handed it to the Editor and said, " My blessings to the caller from America. You may give this ring to him.". Editor himself didn't know who the caller was and much less, whether the person was lean or bulky. When the Editor reached back Chennai, he received the call from the American Resident, who came down to Chennai. The Editor informed him of Baba's darshan and His blessings and along with a ring gift for him. When the latter met the Editor, he was very bulky. The ring could aptly fit his finger.
Story II
It's fictional as narrated by a very religious person, a philanthropist. He is used to engage one erudite stapati, an expert in Temple establishment related Agama Sastras and construction of Temples. I called the philanthropist to check whether his stapati would help in advising us about reviving an ancient temple in complete shamples for centuries in a southern district.
It was in this context, the philanthropist narrated ne the story.
Here goes the story:
There was a famous Raja, the king with a vast empire. Also lived in a village a few kms away from the palace a famous Astrologer. To get the appointment of the latter, regardless of the strata, the clients had to wait for months.
Despite knowing that, suddenly one day the Raja felt like getting to consult the Astrologer. So straight away he ventured out along with his horoscope to meet the Astrologer. To the King's surprise, the Astrologer gave instant appointment. The Astrologer's wife got astonished, and at the same moment got elated that since the client that day being king, And her husband, the Astrologer would get hefty consulting fee.
The Astrologer studied the horoscope deeply for an hour and told the king, " I have studied your horoscope fully. It's good. But you have to come back again tomorrow the same time. I'll talk to you then and advise."
Respecting the erudition of the Astrologer, the King left. Astrologer's wife chided and said, ' normally you, in the first instance don't give appointment so easily. Also you never turn any one to come later. Today you missed the good opportunity to earn also."
The Astrologer told his spouse, " looking at his horoscope it occurred to me today is the last day in his life. I took pity on him. That's the reason I didn't advise him on anything."
But to the surprise and shock of the Astrologer, the Raja turned up exactly at the appointed time, fully Hale and hearty. It took a few minutes for the Astrologer to come to normalcy.
It's the turn of the Raja to explain what happened in the interegnum. As Raja went from Astrologer's to his palace, there was heavy downpour on the way. Raja stayed in a nearby shelter for the rain to stop. Meantime he got tired and slept in the shelter. When he woke up and turned to look back, there was a Shiva temple in dilapidated condition. Being devout, he felt disturbed at the state of the temple and decided to build back and restore the temple.
Astrologer said to Raja, "it's good thought of reviving the temple, that Lord wanted you to live long."
Story III
I wouldn't call it a story. Many question, many a time, question rebirth. We may keep questioning.... But our Manickavasagar left a legacy in His celestial song, Sivapuranam,
புல்லாகிப் பூடாய்ப் புழுவாய் மரமாகிப்
பல்விருக மாகிப் பறவையாய்ப் பாம்பாகிக்
கல்லாய் மனிதராய்ப் பேயாய்க் கணங்களாய்
வல்லசுர ராகி முனிவராய்த் தேவராய்ச்
செல்லாது நின்ற இத் தாவர சங்கமத்துள்
எல்லாப் பிறப்பும் பிறந்திளைத்தேன் எம்பெருமான்
மெய்யேயுன் பொன்னடிகள் கண்டின்று வீடுற்றேன்
Osho narrates a real life story in his title, Hidden Mysteries. He cites the real life story of Edgar Cayce, a devout Christian who died in 1945. Edgar had a fall from a tree. The treating doctors had almost given up. To them, Cayce in deep coma, could die any moment. Suddenly even as he was in coma, to the shock of the Doctors, he uttered ceratai herbal compound could get him back on the feet. The herbs had to be mobilised. Doctors felt why not we try. They did and Cayce was back on his feet. The wow thing is Cayce was not any expert in any herbs in his current Avatar. The herbs he refferred to were all remnants of his memory spread over various births.
End of this pretty long piece.
It's apt to wrap this with what Sri Sathya Baba told the Editor of துக்ளக்:
"நான் அதிசயமாக வரவழைக்கும் விபூதி, மோதிரம் போன்றவைகள் எல்லாம், உங்களை அழைக்க நான் அளிக்கும் விசிட்டிங் கார்டுகள். பிறகு நான் வேதம், கீதை, புராணங்களில் இருந்து உங்கள் ஆன்மீக வாழ்க்கை மேம்பாட்டுக்கு வேண்டிய அனைத்தையும் கூறுகிறேன். ஒரு சிலருக்கே அதில் ஈடுபாடு இருக்கிறது என்பது எனக்கு வருத்தம்."
May Veda,
Veda sabda -
ஒலி -
Energize us
Guard us.
God bless.
