Message #46967

[Jitendra Hydonus]

"On another occasion there was a discussion about man's past lives.  Sri Ma said:  'Rebirth is a fact. There is no doubt about it.  When (a) cataract in one's eyes is removed by an operation, one's eye-sight is restored. Likewise, by deep concentration on the Divine, when the veil that obscures our vision is removed and the mind purified and focused on the Self, the significance of mantras and of the deities of which they are the sound forms dawns on us and the impressions of previous births flash upon our consciousness.  Just as while at Dacca, you can have a mental picture of what you have seen in Calcutta, so also can you project a more graphic image of your past lives upon your present mental screen.'  She added: 'When I see you, I can get a vision of a series of pictures of your past births.' On one occasion while in Calcutta, a gentleman and his wife came to Sri Ma with their son aged about seven or eight. On seeing the child she remarked:   'This boy was related to this body as  brother in his past birth.'  One of Sri Ma's brothers died very young. He had a severe hurt on his arm and it was bent. The above mentioned boy also had a crooked arm."
 ~ Bhaiji 
(From the book "Mother As Revealed To Me" by Bhaiji, Sixth Edition, 1983, Translated by G. Das Gupta from 'Matri Darshan,' pages 99-100)

Photo: Young Anandamayi in 'samadhi'