Dada Aksayananda's Story

Dada Aksayananda tells another story. It is a long story, but this one will have to win the final prize for experiences showing how Baba preplanned everything.

Dada said:

In 1979, Ananda Marga purchased a house in Lake Gardens, Calcutta for our Marga Guru Quarters. I was then Baba’s second personal assistant.

I frequently had the chance to talk with Him while performing massage. It was shortly after moving into the new house.

I was alone with Him when I said:

Aksayananda

Baba, at last there is a house in Calcutta which belongs to us. How would it be if we were to plant the grounds around the building and make a garden on the roof?

Baba

You can do it, but do you know what the result will be? If you plant around the house, the roots of the plants will damage the building’s foundation. If you make a roof garden, the roof will be spoiled by water draining out of the flower pots.

We didn’t talk for a few minutes. When I looked at His face He seemed to be sleeping.

Then I started thinking we should get a much larger piece of land than this with a bigger house.

Then I could make a big garden away from the building.

There Baba could walk and enjoy the plants and the fresh air.

Baba

Aksayananda, are you saying anything?

I understood that Baba had been listening to my thoughts so I told Him my thoughts.

Baba only smiled and kept silent. He became reserved and silent for a few minutes.

Then Baba closed His eyes for more than 10 minutes. I wondered whether Baba was angry at me because at first I had told Him that I liked the new house, and then had started talking about getting another.

Quite suddenly, Baba asked me to come near. I went close to His head, but Baba still did not open His eyes. He opened His eyes with a loving smile, and placed both His palms on my cheeks.

Baba

Yes, my son, what you thought may come true some day.

He asked me to sit in meditation pose, close my eyes, and keep my mind concentrated in my sixth chakra. He then asked me what I saw.

I told Baba that I saw a grand house surrounded by beautiful trees and many plants.

He told me to go further and see more. Then I heard the sounds of hundreds of birds and saw that they were flying from tree to tree.

Again Baba asked me to see more. I told Him that I saw Him walking under the trees on a narrow path. Some Dadas were with Him.

Baba asked me to go towards the house.

Baba

What are you seeing now?

Aksayananda

I see that the building has 2 parts, one on the east and one on the west. Also there are a few underground rooms.

Go inside the western room. What do you see there?

Aksayananda

Baba, there are rooms but no one is there

Go outside and look around.

Aksayananda

Baba, I see the rooms in the eastern part of the building.

Go inside. Now tell me what you see.

Aksayananda

Baba, there are many Dadas and Didis there. There is a door, but it’s closed.

Baba

Open it. What do you see?

Aksayananda

I see You there, Baba, lying on a bed.

Baba

All right. Come out of the room and go upstairs. What do you see?

Aksayananda

Baba, there is a big function going on with many people, and the room is beautifully decorated. Baba, You are sitting there with some other people.

Baba

Can you recognize them?

Aksayananda

No, Baba. I have never seen them before.

Baba

Is anybody else there?

Aksayananda

Yes. Two Dadas are doing something. They seem very busy.

Baba

What else do you see?

Aksayananda

Baba, I see a marriage going on.

Baba

Can you recognize the bride and groom?

Aksayananda

No, Baba.

Baba

Now come downstairs. What do you see?

Aksayananda

A fountain. [surprised] Baba, I see you going up in an elevator.

Baba

Go inside again. What do you see now?

Baba, all the Dadas and Didis are weeping.

Baba

Ask them why they are weeping.

Aksayananda

Baba, I am asking them, but no one is replying. They just raise their heads and look at me. No one will answer. Baba, they are simply weeping, and not replying.

Baba

All right. Come out now. Do you recognize the location of the house?

Aksayananda

It is somewhere in Calcutta, Baba, but not in Lake Gardens.

Then the demonstration was over. He said:

Baba

Don’t tell anyone about this just now. Keep it to yourself for now.

Aksayananda

Not long after, I was transferred to Kerala State.

In January 1983, made my first visit to Baba’s new residence in Tiljala, Calcutta. There was no way for me to express my inner joy at finding that what Baba had shown me a few years before was now coming true.

Years later, on 11 September 1990, Baba came out of the hospital and at midnight He called for me. While I was massaging Him, He asked me to talk quietly about something so that He would feel sleepy.

“Baba, what you showed me in that demonstration in 1979 has come completely true now to the last detail.

I had been wondering if the fountain would really be built. But it had come just as it was in the vision. Lastly the elevator was installed and reality was completely like my vision. I thought now I could tell everyone.

Baba

You are forgetting one feature of the things I showed you. Try to recollect.

I tried and tried to remember, but I could not remember anything that was not already there in reality. I asked Baba to please tell me what it was that I had forgotten.

Baba

When the time comes, you will remember everything. You see, whatever happens I planned it all long ago. Whenever I take determination for any purpose, that thing must happen and no one can stop it.

The next month, Baba left His physical body.

Recently I went to Madras to conduct a spiritual seminar.

As I gave a talk about Baba, I suddenly remembered the missing element in my vision that Baba had referred to.

Yes, after Baba’s passing, all the Dadas and Didis wept in Baba’s quarters for 2 days.

None of us could speak even if we tried. We just looked at each other and wept.