Two-cent Occult Power

On one of our Christmas trips, Shubhra, Saraswati and I had a very frightening experience trying to make our journey from Western Samoa to Rarotonga. On this night flight, we were supposed to stop on some small island in the Pacific to refuel and then continue to Rarotonga. However, we had run into a terrible storm. After four or five attempts at landing, the plane did kind of crash land. Miraculously, we were all okay. Airplane rides, as you know, can bother your ears, and this time especially, one of my ears was affected. After a day or two in Rarotonga, I realised that I was not able to hear out of that ear. The next time Sri Chinmoy telephoned our room, I had to excuse myself because I was having difficulty hearing what he was saying to me. I told him that this ear was quite deaf and getting worse each day. Guru said he would concentrate on it. A few days later when I was serving Guru something in the dining room, I thanked him. I said "Guru, I can hear out of that ear now. It's not completely normal yet, but now I can hear." He smiled and said, "This kind of two-cent occult power I still have."

Nishtha (New York)