“You cannot be adventurous when you are unhappy. Adventure needs a subtle happiness in you. Then you can leave the known…only with a dancing heart…happy, blissful, positive…can take you into the uncharted”.

Osho: The Book Of Secrets III, 1976

An English Jewish midwife delivered a pretty baby girl at home at 0830 hrs on February 12 1933 in Bombay (India) now known as Mumbai. The newborn was administered a drop of brandy mixed with honey by the midwife. Spiritual enlightened masters have said time and over again that the spirit is eternal and continues to exist. It never ceases to exist. This spirit was now gifted a new physical body. This beautiful new body came to be known as Laxmi.

Laxmi was born in haste narrates Mataji, her mother Srimati Kuruwa . So much so Mataji did not have enough notice to reach her bedroom. Mataji was forced to deliver the baby standing. Laxmi was on born on carpeted floor. Traditional midwives confirm that mothers to be who are relaxed deliver in ease and painlessly, even while standing. Folklore confirms Buddha’s mother delivered him into this world standing.

After delivery Mataji lay on the floor. Generally in India immediately post birth heated stoves are lit below the bed of the mother. However Mataji caught a chill, as it is over half hour later that she reached her bed. There was no time to light any stove and provide the much-desired warmth to the body. This led to a severe pain in her leg. Often at night she would groan and scream in pain, while neighbors wondered if they should report about wife beating to the local police.

Seeing her in acute pain Laxmi’s father called a doctor. He recommended that the leg be amputated as nil circulation of blood caused unbearable pain. Or else she would die. This shocked the family. The family vaid, ayurved and natural doctor cum healer was summoned. Treatment ensued. Mataji was advised to stay off food for nine days. She cleared her bowels on the ninth day, following which she was served one-fourth cup of soup cooked in water, cardamom and sugar. This liquid diet continued for seven days. Then a few moong, whole green beans were added to the soup. A few days later she began regular meals with the family. The vaid cured her leg. Amputation was not required. Doctors who practiced modern medicine were surprised that Mataji’s leg was cured, including the one who recommended amputation.

An ancient and traditional knowledge ayurved medicine was passed on to the following generation orally. There was virtually no documentation of the results of medicines administered to patients or of knowledge. For lack of documented results, therefore modern medicine does not recognize it as a scientific school of medicine. For ages, people in India have relied on ayurved because modern medicine did not exist. They trusted the ayurved system. Like in modern medicine, in ayurved too, dosage and strength of medicine depends on symptoms of a diseased patient.

Many a vaid, in India heal people with their magic potions. These are derived from medicinal plants and herbs. Some of these are dried, boiled or cooked for days. The extract of the boiled syrup is then converted into oil like substance. This one particularly used venom of snakes for treatment. Unlike modern practitioners they do not need any examination and scanning of the body. These practitioners trust their sense of reading patient’s pulse.

Many years before Laxmi was born, the family was introduced to this vaid. He cured Laxmi’s uncle who suffered from a fatal appendicitis. A doctor called especially flown in from Germany said, “The appendix is ready to burst and is fatal with or without surgery. The patient will not live in either case”. On the contrary the vaid asked for a needle, an empty bottle and a bottle of honey. He administered honey with the needle repeatedly for three days to the patient and cured uncle.

This successful and renowned vaid had cured many patients, and a vast medical experience. He had one son who was to inherit unbounded knowledge. A student under his tutelage the son once fell sick with typhoid and was given a special remedy. The vaid left home because of a medical emergency in his wife’s care. However he warned his wife not to feed him. In case their son was very thirsty he could only be given water that was treated with gold. The sick boy began wailing once his father went out of the house. He pleaded for food. Unfortunately the mother gave in to the boy’s mournful requests for just a handful of puffed rice. Just as he ate the puffed rice he was very sick.

To be continued…….