Past lives experience
by Dr Ira Shah (MD Pediatrics) on 20 Jun 2020
It was the year 1999. I was completing my thesis for my MD. One Saturday, I had gone to Alpa's computer classes to complete my thesis. It was taking a long time as I was doing the statistics, the graphs, and the writing on my own. In those days, there were no statisticians to do the thesis. Both Alpa and I thought that we would have to sit overnight to complete the work. Suddenly, a vision came in front of my eyes. I started seeing images of a past life. It was like a movie screen had opened up in front of my eyes and I was watching a movie. I started seeing visions of several past moments in my life. Not only did I see my past but I also saw Kaka (Satguru Devendra Ghia) in the past and how he had spent his life searching for all of us. I also saw the past lives of several other people who are connected with Kaka (Satguru Devendra Ghia). These visions lasted the entire night. As I kept on seeing them, I kept on telling Alpa what I was seeing. Some of the visions were very sad and painful. I kept on crying in between those visions. Once they were all over, I just asked Alpa whether all that I saw was true, or was I hallucinating? (As doctors, we can be cynical of a lot of experiences). She replied that Kaka (Satguru Devendra Ghia) had already told her about these past lives and said, one of you will get the experience where you will see it in real-time. Fortunately or unfortunately, the experience occurred to me. The vision and memories are so painful that even today I get a shudder when I think about it. No wonder God has kept a curtain about our past lives and memories from us so that we can live peacefully in the present. If we knew about our past lives, we would be tormented all the time.
After Alpa confirmed those experiences, I was still not satisfied. I wanted confirmation from Kaka . I waited till morning and then ran to the STD booth to make a call to him. In those days, there were no mobile phones and the landline was out of order. At the STD booth, I dialed Kaka's number and a steel pendant of Ambe Ma appeared on the telephone box. I showed Alpa that pendant and told her probably someone has left it behind. When we asked the owner of the STD booth, he said no one had come to the booth that day. I took the pendant of Amba Mataji and considered it a blessing that the divine was telling me that all that I saw was true. When I spoke to Kaka , he confirmed the experience and said we will talk more when we meet.
A few days later, I met Kaka . He confirmed those past lives. I also told him about the pendant of Ambe Mata that had appeared on the telephone box when I had called him. I showed him the pendant and he blessed it! That pendant of Ambe Mata is in my mandir ever since as Kaka's blessing!!
The reason why I had those past life experiences were not clear to me at that time. Why did God show me things that he normally keeps hidden? Why was I suffering from the pain and sadness of those lifetimes all over again? Gradually it became clear. It helped me understand relations with people and why certain people were behaving in a certain way. It helped me understand the pain and efforts that Kaka took to bring us towards god- a satguru does not desert you. He is with you in every lifetime, guiding you, leading you. It helped me understand, that a single habit, particularly human nature takes several lifetimes to change. You cannot change for the better without a guru's grace. It also helped me understand the theories of karma and how we are all bound to it. It made me understand how god is kind and how in spite of our negativities and selfishness, he is always helping us. Over and above all, it instilled a sense of gratitude towards god almighty, and the importance of a divine relationship!!