Rescued over and over again

- Shri. Rajan Menon

I was fortunate to have been born to parents who were very special and spiritual. My upbringing imbibed the best values they could impart.
Living and working life from the age of 22 years to 35 years was a roller-coaster ride. Happiness, tears and success appeared to be defined by friends, promotions and painful experiences.

My first knowledge of our beloved Amma came in early 1986, when the ashram wrote to my father ( who had previously visited the ashram) that Amma was planning to make Her first trip outside of India and that Singapore would be her Her first stop.

That year the world seemed to come to an end. Suddenly I had been diagnosed with chronic kidney failure in both my kidneys. I bought a dialysis machine and started haemodialysis three times a week. The experience was almost unbearably painful but was mitigated by my keen interest in planning for Amma’s visit.

Amma came to Singapore in May 1987. On the third day of Amma’s visit, I was in my room undergoing dialysis, when Amma suddenly came in and enquired as to what I was doing, Amma remained silent but was visibly moved. She held my arm and said in Malayalam, “ I hope I never see this sight again.”

Before Amma left for America, I discussed the remote possibility of getting a kidney transplant in India ( as it was impossible in Singapore due to my rare blood type). Amma told me I could explore the possibility, but that She would let me know in the end whether or not I should go ahead with the procedure. From then on, I surrendered myself to Amma and felt secure as a child in his mother’s arms.

In the fall of 1987, I had the opportunity to go to Madras to explore the possibilities of a kidney transplant. I went through three matching tests all of which were unsuccessful. The fourth donor produced was a 95 percent match, but nevertheless the doctors advised me that the operation would be risky due to my deteriorated condition. When I asked Amma, She told me to have the operation on October 16th, and that is what I did. Due to Amma’s pure love, the transplant kidney is working to this day.

After this my life took a turn for the better. I was invited by the Singapore Government to sit on the Hindu Endowments board. I sought Amma’s advice and she encouraged me to accept. I did so, and shortly after I was asked by the authorities to build a Shiva temple. Again I contated Amma for help. After doing so, the temple committee was able to raise five million Singapore dollars, and the construction was completed in four years.

In Amma’s sunshine, my family and professional life prospered. Then in March 1998 dark clouds were looming over me again.

Following a routine ECG examination, I discovered that there were six serious blockages in arteries to my heart. I informed Amma and she advised me to have a triple by-pass operation. This would be the first of its kind to be performed in Singapore on a kidney-transplant patient. That june, the operation was performed successfully under Amma’s tender loving care, and four days later I was discharged from the hospital.

Amma’s infinite love and compassion again found expression in 2003, when my wife and I were rear-ended by a huge bus. Our car was sent willy-nilly into oncoming traffic, when it was again struck by another car. As cars continued to swerve to avoid our still-spinning car, I told my wife that our end was in sight. Nevertheless I called out to Amma. The car then suddenly crashed into the end of a side railing and came to a full stop. The car was a complete wreck. Just after the railing was a steep 20-foot drop. Both of us managed to get out of the car. We were shaken but uninjured.

I pray that others may enjoy the sense of peace and security I have felt since climbing onto Amma’s lap of love.

- May all the beings in all the worlds be peaceful and happy

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