There is no doubt the decision has been made…HE IS BACK WITH US
At 10:45 am Bhakti Caru Swami, Kavicandra Swami, Braja Hari and myself went
to see him and GM was awake chanting. He looked at each of us and Bhakti
Caru Swami said, placing his hand on GM’s chest..”Wow you look great, just
look at your fighting spirit…you really had us worried…we need you so
much to guide us in service to Srila Prabhupada” Kavicandra Maharaja said
“There are 24 hour kirtans going around the world for you”.
GM was choked up with tears in his eyes and he tried to speak, Bhakti Caru
Swami said “Don’t try to exert your self please relax..And we all chanted
Hare Krnsa out loud to calm him. Kavicandra at the foot of the bed yelled
out “Gauranga” and then GM had to shift his attention to the end of the bed.
Then BCS asked him would you like to hear from the CC?…how about the
chapter Talks between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Caitanya? Gm made a
slight affirmation. During the reading Kavicandra Maharaja was giving him
reiki around the leg area and noticed that when the description of
Mahaprabhu dancing GM’s right leg gave a small kick. He then was able to
feebly lift his left hand over his chest to hold Bhakti Caru Swami’s hand.
For the first time he was moving his head from right to left, up and down to
take in all the persons that were there…sometimes he would look over head
as we spoke.
Doctor Madhavanada, the director of the Bhaktivedanta hospital arrived and
GM recognized him motioning with his left hand and pointing at the
ventilator system that is a plastic pipe that goes into his throat. The
doctor said “that we have to keep that in for a while to help you clear the
mucus…just some more days. You are doing very very well, we are very happy
at your progress”.
Last night the doctor had a dream and he was with GM at his hospital bed
and he was pulling the ventilator pipes from his chest saying “I don’t need
them any more”. The DM was amazed to see that he was pointing to the very
pipes he pulled out in the dream. Again GM tried to talk and the doctor said
you are doing fine in a few days you can write to us. A large card with the
alphabet was brought over and he tried to point to a few letters but it was
too strenuous…DM said don’t worry you can do this later”
At the same time the local doctors had arrived and were watching, I think
Doctor Ashok, the nuerologist, was there for the first time to see GM
active, we were going to clear out but he motioned for us to stay saying”
This is the best thing for him now”.
Again we began to chant together and you could see how GM was trying to
speak the mahamantra and say Gauranga…One could easily perceive that GM
appeared to be restless…wanting to do more…Kavicandra jokingly quipped
“He is probably thinking of an unused plane ticket that he hasn’t used up
yet” As we were leaving it was clear that GM, looking at Bhakti Caru Swami,
silently formed the words ‘Thank you’.
Out in the hall DM said things are going well, he is stable and his
platelets are up to 70,000 in my opinion we should not move him until he is
completely off the ventilator. Two days ago I saw him and today I am amazed
to see this. Kavicandra added “I could really see he has taking the
reiki…I have not seen him like this since he arrived”
In conclusion…a strong indication has been made: This is such good news
but we are still in the critical stage…all of the prayers and yajnas are
being felt, and now we have to only increase and not let up. Kavicandra
mentioned(because today is Ekadasi) that if everyone in the movement did
nirjala just think how powerful that could be? Krsna is reciprocating with
the desires of his devotees…this is the most important cure. Now we have a
lot of work to do to try to bring GM back to 100%…please please please
continue….
Best wishes
Your servant
Bhaktisiddhanta Swami