Book Review of the week - Inspired Medicine: Sathya Sai Baba's Influence in Medical Practice

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Book Review of the weekWednesday, December 3, 2003

 

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Inspired Medicine: Sathya Sai Baba's Influence in Medical PracticeBy Judy Warner

(Compiler)Leela Pr; 1st edition (June 27, 2000)288 pagesISBN: 1887906029

 

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http://saitowers.com/spi/magazine/janfeb2001/review.htm

The supreme and the incomparable divinity of Bhagawan Baba is known and

validated only through the experiences of devotees — not so much of witnessing

the transformation of invisible divine energy into material objects, but

involving the transformation of their hearts — their attitudes towards life,

their approaches to their work and their value systems. Hence, Transformation

of the Heart, the first book brought out by Judy Warner, has become one of the

most valuable references in Sai literature.

It is easy to listen to and read the speeches of Baba but to put the principles

into practice is really an uphill task. This was beautifully brought out in her

second book, The Dharmic Challenge. Now, the third one in this series, Inspired

Medicine is truly inspiring because it narrates the experiences of people in

the profession of healing who are often regarded as demigods because of their

ability to get rid of pain and suffering due to diseases. This ability on the

other hand makes the doctors to have sky-high egos too, making them quite ill

indeed spiritually!

The divine doctor Baba demonstrates how He cures them by proving how He can, if

He wills, make the impossible possible, tacitly impressing upon them that they

are at best, the most efficient instruments through which He treats patients,

and not the basic cause of their cures. For example, on 1st October, 1994 in

Trayee Brindavan, He revives Venkatesh of Nigeria after he was declared dead by

a doctor. In January 1978, a comatose woman who in spite of the efforts of ten

specialists, infusion of 155 units of fresh blood and multiple units of frozen

plasma over a period of several weeks, suffered a cardiac arrest. She was

resuscitated but continued in coma! The doctor prays to Swami and talks to the

comatose patient for recovery. The woman recovers and leaves for her home

within a week. An Argentinian doctor cured himself of chronic sinusitis and

arthrosis of cervical spine by using Baba’s Vibhuti : In Australia, an

anaesthetist injects

20 units of syntocinon before delivery instead of after delivery and is

terrified at the outcome : a powerful and sustained uterine contraction within

a minute that will kill the fetuses! He prays fervently and the drug does not

act! Swami controls the very nature of the drug instantly! But after the

delivery, the drug does act exactly as expected!

Such medical miracles lead to the transformation of hearts of these doctors (18

of them in about 10 countries) and they become more patient with their

patients, more positive in their outlook, more understanding and adjusting with

respect to their subordinates etc., and begin to use prayer more and more as an

important curative agent.

The transformation of an eminent British ophthalmic surgeon is dramatic and even

brings on a smile in the reader: He insists on bringing a case of expensive

alcohol and reserves A.C. accomodation in a 5- star hotel with a swimming pool

etc., And he begins calling Swami ‘Sir’! But within 15 minutes of being with

Swami, asks the taximan to take the alcohol, decides to stay in the Prasanthi

Nilayam Ashram.

Another doctor, after dream visions of Baba gives up the addiction to cigarettes

(30 per day for 25 years) and becomes a teetotaler and vegetarian as well.

Summing up, these stories "describe a grand historic event — a world teacher

brings Heart into a field which has long been tempted by money and position…"

This book is indeed a great work, a wonderful yet highly credible account of

actual experiences of the Divine Avatar Baba and so a must in the collection of

Sai books by Sai Devotees, for it is a great reinforcer of faith in our beloved

Lord.

— O. P. Vidyakar

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http://www.saisamachar.com/saipranaam/nov-2001/book_review_novdec.htm

"A book of miracle, marvel and medicine that has the power to amaze, delight, teach and transform."

These stories describe a grand historic event - a world teacher bringing heart

into a field which has long been tempted by money and position. Sathya Sai

Baba's hospital symbolizes a new approach to medicine in which care is provided

free of charge and love is an essential ingredient in the healing process. Sai

Baba says, 'Science without humanity is dangerous'. - Samuel H. Sandweiss M.D.

Eighteen physicians weave a tapestry of love and compassion, describing how

Sathya Sai Baba has lit a flame of inspiration in their medical practice. The

reader sees how, again and again, both the patient and the doctor are

transformed.

Miraculous cures are in abundance, testifying that Sai Baba is constantly

helping us. He blesses the physicians, kindling within them the fire of

devotion, so that both patient and doctor can be healed physically, mentally,

and spiritually.

These experiences are in contrast to Western medicine today in which doctors are

trained to rely solely on scientific principles and, in doing so, often lose

their compassion, viewing medical practice as merely a business. The physician

authors tell us how becoming a Sai Baba sevotee has influenced and changed

their relationship with patients, transformed them as doctors, and how they

experience Sai Baba's hand in their practice.

These stories celebrate the Lord, providing us with new insights and comfort,

and showing us what medicine could become.

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The book is available at:

 

Amazon.comhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1887906029/qid=1070469176/sr=1-12/ref=sr_1_12/002-1364580-6013622?v=glance&s=books

 

Sri Sathya Sai Book and Information Center, Toronto Canadahttp://www.saibooks.org

 

Sathya Sai Book Center of America, Tustin, California

http://www.sathyasai.org/inform/tustin.htm

 

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