When Sri Sathya Sai Resurrected Walter Cowan on Christmas Day 1971
Saturday, December 25, 1971
Sri Sathya Sai with Walter Cowan and Elsie Cowan at Brindavan
On 25th December, 1971, Christmas, Mr. Walter Cowan, a devotee from U. S. A.,
died at the Connemara Hotel in Madras. He was declared clinically dead at a
very reputed medical clinic in Madras. His ears and nose were plugged with
cotton wool, and the body was shrouded up and put away.
At that very moment, Swami was telling the devotees around Him, “Ayyo Papam! It
will be a great tragedy if the old lady loses her husband in India and goes
back to America all by herself”.
Mrs. Cowan ran to Swami with the help of Mrs. Ratanlal. “I shall come to the
hospital at about 10 o’ clock”, said Swami and sent them back. They returned to
the hotel and reached the hospital exactly at 10 o’ clock. The doctors had gone
back. One of the employees said, “Swami was here and has now left”.
Ruefully ruminating, ‘Oh God! Has He gone back so soon?’ they went to the ward
where Walter Cowan’s body had been left. Wonder of wonders – It was not just a
body, but the sentient, living Cowan! Swami, who had gone back to the Camp,
told the devotees, “I have given re-birth to Cowan!”
Mr. Cowan has given a detailed account, later, of how he was taken to the God
of Justice, how all his Karmas of the past lives were read out there by a
Superior being; and how Swami interceded at the time of judgement and restored
him to life.
On 26th December, 1972, Walter Cowan once again started sliding down to the
other world. At that time, Swami was delivering the address to the Samiti
members. After finishing the same He said, “In the middle of My speech, I got
the call of Mrs. Cowan from the hospital, and I had gone there and done the
needful”.
Source: Sri Sathya Sai Digvijayam (1926 TO 1985)
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