THE GOLDEN LINGHAM PHOTO OF SAI.

 On May 5th, 1991, Sathya Sai Baba materialized a golden egg that has several names and is rich with symbolism. Baba said that the Hiranyagarba Lingham (Golden Heart Lingham) "contains the entire universe in a microscopic form. It is a manifestation of the Trinity - Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva (God as creator, sustainer, and destroyer.) It is also the Atmic consciousness (holy spirit) - like a thread running through a pearl necklace. It is also the spiritual heart." In the Spiritual Heritage Museum in Puttaparthi there is a quote by Baba referring to linghams in general as the "cosmic seed of creation."After Sai Baba had manifested it, he said that it is a great blessing for anyone to receive this photo and that it should be kept in every home.His energy will work miracles through it. This is the first time that anyone has ever heard Baba say this about any photo.Dr. M. Doraisingham, whom I has never met, who sent the photo to me from England, sent the following story in a four and a half page letter. Baba had just materialized the Golden Lingham while standing on the auditorium stage at the Trayee Brindavan Summer Course Assembly.Baba asked Professor Sampath to hold the Lingham a while so that Baba could watch the student cultural program. Professor Sampath is Vice Chancellor of the Shri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparthi, South India; he was thrilled beyond words. During the hour that he kept the Lingham he became warm and said that he was in a state of "divine ecstasy".After the conclusion of the cultural program, Swami played a little joke on Professor Sampath. He touched the professor's pocket as if to brush off some dust. Later, as they were riding in the car together, Baba asked professor Sampath for the Golden Lingham. In his excitement to return the Lingham to Baba, he searched everywhere - his shirt pocket, trouser pockets, the car seat, but he couldn't find it. Finally, Baba gave a joyful laugh and said that he had sent the Golden Lingham back to where it had come from Dr.. Doraisingham goes on to say..." Swami says that he created the universe at his own will and pleasure with the word AUM. Here again he proves this fact by the creation of this microscopic universe, with a wave of his hands in a few seconds, by his supreme will. This is the incredible power of our supreme lord Sai, whose glory we cannot fathom. But we are able to have a small glimpse of it by the example of this event - the Grand Miracle. All glory to, our beloved Lord Sai who is our dearest divine mother and father. "Dr. Doraisingham also said that on June 7th, 1991, while walking to darshan to see Baba, he came upon a dead child beside the roadside, held by his mother. The doctor had just been given the Golden Lingham photo and held it against the child, who had just fallen out of an overcrowded van onto the road and been killed. He chanted "Om Sai Ram" many times while praying to Baba and massaging the boys chest and abdomen. The dead child was restored to life with the energy of Sai moving through the photo, and the next day, in an interview with a friend of Dr.Doraisingham, Baba confirmed the entire incident.Baba impressed the doctor to stop, to heal the child while using the photo, and later said to professor Anil Kumar...."the child was dead at that point of time."In January of 1994, when this author (Connie Shaw) gave a talk in Houston Texas, (USA) on the lingham photo, several people were healed on the spot simply by touching it to the afflicted area. For example, a few people who had experienced headaches that very moment were relieved of pain. One man was in pain from kidney stones; he placed the photo against his lower back in the kidney area and the sharp stabbing pains vanished. When Sai called our family to India in January of 1995, we had the good fortune to meet with Dr. John Davis, formerly of Boulder, Colorado & Seattle, Washington. In the social interactions we had, John told of Baba's instructions in his January interview. Among many notable happenings, Sai told John to repeat Rama, Rama, Rama, nine times while rubbing John's mercury Lingham in a circular fashion over the "Sai Lingham Photo", which would produce individually suited types (colours and textures) of vibhuti ash for each client/patient who came to John to be healed. (When John received me at his new office in the hospital as a patient, the vibhuti which emerged from the mercury Lingham was white and rather gritty in texture. On two other occasions I witnessed John's Lingham create pale gray talcum textured vibhuti for an Indian patient.) During the interview, Baba also stood on John's hands for over 15 minutes and said " now you have healing hands." Dr. Davis has recently been designated as the head of the Alternative Medicine Wing of the new Superspecialty Hospital In Puttaparthi. He is also starting an alternative medicine school there. John Davis, a rolfer and chiropractor, executed a profound healing on me at the hospital during that same trip to India. His rolfing however, is only for the most courageous of clients as it is temporarily excruciating, both emotionally and physically, yet the pain lasts only for a few moments and great waves of energy can engulf the body to tone the overall system and outlook. Beside the patient's examining bed there is an oversized wall photo (perhaps 6 foot by 6 foot), of Baba holding the Golden Lingham (which represents the vastness that each human being, each "embodiment of love" truly is. Each person who receives this background article will derive his own creative ways to use it, and the photo, for loving help and service. Aside from placing the photo on one's altar or shelf, you might wish to keep a copy in your wallet, your car, your office desk, and in your briefcase or luggage. To give a framed copy to friends and loved ones with the background information is perhaps one of the most auspicious and thoughtful gifts one can give. You can take your copy to an instant photo shop and have 50 or 100 made very reasonably for distribution to Sai Centre members, the ill, the elderly, the lonely, or the depressed. The photo can be obtained locally in Australia, Melbourne, at the Sai Resource Centre, 83 Glenhuntly Rd, Elsternwick, Phone (613)9563-1395.