47. Proclamation on the subtle plane
Starting from the end of 2022, a new phase of Prema Sai Baba’s mission began. In December, we went on an important trip to the Himalayan state of Manipur to visit the very people who found him in 2015.
At the end of November, the parents of the divine boy told me and my wife, Svetlana, there would be a small vacation at the end of December. Naturally, my wife immediately had the idea to go with Prema Sai Baba on vacation to some interesting place. I sat next to Prema Sai Baba and watched the conversation carefully.
From the very beginning it was clear the divine boy had some kind of secret plan, but at first, he pretended to be thinking about a trip to perhaps Thailand, Malaysia or Singapore. Finally, unexpectedly, he announced he wanted to go to Manipur, to the ashram of Mata Bijay Devi and Mata Tomba Devi.
We stayed in this unique place for about a week. This was Prema Sai Baba’s second historic visit to Manipur. The first was in May 2015, immediately after the child was identified as Prema Sai Baba.
The location of the ashram is a great place of power. It is a mountainside on top of which there is an ancient temple. Since the ashram is very poor, there are only a few buildings there, one of which is a small house for Prema Sai Baba, and next to it another small house where my wife and I settled.
In the center of the ashram is a large shed with a clay floor – this is a temple where daily activities take place. When you are in this temple, it becomes clear the true temple is not physical gold and marble, but the Spirit of God.
Mata Bijaya Devi and Mata Tomba Devi are the spiritual guides of the ashram. About twenty people permanently live in the ashram, and about a hundred more people live not far from the ashram and regularly take part in spiritual programs of traditional Vedic rituals of worship on Sathya Sai Baba.
A couple of weeks before the trip, I had several mystical dreams in which Sathya Sai Baba visited me and informed me that during the trip to Manipur, the divine boy could «proclaim» himself.
At the same time, a couple of weeks before our visit, the subtle body of Sathya Sai Baba entered Mata Bijaya Devi several times and informed the residents of the ashram that when the boy Prema Sai Baba arrived, something very important would happen.
While at the ashram, on one particular afternoon, bhajans (traditional Vedic chanting of the gods) began as usual. The program began at one in the afternoon, and around four in the afternoon a unique event began to take place.
More than one hundred people were present at the ashram that day, and everyone was singing bhajans with inspiration. At some point, almost all those present felt that the boy Prema Sai Baba sitting with his mouth closed, was silently transmitting some kind of telepathic message. It became clear he was «proclaiming» himself in such an unusual way.
Everyone present began to look at each other. There was a common feeling that something important was happening in the ashram. Traditionally, the «proclamation» must take place physically. It is believed the Avatar must say quite physically that he is an incarnation of Sai.
The phenomenon of the «declaration» is completely mysterious. Alas, modern people are used to the fact that their words mean nothing. People make a lot of promises every day and then they don’t keep them. In our era, the power of words is practically lost, which is why we are accustomed everywhere to confirm our intentions with a signature and additional documents.
The Word of God is always absolute, eternal and true. This is the basis of the phenomenon of «declaration». When the divine boy declares he is a divine incarnation, his word is the evidence and no other proof is needed; such is the power of God’s Word.
Let’s get back to the story of the events in Manipur that took place on December 28, 2022. By evening, Mata Bijaya Devi, Mata Tomba Devi, the five main residents of the ashram, and I had gathered for a meeting to discuss everything that had happened that day.
We sat in the temple and discussed the events of the day. Several important questions arose. What actually happened? How to react to it? How to understand what happened? What should we do next? During our meeting, the subtle body of Sathya Sai Baba re-entered Mata Bijaya Devi, and we received the message that the «proclamation» on the subtle plane had indeed taken place.
Interestingly, quite a few devotees from both India and Russia felt that something unique had happened in the context of Prema Sai’s mission. Therefore, many people immediately began to send me questions and stories about their mystical experiences.
People wrote to me the same day that they felt something special. Many realized that these mystical experiences were connected with Prema Sai Baba but could not understand the meaning of what was happening.
The next morning, we approached the boy Prema Sai Baba and asked him to comment on everything that had happened. In response to our questions, the then ten-year-old, Prema Sai Baba, confirmed that on the subtle plane, the “proclamation” really happened, but that it concerns only close devotees who are already feeling it.
For the whole world, the «proclamation» will come later and only then will Prema Sai Baba’s official mission on Earth begin. We now call this the “declaration on the subtle plane”.
As of today (2023), there are five most important dates in the development of the Prema Sai Baba tradition.
1) June 28, 2012, the day of the apparition when the divine boy was born.
2) April 12, 2015, the day when he was identified as a divine incarnation. He was then two and a half years old.
3) July 4, 2019, the day there was an initiation into the Gayatri mantra. Then he was seven years old.
4) December 28, 2022, the day of «proclamation» on the subtle plane. Then the divine boy was ten and a half years old.
5) June 18, 2023, the first Darshan in an orange robe, he was almost eleven years old (more on that in the next chapter).