After a couple of years, Alexander again came to the ashram and Sathya Sai Baba invited him to a personal meeting. My acquaintance was overjoyed at the opportunity of another personal contact with Sathya Sai Baba, but he was very ashamed he did not still have his precious gift, the chain.
As usual, Sathya Sai Baba was sitting in his chair looking at my friend when all of a sudden, he began to laugh. We looked at each other not understanding what was going on. By that time, Alexander had already told me the secret of how he lost the precious chain in the river.
When Sathya Sai Baba looked at my friend and laughed, I intuitively thought that perhaps the reason for his amusement was the loss of the chain. Of course, Sathya Sai Baba knew perfectly well the chain had disappeared in the turbulent waters of the great Volga. Subsequent events confirmed my feeling.
Suddenly, Sathya Sai Baba extended his arm forward with his palm clenched into a fist. Looking at us with a sly look, he opened his fist and we saw the exact same chain in his hand! How could this be? Was it a fantasy?!
Everything that happened was beyond the comprehension of the human mind. We were dumbfounded. Further, when he presented the chain to Alexander, Sathya Sai Baba had said the chain would protect him from dangers.
At the time, we did not pay much attention to those words, but now Sathya Sai Baba repeated his own words spoken two years ago. He further added that my friend was supposed to die that day and the disappearance of the chain saved his life.
Sathya Sai Baba said the chain was not washed away by the turbulent waters of the great river. It was dematerialized by him under water. The proof of this was the fact that at the moment of our conversation Sathya Sai Baba was holding the very chain in his hands.
My friend, in a trembling voice, asked how exactly he was supposed to die, perhaps drown? If the chain disappeared into the river, then it was logical to assume there was a danger of him disappearing into the turbulent waters of the Volga. Sathya Sai Baba, after a short pause, said that another death awaited him, but he would not talk about it.
Sathya Sai Baba placed the wonderful chain in the hands of my friend, who was overjoyed. After a moment, Sathya Sai Baba asked for the chain back and my friend carefully handed it back.
Sathya Sai Baba pointedly raised his hand with the chain up, as if to show it to everyone present, and then he blew on it three times, after which it disappeared. He said that Alexander no longer needed this chain. My friend once again experienced the shock of the speed of the miraculous events, and he sat in silence in the corner until the end of that meeting.
After the interview, Alexander was quiet and thoughtful for several days and I didn’t want to interrupt his privacy. However, a week later he came to his senses and told me he had experienced high spiritual states since having experienced the energy of infinite, divine love.