Plane Hijacking
An experience of Dr. Michael Goldstein
currently the president of US Sathya Sai Organization.
"Dr. Goldstein is a very old devotee of Bhagawan and keeps going to Parthi very frequently. Once, after a long stay at Parthi he went to Swami and said "Swami tommorrow I am going back to USA." Swami looked at him and walked away. The puzzled doctor was embarassed and sat back. This treatment he had never got before. He was expecting an interview or some guidance from Bhagawan before leaving Parthi. Well, the day passed peacefully for many but certainly not for Dr. Goldstein. He was pondering over his misfortune and went through a sleepless night. The next morning he went and sat in the front rows of visitors in Darshan lines. Swami came near to him, stood right in front of Dr. Goldstein and stared at him. The confused doctor could not utter a single word and mustered all his senses to pronounce his eagerness to go back. Swami mischievously smiled and said "This would be your last darshan. " This triggered shock waves in the old devotee who immediately fell at Sai's feet and pleaded "No I want many more darshans. I want to go and keep coming I can not bare your separation." The passionate Lord gave away. He smiled and patted the doc and said "Manchidi Kshemanga vellira (Good go and come safely) I am always with you." Saying that He walked away. The doctor boarded the flight ruminating on Bhagawan's last words with him. During the course of his journey he was awakened into reality when he heard the announcement that the plane was hijacked and moving to Pakistan for fueling. This announcement sent tremors in the passengers and suddenly the plane went into panic. Some people started crying. Some people started shouting at the hijackers. Some started reciting the Gita and what not. Everyone was deeply disturbed. Meanwhile, a hijacker came forward and started collecting the passports from all the passengers as they wanted to segregate Jews from the rest. They came to the doc and collected his Jewish passport.
During the course of time the plane landed in a PAK airport after an initial refusal by the PAK air trafic authorities. The authorities did not want to get a hijacked Indian plane into their airport for the fear of adverse propaganda from the media and its effect on its diplomatic relations with India. Well, within the plane the scenario was different. The hijackers listed their demands and threatened to kill the passengers one after the other if their demands were not met. On one side PAK authorities started negotiating with the hijackers and the other side they wanted to attack the flight to rescue the passengers. The black commandos surrounded the flight and started climbing the flight. Sensing trouble outside, the hijackers opened firing in point blank range. The doc is hefty and well built. Apart from this credential he was also in the first row to be an easy target. But after a series of gunfiring he saw some outside light peeping through the opened door. One of the black commandos managed to reach the door and opened it. Dr. Goldstein took this opportunity to jump through the door only to realize that the floor or tarmac was about 20 to 25 feet below. Now he could not go back as he was already around half way through the air. The doc landed with a thud and ran to safety. After the formalities were over he collected his passport and boarded the return flight.
He went straight came back to Parthi. Swami greeted him in the varanda itsef "EMI bangaru vachhesava" (you returned so soon my son)".
Source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saisruthi/message/21
currently the president of US Sathya Sai Organization.
"Dr. Goldstein is a very old devotee of Bhagawan and keeps going to Parthi very frequently. Once, after a long stay at Parthi he went to Swami and said "Swami tommorrow I am going back to USA." Swami looked at him and walked away. The puzzled doctor was embarassed and sat back. This treatment he had never got before. He was expecting an interview or some guidance from Bhagawan before leaving Parthi. Well, the day passed peacefully for many but certainly not for Dr. Goldstein. He was pondering over his misfortune and went through a sleepless night. The next morning he went and sat in the front rows of visitors in Darshan lines. Swami came near to him, stood right in front of Dr. Goldstein and stared at him. The confused doctor could not utter a single word and mustered all his senses to pronounce his eagerness to go back. Swami mischievously smiled and said "This would be your last darshan. " This triggered shock waves in the old devotee who immediately fell at Sai's feet and pleaded "No I want many more darshans. I want to go and keep coming I can not bare your separation." The passionate Lord gave away. He smiled and patted the doc and said "Manchidi Kshemanga vellira (Good go and come safely) I am always with you." Saying that He walked away. The doctor boarded the flight ruminating on Bhagawan's last words with him. During the course of his journey he was awakened into reality when he heard the announcement that the plane was hijacked and moving to Pakistan for fueling. This announcement sent tremors in the passengers and suddenly the plane went into panic. Some people started crying. Some people started shouting at the hijackers. Some started reciting the Gita and what not. Everyone was deeply disturbed. Meanwhile, a hijacker came forward and started collecting the passports from all the passengers as they wanted to segregate Jews from the rest. They came to the doc and collected his Jewish passport.
During the course of time the plane landed in a PAK airport after an initial refusal by the PAK air trafic authorities. The authorities did not want to get a hijacked Indian plane into their airport for the fear of adverse propaganda from the media and its effect on its diplomatic relations with India. Well, within the plane the scenario was different. The hijackers listed their demands and threatened to kill the passengers one after the other if their demands were not met. On one side PAK authorities started negotiating with the hijackers and the other side they wanted to attack the flight to rescue the passengers. The black commandos surrounded the flight and started climbing the flight. Sensing trouble outside, the hijackers opened firing in point blank range. The doc is hefty and well built. Apart from this credential he was also in the first row to be an easy target. But after a series of gunfiring he saw some outside light peeping through the opened door. One of the black commandos managed to reach the door and opened it. Dr. Goldstein took this opportunity to jump through the door only to realize that the floor or tarmac was about 20 to 25 feet below. Now he could not go back as he was already around half way through the air. The doc landed with a thud and ran to safety. After the formalities were over he collected his passport and boarded the return flight.
He went straight came back to Parthi. Swami greeted him in the varanda itsef "EMI bangaru vachhesava" (you returned so soon my son)".
Source: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saisruthi/message/21
posted by Ahimsa Network at 3.8.05
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