These stories are from The Breeze of Sahasrara, the book Shri Mataji asked me to compile about Sahaja miracles. These particular experiences relate to the sense of smell.
Linda Williams | FB: SY Friends & Family | 21. August, 2015
Smell
Chris Marlow shared an experience that occurred multiple times:
"My friend and I had been out for a pizza in London and were walking home. Suddenly, we were struck by an incredible smell of roses—very powerful and unmistakable. We looked around to see where it was coming from, but it wasn’t coming from anywhere obvious. Then we realized we were standing outside Darwin Court in North London. Shri Mataji was staying there at the time. I told my friend it was a well-known phenomenon that Shri Mataji’s presence is often accompanied by the fragrance of roses."
Pamela Bromley, one of the first Sahaja Yogis in Brighton, England, recalled:
"In the early 1980s, I was on my way to a Sahaja Yoga meeting in Brighton. As I was driving near the venue, the fragrance of roses became incredibly strong, even though there were no roses anywhere nearby. Shri Mataji was clearly present."
Paulette Oddo of France shared the following:
"After my divorce, I had fallen into a state of total exhaustion and acute mental anguish. But one morning, I woke with a premonition that something good would happen. I felt an overwhelming desire to go to Chartres Cathedral to see the Virgin Mary. As I prayed before the statue of the Virgin, I suddenly smelled a strong rose perfume. The scent followed me as I walked around the cathedral and was still present when I left.
Outside, I saw an Indian lady getting out of a car. She looked at me and smiled. I asked someone nearby who she was.
‘You don’t know her? Why are you standing here?’ the man asked.
‘Because there is such a beautiful scent,’ I replied. ‘Roses. Can’t you smell them?’
‘It’s Shri Mataji,’ he said. ‘She is here for truth and can protect thousands of people.’
I felt an explosion of joy within myself. I already knew this lady was very great—and this, I realized, was what I had been waiting for."
Purna Vertunni of Italy had two extraordinary experiences in her teenage years, both accompanied by the scent of roses:
"There was a period in my life filled with many problems. We were living near the sea, and one day I went into the water. Suddenly, the sea started pulling me out, and I felt I was drowning. At that moment, I realized the sea was Shri Vishnu, and He couldn’t let me die because He was my spiritual grandfather. Then I felt a hand taking mine and pulling me out. I could smell that beautiful fragrance of Shri Mataji—just like roses.
On another occasion, while I was attending art school, things were very difficult. The school was full of strange and disturbing energy. I prayed to Shri Mataji in my heart, asking Her to protect me and guide me through it. Suddenly, I again smelled that very strong, distinctive rose fragrance of Shri Mataji. I saw Shri Ganesha walking with me, His arm around my shoulders. He said, 'Don’t worry, I will always be with you.' From that moment on, I felt completely protected—nothing could touch me in that place."
Brigitte Saugstad of Austria shared this memory:
"In October 1987, Shri Mataji visited our ashram in Vienna. We ladies offered Her some rose-oil perfume. She applied a little on the back of Her hand and then told us all to smell the backs of our own hands. To our amazement and delight, we could clearly smell the perfume coming from our skin."
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