Pinnacle Of Spirituality

Author(s): Kumarpal Desai
Publisher: Raj Saubhag Satsang Mandal

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27. Extraordinary Sense of Perception
Zhrimad was endowed with powers that truly confounded one and all, especially his extra-sensory perception. He could tell many things about objects, by merely touching them
Shrimad's sense of smell was also acute. He once went for dinner to the house of his wife's uncle. There one of the guests, Chhotalalbhai of Morvi, a childhood friend of Shrimad's, gave the cook certain instructions about the quantity of salt to use, telling him that they were the host's instructions. The cook prepared the meal accordingly.
When dinner was served, Shrimad looked at his plate and turned to Chhotalalbhai with a smile on his face: "Are you out to test me? One item has no salt in it and the other one has too much."
The host Revashankarbhai tasted the items and found that what Shrimad said was right, and angrily summoned the cook. Chhotalalbhai confessed that he himself had instructed the cook and that the cook was not at fault. Shrimad knew, without tasting the food, what had happened and had even known that his friend was behind all the confusion.
Jame-Jamshed, a well-known Parsi periodical, in its issue of January 24, 1887, reported that "Shrimad could identify, from a plate of various delicacies, those items that had too little salt. This he did at a glance at the items, without even tasting them." This is a well-documented proof of an extraordinarily developed sense of perception.
In those days, Pandit Lalan Jain, a great scholar of Jainism, inspired many with his speeches. Once Shrimad was invited to dinner by one Meghji Thobhan. Pandit Lalan Jain had also been invited. They were all sitting about 25 feet away from the kitchen.
Shrimad, through his sense of smell, could tell what was being prepared. He turned to the Pandit: “Lalan, I can eat with my nose."
"How is that possible ?" he asked.
Shrimad replied: "See, I am sitting here, away from the kitchen and yet can tell you the various items being cooked."
Before the Pandit could say anything, Shrimad began to reel out the names of various items. Lalan was simply wonderstruck.
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