Dr Bipin B Poddar
Program Coordinator Jirs Bangalore
Dr Jagannath Patnaik is not a simple man. He is an extraordinary man with a extraordinary vision. He has a many faceted personality. In another way I can say with full confidence he is an incarnation of compassion.
I have known him for 25 years from our HH Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s Ashrama in Noida, UP, but one way this is not true; I know him very well from past many lives. In previous lives I was a friend, elder brother as well as younger brother also.
His present birth is full of compassion, for him there is no caste, no creed, no religion, no boundary or countries. Now I would like to tell you a true and exciting story.
One day in our Maharishi Ashrama, Dr Tony Nader had come from Holland. He is a chairman of the TM International programmes. He knew very well about Dr Patnaaik and so he came to our residence at Pentagon C Maharishi Ashrama.
Dr Patnaaik and I were both staying together in one of the deluxe suites. Dr Tony Nader touched the feet of Dr Patnaaik and then he told Dr Patnaaik that he was suffering from headache and stress because of travelling all the time. Dr Patnaaik touched his hands and right after a few minutes he said he was free from all the problems! Later Dr Tony was visible delighted and different. He asked Dr Patnaaik how did this magic had happened. Dr Patnaaik said this is not magic but this is pure miracle of the Lord and that, “You are alright now”.
There is another story that I have to tell you. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is very close to Dr Patnaaik because he is from our Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashrama. He was a guru ‘bhai’ of myself and Dr Patnaaik. Sri Sri was a Siddhi teacher in the Maharishi Ashrama. Last year, Dr Patnaaik and I visted Sri Sri Ashrama on the occasion of Durga Puja.
Sri Sri welcomed both of us with a shawl and a basket of fruits. Sri Sri had given a lot of respect and was very thankful for visiting him. He was very impressed with Dr Patnaaik and was remembering the old days he had spent with him.
Time passes by but I have another golden memory in my mind. Dr Will Fox, a global leader of corporate programmes, met Dr Patnaaik at MIM (Maharishi Institute of Management), located at 55 Golf Links, New Delhi. He had come for some corporate programmes of his company. Dr Patnaaik had arranged the meditation programmes in Techamsah whirlpool, FCI and many others. After the programmes he was very impressed with Dr Patnaaik and said he had never met someone like him in his entire life.
I must tell you when I was in MIM, 55 Golf Links, New Delhi, Dr Patnaaik was posted as the first director of the institute and he was responsible for admission and public relation. Dr Patnaaik was the perfect person for handling the job and with his miracle he had made everything possible.
One time when I was in Maharishi TM and Siddhi Initiator as a centre-in-charge for meditation, many important people from politics and the corporate world had come for meditation. One of them was Sushma Swaraj, the BJP MP, who came with her husband Mr Swaraja. Right after talking with Dr Patnaaik he was fully ready to learn meditation. Many more MPs and ministers were close to Dr Patnaaik and used to regard him like a lord.
Some years ago, there was some disagreements among the family at 53 Golf Links. Unsurprisingly when Dr Patnaaik intervened the problem was solved even before anyone knew it. Nobody could have done it except for DR Patnaaik and I was as well amazed with the miraculous act.
The three chairmen of the Maharishi organisation, Mr Anand Srivastava, Mr Prakash Srivastava and Dr Girish Chandra Verma are unanimous that Dr Patnaaik can make ‘impossible’ into ‘possible’ all the time.
I have been privileged to write about him and to know him in this life and I pray to lord for his long and healthy life.