I then underwent Ayurveda treatment for the next 2 years which left me tired and worn out. I was unable to even move around on my own. So, I returned to another modern doctor, who advised me to undergo a surgery on my trachea which would cost me 1.5 lakh rupees. While I was undergoing his treatment I happened to reach Computer Meridian Diagnostics (C.M.D.) who referred me to Dr. Shaji.

Dr. Shaji examined my pulse for a few moments and asked me questions which no other doctor has asked me in these past 25 ½ years. He first asked me if I had backache; if I had burning sensation in my hands and legs. This is something that I did suffer from.  I also suffered from constant headaches, fatigue and frustration.

The doctor told me that my problems would not go without curing this he prescribed a Kashaya for 10 days. There was a marked decrease in my fatigue and I could walk speedily without help.

The treatment started with Kadi Dhara. I felt like a light had dawned in front of my eyes. I felt like some knots had been released from my body.

On the second day Kadi Dhara was repeated and I had the same experience.

On the third day Sneha Pana was started with 100 ml of ghee. I felt ache in my legs and a headache.

The next day ghee intake was increased to 150ml without any problems.

The following day purging was induced without any problems. Oil Dhara was started in the evening. My mind felt relaxed and I felt a coolness spreading in my body, which I had never experienced before.

Day 4 – Shirovasthi was started. I was accompanied by my elder brother. As per the doctors request, my brother checked the pulse in both my hands. He found the pulse quite weak in my right hand and no pulse at all in my left hand. As soon as oil was poured on my head, the pulse in the left hand started picking up and in the right hand the rhythm of the pulse shifted in the upward direction. After some time the pulse in both my hands became identical. I experienced hyper-salivation and Shirovasthi was concluded.

Oil Dhara was continued and after which I experienced a feeling of extreme happiness. I fell into a deep sleep which was something I experienced for the first time in my life.

Shiro Vasthi was continued for 3 more days and then stopped. Oil Dhara continued, followed by purging.

On the 19th day of treatment I was suffering only from a mild cough which would stop completely by 10 in the morning. I am now able to run around my house at least 10 times, and also walk for 3 km without anybody’s help.

Day 20- (30-08-02)

First Vasthi was carried out in the morning. After Vasthi I passed motion 7 times. While walking I felt as if the walls were flowing or floating back, away from me as if in a slow motion. I felt like a strange power was rising upwards from the bottom of my body. I felt like my body was falling backwards while walking. This whole experience lasted about 10 minutes and I felt like my body was swaying towards one side when I was walking, and a state of not being able to walk after some time. I experienced a strange feeling of happiness at these times and I fell into a state of joyous melancholy. After this strange experience I could not remember anything else. When I came to, the Doctor and his helper were bathing me. I felt anger towards them for having woken me up from that feeling of ecstasy. I felt like saying no to them, but I couldn’t find the words.

I don’t know exactly what had happened to me during these moments. I have never experienced this kind of joy in my life ever. It is not possible to describe this joy in mere words. In these moments I had no body, no mind, and no consciousness of time or place, as if I was a big null on this earth. This feeling lasted for around 10 to 15 minutes. During these moments exhalation in both my nostrils was equal. I had rice gruel later, after which this state continued for some more time. I was not able to recollect all this when I tried to. It is all there inside my mind but very hazy.

After that, I went home and had my lunch. I experienced a feeling of indescribable joy that whole day. I was in a state of uncontrolled enthusiasm, dancing and singing the whole time, and joking and laughing uncontrollably with my friends and family alike, the whole day. I was also feeling a state of alertness and enthusiasm the whole day.

Oil Dhara was started in the evening. My mouth went dry and I was only able to gasp for breath, the rate of my heartbeat and inhalation was corresponding to the same rhythm. I felt like I was slipping back into the same state of bliss that I had experienced in the morning. At that time I told Doctor that my body was weak and I couldn’t take any more of this, that I did not want to experience anything more beyond that state of bliss. At that moment I felt the doctor massaging my spinal cord. All the events after this are not very clear. I have no recollection of the doctor continuing with the Oil Dhara, or bathing me, or of having sung out loud, or even having returned to the room after the treatment. I was in a very strange stage at this time. My friend Ajit who had recommended me to Dr. Shaji had come to meet me. After some time I felt sweat on my temples only, in a strange manner. At this moment, I knew who Ajit was, but I could not recollect his name. I also could not remember the names of my two friends who had accompanied me. I was completely blank about my normal life and living as I have known it till this moment. I couldn’t even recollect enough to reply to the questions asked by Ajit and Dr. Shaji. Not exactly forgetfulness, but as if I had no memory at all, for e.g. when I looked at a pen, I knew that it was an instrument to write, but I couldn’t name it. This state continued for some time, after which I have no recollection at all of what had happened.

When I came to, I was sitting at the dining table, having rice gruel, but I still had no recollection. Everyone was making fun of me and laughing. I too wanted to laugh but I could not, but I was doing some other things. At that time Dr. Shaji asked, “Had enough Manoharan? Don’t you want to go home?” I replied, “Okay, I am satisfied”. At that moment the doctor placed his hand on my forehead. After I had had about two spoonful of gruel I suddenly came back to consciousness of time and place, and normality. I came to know about all this in detail only after my friends and Ajit related it to me.

After this I had my dinner on reaching my home, but there was a quarter of that stage remaining in my head. I went to sleep after dinner, but I couldn’t fall asleep nor could I remain awake. I was somewhere between sleep and wakefulness. I also experienced a spasm like having been jolted by an electric shock, as if I was jerked out of my bed, and I would wake up, and then return to that state of sleep and wakefulness. This happened about three times and then I gradually fell asleep by 1 o’clock. I woke up by 4 am. I woke up feeling refreshed and rejuvenated, and I went out to take a walk. The whole day was very energetic, there was no treatment today.

1-09-02

Oil Dhara was started around 7 am. In the first round itself, my mouth went dry and the rate of my heartbeat and breath synchronized. I immediately informed this to the doctor and he immediately stopped the procedure. I did not feel tired today; it was more or less normal. The treatment concluded towards evening.

I am completely cured of all my maladies. I have a slight cough in the morning for some time but no other problem. All my body aches have stopped. I have come back to a normal life. If I had not come to know about Dr. Shaji, if I had not arrived here, my whole life would have been limited to the four walls of my house. But now I am able to walk 3 ½ km at one stretch, and I am able to run 10 rounds of my house. My appetite is back to normal and I have three meals a day.

My mind is very calm and I am free of my unpredictable rise in temper. I have returned back to normalcy. My loss is the period of my life between 3½ years and 29 years, but I don’t worry about that for I am now free of all that ailments.

So, I wish that Dr. Shaji lives long enough to free those suffering from miseries on this earth.