The cosmic connections.

Ramakrishnan and his mom, the 96 year old Ammini Amma are inseparable. I'd written about them earlier on this forum. I also find it difficult to believe in horoscopes and cosmic connections but a few recent happenings concerning the two have put my mind into a tizzy like a windmill in gale!

Ramakrishnan's mom was discharged from the hospital last week as her doctor felt that she was deteriorating and her end was coming in a matter of time. Unfazed by that, Ramakrishnan went to an astrologer to find out as to what he could do next for the sake of his mom's longevity. She seems to have told him about an unfulfilled wish of his mother which was required to be satisfied. The story goes something like this.

About 15 years back, Ramakrishnan was badly mauled in an accident when his scooter had rammed into a lorry and after what seemed to be ages, he came out of the hospital fit as a fiddle thanks to his mom's constant prayers. She'd made a vow then,that Ramakrishnan would do the 'sayanapradakshinam'(side roll) around the Gurvayoor sanctum sanctorum as thanksgiving. Over the years, she'd got fed up asking him to undertake the ordeal as Ramakrishnan showed no inclination to do it saying that it would be detrimental to his health!

But this time, on hearing the astrologer, Ramakrishnan set off for Guruvayoor and carried out his mother's vow around 7 in the morning last Wednesday. Thanks to cellphones, his attendants passed on the intricate details of Ramakrishnan going through his 'adventure' back home to his wife and relatives. Ramakrishnan's mom who'd not had clear bowel movements for the previous days was relieved and she also had more food than what was being had in the preceding days on his completing the 'parikrama'.

Are these incidents related? Do they've a cosmic connection?

I do not know but it's touching to see Ramakrishnan's love for his mom and I wonder as to whether my love for my mother matched his, in intensity?