This is the story of Ridam's spiritual transformation, which began amidst a complex and challenging personal crisis.
Ridam, a 43-year-old man, was married to his wife, Rina, for over 14 years. He had helped his sister-in-law, Anya, find a job and get settled in her career. In return, Anya became deeply infatuated with him. Her crush grew into an obsession, and she decided her sole purpose was to marry Ridam, going so far as to threaten to take her own life to achieve this. The situation strained Ridam and Rina’s marriage and began to affect his professional and social life.
In 2005, a mutual friend named Deep, who was close to both Ridam and Anya, referred them to me for counseling. The problem was outside my usual domain, but I took on the challenging case. Ridam’s wife, Rina, was incredibly patient and understanding throughout this ordeal, willing to do anything to restore happiness to their lives.
In December 2007, Ridam and Anya returned to me and announced their decision to get married. Thinking it was the only solution, I supported them. However, Deep was disillusioned with my decision. As a conservative person, he wanted them to follow traditional Indian social norms and restore their original relationship.
On Deep’s insistence, Ridam and Anya came back for another counseling session six months later, on June 7, 2008. By then, they were already living together and were seeking my moral support more than my advice. Ridam disclosed a new piece of information to me: an astrologer had told him that he would be successful as long as he stayed with his wife and that he would leave the material world at the age of 53 to follow a spiritual path. This was hard for me to believe, as Ridam was a fiercely materialistic, selfish person with no interest in spiritual matters. He enjoyed smoking and drinking, was known as a ruthless administrator at work, and was a fearless go-getter who always pursued his personal desires.
On June 21, 2008, Ridam, Rina, and Anya came back to me, hoping to find a solution to their problem. Uncertain of how to handle the situation, I suggested meditation, a practice completely new to Ridam. Moments after closing his eyes, he collapsed onto the ground with a thud, breaking his expensive glasses. He began rolling around, making strange animal-like noises, whistling, and meowing. His wife and sister-in-law, unaware of what was happening, simply laughed, thinking he was a talented actor.
I took Rina and Anya outside to explain the possibility of an evil entity influencing Ridam, which could be the source of their family's turmoil. After about an hour, Ridam came out of his trance. He described a terrifying vision filled with black figures, deformed bodies, rape, murder, and other negative images. He saw only a single streak of light and was completely exhausted. This gave me a ray of hope, which I communicated to his family.
Over the subsequent meditation sessions, Ridam underwent a gradual and encouraging transformation. The visions of black energy slowly gave way to celestial light. He began seeing glimpses of divine and spiritual figures, including Saroda Devi, Ramakrishna, Sai Baba, Jesus, Buddha, and Ma Kali, though the black figures still appeared intermittently.
Anya, however, became deeply depressed by Ridam's transformation. Losing hope of ever winning him back, she attempted suicide on June 26 by taking a large dose of sedatives but was saved after her stomach was pumped in the emergency room.
As the meditations continued, the divine encounters became more frequent. In one session, Devi Kali gave Ridam specific instructions for a special Sandhya Pooja for Anya. She told him to stand on one leg while wearing a red-bordered sari and covering his head. She taught him a specific mudra (hand posture) and gave him a mantra to perform the pooja on the banks of the Ganges River, in front of a Tulsi tree. He also saw Mahatma Gandhi, who appeared in his simple dhoti and instructed him to follow the path of truth at all costs.
On July 6, Ridam insisted on undergoing regression therapy to explore his past lives. Soon after the initial guidance, he began to visualize four distinct lifetimes, each unfolding like an old film.
Ridam's first past life was as a tall, dark-skinned man with a mustache in mid-19th-century Punjab. He was an executioner in a prison, surrounded by English policemen. He recalled being bribed by an English soldier during his childhood to reveal the location of Indian freedom fighters, a choice that later led to his job as an executioner. He described a black well near his prison that appeared in his vision repeatedly. Eventually, he grew tired of his job and, in an attempt to shoot an English soldier, was killed. He didn't recognize anyone from his present life in this one.
In his second life, Ridam saw himself as a farmer in Bengal or another lush, fertile region of eastern India. He recognized Anya as his daughter, a clingy child who would accompany him to the fields on his back. He would have to tie her to a tree while he worked, as she was fussy and wouldn't leave him alone. This behavior was strikingly similar to Anya's in his present life. One day, while cutting rice in his paddy field, a cobra bit him on the face. He died instantly, and Anya became hysterical upon losing him. Interestingly, his present-day mother-in-law was his wife in that life, and their relationship was unhappy, a dynamic that persisted in their current lives.
Ridam's third past life was as a king in an Arab country. He saw himself in a white robe with a head scarf, surrounded by deserts, sand dunes, and camels. As a king, he was strong and tall, with a vast kingdom. He spoke in Arabic, a language I couldn't understand. He described this as a good life, filled with beautiful women, but no single wife. He had a strong bond with his son, who is also his son in this life. His son was clever and warned him about an impending invasion by another king. During the war, Ridam was killed, but his son escaped, having learned from his father's mistake.
In his final past-life regression, Ridam saw himself as the son of a landlord in Gujarat. His present-day wife was his strict mother and a teacher at an English-medium school. He was a child when he and his father were killed in a car accident.
More details of this life were explored the next day. Anya was his aunt, his mother's co-sister. Ridam recalled that Anya mistreated his widowed mother, forcing her to work and giving her opium. The mother eventually fled to her father (Ridam's present-day father), a saint who helped her and cursed her co-sister. A cholera epidemic later killed everyone except Anya. She transformed after meeting a doctor (Ridam's father in this life) and learned herbal medicine, curing many people. During a meditation, she saw her co-sister, and they later reconnected at the same ashram, eventually improving their relationship.
Despite this knowledge of their past lives, the family's problems remained unresolved, highlighting that understanding is just the first step toward healing.
A new dimension to Ridam's case emerged when we sought to understand the peculiar faces, whistling, and meowing sounds he made during his trance.
In one session, Ridam described seeing a black, evil cat, a dark tunnel, and an old lady with a wicked face. He realized the face was a distorted version of his mother, but the voice speaking through it was that of his maternal aunt. His aunt, who had died of cancer when Ridam was young, was very close to him and his mother but had also been jealous of her sister's happy married life. The aunt's husband was an alcoholic, and their unhappy marriage had left her with a restless soul. Her death ceremony had also not been performed properly, leaving her spirit bound to this dimension.
The aunt’s spirit had attached itself to an ancestral cabinet (almirah) that was at Anya's home and was the cause of Anya's distress. The spirit needed a Shanti Pooja—a ritual for peace—to be released from this world.
Ridam's transformation was becoming more and more visible through his meditation sessions, where he continued to experience a divine presence.
Ridam and I went to a Kali temple to consult a priest about performing the pooja. He gave us instructions and the names of two priests who could help, but he seemed a little scared. When we went to meet him later, he was gone. Feeling a divine message during meditation, we rushed to Anya's home to perform the pooja ourselves. As we began, the aunt's spirit became irritated and started speaking through Ridam.
She explained that she had chosen to haunt the house after his marriage because her own married life had been unhappy. She did not want anyone else to be happily married and wanted to separate Ridam and Rina. She tearfully declared that everyone had celebrated at Ridam's wedding but no one had remembered her. She pleaded with us not to disturb her and to let her stay. She then explained exactly how to perform the Shanti Pooja to help her soul move on.
I contacted a friend whose son had been possessed for years before being healed by a Muslim priest who performed exorcism telepathically. The priest was confident he could solve the problem, confirming that a powerful spirit was haunting the house. As he conducted the ritual from a distance, the aunt’s soul grew more agitated.
One day, while Ridam was riding in an auto-rickshaw, he suddenly went into a trance, making the same wicked faces and strange sounds. The driver, terrified, asked him to leave without paying the fare. Concerned by his behavior, Ridam again sought the advice of an astrologer, who recommended a Pooja at the Kalahasti temple to address a Kalsarpa Dosha affecting Anya.
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On September 12, Mr. Singh came to my house for a meditation session. Ridam and Anya had just returned from performing a Rahu Ketu pooja at the Kala Hasti temple and were happy with the outcome. They were exhausted and told me they wouldn't be able to come, but fate intervened, and Ridam showed up anyway. Despite his tiredness, he spontaneously went into a trance, yawning as he did.
In the trance, he saw Ma Kali in a furious mood. She scolded him for going to the temple for a pooja and bypassing her. "I have created them," she said, referring to the planetary deities, "they are under my feet. If you don't follow my instructions, I will kill you and hang you like others." She revealed that she had sent the "ghost" into his house just to scare him, a warning for ignoring her.
She then revealed more about his past. "You were a dacoit in one of my past lives and a Kapalic," she said, a devotee who killed evil people and offered them as a sacrifice (balidan) to her. She reminded him that he had once performed a 108-day fast for her and vowed to offer 108 hibiscus flowers, but he was two flowers short. He was now being punished for this unfulfilled vow. She then softened, "You are my son, so I cannot harm you further," and instructed him to pray as she had already advised.
On October 1, the first day of the nine-day Navaratri festival, Ridam was instructed to perform an overnight pooja and offer two hibiscus flowers on Diwali, a month later. He was also told to feed a snake milk the next day. Ridam, who had died from a snakebite in a past life, was scared but agreed to the poojas.
On the sixth day of Navaratri, Ma Kali instructed Ridam in meditation to collect rainwater on Navami, the ninth day, and perform a pooja with nine bananas representing the Navagrahas (nine planets). She instructed Anya to make all the arrangements to overcome her own past-life karma. It was not the rainy season, and no rain was expected, but on Navami, Ridam called to tell me it was pouring at his house. Soon after, it started raining at my house as well, and it continued for two days, a true sign of a divine intervention.
On October 20, Ridam came with his wife, Rina, for a meditation on the top floor. Devi told him that she liked him and that Anya had been his dasi (maidservant) in a past life. The goddess revealed that Anya was the one who had removed the two flowers from his 108-day fast to break his devotion and lure him into the materialistic world. Anya, acting as his assistant, was frustrated that he spent more time with the goddess than with her. Out of jealousy, she had drugged him with opium, and he died seven days after his fast. Devi again instructed Anya to prepare offerings (bhog), offer the two hibiscus flowers on Diwali, and feed milk to a snake to atone for her sins. The goddess also revealed that Rina was his mother in his past life.
Ridam went on a tour and returned on November 1. Devi, angry that he had not been truthful in his devotion, burnt his palms and fingers. He and Anya were not regular with their poojas, and the predicted rain on the full moon did not occur. However, on November 21, the 45th day she had predicted, there was an unexpected downpour. The goddess again warned Ridam on November 23 that she would kill them all if he didn't follow her instructions, giving him one last chance to perform the pooja on November 27. She told him to wake up at 5 a.m., wear a new dhoti and a red cloth on his head, and distribute offerings to everyone.
On November 27, Ridam performed the pooja as instructed and danced with the goddess. She also told him that if he couldn't find a snake, he should come to my house because there was a snake there. He came with milk and found a snake in our garden.
On December 27, Rina came to my wife's clinic and revealed that Ridam was asking for a divorce. I prayed for them and called Ridam to tell him to make no decisions without consulting Devi. During their meditation on December 28, Devi told Ridam that he could do whatever he wished, but in eight years, eight months, and eight days, he would leave everything, go to a jungle, and peacefully leave his body. She told him his current problems were due to his past karma and would continue for a while.
On January 10, Devi said that Ridam had a "Curse of Time" (Kaal Shaap), a deeper form of the Kalsarpa Dosha he was going through, and that it would last for a few more months. His astrological chart and Anya's both confirmed these challenges.
On March 8, a Sunday, Devi asked Ridam why he had hidden the truth from her and said that she had originally sent them to me because they weren't sincere. She instructed him to come back and meditate on the ground floor where she had first seen him, and she would one day transfer all his power to Anya. She told him that she was the creator and that everything would happen in its own time.
On March 22, Ridam meditated at my house again, and Devi told him that all his problems were due to his past karma. She said he was her devotee as a Kapalic 300 years ago, which is why he could see her now. She revealed that I was also her devotee 500 years ago, a man who built her a temple and helped people during a drought. She created this entire "divine drama" to bring us together. She promised that Ridam would get out of his current problems without any loss to his family, and that Anya would have to go through her own karma for poisoning him and stealing the flowers in their past life. Everything began and would end at my house.
On April 5, 2009, Ridam called me with the shocking news of Anya's sudden death. She had fallen from the 5th floor the day before. The cremation and other rituals proceeded smoothly, which was unusual for an unnatural death. A pooja was performed at a Kali temple on the fourth day, and on the tenth day, her ashes were submerged in a sacred river near a Saraswati temple, as per Hindu tradition.
In his meditations, Ridam had been having recurring visions of Anya's soul being freed from her body even before her death. He saw her soul resting in a transition period in Shiv Lok with Mother Kali, a state of extreme happiness with no pain or regrets. Her soul had come to understand the journey of life and its purpose. He was also shown that she would soon be reborn in a wealthy family in South India, where her present-day father would be her husband.
On April 18, Ridam came to my house for meditation. Devi appeared to him and told him to look up. He said, "Yes, you are wearing a beautiful nose ring." She then instructed him to look between her eyes, at her third eye, which was rotating like the earth. He saw Anya as a child with Lord Shiva and Devi, who had given her the task of picking flowers in their garden. Devi had cleansed all of her past sins. In a year, she would be sent to South India to begin a new life in a prosperous family. She would not recognize or have any relationship with anyone from her past lives, except for her present father. Devi explained that she didn't want Anya to be trapped in Maya (the world of illusion) again. Ridam would only know Anya's whereabouts and age on his deathbed. Devi also predicted another rain on the 51st day (June 7) and told him to drink and bathe in the holy water to symbolically cleanse Anya's soul and help the needy.
On May 2, Ridam saw in a deep meditation that Anya had been with him for 16 previous lives and that she had to finish her old karma before starting anew. As predicted, the weather, which had been dry, suddenly changed on June 7, and it rained for half an hour. Ridam called me to say that it must have been the final act needed for Anya's soul to move on to the next level of happiness.
On July 27, after a month and a half of not meditating, Ridam called to say that Devi had appeared to him on Nag Panchami (a festival for snakes) and told him to come to my house for a message. He came on August 2 with his wife, Rina, and his son, who wanted to confirm our findings. During the meditation, Ridam went into a deep trance and fell onto my lap. His tongue was dry and protruding, and he was panting for water.
Devi spoke through him, "Do you realize how I feel when I am thirsty? You have killed so many people without water in the desert. The man whose lap you are lying on told you not to do this, but you didn't listen." She revealed that in a past life, Ridam had been a brutal ruler who wanted nothing but power. "You were like a Chandal (a despised caste) and there is no difference between a King and a Chandal. You must suffer for what you did in that life." She said the only way for him to be free of his sin was for me to forgive him. If I refused, he would have to start from the beginning.
Devi then said with resentment, "That girl (Anya) will start a new life after seven and a half months, and everything good will happen to her, but for you, everything will be bad." She warned him that if he didn't listen and perform the poojas with me, nothing would improve. She added that he would only change if he got a "kick" from me, and that she was helping him because he had done penance in a past life.
Ridam, Rina, and his son were astonished by the session. Rina, who was skeptical, wanted to learn more about past lives. When I later narrated the incident to my uncle, a retired English professor, he was so shocked he asked if Ridam was taking drugs.
Ridam and his family continued to seek spiritual guidance, and his journey demonstrates how past karma can manifest in the present. Ridam's physical and mental turmoil was not merely a result of his current life's actions but was tied to a profound spiritual debt that needed to be repaid. The divine interventions and the guidance of Ma Kali were a path to help him understand his past, cleanse his soul, and prepare for a new, higher mission in life. His transformation from a materialistic man to a person seeking spiritual truth is a testament to the power of divine grace.
On August 13, Ridam called to express how his life was now being controlled by Devi. Despite his best efforts to find a tenant for his new apartment for three months, no one came. He had a premonition from Devi in a puja that he would not find a tenant until September. To his astonishment, a tenant came forward who wanted to move in on September 1. Ridam tried to get them to move in earlier to test Devi, but they insisted on the original date. This cemented Ridam's belief in Devi’s word.
On August 26, Ridam's joint pain returned, and his uric acid levels were high. In meditation, he saw an angry Devi Kali. He saw a Trishul coming from my house and his face and my face merging with hers. She warned him that if he did not listen to her, she would take everything away from him. This vision was a clear message that my spiritual practice was protecting him.
Ridam meditated for the next three days and saw that in a past life, 200 years ago, there was a temple of Ma Kali and Lord Krishna at the site of my house. I was the priest, and an earthquake had caused the temple to collapse, killing me and Ma Kali. He saw a pond beside the temple where I would bathe daily. Because of this old temple, he now understood the place was so powerful and blessed.
On September 2, we went to pick up a car, and at the same time, news broke about the state chief minister's helicopter being lost. That evening, Ridam meditated, and he saw Lord Shiva throwing a Trishul at the helicopter. He realized the chief minister had promised to build a Shiva temple but had failed to do so. Ridam also saw in Devi's third eye that a woman named Ann would be reborn in a seaside village in five months and nineteen days, and she asked him to perform a puja at my house one day before her rebirth.
On October 2, Ridam received a warning in his meditation that an impending disaster with loss of life would occur within 27 days. On the day of Diwali, October 17, Devi had a special message for him. She said Ann would be reborn in four months and twenty-three days. She also asked him to meditate from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., or after 10:30 p.m., and to offer her a specific meal of khichari, potato fry, and brinjal fry. She instructed him to wear a dhoti with a red cloth and offer a pumpkin as a symbolic sacrifice.
Ridam performed the puja as instructed. He cut the pumpkin, pricked his finger, and applied his blood on the idol's forehead. As he went into a trance, his tongue protruded, signifying Devi's presence. She expressed unhappiness with what was happening in the world, with priests taking money in her name. She warned Ridam that if he ever did the same, she would take away all his powers. Ridam saw her hair open, and she appeared hot. She went to bathe in the pond next to the house but came out looking dark and muddy. "The earth is like this today," she said, "dirty and stinking." She then told Ridam that while people were bursting firecrackers, she would burst in a similar way three times in the next 15 days, and then people would understand. She told him not to open his eyes, as his mind was in her control. He tied her hair, and she asked for food and then went to sleep.
Meanwhile, Rina, who was at home, also meditated. For the first time, she had a clear vision of many gods and saints, including Lord Vishnu, Ma Kali, and Mahatma Gandhi. She also saw a huge, smiling statue of Ma Kali at my house and saw Ridam and me praying to her. She was in a deep trance for an hour, and her joy was obvious when she called me.
On September 4, a person came to occupy Ridam’s new flat as predicted by Devi. He had come before but had refused to come in August. Now, Ridam was more convinced than ever that Devi’s words always came true. He began to worry about his father's death, his mother's mental health, and his own departure from the world in 8–10 years.
On October 20, Ridam and his family went to Gandi Maisamma temple near my house.
On October 17, Rina stayed home to meditate on Diwali. For the first time, she clearly saw Lord Vishnu, followed by many other Indian gods and goddesses, as well as saints. She also saw a huge, smiling statue of Ma Kali at my house with me and Ridam praying to her. She remained in a deep trance for an hour. Her happiness was obvious on her phone call to me. She had always been critical of Ridam's experiences and had challenged him to ask Devi for specific messages. This vision was a testament to her own spiritual awakening.
On December 21, 2010, I traveled from Guwahati to perform a final, crucial puja with Ridam. He had received repeated messages in his meditations that he needed to perform this ritual to clear all the lunar ill effects from Anya's past lives. Her suffering had been a direct result of her birth on a lunar eclipse.
We performed a simple, meditative puja from 10:00 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. in the Shiva temple at my house. During the ritual, we saw visions of many gods and goddesses. This final rite was believed to be the last step in freeing Anya's soul from the karmic bonds that had caused her so much pain, allowing her to move on to her new life without the burdens of the past.
Feb 2011 Ridam was facing yet another emotional challenge. He had developed a strong attachment to a coworker who was now transferred out of his office but was still trying to contact him. Ma Kali revealed to him in a meditation that this coworker had been present in three of his past lives. The goddess gave him a severe warning to stay away from her and to avoid this new form of Maya (illusion). She cautioned him that if he did not listen, he would end up in serious trouble, as this was a test designed to see if he had truly learned from his past experiences and overcome his karmic attachments.
On Monday, November 12, 2012, in the early morning meditation, Ma Kali appeared to Ridam in a very violent form, showing him a harrowing vision of his future. She revealed his future lives, which were a direct result of his past sins.
The goddess showed Ridam that the next nine years of his current life would be filled with turmoil. In his subsequent life, he would be born as a sweeper for 26 years before dying in an earthquake that would claim many lives. Ma Kali explained that this difficult path was the only way to cleanse the sins from his past lives, a culmination of all the cruel deeds he had committed, not just in this life, but in all his previous births.
Ridam was very depressed after this revelation. He had not anticipated such a grim future, believing his suffering would be limited to his present life's actions. I explained to him that his journey of purification was necessary to clear the immense karmic debt he had accumulated. Ma Kali's guidance was a form of grace, as it provided him with the shortest path to cleanse his soul. The only way to navigate this difficult future was to follow her instructions and continue his regular meditation.
The next day, November 13, 2012, was Diwali, a new moon day. Ma Kali had instructed Ridam to perform a puja with nine red hibiscus flowers, which were brought from a nearby colony for the ritual.
Ridam was sick for 10 days with a fever and jaundice. After consulting a gastroenterologist, it was found he had a bile duct obstruction. During this time, a palmist confirmed the spiritual messages Ridam had been receiving.
The palmist told Ridam that the past seven years of his life had been filled with turmoil because of a person who was either no longer in his life or was physically absent. This directly aligned with the spiritual messages about Anya's role in his life and her recent death.
The palmist further predicted that Ridam would become bedridden after the age of 52 and might not live long after that. This echoed Ma Kali's prophecy of a difficult nine-year period in his present life, as well as a subsequent short and challenging next life. I reminded Ridam of his spiritual mission and urged him to resume his meditations with Ma Kali.
In April 2015, Ridam received a diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. The journey that followed was a mix of medical treatment and divine messages from Ma Kali.
On April 15, Ridam called to tell me that a biopsy of an inguinal node showed malignancy. That same night, he meditated and received a message from Ma Kali. She told him not to worry, saying, "The node is just a small boil." She said his ego had been removed and that the cancer was a way of removing his vices—kam (lust), krodh (anger), moha (attachment), and lobha (greed)—before he could fulfill a future mission she had for him.
On April 20, Ridam had surgery for a pyocele and matted nodes. After he was discharged on April 22, his doctor told him that his abdomen was filled with nodes, which could be either lymphoma or a secondary cancer.
On April 27, his biopsy report confirmed an uncommon form of testicular lymphoma that had spread to his inguinal nodes. He consulted Dr. Srinivas Chakravarti, who said the cancer was curable.
On May 7, Ridam called me back after meditating. He said Ma Kali had told him, "I have already cut my abscess. It doesn't matter which doctor you see; you will be alright for five years. After that, you can only see me."
By July 6, Ridam had completed his third cycle of chemotherapy with minimal side effects. The treatments were successful. However, Ma Kali's final message was clear: "After five years, the real thing will start." This confirmed that his healing was not just a medical triumph but a divinely ordained step in his spiritual journey.
On December 12, 2016, Rina, Ridam's wife, broke her right tibia and fibula while walking in Singapore. She was put in a cast and sent back to India. Three days later, on December 15, she underwent surgery at Apollo Hospitals in Jubilee Hills, where her tibia was nailed by Dr. Sarat.
This incident was a stark reminder of the earlier divine warnings. Ma Kali had told Ridam that if he did not perform pujas on Tuesdays and Wednesdays wherever he went, she would take away his son. This event was seen as the fulfillment of her prophecy, a consequence of Ridam's failure to follow her instructions regarding the future problems that would befall his family.
On October 19, 2017, Ridam performed a deep and significant meditation on the night of Diwali, beginning at 11 p.m. and lasting for an hour. During his trance, Ma Kali asked him for a blood offering. Jojo, who was with him, had to prick Ridam's finger to draw the blood.
The meditation was exceptionally deep, signifying a profound level of communion with the goddess. At this time, Ridam had left his previous job and was working from home, a change that coincided with his continued spiritual journey and his increasing devotion to Ma Kali.
In April 2020, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rina and her mother traveled to Kolkata. Both of them contracted the virus but eventually recovered.
A year later, Ridam received a call that a family member had also tested positive for COVID-19. His friend, Riporna's cousin sister, had been admitted to the hospital with low oxygen levels. In a meditation, Ma Kali reassured him that Riporna was blessed by Sri Lakshmi and would recover. She further predicted that the cousin would be home in 10 days and would get married within three to four years.
The divine message, however, ended with a severe warning for Ridam himself. Ma Kali told him to worry about his own future, as he would face a period of great difficulty within the next six months. He was scheduled to sit for a meditation the next day, Saturday, May 15, 2021, to seek further guidance.
The following is a set of instructions for a Kali Puja on October 24, 2022.
Timing: The puja should begin at 11:30 p.m. and be completed by 1:15 a.m.
Fasting: You can consume juices and fruits, but no solid food should be eaten until after 1:00 a.m.
Bhog (Offerings): The food offering should be simple and consist of Khichuri, Alu Bhaja (fried potatoes), and a cabbage curry without garlic.
Symbolic Sacrifice: A pumpkin is required for the bali (sacrifice). It should be marked with vermilion (sindoor) before the ritual is performed.
Puja Items: The following items are needed for the ceremony:
3 garlands
A small quantity of flowers and Bel Patra (leaves of the bael tree)
A variety of fruits and sweets for the offering
Tiler Naru (sesame seed laddoos)
5 to 6 Joba (hibiscus) flowers
Batasha (a type of sugar candy)
This is a straightforward set of requests for the puja. All the best with the ceremony.
On the evening of January 21, 2023, a new moon night, Ridam and Riporna came to my Kali temple for a meditation session. It was a very deep experience, and all of you felt the presence of the Goddess.
During the meditation, Riporna saw a one-foot bronze statue of Ma Kali. Meanwhile, Ridam received a message that he needed to meditate three more times over the next four months. He was told he would be given the specific dates and times for these sessions.
The goddess also revealed that there would be a period of destruction lasting for the next 20 years. This destruction would occur in three stages: one between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., and two more in the evening.
On January 21, 2023, Ridam and Riporna came for a deep one-hour meditation. While there were no immediate messages, Ridam was instructed to perform three more meditations over the next four months, with the dates and times to be revealed later.
The first of these was held on February 18, 2023. Ridam and Rina arrived at my home around 8 p.m., while you had already started meditating at 7:20 p.m. During the session, Ridam had a powerful vision. He saw fire, in the shape of a Khanda (a sickle-like weapon), coming out of Ma Kali's mouth. This fire then transformed into the Earth, which was a blood-red color. This vision likely symbolizes a great calamity—such as a nuclear attack, an asteroid, or a volcanic eruption—that would cause immense destruction.
After the meditation, Ridam was so shaken and overwhelmed that he could not speak. He felt incredibly hot and poured water over his head and neck to cool down.
The next meditation, planned for February 21, 2023, took place with everyone wearing white dhotis. You meditated at various times and locations in my home, while Ridam meditated separately at his own house. During his meditation, Ridam saw the Earth covered in a white sheet of cloth, which he interpreted as a great reset of civilization. A child was born from this cloth, symbolizing a new beginning. He saw Nandi and Bhringi (Lord Shiva's companions) putting the sheet on the Earth. The choice of a Tuesday for this meditation was significant, as he was told the event itself would happen on a Tuesday, although the specific date was not disclosed.
The vision of fire and destruction was followed by a series of real-world calamities. Astrological predictions of more earthquakes were made, following the devastating one in Turkey on February 6, 2023. Then, on October 7, 2023, a terrorist attack on Israel ignited a massive war. On Diwali, November 12, 2023, Ridam meditated again and received the same message: the Earth is burning like fire.
On December 8, 2023, Dr. Boora shared a recurring dream in which Bhoo Devi (the Earth Goddess) was tired from the weight of the world and was shifting her side from her right to her left shoulder. He felt this meant there would be massive earthquakes in the northwestern part of India, affecting Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Yesterday, on October 26, 2024, Ridam and his wife, SP, came for a meditation session, following instructions from Ma Kali. They received further guidance for the upcoming Diwali celebration.
The goddess has given specific instructions for a special Diwali puja on October 31.
Timing: The auspicious time for the puja is from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Atmosphere: The puja should be performed in darkness, as the Earth is currently going through a dark period. No lights should be used.
Offerings: No sacrifices are required for this puja. Instead, offer Khichadi, fried potatoes, six Batasha (a sugar candy), four hibiscus flowers, and five lotus flowers.
Solitude: The meditation should be performed alone, in deep solitude.
Today, on October 27, Ridam received additional, personal instructions:
Diet: He must become a vegetarian starting today.
Celibacy: He should avoid any physical contact with females.
Puja Timing: The optimal time to perform the puja is a short window between 10:30 p.m. and 10:45 p.m.
Assistance: His wife, Rina, can assist him in preparing the Khichadi for the offering.