Bava's Gift

This is a touching story that begins with the sudden death of the author's close friend Frank Bava. A few days later, he hears a sound coming from his washing machine and realises that it is a marble belonging to his friend. He decides to return it, and puts it in the suit pocket inside his casket with the thought that Frank could prove his survival by manifesting the marble in a different place. And this is exactly what begins to happen, first to some close friends, then to his colleagues then even, indirectly, to colleagues of the author. In one case, the author is prompted to ask a friend if he had happened to find a marble in the last few months, which prompts an extraordinary story; in another, it links in with a message from a work colleague's deceased father. Cumulatively, the story stretches the long arm of coincidence so far that it becomes persuasive evidence for Frank's survival. Not that every reader will be convinced. There is also one other incident soon after Frank's death where a work colleague was calling up a directory of names and the file disappeared so that only Frank's name came up on the screen. This freaked her out. When she restarted the computer, the file came up as usual. Reflecting on the implications of these experiences, the author affirms that nature is in constant communication with us and that the universe will play lovingly and lightly with us if we approach it in the same spirit; and that we are energetically knitted to the subtle fabric of everything we touch via our minds and bodies. It is a message of deep interconnectedness and continuity.