Baba Faqir Chand - Dr. David C. Lane-2

Expanded letter to Bharat Bhushan

I don't know if I told you this, but I was in contact with Faqir a few weeks before he died.

He called me at my mom's home (this was before he had to go to the hospital). He was planning (along with his doctor) to come to Los Angeles and stay at my mom's home.

We had arranged for him to give an extensive interview and have it taped for television, etc. Sidenote: this was a trip that was to be fully funded by John-Roger Hinkins, as he provided Faqir and his doctor with two first class tickets, as per my request (J.R. and were on friendly terms back then).

I remember that Dr. Sharma tried to see if I could get another ticket from J.R. so he could fly with Faqir as well, but I told him that it was unnecessary and inappropriate given the costs, etc.

However, Faqir took ill.

My last phone conversation with Faqir is when he called my mom's house and he sounded quite good but said his health was taking a toll on him. We talked about him coming to Los Angeles and how excited I was to see him again and how my mom had given her house for the weekend for his use, etc.

It was my last conversation with him. He said other things as well, but this is not the place to discuss them.

After Faqir died, I got a phone call from his attending physician who asked me how well I knew Faqir..... I said I knew him through my research.

He told me that Faqir was the most unusual patient he ever had. I said, "Why?" The doctor said that Faqir was in a coma but awoke shortly before he died and said, "I am not in a coma, but deep meditation. I wish to die consciously."

Shortly thereafter, Faqir died.

I still vividly recall the conversation as the doctor called me when I was staying in San Clemente at that time.

We were all heart broken.

Dr. Sharma, one of Faqir's successors,  also confirmed the same with me, and said there were other things he wished to write about (with me) in a book we were supposed to do.