Extra-Ordinary Event

Extra-Ordinary Event :

Now He was to enter into very important phase of His life. Even though living in a foreign land, He had also continued to live a spiritual and devoted life. After completion of His thesis in the allotted time, an extra-ordinary event took place which was to change His course of life.

Once while He was sitting in a garden, He experienced a powerful flow of energy within Himself. Thereupon, He became afraid and went running to His home where He heard a clear inner voice (God’s message) and was told that :

“YOUR DIVINE INCARNATE MANIFESTATION HAS TAKEN PLACE FOR THE WELFARE OF MANKIND. THE NECESSARY (EDUCATIONAL) KNOWLEDGE WHICH WAS TO BE OBTAINED GETS COMPLETED. NOW RENOUNCE ALL THE WORLDLY GOODS AND ENTER INTO ‘SADHANA’.”

Upon receiving the above divine command, He immersed whatever He was possessing in His home like books, money and thesis in the Hudson River and in accordance with it, He began His Sadhana.

This Sadhana was very difficult. It has been heard His having said : “(In the first) six months, I never came to know as to when the sun had arisen and set.” Due to intensive penance, the body had become extremely emaciated. After about one and half years, in the year 1954 A.D., He returned to India after receiving a command to do so.

Returning Back To India :

After his having returned to India, the period 1954 A.D. – 1968 A.D. passed mostly in performance of Internal ‘Sadhana’. During this period, in between, in accordance with inspiration received from within, He went on pilgrimage to main pilgrimage centers and twice he went on pilgrimage tour to Amarnath Bhagwan (Himalayas). Also due to His past relationship with Ramakrishna Bhagwan in continuation of the earlier incarnation work, He had to go to Calcutta (Belur Math) eighteen times.

During this period, He had stayed at Jamnagar, Rajkot, Junagadh and Kutinyana. He had stayed for longer periods at Rajkot and Jamnagar. At Rajkot, for a certain period of time staying in a hutment and living in a mood of an ascetic, He practiced high religious vows. Remaining in an intense ascetic mood, He used to remain absorbed in daily routine Sadhana. After His having received a command from the above to remain in the state of Godhead, He began the practice of Arti (waving of lights) before His internal form and in the daily routine life, He used to stay in the same state.

Life :

The yardstick of the degree of spiritual life of a human being can be judged from the fact as to how far his life confirms to his teachings.

His life and His teachings were one and the same. Whatever teachings He gave were in strict confirmation to the life which He led.

Evaluation of His life is impossible. It is because it is difficult to understand and explain His wonderful divine play because of His complete identity with Para-Brahm. It is because how an incomplete (personal soul) can explain the complete (Brahm, see footnote). Yet, let us see in brief whatever has been seen and experienced externally.

He was Himself the divine form of Para-Brahm Parmatma. In order to understand this, it is a sufficient proof of His possessing some special spiritual powers and distinguishing characteristics. He was an extraordinary treasure house of qualities of divine wealth. Qualities like truth, non-violence, compassion, love, austerity, renouncement, forgiveness, equanimity, purity etc. were seen to exist in the highest degree. Moreover, a circle of light reflecting essence of His being an Incarnation used to remain in existence surrounding His face. In his vicinity extra-ordinary supreme peace used to be experienced. His body and their parts were seen to be similar to those of divine personage as shown by the scholars of science of Chiromancy (e.g. long hands reaching upto His knees etc.). Intense yearning for welfare of the world was seen to exist within Him as expression of universal love. Violence upon dumb creatures melted His heart and tears used to flow from his eyes and beholding this one used to experience compassionate Brahm in its absolute state. Innumerable such characteristics were found to exist within Him. His life was supremely pure, full of asceticism and simplicity.

He used to observe the great vows of truth, non-violence, celibacy etc. to their minutest extent. He never used to partake services of anyone during illness. He used to take rest for 3 to 4 hours on only mattress made of sacred ‘Darbha’ grass. Every now and again He went on fast. In food, He used to take a simple diet in company of His devotees during midday hours. He never used to hoard anything and when He found anyone unhappy, He used to also give away His own personal possessions. He used to strictly observe daily duties and vows. In short, it is possible for a common human being to completely understand what an ideal spiritual life can be from the exemplary life of Prabhushree.

Brahm = Brahm is existence eternal, consciousness absolute, compassion infinite.