Avatar Baba (The Guru of Hari Babaji)
…Four days later, Avatar Baba arrived. He had an extraordinary appearance: seven feet tall, broad-shouldered, wearing a turban, with a penetrating gaze. He was Hari Baba’s teacher. Some called him Ramupir, others Avtar Giri, and still others Aughar Baba. It was impossible to tell by his birth whether he was Hindu or Muslim. Everything he did came effortlessly and naturally. He spoke almost every language in the world. He knew everything—from market prices to politics. He did not dwell on the past; he lived in the present, adding the future to it, and he always smiled.
…On the shores of Lake Manasarovar, Avatar Baba instructed me to set out on my own journey. Perhaps Hari Baba wished to stop me, but there was nothing he could do. He stood beside us, smiling. At times he gazed at the mountain rivers; at other times his eyes rested on the snow‑covered Himalayan peaks. Avatar Baba said to Hari Baba: “Let him go. He still has much to accomplish. He must burn his past karma, create no new karma, but only dissolve the old, and allow his inner wholeness to reveal itself.”
…The sound of the rain blended with the roar of the river. In the distance, a faint light glimmered, as if a solitary lamp were burning there. I walked toward the light. Soon I saw a shadow, sitting motionless by a rock. The light was emanating from there. It was Avatar Baba. As I approached, I saw that from his body, thin as a skeleton, radiated an extraordinary glow that illuminated everything around him.
…There, Avatar Baba bought a piece of cloth for me and instructed me to dye it the color befitting a hermit. We spent the entire day wandering through the market. Avatar Baba loved to laugh. He could sit among ordinary people and begin smoking his pipe. Through his conversations, he amused everyone around him.
Quotes from the book Pilot Babaji
