Sarveshvarananda
He began to speak: “I am Sarveshvarananda. I was human, I am human, and I will remain human. Yet for 673 years now I have been wandering the world. And even now I have not fully realized all the noble qualities of those Mahatmas who dwell in the Himalayas…”
He says: “Even a person who sees perfectly can be called blind. Do people not see that political leaders and religious gurus do not hide their intentions to make them their slaves? And even if they do see that they are about to be enslaved, why do they continue as before? How long can a society based on such principles endure? Why do people not learn from rivers, which absorb the filth of the entire world and yet remain pure and free? All rivers have one goal: they all strive for the ocean, merging with one another along the way. None of them fears losing its individuality or disappearing, and yet they continue to exist even after dissolving into other waters. The Himalayas have given them eternal inspiration to flow forward. And all of nature—the Sun, the Moon, the Earth, and the sea—assists them in this noble purpose. Why, then, can human beings not take them as an example? They do not see their true nature and chase after the world, and the world deceives them again and again.”
Sarveshvarananda Ji is a person of free views, whose worldview unites the ideas of bhakti and yoga. He believes that intention is the foundation of creation, and therefore regards intention as the primary creative force. When a person masters the power of intention, they automatically rise to a higher level in comparison with others. Such a person, regardless of whether their actions are good or bad, becomes free from karma.
Sarveshvarananda Ji wanders from village to village. At times he accepts grain as alms and prepares his food himself. Through the Gayatri Mantra he is able to ignite water. He often helps me in the Himalayas and invites me to stay with him whenever I intend to remain there for a long time.
Quotes from the book Pilot Babaji
