Baba's arrival and His reluctance towards popularity

Perhaps for more than hundred-years of His life, Baba had been engaged profoundly in Yogic Meditation, far away from social life. He was in search of the Absolute truth. For this duration He did not have much of a verbal communication with anyone and gradually became reticent. After wandering on the Chandranath mountains He decided to descend to the plains of Ganges. He had chosen to come down to a village called Barodi. There, He took shelter under a very old Peepul tree. It was a sparcely populated village and the tree was situated quite a far away from the locality. Occassionally, a few of the villagers used to pass by, specially, when going to their field. When a few of such villagers saw Baba, they got impressed by His sight. They spread the news in their locality that a Charismatic looking saint had arrived to their village.

Thereafter, People from that village used to come regularly to visit Baba and offer whatever they could. But it was for a long time Baba had not consumed any food. He was an established Yogi he could render His life for days to weeks to months without food and water. So he did not eat the offerings in the beginning. One little girl used to visit Baba and everday she used to bring with her little milk. Baba used to drink that milk, and gradually, started eating soft fruits, because He could not eat hard food as He has not been doing so for a very long time.

Baba used to stay there in quiet. Of those people who used to come to visit Baba, many came to pay their respect, and many came to get His blessings to get rid of some or the other problems. By His grace and blessings no body returned empty handed. His popularity began to grow. But Baba had never sought for His popularity.

However, it is the silence in which Baba sought the truth and got His enlightenment.

Baba had once said, “Jato Gupta Tato Pokta, Jato Byakto Tato Tyakto”. It is difficult to translate the exact wordings.

But what it means is more important. “More is the silence or secrecy, greater is the abundance or richness; and more it is expressed or exposed, so much more is shunned or evaded.”

Baba meant that anything that is full and rich does not need to express itself. When the time is appropriate, it becomes self evident. Baba neither liked advertising his qualities nor desired any kind of mass popularity. He used to spend His time in the state of meditation and remained in eternal bliss. Sometimes even with His eyes wide open His sole used to wander out of His lifeless Body and transcend to some unknown sphere and then again after sometime gradually, His body come back to life.

Great saints and people of substance seek quiescence because it is in this state they can connect their soul with the Bramha. With popularity comes the commotion, and with it comes chaos; then the quietness and the serenity is lost.

…… will continue……