The Fact of the Matter Is…

The reason for presenting Yagya-96 and Mahotsav-97 before the preface is precisely to introduce you to those curiosities that led to the creation of this book. I was neither a writer nor had I ever thought about getting involved in this work. I also want to assure all readers of this book that the underlying motivation behind writing this book was primarily curiosity, not devotion.

Whenever I hear about the powers of any सिद्ध पुरुष (accomplished person), I definitely go to meet them, and at the time of meeting, onlookers assume that I am a very great devotee, but in reality, my mind remains engaged in the search for what extraordinary abilities the person in front has and where those extraordinary abilities came from within this person. My first meeting with Ravishri was in 1994, and my peculiar mind started troubling me. I had already heard that he tells everything just by looking, has a unique ability to see into the future, and can materialize offerings etc., from the air, but the ability that I couldn't resist experiencing after hearing about it was that Ravishri is present in two or three places simultaneously. When I first met Ravishri, I absolutely did not display the curiosity of my inquisitive mind; rather, showing complete devotion, I touched his feet and sat down, watching other people talk to him.

At this time, one astonishing thing I observed was that if Ravishri was talking to one person, and in the middle of it, a completely new person came and suddenly asked a new question, he was able to give an accurate answer immediately. I have met many सिद्ध महात्माओं (accomplished great souls), tantriks, etc., but I have never seen the ability to give immediate answers in them; they take some time to think and understand your problem before giving a reply. After this, I continued to meet Ravishri, displaying complete devotion and surrender, but my mind had also told me that 'Ravishri is aware of the खिचड़ी (metaphor for inner thoughts and plans) cooking inside you.' During this time, I also found numerous authentic incidents that proved that Ravishri is indeed present in two or three places simultaneously, one of which you will read further under the title 'Thrilling Experience.' Then the miraculous form of Mahayagya-96 and Mahotsav-97, the amazing management ability, and the devotion of so many prominent figures towards him, and despite all this, not even a trace of arrogance in Ravishri.

In this world, I have experienced two types of great individuals and learned men. Among these, one type appears very great from a distance, but the closer you get to them and dissect their mentalities, you will see that they are petty individuals surrounded by numerous vices, frustrations, ill-will, and the fear of losing their greatness and learning. They maintain their pretense of superiority solely through external pomp and show. During the writing of this book, I encountered many imposed scholars in whom I saw such an ego of learning that they appeared to me as extremely wretched men craving to be called great and learned, with no connection to true greatness. The percentage of these imposed great and learned men around us who possess naked vanity is the maximum.

It is my belief that if all of us, including these so-called learned and great men, started competing for greatness instead of wealth in a power test, the face of India would change.

However, the second type of great individuals is also seen in this world on this very earth, who appear extremely simple and small, but the closer you get to them, you will feel that this is a person full of great qualities, in whom great powers reside, equal to the gods in renunciation, penance, purity, and greatness.

In Ravishri's nature, I observed an extremely high level of generosity and greatness. To appear ordinary and to make the person in front feel that 'I am just like you,' he makes himself seem extremely insignificant.

He starts pretending that in fact, he needs you because you are capable, learned, and great. Upon delving deeper into a person wrapped in the guise of simplicity, possessing numerous high-level god-like abilities and extremely mature greatness, when it was discovered that he is authentically a reincarnation of a Paramhansa, many of my confusions were resolved. This was because, based on the half-baked information I had gathered from reading about Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Yogananda Saraswati, etc., I was quite certain that knowing about past lives is not a big deal for these great Yogi men. However, when did Ravishri remember his past life? If he was in the Paramhansa state, why did he take rebirth at all? And then, whenever Ravishri was mentioned, I would sit down sadly due to these whispers in my mind, and the situation became such that I started avoiding going to Rawatpura because of my strange, inquisitive, and whispering mind. But the thirst had awakened within my mind: why all this in Ravishri? How? Since when?

Before this, whenever I met any सिद्ध महात्मा (accomplished great soul) etc., it never took me long to gauge their powers and the depth of that person, at most two or three meetings. Among them, most were first-rate great people; even if I met a rare second-rate one, they would be very old. But here, it had been three years of gauging depth, and I could see neither the beginning nor the end, nor could I detect any kind of craving within Ravishri. I always saw a vast, ocean-like greatness in him, with open arms, which according to my eccentric mind, should not be present in a young saint in any way.

However, if he is a reincarnation of a Paramhansa, then even if people look at him as a young saint, he will surely look at people like an elder. But despite this, other curiosities remained in their place, and the only way to शांत (calm) them was to obtain a detailed account of the journey from the place where this divine person was born to this place, and also, if there were any living witnesses of his previous birth, to meet those people and end my anxieties. But this would waste a lot of time!

Let time be utilized well, and let curiosities also be शांत (calmed), and then, just like me, other people would also want to know all this! When all these things were put together in the computer of the mind, the only solution was - “द्वितीयो ...S....नास्ति” (Dwitiyo...S....nasti - There is no second)!!

Again, I primarily want to tell my young friends that almost every incident of Ravishri in this book is authentic, and the reason for this is my inquisitive mind. I considered those incidents to be true only after operating on almost every incident narrated about him to confirm it, personally visiting the places, and meeting different people. Apart from this, some incidents that simple-natured people told me, considering me as an ordinary person and having no idea that a book was being written about Ravishri, I included them in the book only when truthfulness was reflected in their words. In fact, this book is a research on the life of Ravishri. No incident narrated to me by Ravishri himself is included in this book; a few incidents that he occasionally narrated among his devotees have certainly made my journey successful.

Regarding Ravishri's previous birth, i.e., Guiyan Baba, I have also tried to have the incidents confirmed by other individuals, but this was not possible with every incident.

Could Ravishri be that divine being mentioned by many future seers? The truth of this is hidden in the womb of time, but I have tried to see that if Ravishri and the prophecies are placed face to face, then under the three points of time, abilities, and purpose, a surprising similarity can be seen between the divine being indicated by the prophecies and Ravishri.

Astrology is a science, and if the birth chart falls into the hands of a learned astrologer, he can astonishingly draw a correct and accurate blueprint of the future. However, due to the divine abilities of a Yogi person, it is very difficult to predict about them. Besides this, Ravishri's 'birth chart' is also like a valuable object to be collected for reference. Keeping these things in mind, Ravishri's birth chart has also been included in this book.

Today, we are involved in a blind race for wealth, because wealth has become the symbol of power. But Ravishri only has the divine abilities bestowed by 'Yoga and Omkar Sadhana.' If we also focus our attention in this direction, we can also awaken the Kundalini through Yoga and other spiritual practices and increase our individual abilities. I have tried to provide preliminary information about this through books and Yogis.

What is Ravishri's purpose? This is an unanswered question. If asked, he says, 'To make Rawatpura a pilgrimage site.' But was a Paramhansa reborn just for this? We have to try to understand Ravishri's purpose.

Ravishri is a saint who has reached that high state of a Yogi where Vedanta says 'Aham Brahmasmi,' meaning 'I am Brahman.' It is a natural greatness bestowed by God upon reaching this state that he gives the credit for all his abilities to 'Brahmarshi Deorah Baba.'

It is true that your steps turned towards Rawatpura only after meeting Deorah Baba, but it is also true that even before meeting him, your personality was adorned with every divine ability.

The essence of the running around done to शांत (calm) the curiosities and all the efforts made to gauge Ravishri's abilities and understand his divine nature, and the direct ultimate truth is that Ravi Shankar Paramhansa is the one and only divine, otherworldly, extraordinary, unique man present on this earth... "द्वितीयो.......नास्ति" (Dwitiyo...S....nasti - There is no second)!!

Before you begin reading this, I would definitely like to say this to you: always carry the 'unseen power' in your mind as a main character in this book, which is invisible but exists with every event, with every coincidence, every moment.