COMPANIONS OF SOLITUDE (A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY INTO THE MYSTERIOUS SECRET REGIONS OF THE SACRED LOFTY HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS)
Publisher: ASHOK N RAWAL on internet: http://www.shriramsharma.com
Published: 2013
Place of publication: India
Format: Ebook on website: www.shriramsharma.com
Number of pages: 250
Description: About 10 years passed by since my 1st invitation to journey to the Himalaya Mountains in order to get tested for the first time. After this it was not thought required to call me there. I got Revered Gurudeva’s Darshan in that very Mudra as I had got for the 1st time. ‘Everything is fine’: Saying this much tangible contact kept continuing. He entered my inner being ceaselessly. I never felt I was all alone. I always felt that both of us resided together. In this manner 10 years passed by.

India’s freedom struggle was going on. In the meantime since weather conditions were good I again got a subtle divine command to reach Himalaya Mountains. The very next day I started my journey. It was just not possible for me to ignore this command or delay it in manner. After informing my relatives of my departure I was prepared to set off the next day at Brahmamuhurat (4 am to 6 am). Even after 10 years passed by there was a proper road for travel only upto Uttarkashi. For further journey roadways were under construction.

I was well versed with the roads there. The weather was not all that cold as it was the previous time. I met people coming and going. Chattis or rest houses there were not all that empty. My luggage too was much less than usual. Of course those facilities got at home were lacking but the conditions in which I was journeying were not intolerable. They were just those that I was not so used to. The schedule went on as desired.

Previously I had to pass 3 tests but this time not one came my way. There was no need to pass those tests that were already taken. The road to Gangotri glacier was such that I had no need to check with anybody. The 14 mile path from Gangotri glacier to Gomukh is such that it changes its form when snow melts post winter each year. Icy rocks break apart and fall just about anywhere. Small streams too change their flow’s direction because of their road getting obstructed due to rocks. I had to find the correct direction of the new path from someone well versed with them there or by taking recourse to my intuitive intellect I would walk further via inference. When any obstruction appeared I would return to the previous point and search for the correct direction again. In this manner I reached Gomukh.

For my further journey I had to travel with Revered Gurudeva’s messenger and he too was subtly embodied. This Chaya Purusha or shadow man was of the stature of a Virbhadra. Time and again Revered Gurudeva would make use of him for many tasks. Everytime I went to Himalaya Mountains it was this Virbhadra who would guide me at huge heights from Nandanvan area and in its return journey. Hence with the aid of this messenger I reached my destination in a relatively faster manner and with better ease.

The moment I reached Nandanvan area Revered Gurudeva’s subtle body was directly perceived by me. The moment he manifested this divine form my sacred devotional sentiments gushed forth from within. My lips quivered in joy. My nose became wet. I felt as though I had found a lost part of my own body and as though its lack was being fulfilled just now. When he placed his divine palm on my scalp all my untold sacred love for him overflowed. The protocol of humble obeisances on my part and his blessing me got over quickly in this manner. In hint form Revered Gurudeva conveyed to me about again visiting the subtly embodied divine Rishi clan. My hair stood on ends in sacred thrill.

Virtually all Rishis of Satyuga or Golden Era via their subtle divine body have been residing in this inaccessible tough Himalaya Mountain terrain. It was here that I first had their hallowed vision or Darshan. All of them had their own appointed cave to dwell in. From the standpoint of executing bodily activities there is no need for them to take up a particular place or make arrangements for various material means. Even so in order to keep meeting each other when required and complete their appointed tasks all of these divine Rishis dwell in appointed places.

In my 1st sacred meeting with the divine Rishis I could merely offer humble obeisances to them. But this time Revered Gurudeva took me to each one of these divine Rishis for an individual sacred Darshan. I had got their blessings subtly but this time I was to be given divine guidance by them. In appearance these divine Rishis appeared divinely illumined in form (astral body) but now when my subtle body took up its correct form I could clearly visualize the Satyuga or Golden Era type of body of these divine Rishis. The body of divine Rishis is imagined by devotees in a certain manner and I saw that this imaginary form was quite correct. I offered my humble obeisances at their lotus feet. I placed my head at their hallowed feet. As soon as they placed their divine hand on my head my hair stood on ends in a sacred thrill. Bliss and zest gushed forth in huge waves.