This book has been written on the insistence of a few fel-low seekers who felt that my life and experiences with some of the real sages of India over the past twenty-eight years would be interesting and useful to other aspirants on the spiritual path. On hearing their request, I was immediately reminded of the words of one of those saints who told me that only a Self-Realized Soul should write a book on spirituality. If an ignorant person (one who has not realized the Truth) should do so, he would only fall into the trap of egoism and have a spiritual downfall. I told the same to these well-wishers who, however, persisted in their requests. At last I told them that if my spiritual Master, Mata Amritanandamayi, should tell me to write a book, only then would I do it, knowing that Her Grace would protect and guide me. After these friends had approached and spoken to Her, She told me that I should write the book as a service to other aspirants.
Though this book takes the form of an autobiography, its sole purpose is to bring out the greatness and methods of teaching of the mahatmas (sages) of India. If one feels inspired to seek their holy company and get the wonderful fruits thereof after reading it, then it has more than fulfilled its purpose. As the ancient sage Narada says in the Narada Bhakti Sutras or Aphorisms on Devotion, Rare is the company of the great sages; inaccessible, but unfailing it is, to be gained by the Lord's Grace alone."
Although it is true that there have always been and always will be charlatans in the guise of saints, perhaps more today than in the past, if one is sincere and intense in one's quest for Reality, one will surely find a real mahatma to guide and protect one on the spiritual path which has been likened to the razor's edge in its difficulty to tread without falling. As long as man-kind exists on this earth, there will be such Realized Souls to guide them and quench their thirst for real spiritual experience and peace of mind. One need not think that only those who are well-known are great. Indeed, many mahatmas are relatively unknown to the outside world. Blessed indeed are the sages who are blissful themselves and make others blissful as well.
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