Journey Through Incarnations
One evening, Shyama Charan Lahiri was roaming at the foot of
the Himalayas while on a short visit to the area, when he
heard a voice saying,” Shyama Charan, Shyama Charan.” He was
surprised to see a sadhu calling him from a distance. The
sadhu approached him and said, Can’t you recognise me, my
child, my son,, Then he uttered the name of Shyama Charan’s
father and grandfather. Even then Shyama Charan could not
recognise him. The sadhu showed him abundant affection and led
him into a cave and showed him a trident, a sacred water pot,
a lion skin, a tiger skin and some beads. He said, ,Can you
recognise these, They are all yours,, but Shyama Charan could
not recognise them. The sadhu then placed his hand on Shyama
Charan,s spine. Immediately Shyama Charan came to realise that
those were indeed his belongings.
The sadhu said to him, ‘My name is Babaji, my son. You were my
dear student in your previous incarnation. You left the body
at a very high stage of spiritual development. I want you to
complete your spiritual life in this incarnation.’
Shyama Charan bowed to his Master and cried and cried. He said
that he would not go back to his wife and family, but Babaji
said, ‘No, you have to return to them. God wants you to lead a
family life and, at the same time, remain in your highest
consciousness and guide householders in leading a better,
higher and purer life. I shall initiate you in a few days’
time. As long as you remain near the Himalayas, come and see
me every day.’
Shyama Charan was overjoyed that his Master was going to
initiate him. With a heart full of gratitude and delight, he
left.
A few days later Lahiri returned to the Master. Babaji said,
,The time has come for me to initiate you, but before I do,
you have to drink this liquid, Shyama Charan drank a very
large quantity of an oily liquid from an earthen jar. It
caused him to vomit and empty himself many, many times. Then
Babaji said, ,Now you are purified, my son. I am giving you
puri, halwa and other sweetmeats. Eat them to your heart,s
content., Shyama Charan ate them voraciously. Then the Master
initiated him compassionately, unreservedly and
unconditionally.1
Premanshu Says . . . .
To say that each soul is blessed with only one incarnation is
to commit a Himalayan blunder. Each soul goes through many,
many incarnations before it embodies, reveals and manifests
the ultimate Truth. We start from one point and eventually
there comes a time when we reach the goal. Each incarnation
helps the soul go forward to the destined goal. If we start
something in this incarnation and do not complete it, then in
the next incarnation we shall have to complete it, for unless
we do, we shall have no abiding satisfaction. Each incarnation
means covering a few more steps while walking along Eternity’s
road. If we keep walking, marching and running forward, each
incarnation is undoubtedly a movement forward to a more
illumining and more fulfilling reality.
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Ref. Autobiography of a Yogi
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