The Life of Shivabalayogi

God-Realization in a Modern World

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SOUL CONNECTIONS pages of this website.

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The Life of Shivabalayogi, God-Realization in a Modern World, is a comprehensive record of one of the world’s great yogis of the 20th Century. A comprehensive and detailed biography of Shivabalayogi, including all available recorded conversations with the great Yogi, experiences of over a hundred devotees, and over three hundred sixty photographs.

Details of his twelve-year meditation (tapas) in samadhi (enlightenment) from 1949 to 1961
The meaning of yogi and the guru-devotee connection
His travels throughout India, Sri Lanka, United States & England from 1963 to 1991
His darshan and blessings through blessed vibhuti
His gift of initiation into meditation
Meditation and bhajan programs
The significance of meditation, samadhi and tapas
The spiritual bliss of bhava samadhi
Spiritual leaders and religions
World conditions and a New Age
Karma and accidents
The spiritual culture that underlies all traditions
Gods, yogis and divine beings Spiritual leaders and religion
and much, much more

The Life of Shivabalayogi (2024) is a revision Swamiji’s Treasure (2007).

“Swamiji was just a normal youngster like any of you. He went to play and while he was eating the palmyra fruit he got enlightenment. Then he started doing tapas and now he has become a yogi. That is the meaning of enlightenment. Enlightenment is not everything.”

“When you become enlightened you will do tapas. There is a difference between enlightenment and Self realization. What Swamiji has achieved is Self realization. A yogi is a Self realized person. He is not just an enlightened person. When a person gets enlightened that person starts doing tapas to realize the Self.”

“If you meditate well you will come to know. If you do sadhana [spiritual practice] you yourself will come to know what is the truth.”

“Swamiji gives you a guarantee. If you learn, he will teach you samadhi. If you practice daily then you can reach samadhi in this lifetime.”

“If you practice meditation you will automatically get samadhi. As you keep practicing meditation you will get a lot of happiness and bliss. The kind of happiness you get in meditation does not exist on this earth anywhere else. All the kinds of happiness that you experience outside is nothing compared to the happiness you get when you meditate.”

“Know truth through meditation, then you yourself will know who you are, your religion, your purpose in life, and your nature. Do not believe what others say and become a slave to religious prejudices.
Meditation is your religion. Meditation is your purpose in life. Meditation is your path.”

The Life of Shivabalayogi: God Realization in a Modern World

Written by Tom Palotas, the author of Darshan, Tapas Shakti, The Living Yogi, Divine Play, and Swamiji's Treasure.
The Life of Shivabalayogi is available through Amazon.
765 pages of large page (8x10 inch) format, illustrated with over three hundred sixty photographs. Paperback.
Published in 2024. ISBN 9798873891702

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