My First Meeting with Guruji Paranjothi Mahan

More than sixteen years ago, on a Sunday morning in February 1992, my wife Pushpa Rani and I drove from our home in Tapah to Kuala Lumpur, a distance of about 160 kilometres, to meet a young spiritual master, Guruji Dr. Paranjothi Mahan, who was then visiting Malaysia after completing his first ever 21-day penance in India.

We were overjoyed when Guruji welcomed us with a beaming smile. He was dressed in white robes. He spoke to us at length about the problems confronting the world, often using simple aphorisms to convey profound spiritual truths. There was always a smile on his face, and this made us feel very comfortable in his presence. I found him to be very open-minded and wellinformed.He listened intently before answering my questions to my satisfaction.

As we listened to him, we began to realize that we were in the presence of a highly evolved spiritual master whose vibrations of love were constantly filling us with a kind of joy we had not experienced before. He talked about ways and means of quenching our spiritual thirst, and pointed out that God has given every one of us the potential to receive spiritual gifts that would
divinely empower us to accomplish great things in life for the benefit of mankind. Guruji then explained to us the benefits of meditation, before initiating both of us into the First Stage of Kundalini Yoga Meditation. We received the Second and Third Stages of Initiation in the following weeks.

While taking leave of Guruji at about 11 a.m., I had this peculiar feeling that I had just been inthe company of Jesus Christ. And while driving back home, the thought of Ramalinga Adigal (a.k.a. Vadalur Vallalar) also came to my mind a few times. “Is there a link” I wondered, “between Jesus, Vadalur Vallalar and Guruji?” Quite frankly, there is no straightforward
answer to this type of question, but I do think their vibrations are at the same frequency. The key word that connects these three spiritual masters is: LOVE.

William Bhoopala Joseph
24 Taman Kudamas
Off Jalan Damai
35000 Tapah, Perak, Malaysia.
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Dated: Friday, 23 May 2008