God is never unjust to the creation. The Divine is the Ocean of Kindness. Whenever there is decline of Dharma (righteousness), the Divine comes to the rescue of the universe.

Whenever mankind is attracted too much to materialism it loses its mental and moral health, which results in increasing the miseries of mankind - tension prevails upon it, suffering spreads, both physically and mentally, and the people of the Earth suffer from dissatisfaction, depression, unhappiness. Doubts and fear, hatred and jealousy become the order of the day. The righteous always pray for peace and happiness, for love and universal brotherhood. Then the Divine Grace descends - and amazing, inexplicable wonders occur for the welfare of the universe. The righteous are protected by the Divine which appears on Its Own or chooses a worthy Child, a mighty Soul to carry out Its plan.

Such Great Ones, rising above all differences and weaknesses of Humanity, use their powers and give their abilities and energies to aid humanity; by drinking bitterness They give Their love and tolerance. They take the sufferings of Humanity and give Their Knowledge and Wisdom to enlighten the universe. Their approach is always Universal. They sacrifice Their lives for sake of the world. They become eternal, guiding and inspiring light to the universe.

Childhood and initiation into Tapas
Known as one of the spiritual giants of India, Sri Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi was born 'Sathyaraju' in the tiny hamlet of Adivarapupeta in south India on January 24th, 1935. Growing up He demonstrated a forthrightness and fearlessness in His dealings in the world, honesty and enormous will-power, and became the natural leader of His small group of companions.

The passing of His father when He was only a baby meant that His family - already in humble circumstances - was plunged into poverty, but He determined to bring His family out of this difficult position. As a small boy of only eight, He carried on the family trade of weaving and also started a small business which over time proved successful in meeting the needs of His small family.

Always very outspoken, commanding and outgoing by nature, He experienced an odd change coming over Him at the age of fourteen, preferring to quietly withdraw into a corner and even losing His normally very healthy appetite, having little interest in the things around Him.

One afternoon Sathyaraju set off with His friends to play in the nearby river canal and just as the boys were passing a grove of palmyra trees, three of the fruits fell down from the trees of their own accord. As a palmyra fruit can be broken into four equal pieces and there were twelve boys in the group, Sathyaraju broke up the fruits and distributed the pieces to all those present.

As He started to extract the juice of the fruit by squeezing it, all of a sudden His body began to tremble. Watching the palmyra fruit in His hand He beheld a light emerging from it and He heard the Omkara(1) emanating from inside. As He continued to stare at the fruit, the Divine Light and Sound engulfed Him in blissful waves so that His body ceased its trembling and His mind became calm and peaceful and He found further that as He watched, the fruit in His hand was replaced by a black Shivalingam(2). Still drawn to watching the miraculous divine object in His hand, as He watched in awe the Lingam broke in half and from the midst of the Shivalingam a tall, handsome man in the attire of a Jangama Rishi(3) emerged and commanded Him to sit into the lotus posture(4) and close His eyes. He then touched Sathyaraju in between the eyebrows and patted Him on the head.

The boy lost all outer consciousness, absorbed in an enchanting vision of the same black Shivalingam which had manifested earlier in His hand.

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