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Surrender to Babaji


Gyan swami was born on 11th April 1947 in the dynasty of a very famous ex- ruling family of India. The village was Galimapur of Saran district surrounded by three great rivers, the Gandak, Saryu and the Ganges. 
Right from the age of two, Gyanswami would keep himself away from normal crowd of society. He would sit for hours under some trees. At the age of two and half, he forced his grand father Thakur Tapeshwar Singh to make a Kharaun (a wooden sandal normally used by monks) for him. Some times he would go to the Samadhi of Lakshram Baba( a great saint of 18th century, he is still seen by many sadhaka walking on the bank of Mahi river).
Whenever Gyanswami was not to be seen anywhere for long, his grand father would find him sitting under the Banyan tree located far away from their house.
At the age of nine he made a place of meditation on the branches of a Neem tree located in the Brahmsthan of the village. No body could locate him where he was and he used to meditate there for hours. Many saints used to come to meet him. Some of them wanted to take Bhiksha (Alms) through his hands only. Father Thakur Raghunandan Singh and mother Smt Paodhari Devi arranged every thing for him as he is the eldest of the four brothers. (Other brothers are: Kirtyanand Singh, Hridyanand Singh and Dayanand Singh. Kitryanand is in Indian Air Force while other two are in police services.) 
He topped at matriculation examination from Bihar School Exam Board . While studying in Patna Science College he used to practice very advance Yogic Sadhana without learning from any Guru , just by browsing information from different books of various writers. He suffered a very serious heart problem in 1966 and doctors declared that he would survive only for a few months. This was a turning point in his life. By the grace of Babaji he was saved after he learnt some special Yoga techniques.
Further he joined Bihar College of Engineering Patna. This college is situated at banks of the river Ganges. He would go to Gandhi Ghat in the middle of night and meditate by sitting near the waves of the water of the Ganges. Many times dead bodies would come floating near him while he was engrossed in his Sadhana. As he now tells us, "I could see the astral bodies of those souls and used to talk to them." That was a wonderful experience for him. 
 In the summer of 1967 a great event took place. He got in touch of the great Swami Vivekananda.At that time he was spending his summer holidays in his Godfather Dr B D Sharma's residence in Raipura. Swamiji (Swami Vivekananda) would come almost daily in his astral body and teach Gyan swami many things about the other world. Life after death was narrated by him to Gyan; it was just like the details given by Swami Yukteswar Giri to Swami Yogananda Paramahansa as told in the Autobiography of a Yogi (at that time Gyan had not studied that book). Swamiji taught Gyan many secret Yoga techniques. This lasted for about three years. (The details of all these great events will be given by him in his forthcoming book "Journey Towards Enlightenment). 
When Gyan was in the third year of engineering Mahavatar Babaji appeared in his room and gave him many works to do. It was a great day when Babaji came in the presence of Rajani Kant (s/o Dr B D Sharma) who was a medical student at that time.
After talking for sometime Babaji vanished. After getting his degree in engineering Gyan left for the Himalayas where he stayed for about two and half years and met many great saints. He was directed by them to teach ancient science of yoga without charging any money as the so called Yogis have commercialized Yoga these days. Similar blessings were given to him in person by Shree Sai Baba, Anandmoi Ma, Shree J Krishnamurthy, Osho, Shree Devraha Baba.
Gyan Swami worked in M/S Balaju Yantra Shala (a joint firm of SATA of Switzerland and NIDC of Nepal) Kathmandu, Nepal for more than two years. There he was getting the divine love of his Dharm Bhai Bodhisatava Swami Anand Arun the founder of Tapoban Ashram. Then he joined Telco Jamshedpur in 1977. By the blessing of Babaji Shree Hari Shankar Varma and his wife Shmt Shail Varma started treating Gyan Swami as their own son. Their two sons Shri Jivan Jyoti Varma (at present a very senior officer in Indian Navy) and Shri Amal Varma (now head of HR in an M.N.C.) also accepted him as their elder brother and even today they treat him like this.
Many times Shree Hari Shankar Varma and Gyan Swami used to meditate together. One day both were discussing some spiritual matters ,about immortality of the SOUL. Suddenly Gyan Swami told, " Pappaji, suppose I die first then I will come to you in astral body and if you die first then you will come to me to tell that you are still existing even after leaving they physical body" 
After retirement Mr Varma shifted from Jamshedpur to Ranchi. During one night Gyan Swami heard Mr Varma calling him loudly three times. He got up from his bed to look from where the voice was coming. Then he realized; "Oh ! it seems pappaji has left his body and he had come to me to keep his words! In the morning the news of his death came. He had expired last night. 
After getting permission from his Guru he got married to Ms Saroj Singh, daughter of a very famous Thakur family of Aligarh. After ten month of marriage he was blessed by a son "Gyanesh". This was his first and last issue. Henceforth he started leading a life of a Himalayan Yogi. Wife Saroj helps him in Sadhana in all possible ways. The family is symbol of love and peace.


The house where he lives is full of spiritual energy. It is told that the house is visited by highly elevated astral souls and this can be felt while sitting there in the meditation hall.
Gyan Swami is a working Sanyasi. He earns his own livelihood. He believes that a Sanyasi should not be a burden on the society. He retired as a Chief Manager in 2008 and now continuing same responsibilities in a new role as a Peoplesoft Consultant with RSB Transmissions (I) Ltd Pune. RSB Group, founded in 1975 in Jamshedpur, by R. K. Behera and S. K. Behera as International Auto, is one of the leading Indian engineering and automotive components manufacturing business houses. The Group’s core capabilities range from design to manufacturing of aggregates and systems related to commercial vehicles, passenger cars, construction, farm equipments and a wide variety of automotive and off-highway equipments. The core products of the Group are propeller shaft, transmission systems, gears, axles, engine components, construction equipment aggregates, trailers and trailer kits.
The vision of RSB Group is “To be amongst the most admired organizations with a significant global presence”. What makes RSB Group so different from others is the unique blend of ambition and benevolent values the founder members bring in to bear and the gradual institutionalization of these values across the Group. The Group is fiercely ambitious to become a global enduring institution that will continually reinvent from within to adapt to the changing conditions and transcend time and yet strongly advocates and practices the time tested humane values of empowerment and enrichment of all stakeholders, environment compatibility, sustainable development and corporate social responsibility.
For Gyan Swami, RSB Group is an institution where karma yoga meets dharma yoga. He derives immense pleasure from working with such an organization and truly walks the talk of being a karma yogi. 
 
When he delivers lectures he says that he does not speak himself but he surrenders his voice and throat to his Guru and his master takes over. Many times some advance Sadhakas have seen some saint standing in astral body with white gown behind him while he speaks in trans, at that time he starts giving examples from ancient scriptures in Sanskrit where as in normal stage he cannot remember all those things. 
 
Till date thousands of Sadhakas have met him from India and abroad and received solace in his presence. He says that "Very soon the Light of Kriya Yoga given by Mahavatar Babaji through Shree Lahiri Mahashaya, Swami Yukteswar Giri and Swami Yogananda Paramahansa will illuminate the whole world. They have given us the path of everlasting life, all are invited to join this journey towards enlightenment. Just enlightenment and nothing less
than that. Gyanswami respects all the saints who are spreading the art of Kriya Yoga.  He wants that all the saints of Kriya Yoga should come under one roof and work together under the guidance of Mahavatar Babaji. 
 
Gyan Swami leads a very simple and egoless life. Many people adore him with mala, coconuts and aarati etc and some also abuse him for making BrahmVidya so easily available to common people; Gyanswami loves all of them with equal affection. 
 
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