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At the age of seventeen,
Yogeshwarji bade farewell to the orphanage and experienced the new
atmosphere of G T Boarding. He started his studies at Wilson College but he
used to pass a major part of his day away from fellow students, meditating
in solitary places like Hanging Garden.
His latent desire to become an
accomplished yogi took him to Amardham, an Institute for Yoga. He asked
Guruji, who was the main administrator "Have you realized God? Do you know
of any sure means for it?" Guruji was very pleased on hearing this, as none
of the student ever came there with such a disposition. Guruji clarified
however that the institution only teach Asana and Pranayama, it does not
impart training for God's realization. In few days, Yogeshwarji stopped
attending the classes since he did not see any essence of life without the
vision of Divine Mother!
Yogeshwarji surprised the
people of his village when he declared that he has no intention of marriage.
Inspired by renowned celibates like Swami Vivekanand, Maharshi Dayanand and
Shankaracharya, he moved away the attempts and proposals of his marriage by
his relatives and village people.
Yogeshwarji won the first
prize for his speech in elocution competition. He also won first prize for
his Gujarati article "The place of Gandhian Era in Literature" which he had
written for his college's annual magazine. His Gujarati professor felt that
Yogeshwarji should pursue his bachelors with Gujarati at the university but
God's wish was different. He had to pursue a path of spirituality and
University of Himalayas was waiting for his enrollment.
As the yearning for God’s
realization dominated, for the first time in his academic career he missed
the passing mark for a mere five marks. He left his studies as the
Himalayas were calling him. |
