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Having heard stories about Sri Aurobindo's spiritual powers, Shri Yogeshwarji wrote a letter asking for permission to stay at his Pondichery ashram for sadhana. However, the response came in negative. Yogeshwarji then wrote a letter to Swami Shivananda at Rishikesh for the same. In his reply Swamiji advised him to wait but he was impatient. He was of the opinion that once he meet Swamiji personally, Swamiji would have a clear idea of his personality and would definitely grant him the permission for staying in the ashram.

 As Yogeshwarji prepared for the Himalayas, his mother's brother asked: "Who would take care of your mother?" to which Yogeshwarji replied "God takes care of everybody. Why won't he care for my mother?" An attempt was made to stop him by reminding him to pay off a debt of 100 Rupees but he remained unmoved. 

 He remembered a noble saint who used to run an institution (Sastu Sahityavardhak Sanstha), which published affordable and good literature. He sent his articles for publishing and in the bargain hoped for money. The saint, Bhikshu Akhandanand called him at once, listened to his bhajans and after a closer scrutiny of his feelings granted him 120 Rupees! On his return to Saroda, Yogeshwarji put the whole amount in his mother's hand. She was greatly surprised as she believed that nobody would part with such a big amount. Only after getting the details about the Yogeshwarji's meeting with Bhikshu Akhandanand did she could believe it.

 In the January of 1941, at the young age of just twenty, Yogeshwarji set out for Rishikesh in the holy Himalayas. His dreams finally began to take shape.

From Shri Yogeshwarji's autobiography

“It might have occurred to God that there won't be a great loss if I do not become a professor of Gujarati. Someone else would take my place, but who will undergo sadhana for achieving His grace? Who would display the path of spirituality to the people of the world, who are losing faith and devotion in His supreme power? Who would demonstrate the way to perform sadhana and remove the doubts of the people, who look at it with suspicion? By whom will the secrets of the life be re-kindled? God must have shifted me away from Bombay with such thinking."

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"My decision to go to the Himalayas was obviously painful for Mataji. She had struggled, passed a hard and laborious life after my father's death. Her hope was pinned on me and instead of fulfilling her wish that I earn and help her, I was preparing for the Himalayas. Yet, she did not oppose my decision at all. She had deep understanding and spiritual values. People of Saroda were stunned as stories of my rejection of marriage proposal and going to the Himalayas in the prime of life spread like wild fire. My case was unique and unprecedented in the history of our village."

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 “How can I describe the burning passion and agony that I had in my heart for the Divine Mother’s darshan? My conscious cried with all eagerness for the Divine Mother. My heart used to assure me that I would have the vision of God by wailing, longing and praying like an impatient child. My mind was not attached to anything in the world. Some changes took place in my external life also. I started taking only one meal in a day. I gave up the habit of putting on a coat. I gave up using shoes. I started living life of complete simplicity."

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"My heart felt dejected when I read the letter from the Aurobindo Ashram. I had to compromise with my self that it was not God's will to take me there. I started praying again to God for his ray of light. It was not my nature to be bogged down by discouragement or disappointment." 

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