Divine Play: The Silent Teaching of Shiva Bala Yogi

Divine Play is the story of the God realization of Shivabalayogi, one of the great spiritual masters of the 20th Century. It also describes how a yogi evokes spiritual awareness through direct experience.

Shivabalayogi attained samadhi (enlightenment) at age fourteen and he meditated in samadhi for the next twelve years, a process of transformation called tapas. He emerged fully God realized on August 7, 1961.

For the next three decades Shivabalayogi traveled throughout India, Sri Lanka, and, from 1987 to 1991, in the United States and England. Everywhere he conducted meditation and bhajan (spiritual song) programs. He gave no discourse or formal teaching, preferring instead to serve others through silence and spiritual experiences.

Shivabalayogi dropped his physical form in 1994, yet his presence and divine play are still experienced around the world. Like Jesus and Buddha, he would explain, yogis are never limited by their physical bodies. Shivabalayogi heals physical and mental disturbances, aids those who have material needs, and safely guides willing aspirants to the ultimate union with the Self. His greatest gift is initiation into meditation.