On 11 February 1991, Swamishri was in Rajkot meeting devotees on his way back to his room after the evening satsang assembly. An unfamiliar youth stopped Swamishri and said, “I want to ask you a question.”
Swamishri stopped and smiled.
“Ask.”
“Have you ever seen God?” the youth asked.
“I have. Hence, I can experience his bliss and speak of him.”
“So, you know God?”
“Yes, I know God.”
Swamishri’s ease and coolness was enough to convince the youth.
Jitu Sompura, a reporter for the Janmabhumi-Pravasi, a Gujarati daily newspaper, came to ask Swamishri a few questions in Borsad on 28 February 1985.
“Do you recall the first time you experienced God?”
Swamishri replied, “I have experienced God from the very beginning.”
Swamishri’s truthfulness is highlighted by his transparency and straightforwardness. Once in Bochasan, Swamishri had told the sadhus seated in front of him. “If there is one thing I dislike, it is deceit and manipulation.”
Swamishri is the purest form of truth because he experiences God continuously. He has realized God’s true greatness. He is in constant communion with God and, therefore, he is in a constant state of divine bliss and satisfaction.