Whenever there is the mention of Hermit in the Himalayas the first thing that comes to mind is the famous book
that was written by Paul Brunton. The book was basically an experience that the author had while traveling in and
around the mighty Himalayas. It is like an experience that unfolds and become a book. The book is still very popular.
It is a good way to understand the lives of those who live in the Himalayas.
Who is a hermit?
Hermit in the Himalayas are normal human beings who have given up the lives of pleasure and desires.
They have gone to the Himalayas to pray and meditate. They follow lifestyles and look very feeble. They have a
strength and power that can take anyone by surprise. They are also called Sadhu, yogi and even Babaji. You can
call them whatever you feel like.
These yogis specialised in spiritual knowledge and in yoga. They have been meditating in the Himalayas for years, some are believed to be there even for thousands of years. It is said that the body grows old the soul doesn't.
If we can find some medicine or chemical that will ensure that the organs of ththe body can regenerate then
The human body will never die, it is said that Ayurveda, which is the oldest medical journal that was ever found
in the Indian subcontinent mentions about the magical herbs that can protect the body from growing old?
Unbelievable but true, some experts believe that these yogis who spend years in the Himalayas, know about
these herbs and perhaps that have these herbs too
The Lone traveller
The hermit in the Himalayas wear bear minimum clothing and they sit in meditation. The temperature in the
Himalayas is always in the negative, if we look at it logically it is a temperature where normal human cannot
even survive. It is said that with yoga you can reach a position where you can control the temperature of the
body, this is perhaps the technique that these yogis use.
So travellers who have gone to the Himalayas have spotted yogis who look hundreds of years old. The scientists
believe, that the ice in the Himalayas helps to preserve the bodies of the hermits, all the hermits who have
visited these mountains have been mummified after death. As the temperature is so low the bodies are still
intact even after so many years.
This may be true, the believers say that the yogis have taken "samadhi" they have willingly let their souls leave
the body.
These souls are now the part of the divine power, the other yogis who you will spot in the Himalayas will tell you
similar stories. They will tell you that they are meditating for the universe and for the betterment of mankind.
Way and life of hermits
These hermits can spend years of their lives in the Himalayas, searching for the unknown and meditating.
Many yogis and gurus have attained enlightenment in the Himalayas, they have achieved it after years of meditation.
One of the prominent names is Baba Lokenath, he got enlightment in the Himalayas and later he came to India
and preached his learnings. Ther are many more like these that can be discussed.
Hermit in the Himalayas eat very little food and water, they don't have any shelter to stay, they wear the bare
minimum clothes. Some of them don't wear shoes or slippers, we don't know how they survive that terrain and the
weather there.
Perhaps that's a mystery too.
There are thousands of hermits and yogis who have made Himalayas their home.
Some of them do come to attend the "kumbh mela" that happens in some parts of India once a year.
When questioned about how they survive the weather in Himalayas they say that it comes from Yoga and
meditation. Perhaps it's these yogis who still make us believe in God and religion, they make us have faith in
that power we cannot see.
Mahavater Hariakhan Babaji Maharaj - Deathless Saint of the Himalayas
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