In a rare departure from his reluctance to deal with questions from “the outside world”, Prahlad Jani, better known as chunri wale mataji, answered a few from us while reclining in his ashram after his Ahmedabad experiment.
Was it strange for you to undergo the experiment?
I did not think of it at all; it didn’t make any difference to me. Actually, it was my challenge to the world of science
Were you aware of the reason behind the experiment?
It has to do with the defence people (scientists who observed him). If my body can help them, so be it.
Did the hospital environment affect your daily regimen?
I couldn’t do my daily tapas and dhyan. It was their regimen, not mine.
Yet you didn’t feel the need for food and water?
It’s all shakti (gestures with his hand pointing upwards).
Religion and science are believed to be mutually exclusive. Would you say you defy that?
In our dharma and sanskriti, they are the same. My whole purpose, my life, this body is to save and revive our dharma. I need to show in this kalyug what our rishi-munis were like.
Do you have any aspiration in life, do you need to prove something?
I have no aspiration, no ambition. I have no guru, no chela, no bhagat. I have only Maa Ambe. I am that.
Is this state of being something any of us can attempt through sadhana?
(Shakes his head)
Can none of us can even attempt it?
It’s all shakti. Only shakti. It comes. You can’t make it.
So does that make you a miracle man or a divine being?
(Looks stern and gestures with his hand raised upwards)
