"According to the traditional Hindu Sanatana Darma (The Eternal Law) system, all human beings are classified into different categories, as Jnanis, Yogis, Sidhas and Avatars. This classification is mainly based upon the spiritual attainments of the individuals.
"A Jnani is a highly learned person who is proficient in Vedas, Shastras, etc. He is an ocean of knowledge and can give sound advice for any day-to-day problem based upon his knowledge. A Yogi is one who has attained certain spiritual powers like ability to go Samadhi for long length of time and to telepathically communicate to far off distances. To attain this stage, one has to be not only a Jnani but also should have practiced various forms of Yogas including Meditation and Penance. Yogis have perfect control of their body, to such an extent that they can stop breathing for hours together. They can even levitate above ground. When a Yogi attains high level of spiritual plane, he becomes a Sidha. A Sidha can perform very sophisticated miracles like disappearing and appearing at various places, curing persons of their ailments and materializing things from no where.
"Above all theses stages are the Avatars who are basically incarnations of various Gods. Even though they possessed same form and behave totally like other human beings, they are much above other classes of humans. Just as for one qualified technician it is necessary for him to recognize another technician, only spiritually advanced people like Yogis and and Siddhas will be able to recognize Avatars.
"Avatarpurushas can not only have full control of their own mind and body but also on those of others. For normal people it is only the full and sincere devotion that can give them ability to recognize and understand Avatarpurushas. These Avatar-purushas would have many holly and auspicious marks on their bodies. At times they cast no shadows or would not have left any footprints while walking. Their actions are not limited to small set of people, but meant for the entire mankind. Among avatars are some Mortal and a few Immortals. The former one leave their body at the end of their mission while the latter maintain their bodies throughout the time. While Rama, Krishna etc., belong to the former group, Hanuman and Baba Gorakhnakh belong to the latter. Even though the immortal ones maintain their bodies, they stay in visible form by their Yogic powers. Normally the mortal Avatars are incarnations of Lord Vishnu while the immortals are of Lord Shiva.
"The drama of creation is enacted many by the above classes of actors. The basic theme of this Drama is the gradual expansion of sin and evil in the world at certain stage get reduced by the destructions caused by an Avatar for the sake of establishing Truth and righteousness. As life gradually evolved from Aqueous stage to Amphibians and humans, at every stage of evolution an Avatar descending in the world to destroy evil forces which had multiplied to a great extent in that stage. These Avatars are mainly incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Thus Lord Vishnu incarnated Himself in the form of a fish (Matsya Avatar). During the Aqueous stage of evolution, as tortoise (Kurm-Avatar); during the Amphibian stage of creation, in the form of Man-Lion (Narahsimh-avatar), during the transition period of animal to human stage of evolution, in the form of Dwarf (Vamanavatar) during early of stage human evolution. During every stage of evolution the sins and evils increased in intensity and were destructed by an Avatar to a Great extent. However, after a repetition of these cycles a stage arises when the sin and the evil grow to such enormous dimension that it become beyond the capacity of normal Avatars to control that. At this stage of Mahavatar (Super Avatar) appears on the scene for the establishment of Truth and guide humans into the righteous path. This Mahavatar is basically incarnation of the director and of the Drama of Creation, who is called in Hindu Mythology as Samba Sada Shiva. Like a true Director He is always present but stays behind the scenes and would be prompting occasionally the various actors. Only a few of the actors get the opportunity of coming into contact with him during their lifetime. We in India are very lucky that Sadhas Shiva has been with us and is now gradually coming into public. He has been confining his appearances mainly in Himalayan region, which is the abode of Gods. He is mostly called by simple name "Babaji". However, there many other names by which the devotees have been addressing Him like Tryambak Baba, Mahamunindra, Avadhoot Baba, and Mahavatar Baba. As he is mainly residing in Haidakhan, He is widely known as Haidakhanwale Baba.
"In this book an effort has been made to compile the known and recorded historical facts about Him as well as His various Lilas (marvels). It is humanly impossible to understand Him completely and write about Him as no human being can reach to a level anywhere near to Him. Only by his grace can one realize Him and understand Him to some extent. This grace can only be acquired by devotion, which in turn has to evolve from faith. Faith for normal human beings like is developed mainly from super natural experiences one gets from Him."
