I learned the secret art and science of Ayurvedic pulse reading from my master, Baba Ramdas, whom we fondly called Babaji.   Before he left his body at the age of 124, he directed us to keep in touch with his sons and grandson for further guidance.

In 1994, I went to Nepal to meet his sons and they handed me a letter from Babaji. This letter said, “Now you have completed your 12 years of service to humanity. You have passed through all the four stages of your practice, and you are ready to create a vision that will serve humanity and all the living beings on this planet.”

My teacher taught me that when you start something, during the first three years, people will oppose you (Virodh stage). But you don’t get shaken from your mission. Then they will ignore you for another three years (Upeksha stage), and you are still not to be affected by this. Then a strong jealousy will evolve and people will try to destroy you (Irsha stage). You are still to remain firm on your mission; then, the last three years people will follow you (Anukaran stage). At this stage, you must be humble and not allow ego to take over. Otherwise, Nature will make you collapse. Once you pass through all the four stages, then you are ready to give your wisdom to the world.

Then I spent the next two days reflecting on what I had done until then — how many people I had helped all over the world — and I asked myself whether it was satisfying. I felt extremely full of gratitude, as I realized all that Babaji had predicted many years ago had come true.

I spent the next two days creating a vision for my work. The whole vision came like a blue print from a cosmic power – as if I was receiving instruction about my destination along with the map of how to get there. It was beyond imagination! The vision included a complete commitment to help humanity, animals, plants and the entire planet using all the instruments of Ayurveda:   education, herbs, pulse reading, marma points, kitchen remedies and panchakarma detoxification. The vision also clearly defined the worldwide work that was to be our destiny.

The last day was the celebration day. The guru’s son, on this day, handed over the first section of the handwritten manuscripts. This included 2,000 pages. He told me, “These pages are more than 2,000 years old. The first manuscript was written by the head of our lineage Vaidya Jivak.” (Vaidya Jivak was the personal physician of Gautama Buddha.)

As hundreds of years passed by, every member of the lineage added their own experience to enrich the manuscripts. Hence, the manuscripts are written in five languages: Sanskrit, Nevari, Magadhi, Pali and Tibetan. Babaji’s son said, “We have more than 20,000 pages that we need to hand over to you. Now, you are soldiers for protecting this knowledge and spreading it in the world. At the end, you will need to find a successor to whom you will hand over all the pages.”  Slowly and steadily, the family of Babaji has given all the pages to me, Pankaj Naram.