Brock, true enough that the honorific title in India is widespread, but when speaking of Babaji we usually refer to Mahavatar Babaji the guru of Lahiri Mahasaya, a reincarnated soul, an avatar, not an archetype in the general sense
I know, Mccoy. I was simply giving another viewpoint on the same.
archetype - (in Jungian psychology) a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches. I don't remember asking for this Swami's viewpoint on Babaji. When I used to have a facebook account I was corresponding with him and having semi-regular arguments with him - sometimes heated ones. At one point, he just gave this opinion about Babaji. I know he is particularly interested in an "integral" approach to the spiritual psyche, like Ken Wilber. Especially for westerners. So it's not surprising that he would have been exploring archetypes in relation to the the east bound westerner. This swami was himself an American from in North Carolina. Here is a presentation he gave at what looks like an Ananda center in Italy. You can find out more about him by watching it if you're interested.
Well, I'm not saying that this is my viewpoint about Babaji. And i'm not saying it's not. How could I have a firm viewpoint about such a remote and mysterious figure? I believe there is a lot of fairy tale. But that is all I feel confident enough to say. I plead ignorance.
If we look at this from the highest perspective that the Masters themselves teach, it is that there are not distinctions in the Self. In Babaji's state, there is no difference between Babaji and Mccoy, Babaji and Steve. That omnipresent state means that he is just as much inside of each of you as he is in the picture.
