Thanks for asking about Neem Karoli Baba, Steve. He is a being that I would have a hard time doing justice. I don't even know how I got attuned to him. I really don't know, but connecting and communing with him really got me over some spiritual humps. Not that i'm out of the woods by any means, but he is important to me.
Of course, I've never met him on the physical plane. I came to know about him by reading stories about him, through websites really. He is fairly well known because he was Ram Dass' guru. It is said that he gave his blessing to the book "Be Here Now" which Ram Dass wrote and became a classic in the spiritual genre. He was the guru of Krishna Das. He was the guru of Bhagavan Das and many others. Among them he is called "Maharajji". I'm surprised you don't know of him.
..."He knew everything about me... that was like I was forgiven.. it think that prior to that I had a lot of things in my life that I didn't want anybody to know and I always thought if they knew they would not love me... He knew and he loved me.... In India they have an expression... God, Guru and the Self are one and the same."
This is what Amma said to me>>>>> "The Guru and the disciple are one"... I walked away and couldn't get the thought out of my mind. It opened my heart. It was like a dagger that cut into me and released so much bliss and love. It is really strong; the love that can change your life. When it happens... even once you understand that everything is beautiful, everything is the way it is supposed to be, and everything will be OK. All I could think is: Please don't go..... Don't leave.
It was wonderful. I enjoyed it tremendously what a gift to be in the presence of these great ones. Even to be in the presence of their followers... their only desire is to liberate us.
