Shiva Bala Yogi is a a yogi, one who attained God realization through meditation in samadhi (complete absorption in pure awareness). He is a guide to our inner guru, our inner Self, Shiva. "The outside guru is a yogi.  The inner guru is God, Shankara Bhagwan [Shiva]."  Shivabalayogi completed twelve years of intense meditation in 1961, and since then, and continuing after dropping his own physical body in 1994, he has been giving blessings, healing, miracles, spiritual experiences and guidance. His emphasis is to encourage and empower people to meditate and experience the truth directly.