I started on path of self realization six years of age. When I was around five years of age I succumb to typhoid fever. The doctors tried their best and bade me goodbye. They said if I survived next 24 hours then I would be okay. My mother must have truly loved me for the next 24 hours I was in her lap.
During sleep I realized I was falling down a deep well. The well seemed endless. I continued praying to God to save me. Everything was done inherently. And suddenly I opened my eyes and it was morning. I came out of the well refreshed. The moment my eyes opened I shook my mother badly and she realized I had won over death. It was truly a great experience.
Thereafter while going to temples I started asking my mother many questions. My mother point-blank told me that we went to temples to pray to god. I asked her if I can meet God in the Temple. She kept mum. I expected to meet God in the temple and say thanks for saving my life. That was my thinking six years of age and started my pursuit of god.
When I reached the temple God was nowhere in sight! On the return journey I asked my mother where was God. She again kept mum. I enquired about God from elders in the family but answers were not forthcoming. My grandfather had already taken sanyasa but he also did not reply properly. The queries within me kept growing.
Every single elder in the family or outside became my teacher. I asked them all but all appeared blank. By this time I had started going to school. I asked my class teacher about God and she also did not reply properly. I asked the deputy headmaster, he simply boxed my ears. With all these experiences my quest did not die, it rather became more and more prominent.
And finally started my actual pursuit of God! Around 6 1/2 years of age I decided to know who was God. Between eight and nine years of age I finally decided to liberate myself from cycle of birth and death forever. This was a big decision of my life I had taken on my own. There was no point consulting anybody as none was willing to clarify my queries.
My actual pursuit of God started when I was nearing nine years of age.
31 years of indulgence in contemplation (chintan) in the wee hours of third of August 1993 I finally realized self, realized god, reaching end of cosmic journey forever.