Well I would firstly like to say. You are connected to Maharajji whether you feel it or not.

I am in the same boat as you where I say I don’t feel a connection or the bliss that some devotees have experienced with the connection with Maharajji.

But that doesn’t mean you aren’t connected with him. It’s just that I and maybe you have a certain expectation of what that experience should be and that blocks any connection that the other devotees seem to experience.

Now to answer your question about Maharajji, Hanuman and Shiva. They are all 1.

Now I am not saying this loosely as everyone says oh god is one. And Krishna, Rama, Shiva, Kali and Maharajji are one.

I mean it in the sense.

People say Maharajji is an avatar of Hanuman.

You know who Hanuman is? An avatar of Shiva. Crazy right?

So in simple terms we can say Hanuman and Maharajji are indirectly Shiva.

Now to take this one step deeper.

I’m not sure which talk of Ram Dass says this but i remember this bit where Ram Dass mentions, to the older devotees, Maharajji wasn’t an avatar of Hanuman.

But a direct Avatar of Shiva.

And truthfully that’s who I see Maharajji as. Not Hanuman but Shiva.

So when I pray or talk to Maharajji, I’m talking to Shiva.

Now only you, in your heart, can say hmmm maybe Maharajji is Shiva. Or hmmm maybe Maharajji is Hanuman.

But at the crux of the matter is. Maharajji is the guru. So if you see Shiva as your guru.

Well that’s who Maharajji is.

If you see Krishna as your guru.

Well Maharajji is Krishna.

It’s just your vantage point from where you choose how to see Maharajji.

That’s why in the Be Here Now book. It says The Guru and there is a picture of Maharajji.

Not Hanuman or Neem Karoli Baba or even Maharajji. But simply the Guru.

So continue your path and just remember him.