The Doctors informed his mother that he would not be born. In a letter to her; Master Guru Maharaji predicted his gender and bestowed him his name. One month premature, and through crucial birth complications he was born..... 1. The individual soul or essence. 2. The essence that is eternal, unchanging, and indistinguishable from the essence of the universe. He was delivered on the ninth month, on the ninth day, of nineteen seventy nine. Born in the center of the largest city in world. His beginning is genuine, his journey is destined for distinction, his style is authentic, and his mission is truth.