The wisdom contained in Seeds of Consciousness and Prior to Consciousnessemerged from dialogues with devotees, who came from all over the worldto learn the mysteries of life at the feet of the Maharaj until a few daysbefore his death in 1981 at the age of 84. Jean Dunn, a close followerof Maharaj, was with him towards his last days. She observes that duringthe last two years of his life Maharaj did not entertain any questionspertaining to this worldly life and its improvement. He taught only thehighest truth. "Even one sentence of his was like an Upanishad. He wasvery blunt and sharp in his answers and did not cater to anyone's ego.In fact, his stated purpose was to destroy this 'Pseudo-entity'. To bein his presence was to feel the vibrant truth, impossible to describe.He was amazing to watch … One could only gaze at him in total love andawe," says Jean.