May 18
My grandfather (1867-1940) whose name was Devi Das Mehta, was a millionaire who had given away all his wealth to the poor and had taken to the spiritual path to help people through his love and benedictions. Multitudes thronged to him to secure peace of mind and for an alleviation of their ills and sorrows. He could not bear to see the misery of the world. And would often say:
"I cannot be content with my own salvation for as long as even one person is in bondage."
He appeared to be in direct communication with God and could easily have declared himself a great prophet, so great was the respect that people had for him. But he chose a life of humility and solitude and did not proselytize or allow proselytisation. He chose to live silently and humbly in the world, giving peace and love to people, and left the world with the same degree of silence.
May 18, 1926 was a very special day in the life of my grandfather. He was in Tehsilpur , District Amritsar in the Punjab.
It was a day when he heard a Voice from the heavens speak to him directly, and tell him that the Face of God upon earth was that of Love and Peace and also that of a Servant of the Earth depite being its Master.And that the personality in whom God had chosen to reveal himself was that of Shri Nathji, who called himself the servant of the earth but in whom was manifested the emperor of the world, God, in the fulness of his Glory.
That all who believed in Him, from the lowliest of beings to the greatest of kings, would receive salvation in life as well as in death.
Shri Devi Das penned the prophecy down in the Urdu language as the words from heaven came down to his ears. The prophecy in the Urdu language is shown in this picture between his portrait and that of Shri Nathji.
In the prophecy he writes with striking humility and honesty:
"If I should prove unfaithful,
then seek thou one more faithful than I."
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My grandfather fully believed in the spiritual philosophy that every man upon the planet earth has God within himself and is already a walking image of God. But there are some personalities in whom God is openly manifested, and these personalities are especially chosen by God and can be called incarnations of God upon earth- those who reveal God through the purity of their hearts and their universal love and compassion for humanity and who live and die only for the sake of the humanity around them.People who come to them experience God in them spontaneously.
The words of Devi Das Mehta of May 18, 1926, set down on paper in his own handwriting, are all that are left of this great revelation given to him. I have tried to give a very brief and incomplete translation above.
My grandfather did not subscribe to any organised religion of the world, but in fact loved and respected the goodness in them all.
He desired neither name nor fame nor followers, but was beyond all desires of the world and would say:
"I am convinced there is no condition higher than that silence which comes of the abandonment of all latent desires."
He was absorbed directly in God all the time, He gave freely of himself and his love and compassion to the humanity around him . His religion was that of Love and Peace and Service of mankind. It was a Faith that he held on to, right up to the end.
My grandfather (1867-1940) whose name was Devi Das Mehta, was a millionaire who had given away all his wealth to the poor and had taken to the spiritual path to help people through his love and benedictions. Multitudes thronged to him to secure peace of mind and for an alleviation of their ills and sorrows. He could not bear to see the misery of the world. And would often say:
"I cannot be content with my own salvation for as long as even one person is in bondage."
He appeared to be in direct communication with God and could easily have declared himself a great prophet, so great was the respect that people had for him. But he chose a life of humility and solitude and did not proselytize or allow proselytisation. He chose to live silently and humbly in the world, giving peace and love to people, and left the world with the same degree of silence.
May 18, 1926 was a very special day in the life of my grandfather. He was in Tehsilpur , District Amritsar in the Punjab.
It was a day when he heard a Voice from the heavens speak to him directly, and tell him that the Face of God upon earth was that of Love and Peace and also that of a Servant of the Earth depite being its Master.And that the personality in whom God had chosen to reveal himself was that of Shri Nathji, who called himself the servant of the earth but in whom was manifested the emperor of the world, God, in the fulness of his Glory.
That all who believed in Him, from the lowliest of beings to the greatest of kings, would receive salvation in life as well as in death.
Shri Devi Das penned the prophecy down in the Urdu language as the words from heaven came down to his ears. The prophecy in the Urdu language is shown in this picture between his portrait and that of Shri Nathji.
In the prophecy he writes with striking humility and honesty:
"If I should prove unfaithful,
then seek thou one more faithful than I."
____________________
My grandfather fully believed in the spiritual philosophy that every man upon the planet earth has God within himself and is already a walking image of God. But there are some personalities in whom God is openly manifested, and these personalities are especially chosen by God and can be called incarnations of God upon earth- those who reveal God through the purity of their hearts and their universal love and compassion for humanity and who live and die only for the sake of the humanity around them.People who come to them experience God in them spontaneously.
The words of Devi Das Mehta of May 18, 1926, set down on paper in his own handwriting, are all that are left of this great revelation given to him. I have tried to give a very brief and incomplete translation above.
My grandfather did not subscribe to any organised religion of the world, but in fact loved and respected the goodness in them all.
He desired neither name nor fame nor followers, but was beyond all desires of the world and would say:
"I am convinced there is no condition higher than that silence which comes of the abandonment of all latent desires."
He was absorbed directly in God all the time, He gave freely of himself and his love and compassion to the humanity around him . His religion was that of Love and Peace and Service of mankind. It was a Faith that he held on to, right up to the end.
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