WHERE ARE WE?

From the memoirs of His Holiness Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) The Founder of the World Prayer Day for Peace and Love, and a great spiritual luminary of his time, who gave peace and beatitude to countless souls, relieving them of their ills and sorrows.

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There was a time when H.H. Shri Bhola Nathji or HH Shri Nathji as he was affectionately called, was walking with a group of followers in the city of Patiala,in the Punjab, in India.

Quite suddenly he stopped and looking down upon the ground said:
"What is this?"
His followers were taken aback and thought he had seen a snake.
"It is just the ground!" they said.
HH Shri Nathji continued: "And to whom does this land belong?"
"To the Maharaja of Patiala!"
HH Shri Nathji asked: "And where is Patiala?"
"In the Punjab!"
HH Shri Nathji: "So the land belongs to Punjab!"
He continued: "And where is Punjab?"
"In India!"
HH Shri Nathji:"So the land belongs to India!"
HH Shri Nathji: "Now where is India?"
"On the earth!"
HH Shri Nathji : "So the land belongs to the earth!"
HH Shri Nathji: "And where is the earth?"
"In the Universe!"
HH Shri Nathji:"So the land belongs to the Universe!"
HH Shri Nathji "Now where is the Universe?"
HH Shri Nathji: "In the Thought of God, in His Will!"
HH Shri Nathji: "So the Universe belongs to God!"
HH Shri Nathji:"So in the end even this land we are walking upon in Patiala belongs to God. He was the real owner of everything!
What a superficial array of owners we had imagined!"