There was a time when
HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) who was later the Founder of the World Prayer
Day for Peace, was known as the handsomest man in the world.
The picture attached
here was taken on his wedding day on the 7th of May, 1939, when he is attired
in a typical bridegroom's dress. If you study this portrait will care you will
experience that it is no ordinary face but has the element of the divine in it.
The sheer perfection
of his aquiline face, the divine love in his eyes, the humility of his
countenance, the compassion and innocence of his personality marked him out as
a being who did not belong to this world. People experienced God in him.
People who met him
for the first time were surprised to find such astonishing love and humility as
if he were their nearest and dearest loved one. Whenever he left a city the
railway platforms were filled with people weeping, as if their very hearts were
breaking. People would break out into tears even when they met him for the
first time in their lives. It was as if he were a part of them, a long lost
companion in life.
To come near him was
to forget the troubles of the world, to be set free of the sorrows and miseries
of life, to find a refuge, a saviour in the world of strangers. It was as if he
existed only for them and had no purpose of his own. His words were like divine
nectar and when he spoke, time ceased to exist, people were taken to another
plane of existence as if they were listening to the voice of God. He would say
"Where God
exists, time does not exist."
It was his voice:
"I have no
mission except Love in this world,
My mission is Love
and my work is Love."
Though miracles
followed him wherever he went, he attached no importance to them and would say:
"Speak not to me
of miracles,
For I have left
miracles behind."
"If I heal a
sick man, he will fall sick again. If I bring a dead man back to life he will
die again. For me the greatest miracle is that I kindle the light of faith in
your hearts which not even the greatest storms of the world can blow out."
During his lifetime
he was regarded as an Avatar by many people, an Avatar being a descent of God
in man. But he chose in all humility to call himself, Ghulam Rue Zameen, which
means, the Servant of the Earth.
He would say:
"Accept me! But
not as your Master,
As your
Servant!"
"I have not come
to be worshiped,
I have come to
worship you!"
"I am not that
light which falls only upon your heads,
I am that light which
rests upon your feet as well!"
His last words were:
"Remember, I am
yours,
When I am close, I am
yours,
When I am far, I am
yours.
In every sorrow, I am
yours,
In every joy, I am
yours,
I life, I am yours,
And in death, I am
yours."
After his going
physically from the earth people began to experience his presence more strongly
than ever before, as if he were in the midst of them, loving them and
comforting them and being a companion in their sorrows and sufferings.
His advent upon the
planet earth brought home to people that the real face of God is that of Love
and Peace, call him by any other name you like.
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