1978. Akola. Maharashtra.

1978. Akola. Maharashtra.
HH Shri Nathji warning the Floods to cease their Fury as the Morna Nadi Dam was on the verge of bursting and the city was being flooded. The floods stopped miraculously and as suddenly as they had begun.

A BEING FROM THE HEAVENS

A BEING FROM THE HEAVENS

--HH shri Nathji (1902-1992) was a great spiritual luminary of his time in whom people experienced God. And yet he was the humblest person upon earth who called himself: "The Servant of the Earth " or "The Slave of all humanity: - Ghulam Rue Zameen. His incredible handsome personality was endowed with a heavenly light which shone all the time.

This was a verse written by HH Shri Nathji originally in Urdu, which is being translated into English here:

"LEAVE ME ALONE IN MY SELF-FORGETFULNESS,
THAT IS MY ONLY REST.
LET ME BE WITHOUT A NAME,
THAT IS MY ONLY NAME".

HH Shri Nathji's unostentatious and humble mode of living made it appear as if he did not exist in the world at all. There were many who were surprised to find him as a neighbour when they thought no one was in the neighbourhood!

It made no difference to HH Shri Nathji whether thousands came to him or just one person or even no one. There were times when he said: "If no one comes to me I will simply content myself in viewing my own reflection in a mirror!"

He wanted nothing from anyone. He desired neither name, nor fame nor followers nor wealth. He lived like any common householder with his family and one or two attendants, like any common man.

He had none of the trappings of the Sadhus and Mahatmas and Gurus who lived in huge palaces called "ashrams" and had an army of thousands of followers surrounding them all the time. There were many who went around with security guards and spoke through bullet proof glass booths. When asked what was their mission in life they would say; "world peace"!

While such gurus who claimed to be preaching about God were in fact worshipping their own selves and glorying in their own name and fame, always surrounded by crowds, here was Shri Nathji even walking all alone on the streets, making himself readily available to one and all.

His Divine Radiant Personality, the most beautiful looks in the world, and his overwhelming, overpowering love made even strangers stop and stare at him and wish to come to him.

A Civil Surgeon who met him on the Mall Road at Mussoorie for the first time, rushed up to him and touched his feet and said:

"Sire! Who are you? You do not belong to this world! You have come from dev lok- the heavens! O why did you have to come down into this vicious world!!"

If HH Shri Nathji had so wished he could have attracted the whole world to himself, but he used to say:

"Yes, I can call the whole world to myself - but where will I place it? There are billions of people all over the world. They are already mine so what need do I have of calling them! I belong to the world and the world belongs to me! I am living only for the sake of the people of the world.

"Genuine seekers, wherever they are, will find me of their own selves! Like a moth is attracted to a flame through an instinctive and inner attraction!"

"I have no mission except Love in this world,
My Mission is Love and my work is Love!"

Even though thousands met him in life he never made any followers as such, he never started a cult of his own, he never gave any guru mantras which gurus routinely give to bind people to their own selves.

"I dont need to give any guru mantras," he would say, "I have entered their hearts and they have entered mine. That is a strong
relationship in itself!"

Although 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!"

We might even say that here was HH Shri Nathji in whom people saw the holiest of the holy, living like God incognito, a tourist wandering through his own creation and declaring himself to be the humblest person upon earth:" The slave of all humanity! The servant of the earth!

He would also say: "I called myself the Servant of the Earth. But even that is wrong! A servant is one who can resign at any time. Therefore I changed my title to 'Ghulam' which means a Slave, one who has sold himself for free to every person upon earth and who can never resign from his work! The work of serving you!"

"I am like the air around you which is serving you all the time without making its presence felt!

"Try me! Call out to me whenever you are in need, and I shall be there, faster than the wind, swifter than a flash of lightning!"

His picture alone had this incredible effect and was sufficient to communicate with him.

He would say:
"I have not come to be worshipped. I have come to worship you!"
"I know you but you do not know me!"
"I am a very old companion of yours. I was your companion even before the Universe came into being!"

HH Shri Bhola Nathji, Saying..

"MY BODY BELONGS TO INDIA
BUT MY HEART BELONGS TO THE WHOLE WORLD."
-HH Shri Bhola Nathji, Ghulam Rue zameen, The Servant of the Earth

QUOTATION FROM HIS WRITINGS

HH Shri Bhola Nathji ( 1902-1992) Great Spiritual Luminary of his time.

QUOTATION FROM HIS WRITINGS:

"THE AUTHOR OF YOUR DESTINY IS WRITING YOUR DESTINY WITH HIS OWN HAND. HIS HANDWRITING IS SO BEAUTIFUL THAT HE CANNOT WRITE ANYTHING BUT GOOD!"

THE ACTUAL HANDWRITTEN MESSAGE OF HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI (1902-1992)

HERE IS A VERY RARE PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL HANDWRITTEN MESSAGE OF HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI (1902-1992) A GREAT SPIRITUAL LUMINARY OF HIS TIME, WHO SUMMED UP HIS MISSION IN LIFE IN THE FOLLOWING WORDS:

"I HAVE NO MISSION IN THIS WORLD EXCEPT LOVE,
MY MISSION IS LOVE AND MY WORK IS LOVE."

HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI OR HH SHRI NATHJI, AS HE WAS KNOWN, CALLED HIMSELF IN ALL HUMILITY: "GHULAM RUE ZAMEEN" -- WHICH IS PERSIAN FOR "THE SERVANT OF THE EARTH" OR THE "SLAVE OF ALL OF HUMANITY"

HIS MESSAGE OF LOVE IS WRITTEN ON TOP OF THE LETTER IN THE URDU LANGUAGE.

SAYINGS OF HH SHRI BABAJI A GREAT PROPHET OF HIS TIMES

SAYINGS OF HH SHRI BABAJI A GREAT PROPHET OF HIS TIMES

(1867-1940)

My grandfather, (the father of HH Shri Bola Nathji) whose real name was Devi Das Mehta, and who later began to be called HH Shri Babaji Bhagwan, was a great enlightened being who gave peace and beatitude to countless folk during his life time and removed their sorrows and sufferings.

A Divine Glow always emanated from his face, which was the Glory of God, and he was Love personified. As a youth he had given away all his wealth as a millionaire to the poor and those in need, which included mansions and buildings and bazaars and fields and lands, and he rejoiced in this renunciation. He made wealth meaningful as a means of spiritual attainment, by giving it away.

As a spiritual man his life was in sharp contrast to many of the present day gurus who become gurus only for the sake of name, fame and wealth.

He would say to such gurus: "You have not to become great by acquiring these things of the world - name. fame and wealth, you have to become great by renouncing all these desires!"

Shri Babaji did not want anything from anybody, and instead gave away everything that he had. Many of his sayings still serve as a guiding light to humanity.

He would say:

"I am convinced there is no condition higher than that silence
which comes of the abandonment of all latest desires."

" There is no state higher than mine,
And there is no state lower than mine,
And there is no state like mine..."

"I am content with what God has given me as my share
And I commit to my Creator my every care,
To do good in the past has been indeed His Will,
He will do good as well in what is to come still!"

"He who has not given up the ways of vice,
He whose mind is not at rest,
He who is not able to control himself,
Can never realise God,
Though full of the learning of the world."

His worldly advice made people call him the Aristotle of their times:

He would say:

"“Do not think of the time that has passed away, because if it was a good time, then by contrast your present situation will appear to be bad. And if it was a bad time then its remembrance will reduce the happiness of the present time before you. Therefore whatever has passed, let it go, no matter whether it be good or bad. The space within your heart is already too small, why fill it things that are unnecessary?”

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
My Dog, Bhotu ot Brownie, who passed away yesterday was taken for burial at the Dog Cemetery in the city located deep in the hills and forests. Just as they were digging his grave there came the sound of Prayers from a Mosque far away.
Although none of us are Muslims, but the sound of the prayers to God from the Mosque just then, which appeared miraculously just at the time of the burial, seemed to show that Brownie had attained Heaven.

Bhotu or Brownie was simply Love, Love Love, for everyone, friend, foe or stranger!
He was the ideal "burglar's friend", and would wag his tail even if they came to burgle the house!!

He was a Soul born into the world in the form of Love, and the Love was evident in all his actions and barkings, even though people who saw him walking on the Mall often stopped by to have their photographs taken with him, they all said he looked like a small lion! But with heart of Love, rarely seen even in animals who often bark and even bite. So here was Love that mingled into the Eternal Love of God.

LOVING BHOTU GOES TO HIS HEAVENLY ABODE

LOVING BHOTU GOES TO HIS HEAVENLY ABODE
NOVEMBER 10, 2014 3 PM
Today, the most loving dog in our home, Bhotu, or Brownie, passed away silently in his dog house, after playing with the inmates of the house for half a hour.

He had been with us for 12 years, and they say that 12 years in a dog's life is the equivalent of 80 years of a man. So it would not be wrong to say that he just died in his afternoon nap out of old age.

There was not an eye that was dry in the house at the passing away of this loving Being - I shall not call him a dog.

Dogs are the most loving Beings of God's creation. They possess so many more qualities than a man. They will love you even if you are angry with them, they will snuggle up to you even if you hit them. they will never betray you to your foes but be always by your side, they will never hold a grudge against you for maltreating them, they will love you even though you hate them...these are qualities which even some of the most righteous of folk do not possess.

If any place is reserved in Heaven it must be for such beings. And when they are born in another life upon earth, they are born as righteous, good folk with all the comforts of life, because they never did a wilful "wrong" in their entire lives, like human beings do! They are free from the Law of Karma-- "ye shall reap what you sow" - which applies only to human beings.

There was a Holy Man who kept a dog at his gate. The king wished to see the Holy Man but the dog would not allow him inside the gate.

The king in his pride shouted angrily at the Holy Man:

"There must be no dogs at the gates of Holy men!"

And the Holy Man shouted back:

"There must! So that the dogs of the world not be allowed to enter!"

The last homage I paid to the Brown Bhotu was to place a garland of flowers over him before he was taken for burial, along with my tears.

I do not know why this verse of a famous British Poet Charles Wolfe (1791–1823), rings in my ears just now from his famous poem:

"The Burial of Sir John Moore"

"Not a sound was heard, not a funeral note,
As his corpse to the ramparts we carried,
Not a soldier discharge a farewell shot,
Over the grave where our Hero we buried."

Yes, Bhotu came silently into the world and he left silently, leaving behind a melancholic silence in the house.

THE SEAL OF IMMORTALITY

THE SEAL OF IMMORTALITY
Memoirs of HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) Great Spiritual Luminary of our times:

This was a Verse which he originally wrote in Persian a language which was very prevalent in India at the time:

"Hargiz na meerad aan ke dilash zinda shud ba ishq
Sab dast bar jareedaye aalam davaame maa"

"HE NEVER DIES WHO LIVES ON IN LOVE,
IN THE OFFICE OF THIS WORLD, THE SEAL OF IMMORTALITY SHALL BE MINE!!"

Perhaps HH Shri Bhola Nathji had forecast the coming of the age of the internet-- which is basically an Office of the World -- in which His Seal of Immortality shall remain in the form of His Love for humanity!!

THE GAS BALLOON OF EGO

THE GAS BALLOON OF EGO
When a person becomes too proud of his achievements and begins to belittle and insult God rather than attribute all his success to the Divine Grace on him, then it is time for the Laws of Karma to take their natural course.

One day the Gas Balloon of the man's ego bursts with a resounding blast, sending the person into a state of shocked despair and misery. What went wrong?
Maybe he insulted God? It was so easy then! Because the Gas Balloon would not let him see beyond his ego.

But now that the Balloon has burst , the vision is clear, and the man sees his folly.
He prays and prays to God to get Him out of his sorrow and suffering.

But the inexorable law of Karma must take its course, because it is also a creation of God, and it cannot tolerate an insult to its Master. Heaven and hell are nothing but the creations of the Law of Karma.

So if a person is filling his gas balloon of ego too fast and too soon, and insulting God and belittling him, then he better mend his ways before it is too late and suffering becomes his fate in life. Let him try and deflate the balloon himself before God pricks it with a pin and causes it to burst and it is too late, and he realises that he was in fact nothing - but a gas balloon!

NEVER FEEL ALONE

NEVER FEEL ALONE
Thoughts of my Father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) a great spiritual luminary of our time who gave peace and beatitude to countless souls and relieved many of their sorrow and misery and who is with us in an invisible form even today and answers our prayers for help, whenever we need them. He called himself
"The Servant of the Earth" - The Slave of all Humanity.
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"Never, for an instant, let your heart be filled with the thought that you are alone in this world.
Around you there is the creation of God, that is filled with the strength of God.

It is He, who has made this wonderful House for you, even before your coming – the House that has for its roof the star-studded sky at night and is filled with the golden rays of the Sun at day;

in which the winds do fan you and the rivers do sing for you in a never ending refrain, where the ocean heaves its mighty bosom at the sight of you and the birds and the leaves and the flowers do all exist – all for you.

All these things, and more, has the Lord made for you. And when you see them and are pleased and do laugh, He is pleased.
He takes your laughter for a token of gratitude, and gives you more."

HOW GREAT ARE YOU?

HOW GREAT ARE YOU?
Thoughts of my Father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) a Great Spiritual Luminary of his time who have peace and beatitude to countless souls during his Life time and who continues to be with people even today answering their prayers and helping them even now.

"You think you are great.
O, look only once at the Himalayas and then at yourself.
Stand on the shore and look at the mighty ocean swelling and expanding, and then look at yourself.
Look at the infinite sky above and then at yourself. Look at the Sun, the moon, and the planets and the stars that float in this vastness. Look at the light that travels from them with an incredible speed to reach the earth.
There are numerous worlds around the Sun, and numerous Suns in the Universe.
O, look at them all, and then at your own greatness.
The sky exists like a tiny bubble in one single thought born in Someone’s mind, and in it do float the tiny specks of these worlds.
Look upwards and realize that great Infinity which sustains the life of the Universe, that Vast Ocean of Greatness in which our tiny earth exists, and then see yourself standing somewhere in some obscure corner of it.
O, How great art thou?
As big, perhaps, as the drop of water when compared to the ocean….

THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT

THE DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
by my revered father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji ( 1902-1992) Great Spiritual Luminary of His time.
HH Shri Bhola Nathji often narrated this parable about Alexander the Great to illustrate the transient nature of the wealth of this world and material possessions after which everyone is running in a restless rat race without finding any peace in life.

"Alexander the Great, the mighty king and Emperor of Macedonia, whose kingdom spread far into the East and far into the West, whose enemies bowed down before his sword, who was known from continent to continent and whose words was Law, is dead and gone, his ashes mingled in dust.
The world did not stop revolving around the sun; people did not stop living their lives, the affairs of mankind went on. The rolling wheel of time went on.
It is said that when Alexander was on his deathbed he expressed a very strange desire:
“Yes, allow my hands to dangle at the sides of my body, so that when people look upon them and see them, they may know that these hands – the hands of Alexander the Great, - the hands that sought to possess the whole world, are today going away empty.
"So If Alexander the Great left the world empty handed we should all ask ourselves what we will take from this world when we leave."

HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL MY FRIENDS

HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL MY FRIENDS
I GIVE BELOW THE PICTURES OF MY FATHER RADIATING WITH LIGHT TAKEN IN 1932 AND 1955. MY FATHER HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI (1902-1992) WAS A GREAT SPIRITUAL LUMINARY OF HIS TIME WHO GAVE PEACE AND BEATITUDE TO COUNTLESS SOULS.
HIS FACE WAS ALWAYS LIT UP BY A DIWALI OF DIVINE LOVE, PEACE AND COMPASSION FOR HUMANITY! IT WAS HIS MISSION IN LIFE TO SEE THAT PEACE AND HAPPINESS COMES TO ALL AND THAT SUFFERING SHOULD DISAPPEAR FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH. AND THAT ULTIMATELY ALL SHOULD BE TOGETHER AT THEIR FINAL DESTINATION IN LIFE, THEIR HEAVENLY DIVINE ABODE.

Tomorrow in India on the 23rd of October is Diwali the festival of lights when the entire country of India with a population of 1.25 billion is lit up with billions of clay deepaks - or clay lamps that burn with a little oil.
Diwali symbolises the victory of Light over Darkness, which means the victory of Good over Evil and in the final analysis the victory of God over Satan.
Here is something no one ever thinks about -- THAT LIGHT CAN PENETRATE INTO DARKNESS, BUT DARKNESS CANNOT PENETRATE INTO LIGHT!!!
This shows that Light is more powerful than darkness or rather Good is more powerful than Evil and certainly God is more powerful than Satan.
MAY THIS DIWALI FILL THE HEARTS OF ALL WITH THE THREE LAMPS OF LOVE, FAITH AND SERVICE!!!

HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) Great Spiritual Luminary of His time! Sayings:

HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) Great Spiritual Luminary of His time! Sayings:

"LIVE PEACEFULLY,
LEAVE PEACEFULLY,
AND THEN LIVE FOREVER PEACEFULLY
AND NEVER COME BACK."

Speaking to a group of persons at his residence at Mussoorie

HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI (1902-1992) (My Father)
Speaking to a group of persons at his residence at Mussoorie in the verandah.
This is how he really looked in color, always radiant with an undefinable unearthly divine beauty, and an overwhelming divine love and humility that swept the hearts of all. The black and white picture is given in the earlier post "LIFE IS A DREAM".

ON FRIENDS AND FOES

ON FRIENDS AND FOES
WISDOM OF THE SAGES
1. THE FRIEND OF A FRIEND IS A FRIEND.

2. THE FOE OF A FRIEND IS A FOE.
3. THE FRIEND OF A FOE IS A FOE.
4. THE FOE OF A FOE IS A FRIEND.
The picture below shows me stranded on the long mountain track in the Himalayas in my old V8 Ford Car 1947 model. Along with me was my late friend Prem Dev Sharma ( in dark glasses) . I still cannot remember how we got out of the situation!! Maybe the Friend of a Friend came over who happened to be a car mechanic. The Friend of a Friend was luckily my brother who is standing to the right of the picture along with Prem Dev in the glasses. He got the car to move!! Otherwise we would still have been there, stranded forever in the Himalayas...

ON FRIENDS AND FOES

ON FRIENDS AND FOES

(Ancient Wisdom of The Sages)

IF YOU SEE YOUR BEST FRIEND TALKING TO YOUR WORST FOE, DON'T BE WORRIED.

IF HE IS YOUR TRUE FRIEND, HE WON'T BE WON OVER BY YOUR FOE.

AND IF HE IS WON OVER BY YOUR FOE, THEN CONSOLE YOURSELF WITH THE THOUGHT THAT-- YOUR FOE IS WELCOME TO SUCH A FRIEND!!

"QUIT INDIA!"

"QUIT INDIA!"
Those were the days of the British Raj in India, with cries of "Quit India!" being raised all over the country by the people who wanted independence from British India.
Yet the British went unfazed and undeterred in the extreme summer heat of India, dressed in woollen uniforms and Solar Hats!!

For a long time thereafter the Solat Hats became symbols of British Imperialism and the British Raj In India. Actually these were very scientifically prepared with a double layer and hollow within, so that the heat would not touch the head.
Today relics of these Solat Hats can only be found in Museums where they have not been eaten by moths or worms.
For a long time after the British had left India, the British Solar hats were worn only by lunatics who had escaped from lunatic asylums or were on their way to one!
Any person seen talking gibberish on the streets - and if he became violent- hurling stones, who had a Solar Hat on his head was immediately identified as a lunatic!
It was also a common sight to see the older generation -octogenarians- living in the nostalgia of the British Raj, wearing such Solar Hats, perhaps to bemoan the departure of the British, or merely to throw their weight around on the local populace who were still afraid of these relics of the past.
I retained two such solar hats of that period which are too small for my head-- maybe the hats shrunk or I got a swollen head, and I give pictures of them below. One of them got bashed out of shape when a trunk fell on it!! So much for nostalgia of the British Raj! I use them off and on in my Comic Videos!!
By the way, for those who do not know, after two hundred years of ruling India, the British Finally Quit India in 1947, marching out of the Gateway of India in Bombay with full regalia and aplomb and full military uniforms and their solar hats in full bloom, with military bands in attendance, playing "Beating the Retreat"! What else would they be playing at a time like this? Anyway that is my surmise, and they might as well have been playing "God Save the King"!

DAN THE MAN, THE PROPHET AND MESSENGER

DAN THE MAN, THE PROPHET AND MESSENGER

A Very Happy Birthday to my Dear Friend and bother, Dan Gadberry, who lives in Indiana in the US.

He has become like a prophet or a conduit through whom I keep getting messages from my father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992).

And Dan unfailingly conveys them to me through his Facebook Messaging. And 90% of the time he is right.

Although Dan is much younger than me, still I have a tendency to look upon him as an older brother!!

My Birthday falls on October 7 and his falls on October 9, which makes us have an almost identical nature! So there might be something in astrology after all!! When he is sick I am sick and when he is well I too am well. If he has a backache I too have a backache and when he is passing through a sad phase in life I too am passing through a similar phase!!

Some time back he had loved my father's coat and so I got a similar one made for him and sent him the gift from India.He told me that it fitted him "like a glove" despite the fact that I did not have his measurements!!

His reaction was:

"The moment I wore the coat, my mother, who was there, told me that a strange light had come over my countenance, it was an unearthly glow. I am sure it was your Father's Light!"

On his birthday today on October 9, I wish to pay him this tribute by combining his picture( on the right) with that of my father (on the left).

This "coincidence" goes to show that good souls are united together in God wherever they are and in a brotherhood that defies explanation.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DAN, MAY YOU LIVE HAPPILY FOREVER!!!

MY BIRTHDAY ON OCTOBER 7, 2014

MY BIRTHDAY ON OCTOBER 7, 2014
WHEN I CAME INTO THIS WORLD THERE WERE ALREADY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, AND, WHEN I AM GONE, THERE SHALL ALWAYS BE MILLIONS MORE.. SO IN FACT WHEN I WAS BORN 'THE WORLD WAS BORN FOR ME!' FOR THAT IS WHEN I SAW EVERYBODY!
SO IN THAT SENSE MY BIRTHDAY IS THE BIRTHDAY OF EVERYONE IN THE WORLD!
ALSO THERE WERE SOME BORN AFTER OCTOBER 7 AND SOME BORN BEFORE OCTOBER 7.

I PRE-EMPT THE BIRTHDAYS OF THOSE FRIENDS WHOSE BIRTHDAYS HAVE YET TO COME, AND I BELATEDLY WISH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THOSE WHOSE BIRTHDAYS HAVE PASSED.
BUT I DO WISH THAT ON EVERYONE'S BIRTHDAY LET US TAKE IT AS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WHOLE WORLD AND LET EVERYONE WISH EVERYONE ELSE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY--- AS I AM DOING JUST NOW WITH SONG!! LET BIRTHDAYS BECOME AS COMMON AS WORLD PEACE...
AND MAY I ASK FOR YOUR GOOD WISHES AND PRAYERS IN RETURN WHICH ARE INVALUABLE FOR ME....

Pls click this link this link to view the video

"LET PATIENCE BE YOUR FRIEND"

"LET PATIENCE BE YOUR FRIEND"

Thoughts of my Father HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) a Great Spiritual Luminary of His time. His speeches and writings gave immense peace to countless souls and his personal Divine Love touched the hearts of all.
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"A seed perished in the ground. After a while Nature did yield it up and it discovered that it was too small. The waves of the wind shook its tiny leaves.

A few birds set upon uprooting it from the ground. Cows and goats sought to chew it up.

And the little root was filled with fear and bore a grudge towards Nature for not making it large. And this thought filled it with constant pain.

A few days slipped past and it grew in length and breadth. Its leaves were made big and its branches strong. It looked around itself and saw numerous trees laden with fruits and flowers.

“Would that these were mine!” And thus it spread its branches to reach out and grab hold of the fruits and string them around itself. But it could not do this. It waited and it grew dry.

Then came Spring and flowers bloomed on all its twigs and branches.

Then it sought for fruits. And there came a day when all its branches and twigs were laden with fruit.

Its ignorance dawned upon it, and it repented.

“Alas! What I sought after with such greed was always with me. It came at the appointed time. I did weep in vain. I lost the pleasure of what was before me, yearning always for more. Had I waited and enjoyed whatever came to me, all these things would have come of themselves.”

THOUGHTS FOR PEACE OF MIND

THOUGHTS FOR PEACE OF MIND
Memoirs of my Father HH Shri Bhola Nathji(1902-1992) A Great Spiritual Luminary of his time.

"Do not speak about your own misery, because there is greater misery around you. Do not think that your happiness is less, for there is lesser happiness in the world.
If the wind has brought to you a dry leaf, pick it up and kiss it, for who knows what the next gale may bring in the form of green leaves and flowers?
You will be rewarded with flowers until you are full and have no place for more. These flowers will then surround you forever."

THE VOICE OF GOD

THE VOICE OF GOD
By
H.H. Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) a great spiritual luminary of his time who called himself, The Servant of the Earth.

My Father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji wrote this in 1950 in the Himalayas of Mussoorie as if he were dictating verbatim a Voice from God that came through his heart at the time, as a message to the people.
It was one of several Divine Edicts which my father often set down on paper as and when such edicts came to him for peace, love and unity of mankind.

"O Human! It appears that thou art afraid. Perhaps thou cannot see me with thyself. This alone is the cause of thy fear. I assure thee that I am with thee. Remember thou this, and free thyself of all fears.
Thou art worried because thou know not that the protector of thy life is with thee. He, who has given thee the sun, the moon, and air for thy protection without thy asking shall also give thee bread.
He has everything with Himself and it shall always be with Him. Do not fill thy mind with doubts. Look upon His bountiful treasures and know that they are meant for thee.

MY RELIGION

MY RELIGION
I have respect for every religion in the world and have read most of their texts, Considering the fact that we have very little time in this modern world and that time itself is passing by with great swiftness, I needed a very short spiritual text that will become "my religion". And here it is -- A Message of Peace.

This was written by my Father HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) in 1942 in the Urdu language and later translated into Hindi and English and Marathi.

It contains everything that I need for my religious education and enlightenment, and I need not look beyond that. Besides it is very short, barely covering two pages!! The great thing is that a person of any Faith can read it and find something common in it. It goes beyond narrow religious beliefs and contains the essence of a spiritual life and enlightenment. So this is my religious book, which I wish to share with my friends! I am sure they will find it very useful in difficult moments of life when they need instant spiritual help..

A MESSAGE OF PEACE

By
H.H. Shri Bhola Nathji

"Convey through me to those who walk in the way of Divine Love such a message that they may themselves proceed one stage further on the way to self- surrender."
Neither this world alone nor the renunciation of the world can give us rest. Rest is in this alone that we receive the world’s Creator into our hearts and learn to live in the world. Renunciation–the greatest is to know that all things are God’s. Enthusiasm–the greatest is that He is with us. Courage–the greatest is that we belong to Him. Relationship–the greatest is that we are His children. Devotion–the highest is that in all things we see Him.

Man is made for activity; that is life. Since the divine creation is immortal, one should act to make it more beautiful; yet so act as by renunciation of desire to purify oneself. Forsaking selfish ends, one should devote all one’s powers to the Master’s service. This attitude alone will bring you fulness of perfect peace.

You know that in this world death is certain, so profit from this certainty and devote your life to truth, universal love, and the service of others.

For the drop to merge itself in the ocean is eternal life. The drop gives to the ocean its insignificance, and the ocean gives to it its infinitude. You are made neither for life nor for death, but rather in life to die and in death to live.

Let not your gaze rest on outward show or conflict or difference, but let it rest on reality and truth. Look not on the drop, the wave, or the swirling current, but look on the water, which takes these many forms.

Is not the world God’s world and those who live in it His children? Then whom can you despise? No matter if you cannot retire to the forest; serve God Here by the performance of your duties. Seek no reward for your service; the reward will come of itself.

If you think of reward, your Master may doubt whether you love Him or love only the things He can give. Do your utmost to think of service itself as the reward of every good action. Devote yourself to it and all else will follow. Direct your steps towards the sun and your shadow will follow you.

If your Master keeps you in poverty, be happy in that state because it is your Master’s gift. Love the thorns more than the rose and consider their wounds better than balm.

Self-surrender means that if He keeps you apart you be not grieved, and if He wishes to meet you, you hasten your steps toward Him. Think not that by accepting separation from Him you are really apart; by this very act you unite yourself with His Will and that means union with Him.

Yes, you should walk just as He wishes you to walk, not as you wish. He does not refuse to follow you, but He fears that to do so would work you harm, for your understanding is gross and your knowledge inadequate.

He loves you for your good, and you for your welfare and repose love and worship Him. Is this justified? Learn to love Him for His own sake. People think Him selfish that He desires worship, but they understand not that in this way by conferring His own presence He wishes to give perfect joy.

He alone does not rest in His repose. He wishes to draw the whole world to Himself. When He purges away a man's sins, that is not to be counted as harshness. He is merciful and kind; His every action is free of harshness. It is our wounds that pain by the application of His ointment. Why are you troubled? Do you not belong to God and is He not yours? This thought will cleanse your mind in every trouble. Follow truth and care not what labour it may bring. He, whose laws you keep, Himself will care for you.

Ask of Him one tiny bit of faith and you will have no desire more. All have one Father and all are His children–in this thought all religious differences and conflicts will cease. Let each person follow His own path, and do you follow yours.

If anyone despise you, love him. Love even atheists, because God is present in them. If within the Divine Being one is an atheist, why should you cease to see the Divine Being in him? Does not the very existence of him who denies prove the existence of God? Does not the picture prove the artist? The great virtue of this world is that He appears in all, or all appears in Him.

Different religions are but different paths to one goal.

If anyone ill-treats you, leave him to God, not that He may be punished but with a petition that He may receive mercy, and for yourself ask courage and patience to bear His injustice.

If suffering has enclosed you and you cannot escape, then follow that tested prescription of forsaking all trust in yourself and your powers, and laying all your troubles before your Master wait to see what He will bring. Either you will be released from that trouble, or you will be given strength to bear it; only let there be no pretence in your surrender.

Don't for an instant empty your mind of the thought of Him, and you will have no danger. If you have gained all, but have lost faith in Him, you have erred greatly; but if you have lost all and gained Him you are wise.

Someone asked me, "How does one find God?" I said, "Awaken a hunger for him." He asked again, "How to awaken hunger?" Then I said, "Associate with those who hunger after Him, those who desire Him.

Seek to see God with your Heart, not your mind.

The chief thing is this that you should never stray from the garden of truth, universal love and faith, and that you should do good to all men at all times.
Your Master Himself will come and take your hand."

Renounce all thought of my and mine,
And from a drop become the sea.
Lose thou thyself in Truth Divine,
And know thou art Infinity.

Nath
Ghulam Rue Zameen
The Servant of the Earth

RETURNING TO HIS DIVINE ABODE

RETURNING TO HIS DIVINE ABODE
The 6th of September 1992 was a day when the earth appeared to stand still.
My Father HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) returned to His Divine Abode from where He had come to bring peace and love to mankind. It was a great loss for the people of the world who had a Powerful Light vanish from amongst them.

For 90 years He was upon the planet earth giving of his peace and love to humanity and alleviating the ills and sorrows of mankind, and ultimately saving the world from a nuclear war through his Crusade of the World Prayer Day.

Before leaving He had said: "My work on this planet is over. I am needed now in other places in the Universe!"

But He still exists upon earth in His Invisible Form and people still feel His Presence and His Love, and He still answers the prayers of people more powerfully than ever before.

His portrait is a powerful link to communicate with Him, it is like a telephone line at the end of which He is listening, and still answering your prayers.

JAB TAK JAHAN RAHEGA, KISSA TERA RAHEGA,
KEHTEIN HAIN NATH JISKO AFSANA-E MUHABBAT

FOR AS LONG AS THE WORLD LASTS, THY LEGEND SHALL REMAIN
A STORY THAT IS KNOWN AS THE STORY OF LOVE

PITFALLS OF A SPIRITUAL LIFE

PITFALLS OF A SPIRITUAL LIFE
My father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) was a great spiritual luminary of his time, who was even revered as God, but he was the humblest person upon earth, who genuinely called himself, Nath, Ghulaam Rue Zameen, which means, The Servant of the Earth. He desired neither name. nor fame nor followers, nor indeed anything from anyone in the world. All his life he gave freely of himself, alleviating the ills and sorrows of mankind, and inculcating a feeling of oneness and peace in the world.

He was known as the living personification of Love, an incarnation of Love. Even total strangers felt this love emanating from him as if he were their nearest and dearest loved one.His love went out towards all whether they were intellectuals, scientists, or poor, common folk, or even atheists.

When people showered praise upon him, this is what he would say:

"Accept me, but not as your Master, as your servant!"
"I have not come to be worshipped. I have come to worship you!"
"I am a very old companion of yours. I was your companion even before the Universe came into existence!"

When people compared him to God he would say in Persian:

"Jamaale hamnasheen dar man asar kard
Vagarnaa man hamaa khaakam ke hastam"

"It is the Light of my Eternal Friend that illuminates my existence,
Otherwise I am nothing but that dust from which I was taken!"

In contrast there were people who took to the spiritual path and soon became enamoured of the fame they were getting. And they wanted more and more, more followers, more fame, greater respect and reverence. They became filled with the desires of the world, little realising that they were alienating themselves from God.

They were filled with ego, a pride of their spiritual attainment and began thinking of themselves as superior to others. This soon developed into a greed and a thirst for material possessions, institutions and buildings, mansions and air conditioned cars.

The greed became so intense that it went with them even at the time of their death. They wished that magnificent graves and mausoleums, samadhis, be constructed over their bodies after they were gone, and that thousands would throng to them to pay their obeisances. Alas, little knowing where they had gone themselves!!

This then is the lesson to be drawn - namely that any person walking on the spiritual path who claims to be enlightened and wants to enlighten others must tread with care on this path, lest he begin to consider himself superior to others, lest pride enter into him and he begins to proclaim that he is God himself, and falls, like a fallen angel.

MR. GUITAR MEHTA

MR. GUITAR MEHTA
When I was a Graduate Student of Nuclear Physics at Harvard University I had become somewhat acclaimed for my public performances, for free, on the Indian Guitar or the Hawaian Guitar, or as some called it the Vichitra Veena!! This was just a hobby for me and something I enjoyed doing on weekends.
Little did I know how popular I had become in the Cambridge and Boston area till one day on a flight to New York from Boston, a fellow passenger seated next to me asked me my name, and when I told him I was Priya Mehta, he said, "Oh, you are Mr. Guitar Mehta?"

I could have gone on to become a professional singer and musician but there was nuclear physics to take care of and the exams at Harvard which took their toll and very soon the guitar became a pipe dream which never materialised!!!
While going through old pictures I found some reminders of that "golden era" of the famous guitarists and singers, the Beatles, when I had dreamt of competing with them! lol!
But the fact remains that I was the best guitarist amongst nuclear physicists and the best nuclear physicist amongst guitarists!!!
And I did shake the hand of the famous singer Joan Baez who came especially to my Physics class disguised in dark glasses and her hair tied into a bun, at the asking of her father Dr. Albert V. Baez who too was a nuclear physicist like me. I always played her "Down by the banks of the Ohio" on my guitar as a homage to that historical meeting.
My profile photo shows me playing the guitar on WNAC TV Boston, where I was singing the poems of Omar Khayyam!

THE STATUE THAT SPOKE

THE STATUE THAT SPOKE
It is said that there are stranger things in heaven and on earth than are dreamt of in the philosophies of men! Here is one such example in the real life story below.
(Memoirs of HH Shri Bhola Nathji, (1902-1992) great spiritual luminary of his time and my father.)
The year was 1950. HH Shri Bhola Nathji was in New Delhi. There was a famous lady sculptress in the city who had made the statues of the Prime Minister and the President.
A devotee of HH Shri Bhola Nathji, Justice G.P. Bhatt, asked the lady to make a statue of the handsomest personality of the time, HH Shri Bhola Nathji.
The lady came to the home of HH Shri Bhola Nathji and was absolutely spell bound by his charm and his handsomeness. She agreed to make his statue for a fee.
However HH Shri Bhola Nathji had set a condition on her sculpting, that she would not touch his face for the measurements as she sculpted. The sculptress reluctantly agreed.
She began to sculpt the statue while keeping her distance, and tried to get the features as best as she possibly could. Several sittings were required.
By this time a strange kind of reverence and respect kept on rising within her heart for HH Shri Nathji, it was almost as if she were sculpting the Face of God. She began to refer to him as "Bhagwad Swaroop Bhola Nathji" which translated means,
"The Likeness of God- Shri Bhola Nathji"
She was trying to give the statue a serious expression, but a smile kept on forcing itself on the face despite her efforts to the contrary. When she told Shri Nathji about this, he laughed and said:
"Then let him make the statue who is sitting inside your heart and doing the sculpting!"
On the day the statue was complete she took it to her home for coloring. And later she brought it back to the house of Shri Nathji in a taxi -- accompanied by a band, which played a rhythm of joy.
Shri Nathji asked her: "Please let us know your fee for the beautiful sculpting you have done!"
She said: "The statue has become my life! There is only one fee that I ask of Thee, please eat a meal cooked by my hands!"
Sadly it was a wish that HH Shri Nathji could not fulfil as he was leaving New Delhi.
The statue was brought to HH Shri Nathji's home at Mussoorie by Shri Nathji's sister in law Veeran Devi and kept there in the drawing room. She covered it with a white sheet lest dust gather on it.
One day when she came inside the drawing room she was startled by a loud voice that rang out in the room:
"Veeran Deviji! For how long are you going to keep me covered in this sheet! It is suffocating!"
Veeran Devi was astonished beyond measure! It was as if the statue was alive!!
She took the sheet off in a state of panic.
Later she narrated the incident to HH Shri Nathji and his family when they arrived at the house. Shri Nathji smiled and said:
"Now there are two 'Naths' - this statue and I!"
All who saw the statue in later days in the fullness of its colors were astonished at the resemblance between the statue and HH Shri Nathji.
It lies there to this day, long after HH Shri Nathji's leaving the physical world.
ATTACHED IS A PICTURE OF HH SHRI NATHJI AND HIS STATUE IN 1950 IN NEW DELHI.

THE BIRTHDAY OF MY MOTHER AUGUST 15

THE BIRTHDAY OF MY MOTHER AUGUST 15
My Mother, Savitri Devi, was born on the 15t of August 1916. She left the world in 1967. She is known as Mahamateshwari.
She was the youngest daughter of Lala Hagopal Khanna a Senior Lawyer and All India Legal Adviser to the Punjab National Bank. His famous book "Banking and Conveyancing" became legend over the years in the legal fraternity.
He had three daughters and three sons. My mother was the youngest daughter in his family and he doted upon her. In those days he was the only one in the city of Lahore which was then in India, to own a French Citroen Car and would drive his daughter with pride through the streets of Lahore.
He had wished to send her for higher studies to England, after he had completed her Bachelor's Degree in Commerce.
But the fates had willed otherwise. She was very different from all other brothers and sisters and had no attraction towards material things of the world. She could not bear to see people in poverty and in suffering and gave away even her best clothes to these poor. She was spiritually inclined that he often dreamt of herself getting married to a Prince Charming who would be none other than Lord Krishna himself.
When she set eyes upon HH Shri Bhola Nathji, she immediately knew that she had reached her goal. The entire Hargopal family became intensely devoted to HH Shri Nathji and the marriage between Savitri Devi and Bhola Nathji took place on the 7th of May, 1939 in Lahore. The wedding procession was the biggest the city of Lahore had ever seen. It was not so much for its opulence, but for the huge crowd that accompanied the baraat, the groom's wedding procession to the house of the bride. People from all walks of life joined in, the poor from the streets, the holy men smoking their hookahs, shopkeepers who walked out of their shops, and just about anyone who cast eyes on the divinely beautiful being on the wedding horse -- HH Shri Nathji! The Bridegroom.
The bride's father Hargopal had food only for 500 wedding guests and he was at his wits end on seeing the thousands that had turned up, most of them uninvited guests. It was Shri Nathji's father's injunction :"Let not a single man be sent back without being fed!"
Savitri Devi told her father Hargopal that she should place Shri Nathji's Photo in the kitchen. He did so and a miracle occurred. The cooks cooked and cooked and the food multiplied, there appeared to be no end to the delicacies. And all the thousands were fed to their heart's content. Savitri Devi knew it was a miracle of her would-be husband, Shri Nathji who was none other than Lord Krishna himself to her!
All her life she served HH Shri Nathji loyally and lovingly, giving him two sons, Pran Nath and Priya Nath, both of which went into science in later days in accordance with the wishes of their parents.
The younger son, Priya Nath always had a special affinity for his mother, and as a child would follow her around from room to room lest he lose her in the large house in which they lived in Mussoorie. He had this strange feeling that he was going to lose his mother one day. And that was precisely what happened. Many years later he was the first to hear the fateful words from a London Hospital, "Mr. Mehta, your mother just died!" The year was 1967.
My mother would not allow her birthday to be celebrated. She said the entire country was celebrating the 15th of August as Independence Day and there was no need to celebrate her birthday separately. Even today whenever we try to celebrate her birthday rainstorms and thunderstorms inevitably make us minimise or cancel the function. That was precisely what happened on August 15, 2014 today!
I post some photos of her life with my father HH Shri Bhola Nathji and with myself and my brother in various diverse places, as we grew up together as a family.