FAR AWAY FROM THIS WORLD LOOK IN EYES!
THE DAY THAT I CAME INTO THIS WORLD!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO I, ME AND MYSELF!
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IT IS DARKNESS OUTSIDE WHILE IT IS THREE THIRTY IN THE EARLY MORNING, OCTOBER 7,SATURDAY, INDIAN STANDARD TIME AND MOST PEOPLE ARE ASLEEP IN INDIA. THOUGH THE PEOPLE ABROAD ARE DOING THEIR DAILY WORKS IN THE REST OF THE WORLD.
THE DAY THAT I CAME INTO THIS WORLD!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO I, ME AND MYSELF!
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IT IS DARKNESS OUTSIDE WHILE IT IS THREE THIRTY IN THE EARLY MORNING, OCTOBER 7,SATURDAY, INDIAN STANDARD TIME AND MOST PEOPLE ARE ASLEEP IN INDIA. THOUGH THE PEOPLE ABROAD ARE DOING THEIR DAILY WORKS IN THE REST OF THE WORLD.
YES, THIS WAS THE
TIME I CAME INTO THE WORLD IN THE SMALL CITY OF MUSSOORIE, IN THE
HIMALAYAS OF NORTHERN INDIA, KNOWN AS THE QUEEN OF THE HILLS, A TOURIST
RESORT AND A SUMMER RETREAT FOR THE BRITISH OFFICERS AND RAJAS,
MAHARAJAS, AND NAWABS.
THERE WAS A MASJID, A MUSLIM MOSQUE JUST TEN YARDS AWAY FROM THE LITTLE HOUSE IN WHICH I WAS BORN, KNOWN AS PLEVNA COTTAGE.
THE MUSLIM ROZAAS, PERIOD OF FASTING, HAD JUST GIVEN OVER, AND THERE WAS THE LONELY CALL OF THE MUEZZIN FROM THE TOWERS OF THE MOSQUE, SAYING
" ALLAH HOO AKBAR", - "GOD IS GREAT" .
FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF THE BEATING OF DRUMS.
AND THERE I WAS BEING HERALDED INTO THE WORLD BY THE SOUND OF THE DRUMS THAT HERALDED THE APPROACH OF THE END OF THE FASTING.
YET THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY GREAT IN MY BIRTH WHICH NO ONE ELSE EXCEPT MY BROTHER WAS DESTINED TO HAVE ---
A BIRTH DIRECTLY IN THE HOUSE OF GOD IN HUMAN FORM, MY FATHER, HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI, WHO WAS BORN TO A HINDU FAMILY, AS WAS I.
WHICH WAS WHY WHEN I CAME INTO THIS WORLD AS AN INFANT FRESHLY DELIVERED BY A SIMPLE NURSE, MY EYES HAD AN UNCANNY FARAWAY EXPRESSION IN THEIR EYES, PERHAPS READING MY DESTINY -- YOU CAN SEE IT VIVIDLY IN THE PHOTOGRAPH BELOW.
IT WAS AS IF I KNEW I DID NOT BELONG TO THIS WORLD BUT HAD COME FROM ANOTHER WORLD, THE KINGDOM OF GOD, TO LIVE OUT MY DESTINY WITH MY FATHER AND MOTHER UPON EARTH, WHO WERE ALSO FROM THERE, AND TO SHARE IN THEIR DIVINE WORK UPON EARTH.
AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, TODAY, I SHALL POST OTHER PICTURES OF MY GROWING UP WITH MY ELDER BROTHER AND PARENTS, BUT FOR THE PRESENT I CONTENT MYSELF WITH THIS PICTURE THAT HERALDS MY ENTRY INTO THIS WORLD ON A COLD OCTOBER NIGHT OR EARLY AUTUMN MORNING AT 3:30 AM OF OCTOBER 7, IN THE MALL CITY BUILT BY THE BRITISH -MUSSOORIE- IN THE HIMALAYAS OF NORTHERN INDIA AT AN ALTITUDE OF 6500 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
I SHALL APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN LISTEN TO MY BROADCAST TO THE WHOLE WORLD IN A LIVE VIDEO RECORDING OF MY BIRTHDAY FUNCTION TODAY AT 5 PM INDIAN STANDARD TIME.
THERE WAS A MASJID, A MUSLIM MOSQUE JUST TEN YARDS AWAY FROM THE LITTLE HOUSE IN WHICH I WAS BORN, KNOWN AS PLEVNA COTTAGE.
THE MUSLIM ROZAAS, PERIOD OF FASTING, HAD JUST GIVEN OVER, AND THERE WAS THE LONELY CALL OF THE MUEZZIN FROM THE TOWERS OF THE MOSQUE, SAYING
" ALLAH HOO AKBAR", - "GOD IS GREAT" .
FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF THE BEATING OF DRUMS.
AND THERE I WAS BEING HERALDED INTO THE WORLD BY THE SOUND OF THE DRUMS THAT HERALDED THE APPROACH OF THE END OF THE FASTING.
YET THERE WAS SOMETHING VERY GREAT IN MY BIRTH WHICH NO ONE ELSE EXCEPT MY BROTHER WAS DESTINED TO HAVE ---
A BIRTH DIRECTLY IN THE HOUSE OF GOD IN HUMAN FORM, MY FATHER, HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI, WHO WAS BORN TO A HINDU FAMILY, AS WAS I.
WHICH WAS WHY WHEN I CAME INTO THIS WORLD AS AN INFANT FRESHLY DELIVERED BY A SIMPLE NURSE, MY EYES HAD AN UNCANNY FARAWAY EXPRESSION IN THEIR EYES, PERHAPS READING MY DESTINY -- YOU CAN SEE IT VIVIDLY IN THE PHOTOGRAPH BELOW.
IT WAS AS IF I KNEW I DID NOT BELONG TO THIS WORLD BUT HAD COME FROM ANOTHER WORLD, THE KINGDOM OF GOD, TO LIVE OUT MY DESTINY WITH MY FATHER AND MOTHER UPON EARTH, WHO WERE ALSO FROM THERE, AND TO SHARE IN THEIR DIVINE WORK UPON EARTH.
AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, TODAY, I SHALL POST OTHER PICTURES OF MY GROWING UP WITH MY ELDER BROTHER AND PARENTS, BUT FOR THE PRESENT I CONTENT MYSELF WITH THIS PICTURE THAT HERALDS MY ENTRY INTO THIS WORLD ON A COLD OCTOBER NIGHT OR EARLY AUTUMN MORNING AT 3:30 AM OF OCTOBER 7, IN THE MALL CITY BUILT BY THE BRITISH -MUSSOORIE- IN THE HIMALAYAS OF NORTHERN INDIA AT AN ALTITUDE OF 6500 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
I SHALL APPRECIATE IT IF YOU CAN LISTEN TO MY BROADCAST TO THE WHOLE WORLD IN A LIVE VIDEO RECORDING OF MY BIRTHDAY FUNCTION TODAY AT 5 PM INDIAN STANDARD TIME.
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