HOW MANY UNIVERSES IN THE UNIVERSE?

My most favorite scientist has always been the late Prof. Carl Sagan,(1934-1996) who many remember as the originator of the "COSMOS" series on TV.
A true scientist, an unbiased humanist, a lover of humanity, as handsome as a movie star, such was the personality of Prof. Carl Sagan who, for the first time explained the Universe in plain and simple terms to the layman. And who was a brilliant award winning scientist himself.

He was honored by Harvard University in the USA as well as the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and NASA and many famous institutes like Cornell University etc.
According to him there are billions of planets in the Universe that are capable of harboring life, like ours or even superior to ours.
Strangely enough, even though he was an agnostic, he was greatly impressed by the philosophy of Hinduism, which he believed to have nearly touched the truth about the age of the Universe and the theories of Yugas, the repeated creation and destruction of the Universe, thus giving rise to the concept of an infinite number of Universes, past, present and future. This would make the Universe billions of years old.
His writings make man feel how tiny his own ego is in comparison to the Universes around him, the billions of planets, billions of stars, which are nothing but suns, the billions of galaxies of stars, the billions of clusters of galaxies, the Universe stretching for billions of miles with billions of tons of matter in it, -- and everything following well-regulated scientific laws.
This should give us an idea of the strength and power of the Creator, God.
Someone asked my father HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) who was a Great Spiritual Luminary of his time
"If God created the Universe, then who created God?"
And Shri Bhola Nathji replied:
"If you say that God did not create the Universe, then who did?
"If you can say that the Universe always was, it always shall be, it created itself--- then what is wrong in saying that God always was, and always shall be and that He is Existence itself!
"If dead matter can create such an intelligent Universe filled with such intelligent laws of science, then is it not more likely that a Super Intelligent,Super Conscious Power, like God created the Universe with all its scientific laws beyond the understanding of men?"

A HOUSE IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD

From the Parables of HH Shri Bhola Nathji
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HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) was a Great Spiritual Luminary of his time who gave peace and beatitude to countless folk during his sojourn upon earth.
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PARABLE

A King and his Queen live happily in a prosperous kingdom.
One Day a Holy Man, said to be a Prophet, visits their kingdom and sits in one of the streets engaging in his work of giving peace to people.
Queen: "O King! I want to go and pay my respects to the Holy Man and learn of the meaning of life from him."
King: "O Queen! What do you lack in life? All the comforts of life are yours? What more do you want? What other secret of life?"
Queen: "O King, we are sitting amongst the pleasures of life, but these are not to last. This life is passing away and must give way to Death. What is to come after that?"
The King derides the beliefs of his queen, and tells her that she can go to the Holy Man but he will not waste his time.
The Queen goes to the Holy Man, who does not even cast a glance in her direction. He is busy building a small house of mud, pebbles and stones.
Queen: "O Holy Sire! What makest thou?"
Holy Man: "I am old now and may leave the world at any time. I am making for myself a House in the Kingdom of God!"
Queen: Looks on in fascination, and then on a sudden impulse says:
"O Holy Sire! Thou who grant the wishes of all! Please grant me a boon! Please give me this house! You can build another for yourself!"
Holy Man: "You appear to be the queen! All right I will grant you your wish, but there will be a price. Give me all your jewellery! I want to distribute it to the poor people! Their gratitude and prayers will please God and He will grant you a House in His Kingdom!"
The queen begins to have doubts in her mind. My jewellery for this house of mud, pebbles and stone!!
In that one instant of her hesitation, the Holy Man understands what is going on in her mind and turns to her and says:
"O Queen! Even if you offer me the entire wealth of your kingdom , I will not accept it in exchange for this House in the Kingdom of God, each and every brick of which is worth a thousand kingdoms such as yours. Now Go away! And don't waste my time!"
The queen realizes the great mistake she has made by doubting the Holy Man, and immediately makes amends. She returns to the palace and brings all her jewelry and ornaments and places them at the feet of the Holy Man!
The Holy Man is pleased at her repentance and gives her the house of pebbles and mud, which she carries in a large piece of cloth and returns to the palace in a state of great bliss!!
The king is furious! He thinks his wife has gone mad when he finds out about the jewelry his wife gave in exchange for the house of pebbles and mud.
HE ALSO GETS NEWS THAT THE HOLY MAN IS THROWING AWAY THE ORNAMENTS TO THE POOR IN THE STREETS.
He leaves the chamber of the queen and goes to sleep in another room, still in a rage.
And he has a strange dream. He finds himself in a beautiful world, something he had never even thought about all his life, being an agnostic. The place has magnificent mansions made of precious stones the likes of which are not seen on earth. There is peace and an undefinable bliss in the air.
Suddenly he sees there a huge palace with the name of his queen on it. He tries to enter it, but is thrown out by the guards.
He awakens with a start!! He had seen the House of his queen in the Kingdom of God! The Holy Man was telling the truth.
He rushes to the Holy Man carrying with him the entire wealth in his treasury and he falls at the feet of the Holy Man and asks him to give him a House also in the Kingdom of God!
The Holy Man is angered when he sees that the king has brought his entire treasury with him.
Holy Man: "Do you think you can purchase a house in the Kingdom of God with your wealth? Do you think it was the ornaments of the queen that got her a place there? No it was her FAITH in God. She took the house of pebbles on my word and accepted it to be a house in the Kingdom of God, WITHOUT actually seeing the place!"
"You are greedy and selfish! You have come here AFTER seeing the kingdom of God and

wish to buy a house there! I shall never give it to you now, for any price!!"
The King realizes his folly, his greed and his desire to possess everything that was good in the world. His past sins come before his mind. He begins to weep with repentance and says:
"O Holy Sire! You are right! I am not worthy to enter the Kingdom of God, far less have a house there! I go now to the world of sin in which I live!"
The Holy Man suddenly turns around and says:
"O King! Whither goest thou? Thou hast forgotten something!
Take this with thee -- thy house in the Kingdom of God!"
Man becomes so engrossed in the material pleasures of the world that he forgets that he must leave this world one day and go to another world, in which he has no faith, and for which he has made no preparation at all. It is only when an awakening and faith in God and repentance enter his heart that he becomes worthy of a place there.

HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI AND SMT. SAVITRI DEVI BLESSINGS FROM HEAVEN

DOES THE KINGDOM OF GOD EXIST?

DOES THE KINGDOM OF GOD EXIST?
HH SHRI NATHJI - MESSAGE OF LOVE·FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,
HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) was a Great Spiritual Luminary of his time who gave peace and beatitude to countless souls, and whose mission in life was that of Love and Peace.
His unmatched beauty and overflowing Love for humanity made him appear as a Being from another world.
His soothing, honeyed words, brought instant peace of mind to his listeners, and had an uncanny irrefutable logic that sent his audiences into raptures.
They still serve as a Guiding Light to humanity to relieve them of their sorrows and sufferings and to give them peace of mind.
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There was a time when a philosopher and agnostic from Europe came to see HH Shri Nathji and said to him:
Agnostic: “Can you give me any proof that the Kingdom of God exists? I refuse to believe in anything until I have seen it with my own eyes! I am a rational scientist.”
HH Shri Nathji: “I can use your logic and say that Europe does not exist, just because I have not seen it!”
Agnostic: “But I have proof that Europe exists!”
HH Shri Nathji: “What proof do you have?”
Agnostic: “There are so many things that come here which are made in Europe!”
HH Shri Nathji: “This vast Universe has been made by God, and that is proof enough that God exists and therefore there is a Kingdom of God!”
Agnostic: “There are books that come to us from Europe written by learned men, intellectuals and Ph.D’s there!These clearly prove that Europe exists!”
HH Shri Nathji: “The Holy Books of all religious faiths which run into thousands of pages prove that the Kingdom of God exists! And the great miracle is that these books influence the lives of millions of people all over the globe, even though they do not claim to be written by intellectuals with Ph.Ds in their subjects, like worldly folk!”
Agnostic: “But I have another proof of the existence of Europe! There are people that come here, who are from Europe!”
HH Shri Nathji: “There are people who come from the Kingdom of God. The Saints, Sages, Prophets, Messiahs, Saviours of all religious faiths, all of whom claim to come from the Kingdom of God!”
Agnostic: “Come, let me end this argument once and for all! I come from Europe and that is sufficient proof that Europe exists! Let me take you there!”
HH Shri Nathji: “But why should I believe you?”
Agnostic: “Because I have no reason to lie to you. I do not wish to cheat you in any way. I am a man of absolute honesty and integrity. You have to have faith in my words!”
HH Shri Nathji: “In that case, I can say the same for myself. That I come from the Kingdom of God. Let me take you there.
If FAITH is all that matters then why don’t you have faith in me!”
HH Shri Nathji: “Ultimately it is a matter of Faith. You cannot say that you will believe in a place only after you have seen it. You must have Faith that it exists first, and then go there and see it for yourself!”
HH Shri Nathji: “The Holy Men of all faiths were men of unquestionable honesty and integrity. They wanted nothing from mankind. They asked us to have Faith in their words, for our own betterment. There is no reason for us to doubt their experiences.
"If they have come from the Kingdom of God then they must know that it exists. We can only come to know about it when we get there ourselves after having Faith in their words, and observing the laws laid down for gaining admission into the Kingdom of God!”

THE FOUNTAIN OF IMMORTALITY

It is a fact that nobody wants to die in the world. Whenever anyone is ill, the best efforts, the most expensive medical aid that he can afford, all that he can spend, everything that he can do, is tried to the best of one's ability.
Most medications and supplements and transplants are designed to prolong life.
But for how long?
The inevitable, inexorable march towards Death continues to go on and no one is spared in the end.
Hence the question arises: For how long does one wish to live?
And the answer is "forever", "eternally".
Everyone wants immortality, a life that never ends.
What everyone wants is Eternal Life, and no one gets it in his lifetime.
Alexander the Great wanted to conquer the whole world. And he wished to do it while he was still young. But time was catching up with him. He desired immortality fast, so that Death would not catch up with him before he had conquered the whole world.
As legend goes, his Spiritual Guide, Aristotle, told him of a Fountain of immortality after drinking of which a person would become immortal. Death would never come to him. He would never die.
This was what Alexander had been in search of -- a life without Death.
And, so, Alexander and his Guide, Aristotle went to the forest where the Fountain of Immortality was flowing in the center of a pond.
Aristotle gave him a cup and asked him to dip it in the waters of the pond and drink from it, so that he would become immortal, attain immortality in this life, so that he would never die.
Alexander dipped his cup into the waters of the pond and was about to lift it to his mouth when he saw a strange sight.
Gathered on the other side of the pond was a huge crowd of people who were wailing and crying in agony.
"Aristotle!" said a bewildered Alexander, "where have you brought me? Why are all these people weeping and wailing?"
Aristotle: "They are weeping and wailing because they are in extreme agony!"
Alexander: "Then why don't they drink from the Fountain of Immortality?"
Aristotle: "Alexander! They have already drunk of the Fountain of Immortality!"
Alexander: "What! They why are they crying in agony? What are they asking for?"
Aristotle: "Alexander! They are asking for Death! They have attained immortality and they cannot die. But the sorrows and miseries of the world are now with them forever. They want to be relieved of their misery, and desire Death, which cannot come to them because they have become immortal!"
Alexander awakens as if from a dream. And then after a while he throws the cup into the pond and walks away from the place.
"If this is what immortality brings, a life of eternal sorrow and suffering, then I do not want immortality!"
Indeed, an eternal life without eternal happiness is a burden too great for man to bear.
God who created life, very meaningfully created Death as well, for all the living beings on earth.
We must accept Life as an order of God and Death as another order of God, and surrender ourselves before His Will in both circumstances.
It is in this surrender before His Will that Death turns into Eternal Life and Eternal Happiness.
In fact there is neither life nor death. There is just the Will of God.
It is said that Alexander never found the Spiritual Guide who could lead him to an Eternal Life which was also accompanied by Eternal Happiness.
As a Persian poet wrote centuries ago:
"Tahi dastaane kismat raa cheh sood az murshide kaamil
Choon khizr az aabe haivaan tishna lab mi aarad Sikander raa"
Alas! Those with an empty destiny cannot benefit from a Spiritual Guide!
Even as Alexander was left thirsty despite attaining the Fountain of Eternal Life.

THY PORTRAIT IS THE SOLACE OF MY LIFE

A portrait is a unique reminder of Someone who is close to us, or even far from us. The portrait of a friend or loved one fills us with his love.
The portrait of a Godly Personality connects us to God.
It is like a telephone line on which you can speak to your
beloved Lord.
Here is a beautiful Urdu Song or Ghazal wrtten by my father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) when he was just a young man. He wrote it as an ode to his Father, HH Shri Babaji Maharaj.
Today many have found the truth of this Ghazal as they look at the portraits of HH Shri Bhola Nathji and find that it gives them solace in
moments of trials and tribulations. It fills their minds with peace and an indescribable bliss which can only be divine.
A translation can scarce capture the spirit of the original Urdu, but I have made an attempt here:
"This Thy Portrait is the
Solace of my life,
On its Grace doth rest the
Foundation of my life
Thy Bountiful hands did
Scatter those jewels,
Which turned into kings,
The beggars of the world
This Revelation of Truth,
Is a Message of Eternity
Which shall never let it go out,
The Spark of this life,
Come Thou again as a
Blooming Garden from a bud,
So that the nightingale
May find the joy of its life
The Benign Grace of thy sight
Has put to flight,
The ego that was
The Veil of my life
O Saki! Give what thou must
To Nath today,
For it has gone beyond endurance,
This waiting of my Life"
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THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

On September 6, 1992, 24 years ago, for me, the entire world had come to a standstill. In fact it had ceased to exist.
On September 6, 1992, my Dear Father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji
(1902-1992) left his physical body at the age of 90, and returned to the Infinity of His Immortal Invisible Self, from where he had come. For me, he was the only God I ever knew or shall ever know. And this was the feeling of many who had met him in life, and still is.
His incredibly beautiful personality which was a personification of Divine Beauty, openly revealed who he was.Accompanying it was a Divine Glow not seen on the face of any mortal of his time. It was as if he had come from another world.
His Divine Love which penetrated deep inside the hearts and souls of all, relieving them of their ills and sorrows, was so overpowering that people who came to him involuntarily broke out into tears. When he left, it was as if their greatest Loved One was gone. He spent his entire life giving peace and beatitude to people.
Merely to come before him was to be freed of all the cares and worries of the world.
While people regarded him as God Incarnate, his humility was so great that he simply called himself:
"The Servant of the Earth"
He was not living for himself but for the people of the world, especially those in misery and sorrow.
From the day he was born, on the 23rd of June, 1902, till the day he left the physical world, the Divine Glow on his Face remained with him giving light to humanity in more ways than one.
While most people had been predicting a doom and a nuclear holocaust for the world, he had been writing songs of divine bliss and divine forgiveness.
This was during 1984 when the world was threatened by an almost certain nuclear war and 50,000 nuclear weapons were in existence.
It was his Voice:
"Someone shall change the face of the world in a fraction of a moment,
Peace is on its way, and the age of war is going away!"
"When all of mankind shall be standing before God, their heads bowed in shame,
They shall see before them the Glory of God which shall set them free of sin!"
And at that time the clouds of war vanished in a trice.
His words still ring out for humanity:
"I HAVE NO MISSION EXCEPT LOVE IN HIS WORLD,
MY MISSION IS LOVE AND MY WORK IS LOVE!"
"I AM A VERY OLD COMPANION OF YOURS.
I WAS YOUR COMPANION EVEN BEFORE THE UNIVERSE CAME INTO EXISTENCE!"
"I HAVE NOT COME AS YOUR MASTER. I HAVE COME AS YOUR SERVANT."
'I HAVE NOT COME TO BE WORSHIPED. I HAVE COME TO WORSHIP YOU."
" I CANNOT BE CONTENT WITH MY OWN SALVATION TILL EVEN ONE PERSON IS IN BONDAGE."
"LET THE STORMS OF THE WORLD COME, SO THAT YOU MAY KNOW OF THE STRENGTH OF YOUR PILOT."
"SPEAK NOT TO ME OF MIRACLES,
FOR I HAVE LEFT MIRACLES BEHIND!"
'MY GREATEST MIRACLE IS TO KINDLE THE LIGHT OF FAITH IN YOUR HEARTS WHICH NOT EVEN THE FIERCEST OF STORMS CAN BLOW OUT!"
"NOW THAT YOU HAVE COME TO ME,
YOUR WORK IS FINISHED, BUT MINE HAS JUST BEGUN"
"REMEMBER, I AM YOURS.
WHEN I AM NEAR, I AM YOURS,
WHEN I AM FAR, I AM YOURS,
IN EVERY SORROW, I AM YOURS,
IN EVERY JOY, I AM YOURS,
IN LIFE, I AM YOURS,
AND IN DEATH, I AM YOURS."
"WHEN IN NEED YOU CAN CALL OUT TO ME,
I SHALL COME, FASTER THAN THE WIND,
FASTER THAN THE FLASH OF LIGHTNING!"
"I AM AROUND YOU ALL THE TIME,
LIKE THE INVISIBLE AIR WHICH SUSTAINS YOUR LIFE
BUT DOES NOT MAKE ITS PRESENCE FELT!"
'' EVEN AS EVERY NIGHT MUST GIVE PLACE TO DAY.
AND EVERY AUTUMN TURN TO SPRING,
SO IT IS THE VOICE OF MY HEART
THAT THE TIME IS NOT VERY FAR.
WHEN ONE GOD SHALL EXIST FOR ALL,
AND ALL SHALL BE HIS CHILDREN,
LOVE SHALL BE HIS WORSHIP,
AND THE HEARTS OF MEN SHALL KNOW
A NEVER ENDING PEACE!"