Shri Nathji could find the greatest of truths in the most trivial of things in the world, the greatest of feelings coming from the mouth of the most uninitiated.
Shri Nathji often said that God liked innocence and would be moved to grant His Divine Mercy and Grace if the devotee had simplicity of devotion in his heart.
Shri Nathji would tell the story of the Emperor, Jehangir and his slave Nooro. Jehangir was very fond of a pair of pigeons which he kept as his pets. One day he entrusted them to the safekeeping of his slave, Nooro, who was a young girl, and went away. When Jehangir returned he saw only one pigeon in the hand of Nooro. He was angry and said:
“Nooro! Where is the second pigeon!”
“Jahaan-panaah! O Thou preserver of the world! It flew away! Vo urr gayaa!”
“Flew away! How?” said the emperor beside himself in a fit of rage, “Kaise urr gayaa?”
“Like this! Aise urr gayaa!” said the frightened Nooro, releasing the remaining pigeon in her hand.
Jahangir was so struck by the innocence of her gesture that he fell in love with her. And it was thus that she became the Empress of Hindustan and came to be known as Noor Jahaan–the Light of the World.
Shri Nathji would say: “A devotee must come before God in such a manner that God will at once fall in Love with him and make him His own!
“Bhakt ko aisee shakal apne Prabhu ke aage bannani hai ke uski kripaa apne aap daurri aaye!”