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And the experience was to come in later days when he went sailing in his sailboat, in the sea, off the Bay of Massachusetts. The boat was caught in a terrible storm that evening, and he felt as if he and the boat would be dashed to pieces against the rocks. Harry was a brave man and had seldom been afraid, but the ferocity of the storm was such as to unnerve even the strongest of men. In his fear he called out to Shri Nathji.“Harry, why fear when I am near!”Even as Harry looked upon Shri Nathji his fear vanished. For a while, neither the storm nor the intensity of the waves lessened, but Harry’s heart said to him:“If the storm has come against the wishes of my Master then it canot harm me, because my Master is more powerful. And if the storm has come in accordance with the Will of my Master – then I welcome it!”The storm subsided and Harry was safe.“It was all due to your presence with me.”Shri Nathji was very fond of narrating this episode before people. He would conclude by adding his Urdu Verse:“Mussavvar khench laa tasveer vo jisme dikhaayi ho“O Artist, paint thou such a picture, which may reveal,Shri Nathji would conclude:“The moment Harry surrendered before the Will of God, the storm subsided and the ocean became calm! When man surrenders himself before the Will of God, the troubles of the world disappear.”