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He looks very young, very beautiful and healthy, in his yellow-orange kerchief and white shirt, as he speaks to the visitors. “Chalne do! Kuchh naheen hotaa! Isse“Let things be as they are! Nothing will happen! Take everything in its natural course!”Shri Nathji finishes his 137th ghazal notebook and begins his 138th notebook in high spirits.“May you become a ‘A certain Sharma from Faridabad, comes for Shri Nathji’s darshan. Shri Nathji pours forth verse upon verse, speaking very loudly and affectionately. He quotes his favourite verses:“Dil ke aaeene men hai tasveere yaar,In the mirror of one’s heart is the picture of the Beloved,“Gumrahi khud manzile maqsood ki hai raihnumaLosing one’s way is in itself a step towards the destination,Shri Nathji also tells him His favourite Secrets of Life:“Har savaal kaa javaab savaal hi men hota hai. Har savaal kaa javaab hai. Jis savaal kaa javaab naheen vo savaal hee naheen.“Zindagi duniyaan ko dikhaati hai, “Life brings before you this world, Shri Nathji repeats again and again before visitors:“MUJHE MAUT KAA DAR NAHEEN HAI. VO MERE HUKUM KE BINAA NAHEEN AA SAKTI!“I AM NOT AFRAID OF DEATH. IT CANNOT COME WITHOUT MY ORDER.”Shri Nathji also speaks of the time Shri Babaji Maharaj had said to him:“Betaa! Jis gaddi par aap baitthe hain, vahaan Saakshaat Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh bhee kyon na aa jaaen kabhi mat utthnaa, kyonki iss se barri gadi koyi naheen hai!“Son! The Shri Nathji adds, smilingly:“Vaih sab mere hee to roop hain!“They are all my own forms!In a mood of reverie, Shri Nathji narrates to the Tanksales, Kishen Bhatnagar and his wife and others, how he had visited Akola in 1950 and how the people of the city saw visions of him as Vishnu, Dattatreya, Panduranga, the night before He arrived in Akola. It was one of the greatest miracles of history. “Aaj jaise jal jal men miltaa hai, aur soorya ki kirnen soorya men miltee hain, prem prem men mil rahaa hai.“Today – even as water mingles into water, and the rays of the sun mingle into the sun – Love is mingling into Love!”Shri Nathji also added:“Main aapke liye“I have not brought Book knowledge for you, I have brought a Divine Touch!”He stayed in Akola for thirteen days, at the end of which time, he said:“Main yahaan par teraan din tthaihraa, jiskaa matlab huaa – main teraa!“I stayed here for thirteen days!When Shri Nathji left Akola, his host there, Senior Advocate W.A. Sohni, worshipped the bed on which Shri Nathji slept for over twelve years.“Jab zaroorat parre yaad kar liya karna!Whenever you need me, just think of me!”Shri Nathji speaks of the devotee who compares himself to a nightingale that says to the Rose:But a multitude of Nightingales who do the same!”