Heart to Heart

Hazur Maharaj Ji returned on 28th February very late and the Dera inhabitants were bidden to darshan by lamplight. A petrol vapour lamp was placed on the dais near him and hymns were sung. For his audience it was a most moving moment. At such times very often the Master’s face is not expressive of human emotion but it is very ‘alive’ and his eyes travel to each individual in the audience much as a good shepherd might count his flock and note each one’s well-being.
_{In Search of the Way}

In 1964, when Hazur Maharaj Ji visited Calcutta – at that time a centre of political upheaval – it was once again embroiled in riots, and there was much gunfire throughout the city. On his way to satsang, Maharaj Ji’s car was hit by a bullet. Not surprisingly, the driver panicked, but Maharaj Ji reassured him and told him to drive on to satsang. Gunfire could be heard during the entire satsang; however, Maharaj Ji delivered his one-and-a-half-hour discourse completely unperturbed, and his tranquillity permeated the sangat, quieting their fears.
_{Heaven on Earth}

A disciple had already told us how indulgent the Great Master was to him in his requests for leave of absence from his army unit for Dera functions. When the Great Master passed away and Sardar Bahadur succeeded him, a disciple asked him if he could expect the same indulgences and Sardar Bahadur said, “No, for he was a king and I am a beggar.”
_{In Search of the Way}