Ages and ages back, one great miracle I performed, and that is this miracle of the whole creation that has come out of me. I will perform one more miracle when I speak.
People write to me about miracles. If they do happen, they are due to their faith in and love for me. Keshav Nigam had written me about the resuscitation of a girl when Ramdas was performing kirtan. It is possible the child was revivified on account of the faith and love of Ramdas for me; but it is not my miracle.
Baba then asked Keshav and Ramdas to describe the entire incident to the sahavas group, which they did. Baba advised Ramdas:
Ramdas, listen to me. It is not my miracle that the child came to life again. It is possible your love for me might have brought her back alive. But it is not important. It is nothing great! But it will be great indeed were you to die in my love! Remember it well. From now on, be careful. Do not let your I get the better of you. Throngs may surround you, and if you once get enmeshed, your fall is certain. If you do that, you will be finished.1
Baba turned to Niranjan Singh and joked, "I had asked you to rest for an hour, and here you are yawning! I love you dearly and wish to tease you."
In contrast to the resurrection of the dead child, Baba again described Nozar Dadachanji's airplane crash, and reemphasized, "Those who die with my name on their lips in their last moments will come to me."
Baba again mentioned the love of Nozar's father Naoroji and his entire family in Bombay:
Naoroji's wife died, his youngest son [Tehemtan] died, and recently Nozar died in a plane accident — each one with my name on their lips. The whole family was [financially] dependent on Nozar. Now, see their love! They did not take Nozar's death to heart, as they know whatever happens, happens according to Baba's will. None felt much at his death, and such love touches me. If you talk about miracles, this is a miracle!
About Nozar, there were two things before me. When the news first came that his plane had gone down, the family had hopes I would not let Nozar die, as his body was not found. On the other hand, before me was the fact that the entire family had love for me.
Footnotes
- 1.During the Meherabad Sahavas in 1955, Baba renamed Ramdas Meherdas (Servant of Meher), and henceforward he would be referred to by this name.