Al-Khidr - The Green Man - Babaji's lila
From Haidakhandi Samaj journal
Khidr literally means 'The Green One',
representing freshness of spirit
and eternal liveliness, green symbolizing
the freshness of knowledge
“drawn out of the living sources of
life.” Whatever the source for this
green may be, it has come to symbolize
the benign presence of the divine
wisdom as imparted by the Divine Himself
to Khidr and to Prophet
Muhammad.
Khidr is associated with the Water of
Life. Since al-Khidr drank the water
of immortality He is described as the
one who has found the source of life,
'the Eternal Youth.' He is the
mysterious guide and immortal saint in
popular Islamic lore and the hidden initiator
of those who walk the
mystical path. In the Muslim tradition,
Khidr is alive and well and
continues to guide the perplexed and
those who invoke his name.
Here follows a story Naveen Johsi told
28 years ago:
Shri Babaji was visiting Bombay every
year and mostly staying in the
Vallabh apartments. There were several
devotees living and I am not sure
if Babaji was staying with Dr Clerck,
Suresh Bhai or Sardharji in that year.
It was around 3 o'clock in the afternoon
and Babaji was resting.
There was a ring at the door and a
shabby, tired, bearded man was at the
door and politely requested to see
Babaji. He was told to come for
evening darshan down in the tent. He
insisted and said that he had just
come from Mecca Medina in Saudi Arabia
were Babaji had told him to
come and meet Him in Bombay. Naveen who
was sitting on the couch in
the living room heard the conversation,
jumped up and asked this man to
come in.
He did not want to speak a lot and looked
very tired. After water and tea
he only said that he had met Babaji not
long before in Saudi Arabia and
Babaji had told him to meet Him in
Bombay.
Everybody in the room knew well that
Shri Babaji had never left India in
His physical form and listened with
scepticism to this man. However it
seemed sincere and when it was time
Babaji was woken up with a tea and
the news of this man was relayed to Him.
He immediately requested to
have him called in the room. After a
greeting in Arabian language
everyone was requested to leave the room
so they could have privacy.
After half an hour or so this man came
out happy, energised, greeted
everyone in the room and left. Shri
Muniraj who was also present in
Bombay when this happened confirmed the
truth of this story 2 weeks
ago.
Nobody knows who that man was, what this
was all about. Through the
years Babaji spoke well of Pir's which
are Sufi saints but no details were
ever recorded.
In 1986 Sheik Nazim came to Babaji's
Ashram in Switzerland. He said, on
his arrival that Babaji had sent him
there and mentioned later on a few
occasions that Shri Babaji was heading a
counsel of great masters and
sheiks in the Sufi world. This sheds a
whole other light on certain Islamic
issues that we are most confronted with
nowadays.
Let us bow to the ONE who has no
beginning and no end, who has many
names and forms but is truly formless,
who has called us to His Holy Lotus
Feet, and humbly request Him to adorn
His Assan once again with His
enchanting form of Herakhan Baba. To ask
Him to guide us with His
Divine Light through these dark times
with our hearts yearning for Him
how can He refuse such sincere requests
from His children ? If we yearn
from our heart He will
come..................
Truth, Simplicity. Love
Om nama Shivay
