When Faquir Chand was posted for field services in 1919 in Iraq during the First World War, a bloody revolt took place in his head quarters at Davinia. With several of the staff killed, Faquir Chand was placed in charge of the railway stations of Hamidia. The stakes were very high as the attacks kept proceeding, while ammunition dwindled away. Faquir Chand then had a vision ofhis Guru, the Holy Form of Hazur Data Dayal Ji, who told him “Faqir, worry not, the enemy has not come to attack but to take away their dead. Let them dothat. Don't waste your ammunition." This message was then followed by the Subedar Major, and the enemy peacefully took away their dead, and the supplies necessary for survival were dropped off the next morning by the airplanes.When Faquir Chand returned to Baghdad, he was greatly surprised when was greeted with worshipers and offerings. He questioned the people as to why they were worshipping him when he is not their Guru, and the people responded with“On the battle field we were in danger. Death lurked over our heads. You appeared before us in those moments of danger and gave us direction for oursafety. We followed your instructions and thus were saved." As confused as Faquir Chand initially was with his new found disciples, he soon realized that in the eyes of the people he saved, he was their savior. He then wisely stated how “"Whosoever remembers God in whatever form, in that very form He helped His devotee.”Faquir Chand’s religious experience can explain the beliefs of others than his own because it shows how an individual’s religious encounter can shape theiridea of their Spiritual Master. Basically, anyone can be a God in the eyes of someone else, and it is that individual's personal experience that they may see God.http://elearn.mtsac.edu/philosophy/unknowing1.htm
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