The Establishment of Dera Sacha Sauda (contd.)
The land of a Boota Ram of Sirsa used to be adjacent to the ashram and he would visit H.H. Shahenshah Ji often. One day someone stole the water pots that had been kept in the ashram. Boota Ram pleaded, “Saiji, we won’t stay here. We’ll go somewhere else and build our hut. There are thieves here who steal even water pots.” When He heard this Shahenshah Ji laughed and said, “Son! Why were the pots of water kept here?” The devotee replied, “To drink water, sir.” H.H. then said, “Then it is their choice whether they drink it here or take the pots home and drink! Boota Ram! Son! Remember these words: There is nothing in Sacha Sauda that is ever going to end. This treasure of the Holy Name shall never diminish in this world or the next. You say we ought to leave this place and build the Dera elsewhere. Remember! At this place the East will bow down, the West will bow down, the whole world and the entire universe will bow down. The worth of a Fakir is not known in His lifetime. People had thrown stones even at Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. Even here some people driven by their minds had tried their best that they would not allow Dhan Dhan Satguru Tera Hi Aasra to be uttered, that the Dera would not be allowed to be built, but in the end the Living God inside has done it and shown them. The shop of Sacha Sauda has only been built now, later on Ram Naam will be stocked here, then the shop will start running, and then the world will know. Right now it is only the pitter-patter of a drizzle; when the torrents of rain begin, then people will know. When by the grace of the Spirit of Sawan Shah, the Mastana Spirit starts working, it will make everyone ecstatic.”
Shahenshah Mastana Ji Maharaj built clock towers, caves and many a grand structure in Dera Sacha Sauda and then had them demolished. Seventeen magnificent main gates of the ashram were built and demolished. The one that stands now is the eighteenth one. All this constructing and demolishing was done to demonstrate to people the impermanence of life. One must not to be too attached to one’s body as one would never know when it would be brought down like one of those buildings. Also, this way He used to utilize the services of the satsangis so that their minds would be diverted from negativity and would be engrossed in devotion.
Shahenshah Mastana Ji oversaw many a construction activity in the ashram. In this trend, in 1959 He built an Anaami round cave. Before this, Beparwah Mastana Ji Maharaj in order to test H.H. Param Pita Shah Satnam Singh Ji Maharaj ordered Him to demolish His ancestral house. As soon as He received the command, Shah Satnam Ji demolished His house with His own hands and loaded all the furnishings onto trucks and tractors and brought them to Dera Sacha Sauda and later on distributed them among the devotees who had come to the Satsang. Some of the bricks and girders that were brought were used in the construction of the Anaami round cave. After Beparwah Mastana Ji Maharaj left His mortal form and Param Pita Shah Satnam Singh Ji Maharaj took over the responsibility of the ashram, He constructed a big hall near the main gate of the ashram for the comfort of the devotees. Also, many a construction activity was carried out in the courtyard of the ashram as the need arose.
On September 23, 1990 the third Mastership of Dera Sacha Sauda in the form of H.H. Huzur Pita Sant Gurmeet Ram-Rahim Singh Ji Insan assumed the responsibility of serving the community of devotees. In order to attend to the requirements of the ever increasing community of devotees, the momentum that H.H. provided to the expansion activities of the ashram is a fulfillment of the prophecy of H.H. Shah Mastana Ji that readymade buildings would descend here from the sky! <<<back