His Story - 7(b)

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of the train approaching the station. He tried to get down from the train even

before it stopped. He fell down. My classmates Ramesh and Suresh who were

sitting with Me were anxious “Oh! God! Poor fellow! He might have broken his

leg.” I firmly told them “Nothing has happened. He is coming to see Me only.

Hence, no danger will happen to him. You remain calm and quiet.” He did not

have even a hand bag, in his hands. He was shedding tears of joy, gazing at Me.

Ramesh and Suresh witnessed this scene. In those days, the children were very

much afraid that the white-skinned foreigners would take forcibly and join them

in the Armed Forces. Hence, Ramesh started running to his house on seeing

Messing approaching Me, with the intention of informing the position to his

parents.

As soon as he reached home, he informed his father “Father! Some foreigner had

alighted from the train just now to take away our Raju. You must start

immediately in a Jeep.” He rushed to the Railway station, lifted Me up, put Me

in the Jeep and drove Me to his house saying “Raju! I will take you to your

house after sometime. Let us first to go to my house.” Wolf Messing followed

the Jeep. He sat before that house for a long time. Whenever he could see Me

through the window, he used to wish Me and try to communicate something to Me.

But, the members of the house closed all doors and windows, forbidding any sort

of communication between us. Seshama Raju (the elder brother of Swami) was

working as a Teacher then, in the same town. The father of Ramesh sent a word

to him through an attender thus: “One white-skinned foreigner is waiting

outside our house with an intention to take away Raju, forcibly. Raju is

presently kept in our house safely, after sometime.” Thereafter, Wolf Messing

returned to the Railway Station, boarded some train and left somewhere. Before

he left, he wrote on the front door of the house with a pencil “you are most

fortunate to keep this boy who is an Embodiment of Divinity in your house and

serve Him. I am not that fortunate. I deserve only this much. Thanks.”

Thereafter, he left for Russia. Wolf Messing came to India after a long gap

of several years. He went to Kamalapuram and enquired about Me. By then, I was

no longer the same “Raju”. My name had changed. The local people

informed Messing “He had now become a Guru. His name is Sri Sathya Sai Baba. He

may now be available either in Puttaparthi or Bangalore.” He came to My ashram

in Whitefield, Bangalore. On that day, several devotees were sitting there,

waiting for someone. When he made enquiries, he was informed that they were

waiting for “Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s Darshan.” He also waited. While I was moving

in the Darshan lines, he thought to himself: “This is the same person whom I saw

way back in Kamalapuram. The same divine effulgence is shining brilliantly here

also.” Thereafter, he met the principal of the Brindavan College, Narendra.

Narendra was a great Teacher, who used

to teach the students well. His father’s name was Damodar Rao. He was working as

a judge. Narendra’s father-in-law’s name was Sunder Rao, who was an eminent

doctor. Both of them were there at that time. Messing commented in their

presence “Swami is verily God Himself. He is at present not manifesting Himself

in his true form. You are able to see his normal human form only. If you can

visualize the Aura round Swami, you will realize his true nature”. The next day

early in the morning while I was giving Darshan to the devotees who assembled

there after completing the Nagar Sankirthan, Wolf Messing could visualize great

effulgence round My body. Later when he met Me, he shed tears saying “My dear!

you are my everything.” I have shown him what all is to be shown him. I told

him what all is to be told to him. I also explained to him “In accordance with

the saying ‘Daivam Manusha Rupena’ God incarnates

in human form and appears as an ordinary human being.” Later, He returned to his

native country, Russia. After a few days, Principal Narendra received a letter.

Messing wrote in that letter “How fortunate you are to work in an Educational

Institution established by God, Himself. I wish that you please write letters

now and then informing me of the Swamy’s Divine leelas and Avatharic Mission.”

One day, Myself and Narendra were sitting together and discussing something.

Suddenly Messing appeared there from nowhere. How did he come there? Nobody

knew. He had no ticket to come to India. He just came, saw Me and disappeared

as quickly as he came there. That was a great miracle that not all people could

witness. Neither all can understand

the phenomenon, even if I try to explain. --- From the book “His Story: As

told by Himself” (A Compilation from the divine discourses of Bhagawan Sri

Sathya Sai Baba) to be continued... .