Sai Pearls of Wisdom 43-A “ FIRST FOREIGNER, BLESSED PARENTS" (With Subtitles).
Channel: Sai Pearls of Wisdom - Prof. Anil Kumar Kamaraju
Date: 2023-06-03

Very few of us know that Baba was visited by a foreigner  and Swami was at  Kamalapuram, staying with His brother, studying in the Elementary school. So young! And it is at that time a foreigner met Swami. To my knowledge, he is the first foreigner who has met Bhagavan. Let’s have a few details about this blessed soul. 

His name is Wolf Messing, Wolf Messing. He is a  Jewish person and hails from Poland; and most unfortunately, he lost all his near and dear  and they were literally killed by the Nazi regime. Later, Wolf Messing started visiting many countries. He is a psychologist  and he was demonstrating psychological experiments for a long time across the world. It was in the year 1939, he went to Russia where he married and settled down there. Of course, he breathed his last because of kidney failure in Moscow. These are the few of his biographic details.

And as most of you know, during every summer, we had a training course for University students on Indian Culture and Spirituality; and on the last day, Swami always necessarily spoke on His childhood. And these details which I am going to share with you were recorded when He addressed students.

Swami was speaking about Wolf Messing. A powerful spiritual personality by name Wolf Messing arose, exhibiting a purified consciousness and an insight marked by divine characteristics. 

Messing prayed, “I seek only to spread Your glory on earth! Hence I am not frightened of the tactics of the evil men.” 

Messing once came to India to realize the Atmic principle. He undertook a variety of spiritual exercises with this end in view. Consequently, he acquired divine vision. Then he could truly announce that he had attained a constant awareness of Atma, being ever conscious of that supernal unifying principle. 

Baba then went on to narrate an interesting incident - something that, according to Baba, He had until then not revealed anywhere to anyone! 

Baba would say, “I was on the move the whole day with some groups of boys who had gathered around Me and was at Kamalapuram with them. On seeing Me, one person named Wolf Messing ran up to Me, took Me in his arms and kissed Me with tears pouring down his cheeks and uttering the words, “I am so happy! I am so happy!” He was also madly dancing with joy repeating, “I love You! I love You!” My companions who were watching this wondered, “Who is this white man? He looks like a lunatic! Evidently, he is planning to kidnap us!” As we moved away he was standing riveted to the spot blissfully watching Me until I disappeared from his view! The chief characteristics of Sathya Sai, let Me tell you, is equanimity.”  These are the words directly from Bhagavan. 

Later on another occasion, in a private gathering, Baba revealed more. He said that Wolf Messing was travelling from Madras to Cuddapah through Kamalapuram. The train stopped at Kamalapuram station for a break. Some boys along with Little Sathya were playing on the other side of the station. He saw Sathya and got down with his luggage and came towards the boys. All the boys ran away into a nearby house and young Baba went to His own house. The boys thought that the white man had come to kidnap the children. 

Messing came in front of Sathya’s house and sat across the road, waiting there for 2 long hours. The elders noticed this and enquired why he was there. He said that he had come to speak  and seek blessings from a particular boy in the house opposite. Even as some elders were also watching the strange man, from the very house Messing was surveying, as Sathya stood behind them and raised His hands in blessing – Abhayahastam. Messing got what he wanted and returned to the station leaving by the train. 

Well, I thought that it is necessary that we should also think of this great noble soul, rather the first foreigner who met Bhagavan and recognized His divinity; and it is our fortune to have heard it from, the whole episode from Bhagavan’s lips. 

In this context, I would also, would like to draw your attention to another aspect which is quite unique. The parents of Bhagavan Baba are really blessed!  And after Baba declared His Avatarhood, He started calling His father ‘Griham Abbayi,’ ‘Griham Abbayi’– the boy of the house and His mother, ‘Griham Ammayi’ – the girl of the house. They used to call Him Swami as did other devotees. They settled down well in their new roles with fortitude and commitment. 

Eswaramma, the Mother of Bhagavan would look after visiting devotees particularly women and the poor; while Venkama Raju, the father would be the traditional store-keeper of the new ashram. He really adapted himself to the new way of life, the selfless service to the devotees of God. People remember him for his calm demeanour.

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