An Old Man From Russia

Mr. FN. Semenovich Russia

I am 87 years old fellow from Russia writing these few lines to you. My life has been trivial and full of banality. I knew no God, I was a man full of complexes and complexities. I never gave any thought to the soul and spirit. I was only concerned and involved in my daily life. I was late and drank, drank and ate in succession.

Towards the last phase of my present, I had only ill health and an ailing body, loss of memory and limitations for movements. Every day I was subjected to medicine. A little more than a year ago, my daughter Galina, presented me a portrait of Sri Satya Sai Baba and two small booklets on Him. The Sai portrait was hung in such a way that the image of Satya Sai was in front of my eyes for a longer part of the day. I started reading the booklets page by page - one page a day was my routine. Among other things, I had weak eyesight. I happened also to see a film on Satya Sai at my daughter's residence. I started attending Sia congratulations. The information I received about the living God among us on this earth in His manifold manifestation, has given to me a rebirth so to say and I firmly believe in it. I have, since then, accepted Sri. Sathya Sai as the living God. I have begged Him for mercy and requested Him to grace me with knowledge, strengthen my spirit and to restore my health. Sri Sathya Sai has truly heard me.

I cannot see Him with spiritual sight and insight. It seems, it is too late and yet I have started my spiritual practices. I do not have a systematic approach, that is why monkey mind is deviated. The physical body, however, has started undergoing a positive change for the pesher. It is as if I never had Hypertonia; my blood pressure has stabilized from 220/100 to 130/70. All these positive changes have been without medicine. My feet that had become blue due to thrombophilia[1] have now become snow white and pink like there an of infant. My uncontrolled urination and bed wetting has ceased and disappeared. This unfortunate weakness was because of an unsuccessful operation of prostate glands, performed on me earlier where it becomes a great mental torture to me. My physical body is now losing its negative aspects, and I have started gaining strength and vigor. Life brings it rise and fall which cannot be avoided. I am glad to say that my spirit has become strong, and I have no fear of death now I have started to feel myself as an integral part of the Universe.

I wish Light and love to all and that all should know Sri. Sathya Sai 1s there with us!

Chapter of book: “The Splendor of Sathya Sai” on His 70th Birthday 23rd November 1995

[1]Thrombophilia - a condition that makes your blood more likely to form clots