On 5th October 2002. Swami granted an interview to a group of foreign Devotees. He came out of the interview room gently, slowly, majestically with a smiling face, adjusting his hair with one hand. He walked towards Prof.Anil Kumar, looked straight into his eyes and said “Did you notice those foreigners?” Anil Kumar said “No Swami”. “He is the ambassador from Soviet Russia. He came along with two of his secretaries and a stenographer. I spoke with them. I spent a long time. They were very much surprised there in the interview. They asked, ‘Swami how do you know these things. You’ve told us so many intimate things, so many things that are not known to many people. How do you know? It’s also amazing that you speak our Russian language! How do you know it?’” Bhagawan explained He said to the ambassador, “These things are not learnt, these things are not taught. I’m born with this.”
It is one of the Sai Pearls of Wisdom that the Avatar is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. These powers are not cultivated, they are not learned, and they are not practised. He is born with them. Having a human form will not limit the Avatar from exhibiting His divine powers. For the Avatar, the Lord selects the appropriate family and place to be born. This is not surprising considering the fact that the Avatar is in complete control of everything. Baba chose the Ratnakara Raju family to be born into and chose Puttaparthi as His birthplace which is why the Chitravathi river and the village Puttaparthi are held sacred, and we pay tribute these whenever we make reference to them in the Namavali. Swami is referred to in the Namavali as being able to perform astonishing acts (“Adbutha Chryaya Namaha”). The miracles and wonders which cannot be explained by science are very natural to Swami. - taken from : http://www.saibaba.org.hk/Namavali2.htm Sai Ram
