From Bitter Came Sweet: 1

On the 11th July 1961 a dreaddful car accident devastated my life, leaving me almost blind and disfigured. Before that day my life had revolved around husband, children and the life of a wife and mother. But the appalling result of the accident awakened within me the desire to look deeper, to ask questions as to who I was,, where I was going and whether there was any meaning in life. Thus my search began' - Ruth Grant. This book is not only very absorbing but above all brings out the quintessence of Sai Baba's teachings. Her's is a story of transformation of the human heart'. Air Chief Marshall N.C. Suri.

Ruth was born in Tel-Aviv Israel. After a sad and traumatic childhood she entered and arranged marriage at 17 years of age. Her Egyptian husband worked with the Royal Air Force during the second world war. After getting married they lived in Cairo and then later on moved back to Israel. Tough times tested them all following the war and a year and a half later they moved to Paris to stay with Ruth's brother-in-law for a year and a half. Due to lack of work they finally arrived in England in 1952. They settled and worked hard to succeed, which they surely did. However, in 1961, at 33 years of age, Ruth had a terrible car accident, which was to change her life and those around her, permanently. Since then Ruth has healed and being healing all those around her. She really is an amazing woman; one who found God, true love and real freedom. --Matt Gluck

The immensely courageous Ruth Grant, the author of a remarkable book, 'From Bitter Came Sweet'' has had her fair share of the 'slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune' but has never succumbed to self pity but got on with the job of living the spiritual guidance of a number of people, principally Sri Sathya Sai Baba to whom she dedicates her compelling account of her travails. We recommend a sanguine and elevating work. Pick up any newspaper today. It will be full of endless articles about economic and political commentaries on the death of Soviet and Eastern European socialism, social policy, free trade etc...... How refreshing therefore to read a book that intelligently and discerningly strays from this well trodden path. It is an account of the spiritual of an unusual woman, a lady of immense courage and a bright intellect. Sai Baba, for whom she has great admiration and who many millions the world over regard as a wise spiritual guru, espouses a world view which tries to penetrate to the heart of human action and the human condition, transcending politics, economics, dogma and idealology. In her dedication Ruth quotes Sai Baba; 'There is only one reliogion, the religion of love. There is only one language, the language of the heart. There is only one caste, the caste of humanity. There is only one God and he is omnipresent'. On July 11th 1961 Ruth Grant was involved in a terrible car accident which left her almost blind and disfigured. Before this, she lived a normal well-off suburban life with husband, three children and no shortage of money. What happens when someone is such a fortunate comfortable position hits a crisis of this cruel magnitude? Some people become bitter, angry and disillusioned and surrender to a futile despair. Ruth was never Bitter and decided that she must ask questions of life and most importantly 'whether there was any meaning in life'. In that painfully critical search, she had to wander form her strong traditional moorings on the wider oceans of truth. Thus she turned to many sages including Sai Baba, a key influence in her spiritual and indeed secular outlook for no idealology or religion has the monopoly of truth. Ms. Grant says she rigorously tested the truth of the proposition 'Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and ye shall find'. The response was from a voice which told her, 'From bitter came sweet. Now that you have lost your beauty without, seek the beauty within.' It would be unfair to the spiritually erudite Ms. Grant to delve into her thesis for happiness in hostile conditions save to say that she gives us a most arresting account of her initially hesitant search for the Ultimate Truth and her final optimistic conclusions. Let me say no more - get a copy of From Bitter Came Sweet, read it and you will be a changed person. The endearing quality of Ruth's charming book is that she is never dogmatic, never claims to be a savant, she simply enunciates her own world-view with eloquent humility. I urge you to buy a copy of From B --New World Newspaper 25 June 2005

The immensely courageous Ruth Grant, the author of a remarkable book, 'From Bitter Came Sweet'' has had her fair share of the 'slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune' but has never succumbed to self pity but got on with the job of living the spiritual guidance of a number of people, principally Sri Sathya Sai Baba to whom she dedicates her compelling account of her travails. We recommend a sanguine and elevating work. Pick up any newspaper today. It will be full of endless articles about economic and political commentaries on the death of Soviet and Eastern European socialism, social policy, free trade etc...... How refreshing therefore to read a book that intelligently and discerningly strays from this well trodden path. It is an account of the spiritual of an unusual woman, a lady of immense courage and a bright intellect. Sai Baba, for whom she has great admiration and who many millions the world over regard as a wise spiritual guru, espouses a world view which tries to penetrate to the heart of human action and the human condition, transcending politics, economics, dogma and idealology. In her dedication Ruth quotes Sai Baba; 'There is only one reliogion, the religion of love. There is only one language, the language of the heart. There is only one caste, the caste of humanity. There is only one God and he is omnipresent'. On July 11th 1961 Ruth Grant was involved in a terrible car accident which left her almost blind and disfigured. Before this, she lived a normal well-off suburban life with husband, three children and no shortage of money. What happens when someone is such a fortunate comfortable position hits a crisis of this cruel magnitude? Some people become bitter, angry and disillusioned and surrender to a futile despair. Ruth was never Bitter and decided that she must ask questions of life and most importantly 'whether there was any meaning in life'. In that painfully critical search, she had to wander form her strong traditional moorings on the wider oceans of truth. Thus she turned to many sages including Sai Baba, a key influence in her spiritual and indeed secular outlook for no idealology or religion has the monopoly of truth. Ms. Grant says she rigorously tested the truth of the proposition 'Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and ye shall find'. The response was from a voice which told her, 'From bitter came sweet. Now that you have lost your beauty without, seek the beauty within.' It would be unfair to the spiritually erudite Ms. Grant to delve into her thesis for happiness in hostile conditions save to say that she gives us a most arresting account of her initially hesitant search for the Ultimate Truth and her final optimistic conclusions. Let me say no more - get a copy of From Bitter Came Sweet, read it and you will be a changed person. The endearing quality of Ruth's charming book is that she is never dogmatic, never claims to be a savant, she simply enunciates her own world-view with eloquent humility. I urge you to buy a copy of From Bitter Came Sweet. --New World Newspaper 25 June 2005