It was quite a long journey to the Magic Waterfall, so Mummy Lioness called for a chariot drawn by two white horses. (She did not relish the thought of carrying both Omcub and Spottykins all that distance.) Soon they were off, with Tirucub and Arunacub riding the horses, and Mum Lioness on the chariot with Omcub and Spotty.
After quite a while of one cub after another saying, "Are we there? Are we ALMOST there yet Mummy Lioness? How much longer Auntie Lioness?" they drew near the Magic Fountain.
What a joyful scene met their eyes! Animals had come from far and wide, some to realise the Self and other to celebrate the realisation of others. The name Ramana could be heard in so many different tones, being crowed and purred and barked and squeaked.
They saw a baby elephant led to the fountain by his mother who had realised the Self at the fountain back when she was a baby. They saw her whispering instructions in her baby's ear, then heard the little elephant say, "Om, om, om, who are I?" "Who AM I?" coached his mother gently, and he had another try, got it right, then took his three sips of the holy water.
The baby elephant grew very still and a look of radiant happiness spread from his ears to the tip of his trunk and the tip of his very cute tail. "Bhagavan!" he said, and all gathered saw Bhagavan appear in front of the baby elephant. Wrapping his trunk around Bhagavan's walking stick, the little elephant tugged and Bhagavan tugged back and laughed, and the two, still playing, stepped back so a mother zebra could lead her baby to the fountain.
4 comments:
I seem to recall seeing a parrot or Macaw or similar Kreature on the top of the tree that is atop the waterfall.
anyone else remember that ???
does he play a role in the process? is he a jnani or siddha ?
-- Spotty
Tirucub responds:
Sharp eyes, Spottykins!
That parrot lives in that tree and drinks only from the holy water of the waterfall. He is a jnani, realised by the Grace of Bhagavan, and when a creature is very close to realising the Self, the parrot-jnani will leave his tree and guide that creature to the waterfall.
love, tirucub
We wuz also wunnering if there is some speshul story behind the tree itself.
Imagine being at the crown of the magic waterfall !!!
Does the tree have some mystical powers ? Do its leaves or fruit haff speshul propurrties ?
are there nests in the tree ?
tell us moah and moah. and don't stop.
-- Spotty
Yes, the tree has powers ... it will regrow its leaves a minute after being eaten (sometimes elephants eat the leaves). The leaves will also turn you into any creature that you want, for as long as you want, if you eat them.
The tree also has the power to make it quiet for all those reading the new Harry Potter book so nothing distracts them and they can't hear a thing. There is no need to ask the tree to do this -- it just automatically happens if you are reading the new HP near the tree -- no matter how many creatures are bustling nearby.
love, Tirucub
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