i was too.
then we went further into it. we saw, that this town was called erwin. he looked up erwin in wykipedia, where was mentioned, that this town was especially famous for having hanged an circus elefant named mary in 1916 for having crushed the head ot her trainer.
this morning, while i was chanting,i was really wondering, how people come up with the idea of hanging an elefant? i thought, this is really crazy.
like thinking about it during chanting.
furthermore i was very blissful about my new birkenstock slippers with wool cover. they have leather soles though, so i was praying for forgiveness to the cow, that i use her skin to walk on. then i thought: "hm...maybe she is even making some spiritual progress, since i use parts of her body while i am chanting?"
like that.
srimati explains, that one aparada, which one should avoid is jiva aparada, offences to the living entitiies. she explains, that there are always different options, how we can deal with things.
like, when you are disturbed by a moskito, you can end the moskitos life by killing it, which would be in ignorance. you can us some chemical stuff in order to make it leave, which would be in the mode of passion. or you can eat one month before the rainy season neem tablets, so the moskitos won t touch you. that would be in goodness.
i mean, why did they have to hang an elefant?
mary, the elefant.
"the bird of the mind flies on two wings: the past and the future
o mind, cut those wings. we hear now. just hear, chant and remember!
and let me learn to love, serve and surrender."
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poor mary indeed. perhabs she had a good reason to crush the head of her trainer...
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