DAY 17: THE SHARK, THE DOG AND THE DOLPHIN DRAMA -- A lesson from the Animal Kingdom—
Everything that surrounds us within the boundaries of this boundless universe, both animate and inanimate, has a way of re-orientating, teaching and opening-up our consciousness to see further into who we really are and who we can really be. Look up and see how radiant the sun always is; spotless a it appears, it also has a dark spot. Yet even in the face of the roaming clouds, it still manages to get its light through to us – though not as bright as when not hindered. The blue sky above, appropriate some parts and patches of the clouds to make itself more colourful and beautiful – the same cloud that leaves everywhere gloomy. What about the Animal Kingdom? We have seen the mother hen hatch and breed its chicks; how jealously she guards them. The kites and hawks would come around; sometimes they succeed, yet the hen would do what it would always do, without reserve. Then it accepts what remains, until they could fend for themselves; then it starts over again. Too many lessons to...