Navratri is a festival celebrated in Ashram with the ancient Vedic chants in traditional glory. It was the Navratri of 2013 when this incident happened and the meaning to this incident may have deeply transformed lives of those present . Thought of sharing this with all of you today.
Navratri, the auspicious festival of 9 nights in reverence of Goddess Amba , decorates and lights up the ashram with silence courses, salivating food, shining smiles, Sattva and sacredness. The presence of Guruji and the reverberating Sublime, absolute Shakti through Him fills the atmosphere of creation. The homas pay obeisance to the nine forms of Devi. The atmosphere is so silent that one can drop into meditation at the drop of a pin.
On the 8th day which is Ashtami, all forms in creation are worshipped, the herbs, flowers, birds and animals, signifying that the divinity resides in every cell of creation, inside and outside. It is animal worship and sacrifice of animalistic tendencies, NOT vice versa.
For this our Majestic and beautiful Indraani, the female elephant was summoned in the Navratri Pandal.
The majestic Indrani entered with a humble yet ponderous walk. The Elephants mark their territory with tusks to identify that a conspecific is present. The human imaginations has been awestruck with elephants and so was our cameraman. The cameras showed her in all glory on the big LED screen. The moment she entered, she saw herself on the Big screen and gave a loud growling sound. Never we had seen Indraani this way. The editor was quick to understand and switched the shots with something else and all was fine and happy again.
All this had happened in fractions of seconds and most was forgotten, until Guruji got the most brilliant knowledge from it in the satsang on Ashtami. HE said “Indraani saw herself but could not identify itself. Similarly, you also have not recognised the pure infinite Self that you are. Drop all other labels and know that your Being is Infinite consciousness “.
Guruji turned this simple incident into life’s greatest insights.
Thank you Indraani.
