Re: Is it possible......
Originally Posted by
ScarletRose
.....for your soul to know you're a Hindu before you know?
For me now, an unqualified and resounding "YES!" I always felt it, but didn't make the commitment. It was a repression and suppression that finally came to bear fruit. My soul was prodding my mind, but my mind resisted. My soul persisted, and it won.
One more thing would be how I vowed to not harm any living creature after a realization moment thanks to a small spider (yes a spider helped me come to this realization).
I'm feeling the same way. I'm on the fence about what we call vermin: cockroaches, centipedes, ants in the house, fleas and the like. I'm not experiencing a problem with any of these, but I wonder what I'd do, considering they are dirty and disease-carrying and in the case of termites, destructive.
My attic was invaded by a female raccoon that gave birth. She made a den in my attic and caused a lot of damage. Eventually I was able to trap her and the two babies (they were sooo cute, little fat balls of fluff!) in a Hav-a-hart trap and relocate them. I trapped a total of 4 or 5 raccoons over a year or two and relocated them. People told me to set poison out. I said "I WILL NOT!"
I was driving home yesterday, and a flock of Canada geese were crossing the road. The last in the line was a juvenile that had a limp. I don't know if he got hurt or was born that way. Even though he made it across the road, and seemed to hold his own, I felt so sorry for him. I asked the Lord to please help him.
Why'd you get me started? Now I have tears in my eyes.
śivasya hridayam viṣṇur viṣṇoscha hridayam śivaḥ
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