Arousing the Dormant Might
At a gross level, the capabilities of our conscious mind are quite limited. It cannot grasp the unexpressed knowledge and can’t even conceptualize the subliminal facets of Nature. No doubt, the strides of scientific developments and intellectual evolution have been remarkable in the 20th Century. Yet, there remains a lot more to be deciphered in the hidden folds of life and Nature…
We have seen several examples of the secrets of Nature in the earlier sections.
The following add new horizons to the unexplained enigmas…
There is a mysterious well near the ruins of an ancient temple in the thick forests of Sapigehalli village in the Shimola district of Karnataka (India). Once a British named Wilfred went to these forests for hunting a tiger. He found the ruins of this temple as most suitable hideout while awaiting his target in the darkness of night. Well, he did not have to wait long! A tiger appeared near the well all of a sudden at mid night. While Wilfred was focusing his gun, he heard an exceptionally melodious sound of whistling from inside the well. The musical sound seem to have hypnotized him for few moments… He became normal after the sound stopped.
Then he again looked at his target. The tiger was still sitting in the same position facing the well. Now Wilfred was about to hit the bullet but again the engrossing sound of whistling shook him from within. He felt restless… The whistle echoed once again after a momentary pause. With that the tiger jumped in well. Wilfred was shocked to see this! He felt as though the whistling sound was pulling him towards the well. He was shivering. He somehow turned his face backwards and ran away to the village that very moment. Excited and horrified, he woke up the villagers in the wee hours before dawn and narrated the mysterious experience.
They informed him that the arcane incident takes place at the very spot every year on that particular night. As per their information, over a dozen intrepid hunters had lost their precious lives by jumping into the well. Wilfred was perhaps the only fortunate one to have escaped the mysterious ‘call of death’…
A somewhat similar mystery is associated with Chamanath in the valley of the Nilgiri Hills in South India. It is said that the village was a big business town during the reign of Tipu Sultan. The ruins of some buildings and markets still remind of those days. The broken structure of a grand temple made up of black granite and a deep well in its premises are the center of attraction of the tourists today.
95 It is said that during its glorious times, this city lost all its population in a span of few days after the spat of a mysterious disease. Except for some villages in the outskirts, the entire town had turned into a ghost land of horrifying solitude.
Decades passed… when Captain Ned was appointed as a forest officer (of the British Government) in the Nilgiri range. He was curious to visit Chamanath after hearing its arcane history. He also was found of archeology and used to love spending time in isolation with Nature. The black granite temple attracted him the most during his visit to this deserted town. He planned to camp there.
Captain Ned slept inside the temple after a day’s tracking in the nearby area.
Every thing was quite smooth and pleasant so far. Around mid-night a brass lamp hanging inside the temple was kindled mysteriously! Its serene flame seemed to enunciate something. The captain went near and tried to concentrate on the sound of the flame. Being in India, he had learnt Sanskrit well and had also read quite a bit about the Shastrik Literature. From what he could comprehend from that sound, it appeared to be a female’s voice chanting a Ïiva-Strota® written by Ravana. He inferred that this might have been a temple of Ïiva. Interestingly, the flame disappeared with the completion of the strota.
Everything was quite normal after that. Captain Ned was thrilled to have found a magical lamp (like that of Alladin in the fairy tales!). He brought it home.
No automatic ignition or chanting, neither any magic was experienced from this lamp in Ned’s house. But, he felt ill since the day he entered home with this lamp. Doctors could not diagnose or cure his sickness. His condition continued to deteriorate. One of those days his wife dreamt that an Indian sage is advising her to return the lamp and hang it back at the place from where it was brought.
She arranged to do so the next day itself. What a wonder! Now her husband became all right in next couple of days without any medical treatment.
Human mind, in general, plays the principal role of experiencing and understanding the gross (perceivable) world. Modern sciences largely focus on this world perceived by the conscious mind. This is why the causes and effects associated with the subliminal world of consciousness mostly remain undeciphered and ignored.
In fact what is recognized as intellectual excellence in day-to-day life or exceptional sagacity of mind in the context of great accomplishments in scientific research and other talents is a manifestation of only about 7% of the true potentials of the human mind. The rest – about 93% of it remains dormant in the inner layers of unconscious mind. Arousal of even a small fraction of this hidden power might enable unfolding the mysteries of Nature and elucidate the subtle world that is yet ahead of the reach of the scientific and technological advances.
96 The great yogis and masters of spirituality perceive the transcendental as well as the gross world beyond any barrier of time by activating the latent intellect.
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