On Sep 18, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Duveyoung wrote:
I read about that, but the version I got had the crows actually smart
enough, get this!, to drop the nuts on crosswalks-at-traffic-lights.
Why?
Cuz then, after the cars had run over the nuts, the crows knew that --
at least some of the time -- at a place where people walked -- they
wouldn't be bothered by the cars as they picked through the crumbles
for the meaty bits.
I'm tellin' ya, they're mind readers!
Like all humans I've ever met.
It's funny that crows speak to us without words, but humans, though
doing this same thing all the time, insist that words are necessary.
Walk into any room.
FEEL THE PEOPLE.
Everyone's a mind reader.
Edg
I love crows.
A friend of mine turned me on to an old text from Tibet, which he had
published privately, written in an archaic Sanskrit in the 9th
century and called the "Kakajarita". (more properly kAka-cAritra, "On
the behavior of crows").
"Kaka", much like that familiar sound "Caw! Caw!" is the Sanskrit
work for "crow".
The text was translated by a pandit named Danacila into the Tibetan
language as Bya-rog-gi skad brtag-par bya-ba, or "Investigating the
Cries of Crows." It eventually found it's way into the Buddhist
Canon, the Tanjur, and thus became a commonly used text there. TMers
can relate to it as what the presence of crows indicates from the POV
of Unity Consciousness.
Here's some of it:
Divination through observation of crows in Tibetan tradition is
founded on the following principles:
1. Crows are of varying distinction and intelligence, therefore
notice must be taken of the varying classes of crows.
2. Crows respond to events with characteristic behavioral patterns,
therefore by noting the character of the response one may learn the
character of the event.
3. Crow behavior and response differs according to time of day.
4. The angle of direction between the observer and the crow has
significance.
The general predictions governing crow calls are given as follows,
categorized by the time of day and the direction in which the call is
observed.
First Watch
6:00 am - 9:00 am
East: Wishes will be fulfilled
Southeast: An enemy will approach
South: A friend will visit
Southwest: Unexpected profit will accrue
West: Great wind will rise
Northwest: A stranger will appear
North: Scattered property will be found
Northeast: A woman will come
Zenith: A demon will appear
Second Watch
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
East Near relatives will come
South Flowers and areca-nuts obtained
Southwest Numerous offspring
West You will set out on a distant journey
Northwest One king replaced by another
North Good news will be received
Northeast Disorder breaks out
Zenith Fulfillment of your wishes
Third Watch
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
East: You will obtain property
Southeast: A battle will arise
South: A storm will come
Southwest: An enemy will come
West: A woman will come
Northwest: A relative will come
North: A good friend will come
Northeast: A conflagration breaks out
Zenith: You will gain profit by being taken care of by the king
Fourth Watch
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
East: Great fear predicted
Southeast: Great gain coming
South: A stranger will come
Southwest: A storm will rise in seven days
West: Rain and wind will come
Northwest: Scattered property found
North: A king will appear
Northeast: You will obtain rank
Zenith: Hunger predicted
Sunset
East An enemy appears on the road
Southeast A treasure will come to you
South You will die of disease
Southwest The wishes of one's heart fulfilled
West Relatives will come
Northwest Obtaining property predicted
North Homage will be done to the king
Zenith You will obtain advantage you hoped for
General Observations
Crow on right: good journey
Crow behind: you obtain siddhi
A crow flapping his wings, calls: great accident
Crow pulls human hair: death
Crow eats dirty food: food and drink about to come
Crow on thornbush: enemy
Crow on milksap tree: milkrice to you
Crow on withered tree: no food and drink
Crow on palace: excellent halting place
Crow on divan: enemy will come
Crow facing door: peril at frontier
Crow pulling dress: dress to you
Crow on skull: death
Crow with red thread on house: fire
