-`Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked upstarting - `Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!' Quoth the raven, `Nevermore.'
-- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interesting coincidence below: > > ** > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > **snip** > > > > > 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 > > > > **end** > > In the waning days of the Merv wave I was teaching TM outside of > Philadelphia (Chestnut Hill/Erdenheim) and a young man, Carlos, > already a meditator, contacted me and asked me to initiate his dying, > elderly mother who was bedridden in her home somewhere in North > Philly. > > I gave her the first two lectures in one and arranged to come and do > the initiation in her bedroom where she was confined. When I came > back the next day after initiation for the first day of checking she > told me that she had heard a crow call to her outside her bedroom > window (south, if I recollect correctly) during her first meditation > alone and she knew that she was to die soon, but it didn't bother her > at all. She did, however, sincerely believe that the crow was a > messenger to her of her impending death. > > Nothing more than that, but the situation and the circumstances -- > myself as a very young (and earnest) man spending hours alone with an > old, dying woman in the small, dim bedroom where she lay preparing > for death, all the while speaking to her about meditation and > enlightenment, and her sudden interjection of the message she > received from the call of the crow -- stuck with me. The Tibetan > auguries from the calls of the crows reminded me of that again. > > Thanks for that. > > Marek >
