--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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
And crow landing on your head means ?
