An
old Chaldean Legend |
____Long,
long ago, in the dry land which
is now Arabia, a divine being
incarnated upon earth to awaken
in it the supreme love. As
expected it was persecuted by
men, misunderstood, suspected,
pursued. Mortally wounded by its
assilants, it wanted to die
quietly in solitude in order to
be able to accomplish its work,
and being pursued, it ran away.
Suddenly, in the vast desert land
there appeared a small
pomegranate bush. The saviour
crept in under the low branches,
to leave its body in peace; and
immediately the bush spread out
miraculously, it grew higher,
larger, became deep and thick, so
that when the pursuers passed by,
they did not even suspect that
the One whom they were chasing
was hidden there, and they went
their way. |
____While
drop by drop the sacred blood
fell, fertilising the soil, the
bush was covered with marvellous
flowers, scarlet, large, crowded
with petals... innumerable drops
of blood. |
____These
are the flowers which express and
contain for us the Divine's Love. |
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____Sweet
Mother, has that Chaldean legend
which you have written any
relation with Kali Puja? |
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____Yes,
my child, because on Kali Puja
day I always distribute the
flowers of "Divine's
Love"; for Kali is the most
loving of all the aspects of the
Mahashakti; here is the most
active and most powerful Love.
And that is why every year I
distribute the petals of
"Divine's Love" on
Kali's Day. And so naturally this
explanation of why these flowers
were chosen to express the
Divine's Love - it is a
sufficient explanation. |
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