"Lakshmi"

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Various sages have said:

“Mukti is given only to those who have reached the

human stage”

“A Perfect Master could grant mukti instantly even to

a stone, but never does,

since it would be unable to help ‘others’ on the way”.

 

“Transmigration of human souls into animal forms is

reserved as a very rare

punishment for extraordinarily heinous behaviour”.

 

Yet Bhagavan said that he gave mukti to the cow

Lakshmi at her passing;

and that ‘she was no ordinary cow’. [Arthur Osborne,

“R.M. and the Path of

Self-Knowledge”, p.118]. Which was accepted without

comment by those

present. How to explain?

 

One wonders whether ‘Lakshmi’ had not indeed reached

human stage, and in

an advanced status. And, his/her karma perhaps somehow

precluded the

choosing of a life as a devotee, but permitted

voluntary service in this form as

an act of great love and devotion, at the same time

eliminating residual karma

which might entail several human incarnations.

There is a hint on p.114 ibid., where Bhagavan is

quoted: “...Palaniswami

and all the others at the Ashram were at once told

that dogs and other animal

inmates of the Ashram have intelligence and principles

of their own and

should not be treated roughly. We do not know what

souls may be tenanting

these bodies and for finishing what portion of their

unfinished karma they

may seek company”.

 

The untold story of ‘Lakshmi’ seems to be one of great

poignance and

romance.

 

Nasrudin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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