Lion and Cub Story

There was a lioness. She was pregnant, about to deliver. But she is hungry. She only has to work and get the food, so she went for hunting. When she jumped to attack a deer, sorry, attack a goat, from sheep, attack a goat, it became little too much. Instead of killing the goat, she fell on the ground – the blow was so much, she delivered the baby and died.

The cub was born, and the mother dead – lioness died. All the goats ran hither and thither, but suddenly they found that nobody is attacking them and no sound. They turned back and they saw the lioness was dead and near the lioness, there was a small cub, cute cub trying to look here and thereand play around, roll on the mud. And all these guys go there near to see what it is. They say “Baaaaah! Eeeeh!” And they see a small baby, doesn’t know what to do. That baby just started jumping and trying to bite the – some female goat and tried to drink milk. And the female goat really, she felt compassionate, she allowed the cub to drink. And the whole sheep, they took the cub with them, and the fellow started growing there. Slowly, slowly, he started eating the grass just like any other goat and started blurting, started making the same sound. He was growing. Everything was going smooth – he was even about to fall in love with another one female goat and, start his new relationship and life. Everything was going well – nothing wrong.

Suddenly one day, big storm. One lion saw this whole sheep and one cub running around with the sheep. He was shocked, surprised. But, before he could do anything, the whole sheep ran away. Next day, the lion again came back to the same place, waited for this sheep to move, and he just jumped and caught only that cub. And that fellow started bleating same way: “Aaaaah! Aaaah! Leave me! Leave me!” He started shouting. This fellow caught the neck and said, “Hey! What are you doing in this group?” This fellow said, “I am a sheep, I’ll be there with them. I am a goat, I’ll be there.What am I doing means I am grazing, I am eating. I am grazing and I am eating the grass.”

This lion looks and understands nothing can be told to this fellow and this fellow is begging, Leave me! Leave me! Leave me! “. And the lion, alright, takes the hand off , and this fellow runs as fast as he can and goes and joins the sheep. And next day again he waits - again he jumps and catches the same cub, holds him by neck and say, “Look! You are lion! You are not goat! Don’t be stupid!” That fellow starts screaming, "No, no, no! I am sheep, I am goat! Leave me! Leave me to be with my people!”

This fellow says, “Alright.” He takes his hands off. That fellow runs as fast as he can, joins his team, goes back, but that night, he was not able to sleep. That night, that cub was thinking, “What is this? That fellow was talking something stupid. But he seems to be compassionate, otherwise why he did not kill me and eat me? He left me.” – Experience after seeing 1st day Satsang, or Kalpataru Touch. “He did not kill me, he left me – why? No, no, no, no, no, no! He is telling I am lion. Something is – he has some big plan, he has some conspiracy. Maybe he’s going to make me do Inner Awakening. He has some larger plan. No, no, no, no. He is not a good guy – come on! Let me be with my mother sheep, father sheep, brother sheep, daddy sheep”, girlfriend sheep., and – and everything. Come on, pull the blanket and try to sleep!” But that eyes which looked into your eyes, coming again – not letting you sleep. Next day morning, you try to get up and join the whole team. But before coming near the region where the lion was there for last two, three days – when you are coming near that area, you have a doubt: “Should we go again to that same area? Why not tell all these fellows ‘Change the route.’ Will they listen to me? Who, why? I think…but we have come all the way. I’ll quickly run before he catches me! Run! As fast you can! Next time when you see the poster somewhere, in the street, NKY, NDY. Run as fast as you can!”

But again! He runs faster than you because he is a lion, you are a cub. And he catches you. “Hey! Did you think about what I told? You are a lion!”

“No, no, no, no! I did not think about anything! Don’t talk to me! I am not interested in what you are saying! I have my father, mother, new girlfriend! Did you not see my selfie with her, on the Facebook? I’m getting engaged quickly. I’m planning for engagement. And don’t disturb my life! Everything is going smooth.”

This fellow, now, holds his neck in such a way – it was more the touch of love than the touch of harshness. And he says, “Alright, but listen. At least once, try to look into the mirror. See my face and see your face in the mirror.” He leaves – initiation into completion.

That fellow does not understand what is mirror. He runs along with the team, goes and sleeps. That whole night, he is thinking, “What is mirror? What is mirror? What he istelling me to do? Why should he everyday catch me, but not eat me? And why is he letting me go every day? What is mirror?”

Next day, the same team, same group, same route. He stands from a distance and asks, “Can you tell what is mirror?” – Dial the Avatar call.

“Mirror - you can’t get in the forest! Go and see in the river water or in the pond water. In the silent night, that is only thing you can do!” – Means blessing, “I’ll make it happen.” Anyway you want.

The fellow from there itself,runs – doesn’t want to come near. Runs. By now, the touch, two, three time, has made his bio-memory believe, “He’s a good guy.” Logic says, “No, no! You have girlfriend, boyfriend, mother, father, so many things, your business, and you are the largest retailer of grass. And, come on! What is this? And, that fellow looks so arrogant – he’s sitting in such big throne and looks with long hair, and large hair when he opens the hair; Looks terrifying and, forget about it.

Then in the night, you slowly open up the conversation with your girlfriend: “See, I saw that fellow – and he told me like that – I am confused.” As if she is going to give the solution. “What! What do you mean by talking to all of those fellows? Why are you talking to everyone? Is he a male, female? Her insecurity. And this fellow understood – he opened the wrong subject with the wrong person. And he said, “Ok, ok, ok! Forget about it! What is there? It’s ok! Come on, let’s talk something good. What happened yesterday? Did the grass was nice? How was your day?” Let’s talk nice things.

But slowly, in the midnight, he thinks, “Why not try to go and see that pond water in the moonlight, and see how I look? Because now I know how he looks. He slowly goes, he sees the moon, he sees the silent water. He puts his head, waaaaaah! Lion is there and jumps back! That fellow is sitting here to catch me and eat me! Because the whole – we were all as a group, he was afraid to kill me because all my father, mother, girlfriend, boyfriend were there. They will protect me. That is why he is now calling me alone to kill me! Invitation to try the Completion technique every night on your own, with the mirror.

He is calling me alone – to finish me off. No! Then he says, “But there is no sound, how can that fellow be inside?” He looks around, he is brilliant. So, he looks around for the footprint, if he has come some way only, he would have come and – come on! See the footprint, whether he has come. He says, “No footprint. No footprint. Then…that’s Atmamurti, how will it have footprint?”

And this fellow – “Did I get confused? Am I hallucinating? Am I in illusion? Eh, after all, I am young man! If I am so frightened, how will my girlfriend respect me? I think I should have a clarity, before getting married. I don’t want to get married in this confusion. I think I should – today I should decide, this way or that way. That is almost the decision – I think I should flight the ticket for Varanasi. I should book that flight ticket for Varanasi.” And this fellow slowly putting one leg, one leg, looking at the moon, looking at the water, once more stretches. This time not screaming, but seems he is the fellow who is inside. And he creates sound: “Rrrrrrr! Mmmmm!” and puts little mud – throws little sand on the water. And now he sees that form is distorted, disturbed. “So, if he’s inside, by now he should have come out. He’s not coming out, then what it is? Slowly puts the face once more. “It seems to me that he’s inside. Let me check. Ha! The mouth is moving. Let me show one hand. Oh, he seems to be my reflection only. Maybe, this fellow has conspired and did some magic here. It is showing his form as my form. No, no, there is some big game here – there is some game, no.” He comes back. That much he is convinced that his form only is reflecting there, but he doesn’t know why he is having that guy’s form, not his mother’s or father’s or girlfriend’s. So that much he is confused. He comes back. What to do? He feels like, “Somebody is lying to me - trying to cheat me. Either that fellow or these fellows. Who is trying to cheat me?” Society or guru? The confusion – these fellows tell in one way, he tells in the other way. “He seems to be a nice guy because he doesn’t need to leave me so many times.” So this time, next day morning, he comes – the same group, same team, same road. From distance, he stands and that day, lion did not come. And he is standing there and waiting. “What is this? Today he has not come.” The whole sheep is moving; they are walking as usual. And he is thinking, “Hey, quickly come! I have to talk to you and go. My team is waiting.” That fellow did not come and he is hiding behind the rock and seeing what is going on here. This fellow looks this side and that side, and these fellows are walking and he’s afraid to be alone here. “Either I have to choose whether I can join them or wait for seeing him.”

And suddenly, he hears the sneezing sound: “Aachoo!” He knows, he is standing there behind the rock. “Hey! Come out! Why are you hiding?” That fellow slowly walks out. “What?Did you see in the pond?”

“Yes, yes, I saw! I saw you are trying to play trick. You have put your form there in the water.” And this fellow says, “No that is not my form. It is your form.”

“No, no, I know. You are trying to cheat.” He says, “No, then go and try to put your feet on him, hand on him. Then you’ll understand it is your form.” He runs with the team. That day, he is trying to check out – that is the next level of initiation: experiencing deeper level of completion.

And that night, he goes – up moon, down water. He puts the leg and sees. “Yes. Oh God! He is not there under – then? Am I? No, no, no, no, no, no! I know thoroughly.”

(18:44) And by today, girlfriend recognizes that he is not normal. He is not usual. And she is screaming, “Why are you not picking up my call? Why are you not answering my phone? Why are you not responding to message? You are not on on the Facebook! You are not on on the TV! You are not on on the mike! You are not on on the telephone! What is going on in your life? Are you going – are you planning for engagement or not? What do you mean?” Drrr… drrr… drrr…And this fellow says, “Leave me for two days. Give me few days. I just want to be myself.”

“And I know from the day you saw that fellow from Bangalore, you are doing all these crazy things! And have you not heard about so many scandals about him?” And drr… drr… drr… And this fellow actually kept the phone like that and he is in peace. After that, when she sees that there is no response, she disconnected the phone. He drops the phone and he is not able to sit with himself. Today, much before the sheep arrived, he came to that spot and he is waiting.

“I checked yesterday! I went to the pond!” From there: “Did you listen? I told you no, it is not me?” From there, he shouts, “Then who it is?”

“Arrey, whether you understand or not, it is you!”

“How can that be?” By now, this fellow developed little courage; asking all these questions, he slowly started walking towards where the lion is – but not closer, but where the lion is. And this fellow is sitting, maybe under a banyan tree. And this fellow, from a little distance, ready to run, with that high alert – ears up, legs straight, tail straight. “Then who is he?”

“Eh, it is you. How many times I am telling you? It is you.”

“No, no! From the time I am born, I know I am a sheep.”

“Eh, find your root pattern – first moment when you started feeling you are a sheep, when you started thinking you are a sheep.”

“What is root pattern?”

“Find the moment when you started thinking you are a sheep. And who told you - you are a sheep?”

“My uncle told me!”

“Your being is comfortable and okay with you believing you are a sheep?”

“No, no! There is always uncomfort, but I don’t know why – maybe because I don’t have enough grass stock for me, for my future. And my girlfriend’s mouth is little long and she’s not that beautiful. If that can be done by plastic surgery and I accumulate enough grass for my whole life, then I will be comfortable and settled.”

He says, “No. You cannot, you will not be able to settle with that plastic surgery or all the wealth accumulation. You need to understand who you are.”

“I am confused! For last three days, my girlfriend is not talking to me, my business is not going well. I have left all my business and came here – to see you.”

“Okay. Can you try to find out when you started believing you are the sheep?”

“Okay, okay.” By that time, he is little bored and afraid that goats have – sheep have gone long distance, he is all alone. The moment he realized he is all alone, he ran. And the lion is just sitting, relaxed. Next day, first time, he comes without his whole team – all alone, little early, early morning 4:30, 5:00 itself. But again, he maintains his safe distance. “I was thinking whole night – but there are many questions about it.” The lion says, “Alright come on, ask the questions. Give the mike to him.”

“Then, you are saying I am lion. But all these years, I grew up along with goat, sheep. They gave me food. I ate like them. I slept like them. I blurted like them. I did everything like them. How can you say – how is it possible? I think you have some other plan. What is your plan? Why are you telling me all this?” The lion says, “I have no plan and I have no vested interest. If you want, every night, go and see in the pond, in the moonlight, who you are and meditate – means practice completion on your own.” Then you pick up the mirror, put your face into it. Drrr… drrr... When did I first think I am goat? There was a day. I was trying to sleep outside the sheep. My uncle, who really cares for me, came and slapped and dragged me inside the team and put me to sleep with my mother. But he cares for me. No, did you feel that at that time? Okay, it is still confusing but not convincing. “Whole night, he does completion with the root pattern. Second day, he comes without the sheep, little closer, but not to the level where he can touch, but little closer, and says, “I trust – I think I trust you because every day I come, if you want, if you have any vested interest, you could have killed me and eaten me day one. You did not do, so I trust you – but still I am confused aboutwhat you are talking. Yesterday whole night, I remembered, many time, I have seen in my life, my friends feel that I am separate, and they can’t handle even if I slap them friendly way. All that I am thinking through from last night. And I also started doubting, I may not completely belong to that society and what they are trying to tell. I am not completely convinced about them but I am also not completely convinced about you! But today, I just want to tell you that I brought something.” Lion asks – smiles and asks, “What did you bring?”

“The best grass. I am a grass retailer. The best grass I brought. We all enjoy. I’ll leave it here. Will you also eat little bit” And, lion says, “Why? Why did you bring grass?” This fellow, feeling little fear and shy, all together, just drops the grass and says – runs and says, “I brought it because I love you!” and runs away.

And the next day, when the cub is again back, he sees lion is sitting on that grass. “Wow!” Then cub asks, “Did you eat that grass? Was it very nice?” And he just picks up one or two grass and– the jewellery master is wearing, and all the items he is using given by the devotees. So he feels, “Wow! Then my love is accepted.” But this lion has to act as if he is trying to chew the grass and eat it. And the cub asks, “Was it nice? Shall I bring little more every day?” This fellow smiles and says, “Okay, bring organic.” And, now he has become little comfortable and now comes and hands over the remaining grass in his hand itself. So when he took the grass, he slowly put the hand and even then he was conscious whether he is grabbing my neck or hugging me. Ok. And slowly his nervousness settles down and puts his hand around and says, “Eh, I am telling you. I have no vested interest. I am not here to cheat you. I am not here to waste your time, waste your life. I am here to reveal the real you to you and that’s all matters. And first time he looks into the eyes of the lion and sees the powerfulness and compassion. His being already started listening to the lion. Now the cub knows he cannot deny the lion completely, but he is afraid: “What will happen to my business? And I am the largest organic grass seller in my whole area. What will happen to my mother, father? And so many other things I left and am I, am I, am I?” and he is sitting with all that. If, if, if I become lion, what will happen to my life? Who will give me food? Who will give me whatever I want? Now the sheep is there, my business is running well, and my family is taking care of me. Whatever my girlfriend shouts, and I don’t pick up the phone or whatever it is, but she is there always, whenever I have a problem. Always she is there, standing by me. If somebody bullies me, somebody makes fun of me, she is there supporting me. Husband is a person who always stands by you during all the problems which would have never happened if he is not there in your life. And he always stands by me and then, today he comfortably sat next to him and it was very nice feeling without the crowd, disturbance. He is just sitting and suddenly, the lion roars – Rrrrrrr… Shivoham sound.

Shambhavi! And that cub: “Uh, See your sound is different, my sound is different.” Lion says, “Don’t worry. Wait. Come for few more days.”

“No, no, no, no. Maybe you are telling right but that is not right for me.” And lion says, “Okay. Come back tomorrow and then again next day.” By now, this fellow has become very comfortable, started bringing all the best things he could collect: little goat milk in a flask and best grass, imported grass from the other part of the mountain, other part of the hill. And he brought everything. And by now, he started coming secretly because he is afraid of the whole sheep: “What they will talk about me. If they know I am going to this Swami.” And he comes and puts all that and touches the feet. “What? What did you bring today?”

“Best goat milk and the imported grass.”

“Okay, okay, leave it there. And today I have something for you to eat.”

“What?” This fellow just brings plateful of meat. “Aaaah! How can I eat this? I am a goat!”

“Eh, Both of us, let’s eat together. Come and sit.”

“Is he trying to poison me?” This fellow picks up little and puts into mouth. “Oh, he is eating from the same plate.” And the same side from where he picked up, he took little. That goes inside, slowly the digestion happens – means the first initiation after Shivoham. And when that food went inside, before he picked up the second piece, he tried to bleat. The sound came: “BBDrrrrr!” “What? The sound looks like a mixture of bleating and roaring.” He puts the second piece. By third piece, there is almost like roaring. He gets frightened. “No. You are trying to do something. You are up to something. You have a plan.” Now, the lion feels responsible; he just catches him by the neck, the cub is not completely frightened that he will be killed but he feels, “Hey, why are you catching me so, leave me!” And lion has kept a mirror and just puts the mirror. “Look! Who you are!”

“Oh, that is your photograph?” Shakes the head and – “Look who you are! Do you see it is shaking?” “Yes, yes, You are shaking, nah?”

“See I am stable. See the mirror! See!”

“I am only shaking.” Then he puts, throws the mirror, turns, “Look into my eyes!” The moment both eyes met, merged – awakening of the third eye – the fellow rose: “Yes! It is me!”

“Both go for a walk. Evening walk in the banks of Ganga.” It’s a story from Vivekananda. It’s originally the story from Upanishad, and then Vivekananda developed it. I have expanded it.

When both the lion and the cub, which is now the grown-up, the lion – both go for a walk on the banks of Ganga. Suddenly, the cub picks up the phone and sees the missed calls and messages from his banker, girlfriend, and the government where he was MP. The message reads, from the banker: “You are not paying your dues for quite a long time. If you don’t respond to this call, we will take over your business.” And the message from the government says: “You are the MP, not attending the MP’s meeting for the last one week. If you don’t attend today’s meeting, you will be dismissed from being MP.” Girlfriend says, “If you don’t reply to this message, I am declaring breaking up.” And the lion also saw the message and smiled, “Do you need to attend all those things and calls? If you want, please go and attend and come.” The cub looks and smiles, throws the cellphone into Ganga – and walks.