The Cow

Atma Prakash saw two Tribal women, one older than the other, bringing a cow to the Ashram. 

The Baba got up and walked towards them. 

Atma Prakash followed.

The cow came running towards the Baba.. It licked him all over with great affection.

‘I brought Ammini up. Gave her to Sunanda as a wedding gift few months ago’, the Baba told Atma Prakash, pointing to the younger woman. 

‘But Ammini wants to see Babaji every now and then’ said Sunanada’s mother.

The Baba gave Ammini few ripe bananas which she seemed to relish eating…. 

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‘Cows are the most gentle of all animals... The cow’s milk can be drunk by a newborn human child without diluting it….

‘But the goat’s milk or buffalo’s milk cannot be drunk like that by infants. Hence, we call the cow ‘gomata’, mother cow…. 

‘The economy and life of rural India are intimately related to the cow… A cow is like a mother to us. Everything about her is useful for us….. Her milk, her dung, her urine, her progeny… all……

‘The teacher asked the nursery school children about the most useful animal… One child promptly said, ‘Mother’….

Atma Prakash burst out laughing, hearing about the response of the child.

The Baba continued: ‘In our subconscious mind, this belief of mother as the most useful and loving being is deeply embedded. That is why most of us, when in difficulty, unconsciously call out to our mothers….

‘A child is happy and strengthened when its mother is around…. Most young women want to go to their mothers’ house for their first delivery….

‘Where God could not be, He created mothers’… This old dictum reflects a deeply embedded belief in our subconscious mind..… the belief of the ‘mother’ as the most useful and loving being…

‘It is very interesting to know that as we grow and expand in consciousness, we will be able to communicate with animals and plants…. From our self-centered ego-consciousness we need to evolve and expand to a unitive divine consciousness to be able to do so…..” 

The Baba told Atma Prakash after the women left with Ammini.

Excerpts from Integral Revolution