Revolutionary Leader

‘Come, it is time for your swim’….The Baba got up. 

Atma Prakash followed him to the river.

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Atma Prakash did not see the snake. He felt something soft under his right foot. 

It bit him. There was a piercing pain. 

The snake was hanging on to his right leg. 

It was a deadly viper.

‘Guruji….’ He called out. 

Within no time the Baba was beside his beloved disciple.

The Baba took a yellowish looking round stone from the right side pocket of the long gown that he was wearing.

‘Do not panic... Nothing to fear… Stand still… Let it open its mouth and move out.’ The Baba told Atma Prakash.

Atma Prakash did as he was told. 

The snake took few seconds to open its mouth and let go of Atma Prakash’s leg. It lay still for few seconds. Then it moved away slowly.

The Baba put the stone over the prick-marks of the snake bite. The stone acted like a magnet. It absorbed into itself all the poison from Atma Prakash’s body. It turned dark blue.

‘This is a special kind of stone. It absorbs the snake’s poison like a strong magnet. I always carry one. The tribals often need it. The small monkeys also get bitten by cobras as you have seen…. 

‘Sit down and relax for a while. You will be perfectly okay. Next time carry one of these stones with you. I shall give you one….’ the Baba told Atma Prakash.

‘The snakes do not bite us unless we hurt them, or they are threatened or frightened. Most animal in the jungle do not attack us unless they are attacked or threatened…. 

‘It is very interesting to note that only we human beings plan, prepare and attack our fellow humans without any worthwhile reason; just to satisfy our ego, selfishness or greed…

‘Animals do not behave like us... They seem much more cultured! They do not make or carry weapons. They do not drop bombs or throw missiles on other animals to kill them. Only we do so….

‘Have you seen a lion walking around with ‘Z’ category security because he is the ‘king’ of the jungle? He does not need to protect himself from other animals in the jungle…..

‘Only our leaders need such ‘security’ to protect themselves from their own fellow citizens…’. The Baba said and laughed aloud. It was a hearty laugh. 

Atma Prakash could not hold his laughter. He too joined his guruji. 

… They had a good laugh. 

Atma Prakash could not remember when he had a good laugh like this. 

But then he was a ‘revolutionary leader’ of a different kind … and revolutionary leaders of that kind did not laugh!

Excerpts from Integral Revolution