The Trees Who Pray and Bathe
=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya
It was commonly believed that this tree fulfilled one's wishes and cured physical and mental ailments. But how? This still remains a mystery. Apart from offering prayers, trees have been known to take bath too! This sounds incredible, but Sir J.C. Basu has recorded many such phenomena of bathing trees. There was one such tree in Faridpur. It stood on the bank of a pond. It remained calm and straight for the whole day, but with the onset of evening, it used to exhibit signs of growing restlessness as if to take a dip in the pond.
Ultimately, after many visible attempts, it would gather the leaves and branches around, bend, and submerge itself in the water of the pond. After remaining in that underwater position for a while, it would again gradually raise itself and revert to its normal posture, calm and cool. People had nicknamed it "the bathing palm tree". No one knew the reason behind this mysterious propensity of the tree to bathe. Such strange occurrences of tree-behavior, which pose a challenge to human knowledge and understanding, have been found outside India too.
In many countries, there are reports of the existence of "praying" and "religious" trees, which draw people from far and wide to witness their unusual behavior patterns. About one particular tree in Liverpool, England, J.C. Basu writes that it offered prayer in a distinctive manner. It was a thick willow tree by the side of a small stream.
Thanks GOD, Thanks Sadguru,
Shiv Sharma
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