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Why do we see Leapord, tiger busts in Ma / Sri Aurobindo’s rooms – akin to what hunters keep as their priced killings? Have Ma and Sri Aurobindo themselves said something about this🐅?

The outer reason is that it was gifted to them by a devotee who was probably inspired by the image of Shiva wearing a tiger skin and some Yogis using the tiger skin to sit and meditate or the animal itself as a vehicle. Of course Sri Aurobindo never used it but as a symbol of his yogic stature it was gifted to him.

Incidentally the Puma or mountain lion, a close kin of leopard and tiger was Sri Aurobindo’s favourite animal if we may say so.

Finally there could be a possibility of some kind of occult working on the feline species which the Mother did speak of.

Of course they have not spoken anything about it directly.

Affectionately,

Alok Da

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Last night, I had a dream where I saw that my father and I were getting a tubewell installed, and at the end, when we inserted the pipe, a lot of water came out and it was sparkling. Then, Grandpa came and asked why we had the tubewell installed, saying that the water is salty. When we drank it, the taste was a bit salty, so I said at least the water would be useful. Later, I saw that my brother and I were checking the car’s headlight, but it didn’t light up. So, I said, doesn’t the light work? What’s the problem? He said it’s fine, and when I turned it on, the light was very dim. Then, we removed the mirror from the headlight and saw that it was giving off very little light. What could be the symbolic meaning of this dream🤔?

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I don’t think it has any deeper symbolic meaning. Looks more like a dip into the subconscient where the water is not tasty and the lights are dim. But it could also be…

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Why do we see Leapord, tiger busts in Ma / Sri Aurobindo’s rooms – akin to what hunters keep as their priced killings? Have Ma and Sri Aurobindo themselves said something about this🐅?

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