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from the same nature.”
The three of us sat under the alkhad tree for about 15 minutes. We meditated. We repeated the Arihanta Mantra for protection. And we expressed our loving feelings to the tree.
No wind came. No poison fell on us. We did not get any harm. And everybody in the village was very surprised.
"How is this possible,” they asked. “The alkhad tree will kill you. It is your enemy. You must fear it.”
But my experience showed them that through universal love, the repeating of the Arihanta Mantra for protection and the feeling of oneness, the most deadly substances can become harmless. For everything in nature is good and comes from the same Life-force and divine energy. There is nothing to fear.
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