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started and you took your family to the only safe ground in the forest and all the other animals of the forest were there too. Since it was a very critical time, no animals were fighting but they were only thinking about their survival. And the animals became so numerous and the space so limited no one could hardly move without stepping on someone else."
Meanwhile the effect of Lord Mahavira's words went through the prince like an electric shock since he realized the truth of what was being said and he had never been in the presence of one who spoke from a consciousness totally awakened by kundalini or cosmic energy.
Mahavira continued, saying, “When you went to scratch your belly with your foot, a rabbit came and sat where your foot had been. You hesitated and you did not put your giant foot back on the ground for fear of crushing the rabbit. For three entire days and nights you kept your foot raised from the ground where the rabbit was sitting and this was extremely difficult and painful for you because of your huge weight. When the fire ended and the animals left the safe ground, you tried to put your foot back to the ground but because it was so stiff and lifeless from holding it in the air for three days, you fell down from exhaustion and died."
The prince felt absolutely dumbfounded. And yet he realized the incredible truth in what Lord Mahavira was
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