My Dreams-XI-File 08
Elephants on Rampage
The
dream
This was a short dream.
I woke up with the commotion.
It is not an Ali Kulappuwa - Elephants gone berserk but
people gone berserk.
It was the night after the last Randoli Perehara and
dawning for the Day Perehara. All the elephants who paraded the
Perehara the night before were released from their bondage and
shackles.
They were released by a group called “Elephant
Freedom” and all the mahouts were tied to the same shackles that
were on elephants.
It is “Free for Elephants” and not free for all for
the Kandy citizens.
They elephants took to their natural instincts and were
foraging and throwing their might about.
Cars were taken by their trunks and thrown away like
toys.
The lorries and buses were smashed as if all of them
were on musk.
Kandy citizens were fleeing in all direction.
Their were posts all over the city stating not to shoot
any any elephant.
If they do shoot the “Elephant Freedom” they will do
the same to the shooters.
It was commando type of operation.
This was something in my mind for long.
What if we were to remove the shackles of all elephants
and restrain the mahouts?
Do they go berserk?
Do they return to the wild?
Do they become incompetent to look after themselves?
Then suddenly I felt something on my head and mucusy
shower and a little knock on my head.
Instantly I felt as if a baby elephant was fondling my
head like a toy.
I woke up with both fright and delight.
I have never ever had this mixed feeling in my life.
Woken up I was relieved that it was a dream.
I send an email to Maha for video chat.
He was prompt with a mighty laugh.
It took a little while for him to control his laughter.
You did not wet your pants.
Instantly my hand went down below as it to check and
reported it is dry and told him I never wet my bed or pants.
I was just quizy, he said, just I case.
Then he said there is a political guy who has this
syndrome, he elaborated.
Can you tell me please.
It is top secret, even in heaven and even if you come
here you may have to guess it at play time.
Do gods play.
Yes, indeed.
Is there any bets placed.
Yes and know.
Gambling is prohibited but some gamesmanship is allowed
without transgressions.
You like to hear the interpretation.
Yes, indeed.
Interpretation
This all happened in the heaven.
Almost all of the elephants in captivity end up in
heaven.
So do the wild elephant too.
There is a distinct difference between the wild and the
captive elephant even in heaven.
They need to be prompted for all play activity.
They have lost the touch of play time and spontaneous
involvement.
One day Maha called one of the wild elephants now a
creative god in heaven and told him that the timidity of some of the
other elephants in full time gods was due to their capture when on
planet earth.
We must simulate something like what was seen in your
dream to release them from the inherent inertia at play time.
So there was a drama simulating the experience on
Ceylon.
They were released from shackles to get rid of the
inherent fear and were made to chase the humans, changing the roles
as it were.
They really enjoyed the fun.
How come, I get to know what is happening in heaven.
It is only my connection but with a difference.
They scenario was bit different.
In Ceylon, there was long and drawn out political
upheaval.
All methods of democratic institutions failed and people
were on their own devices.
Like various NGOs people organized themselves to various
gangs good and bad.
It all bad against the good.
However, one of the gangs were elephant lovers.
Due to poaching and natural causes, the wild elephant
population dwindled and there was no prospect of natural increase in
numbers to sustain a healthy wild population.
In actual fact those in captivity were more than was in
the wild.
This commando type of group made an operation to release
them to wild.
The plan was to block the Katugastota Bridge and
Peradeniya Bridge and leave the Bridge towards Dumbara for the
elephants to escape..
There were no healthy water reservoirs in the hill
country and the idea was for them to move towards Randenigala and
from there to the dry zone where the only remaining wild elephants
remained.
They actually made it through the terrain but many of
them perished.
Did the experiment successful.
No.
The domesticated animals unfortunately had a serious
tuberculosis that they had acquired from humans.
They infected the wild lot and in two or three
generations all were dead.
Elephants
in Ceylon became extinct.
