My Dreams-XI-File 08-Updated

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.