Page 36 - Dark Matter Issue5 Part II

Accepting that we were not at Mashatu to repeat earlier experiences, confirm previous

perceptions or gather new proofs of connection, we tried to look at everything with fresh

eyes. It was Cyndie who first noticed the gestures of a herd of Elephants moving with

great deliberation and intent into a small grove. We followed them curious. There they

divided into little groups leaning against the trees, caressing them with their trunks but

not eating the leaves. It can be nothing less than devotion, Cyndie said. We had not

expected to come upon Elephants in prayer. But... why not?

Returning to the grove several times, we never encountered the Elephants there again.

How empty it seemed without their presence converting it into a temple. Although we

didn’t see them in prayer, we did come upon them blessing each other.