THE HOMA BIRD

TPHE Vedas speak of the Homa bird. It lives very
high in the sky. There the mother bird lays her egg.
She lives so high that the egg falls for many days.
While falling it is hatched. The chick continues to
fall. That also goes on for many days. In the
meantime the chick develops eyes. Coming near
the earth, it becomes conscious of the world. It
realises it will meet certain death if it hits the
ground. Then it gives a shrill cry and shoots up
towards its mother. The earth means death, and it
frightens the young bird; it then seeks its mother.
She dwells high up in the sky, and the young bird
shoots straight up in that direction. It doesn't look
anywhere else.
Persons who are born with God-consciousness
realise the danger of coming in contact with the
world. From their very childhood they are afraid of

the world, and their one thought is how to reach
the mother, how to realise God.