MANILA, Philippines—Suppose that out of sheer fun or personal pleasure somebody starts cutting up or destroying your house, how would you feel toward him? You would most likely be so angry that you would want to burn him alive! And your reaction would be quite understandable, wouldn’t it?
But suppose it is the dwelling place or house of an invisible little creature like dwarves (elves or gnomes) that a man destroys and the creatures living there retaliate by making him sick, why do some think that’s not fair to man?
“Well,” some might argue, “because in the first incident, you can see the house you are destroying and you have no right to do that, whereas in the case of these elemental creatures or nature spirits, such as elves and gnomes, they are invisible to us. That’s the difference.”
On the contrary, I think there’s no essential difference between these two incidents, only the characters involved are different.
Even if we do not see these creatures, we still need to respect nature and its inhabitants. Simple ethics will tell us that it’s wrong to destroy our natural environment just for our own benefit or fun. It does not matter that we do not see who is living there. We should not assume we are not doing any harm to any creature.
That’s the big problem with modern urbanized man. He has lost touch with nature and his role in preserving his natural environment. These elemental creatures, on the other hand, help preserve ecological balance. They make the soil fertile, the waters abundant with life and the air clean. They are the protectors of our natural treasures and resources.
“But we got here first. So, if we want to clear the land of trees and vegetation to build, say a golf course or subdivision, we have the right to do so. We owned it before they did.”
Excuse me! You are dead wrong! God created the elemental creatures ahead of man, and therefore they are the first owners of the land. Man came much later in the order of creation. So man has no right to say he owned it first.
If we do not respect the elementals’ territory, if we destroy their natural habitat, they will retaliate against us. I know a former chief executive of a large bank who destroyed a mound of earth thinking it was just termites’ nest.
The very next day he developed ugly and itchy canker sores that no dermatologist could cure. Fortunately, during a vacation in Pangasinan where he is from, his grandmother saw him and knew he had angered the little creatures. She prescribed that he make an offering to them and ask forgiveness. He was told what to bring to the place he had destroyed and what to say. Within 24 hours after doing what his grandma told him, his canker sores dried up. Now he is a firm believer in nature spirits and will not just destroy natural things without proper permission.
So, before cutting down a tree, cleaning a large abandoned building, or relieving one’s self behind a tree, one should ask first the permission of the spirits that may be residing there. Better still, consult a good clairvoyant or psychic or albularyo before doing any of the above things, for your own safety and protection.
Rational explanation for fallen tree standing up
Remember the story I wrote last week concerning an uprooted and fallen mango tree in Roxas City that replanted itself during the night and was seen standing up the next morning by its owners? I theorized that a giant elemental and invisible being called kapre must have done this.
Not necessarily, wrote reader Sofio Ycong Jr. of Cebu. He said there’s a natural explanation for this because a similar thing happened to him. During a storm, all the trees in their place were uprooted. There was a very big and old coconut free that fell and it was blocking their way out. So he decided to cut the leaves and half of the main trunk. Exhausted, he rested by the side of the tree. After only a few minutes, he was shocked to see the uncut half of the trunk suddenly stand up on its own and replant itself!
He said the explanation is this: The root of the tree is still alive and it was forcibly pulled up when the tree fell. “The root of a tree is like rubber that was stretched. When you cut the leaves and smaller branches, the remaining tree became much lighter and the root was able to pull the tree back in place with a loud thud.”
He further explained, “The normal ratio between the weight of a tree’s roots and its leaves and branches is the same.” So when the branches are cut, the remaining root can then pull the tree upward again.”
Sounds logical enough to me, but then how can one explain the unusual flash of lights that accompanied the incident in Roxas City? The mystery deepens!
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