Lakshmi's Secret Reading Notes

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Food is the fundamental target for luxury. Lux of life from lak comes Lakshmi. Lakshmi means food (anna) in nature and wealth (dhana) in culture. Food attracts all living creatures, plants go towards sunlight, animals towards pasture and prey. Food never goes to anyone, everyone comes to food. The quest for Lakshmi establishes the food chain. Plants seek sunlight and water for nourishment, herbivorous animals seek plants for nourishment, and carnivorous animals seek other animals for nourishment. The quest for Lakshmi also creates the pecking order. Herbivores form groups called herds to secure themselves, carnivores form groups called pacts to improve their chances of finding prey. Within the herd and the pack there is hierarchy based on strength the strongest is the Alpha who dominates and gets access to most food and more mates. The Omega is the weakest gets least food and fewest mates. Thus the hierarchy ensures only the fittest survive so that the next generation is fitter then the previous one, hence more likely to survive. The lion is the alpha carnivore on top of the food chain, but even the lion does not attack the elephant which is much bigger. The elephant has no natural predator and unlike the lion it feeds every day, that is why the elephant is most closely associated with Lakshmi. Another reason why Lakshmi is closely associated with the elephant is because the animal is always associated with water. Where there is water, there is life. Where there is lots of water there are usually elephants. Elephants love swimming and to spray water on each other using their trunks. A pair of elephants are often shown springing lakshmi with water using their upraised trunks, evoking rain. Dark thunderous monsoon clouds are equated with a herd of trumpeting elephants In drought the one animal that always knows where there is water is the old matriarch of the herd who has lived longer than any other animal in the forest.

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