Tigerlilly - Lobsang Rampa

old, members of her family, neither of whom is likely to re-
cover. Fortunately she is now retired from her full-time busi-
ness life after many, many years of traveling to and from the
place where she was employed in an important position as a
statistician.
A few days ago we had the occasion to speak to each
other and she was telling me of some of the truths she had
come to realize in the past years. Many were things we had
discussed a long time ago, but it had taken more time to put
into practice what had previously only been theories in her
mind. With more time on her hands after her retirement, and
before becoming involved in the family sickness, which had
enveloped her in recent days, she felt that the more she in-
dulged in handwork, a hobby, manual work such as garden-
ing, anything to actually do, as opposed to reading or watch-
ing television, etc., she found herself becoming more ‘aware’
and ‘sensitive’ to things of the mind. I was very interested in
hearing all this especially having had the same experience my-
self. Sometimes I feel I am slow to learn and that there must
have been many gaps in my education regarding concepts
which should have been familiar to me earlier.
As far as sensitivity goes, I heard something interesting on
the radio the other day pertaining to earthquakes, a phe-
nomena which is very common in this present period. The
guest person was telling the interviewer that scientists can
predict the occurrence of an earthquake only within a period of
around six years; that is, they know there is going to be an
earthquake, but at what period within the six years they cannot
forecast. The guest went on to relate that it has been found the
best creature to observe, when you are involved with these
planetary upheavals, is the lowly cockroach, because by its
erratic behavior one can tell when such an event is in the
offing. This gentleman also made the observation that it would
be a wise move to take note of what psychics and other sen-
sitives have to say because they also are good indicators of
these things. My acquaintance who is involved with her sick
relatives tells me that sometimes she suffers from a most
uneasy feeling at times, and that ‘you can bet your bottom
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