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IS 260.2
Story of an Emigrant.
Hindoos that ccrtaiti pundits, or learned men.who for years have lived in the
mountains as hermits, abstaining from food and all sensual pleasures,
thereby attain such a power of mind over matter as to be able to separate the
former from the body and let it, untrammeled by the laws of matter, move
from place to place, still retaining the same form and ability to speak and
act. Whether this is so or not I cannot say, but this I know, that "there
a e more things in heaven and earth than are
dreamed of in our philosophy."
What luxuries one may enjoy here in the most
pleasant company,— a glorious nature, palatial
residences, choice fruits, dishes and wines,
pleasures of all kinds, surrounded by a host of servants,
who, in snow-white garments and with bare
feet, noiselessly and swiftly move about in order
to gratify one’s desires upon the slightest sign,—
and still how I long for the home in the North,
with the cool winds and frost and snow which
quicken the blood, give appetite, and fill one with
a feeling of surging vitality and energy, unknown
in the enervating climates of the South.
From my veranda I see a crowd of people on
the street who seem to pay homage to some one.
It proves to be an idiotic begger, Sobulla. The
Hindoos believe that when a person has lost his
reason he is filled with the spirit of God, and
hence they always treat the insane with respect
and tender care.
This April heat makes it easy to realize the
Hindoo proverb, which says: " Never run when
you may walk, never walk when you may stand still, never stand when
you may sit, never sit when you may lie down."
SOBULLA, AN IDIOT.
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