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The Karana Lizard

from Eros in the Natural World by Kouns & Weaver

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Let’s get our hands a little dirty, shall we? Let’s dig in the rich, fertile earth to discover the roots of a very remarkable creature, because to truly know a being requires an insatiable curiosity about their hidden, thirsting core that works tirelessly in silence to draw nourishment from an unknown Source. The creature we’ll investigate today has sensationally unique properties as it bridges the gap between the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Meet the Karana Lizard! At first glance, it is not radically distinct from other lizards. The beady, equal sized scales, 4 stubby legs and their egg laying reproduction method all tie them quite neatly into their species type. What makes them so singular is that their tail is rooted in the earth and they draw their sustenance from the soil. What this means for this wondrous critter is that once it has chosen its base, it must stay there for the rest of its life. Let’s investigate this process a little further. Firstly, the Karana Lizards, like many divine beings from age old myths, reproduce by parthenogenesis, i.e. virgin birth. In a myth orally circulated amongst Pawnee Indian tribes, the storyteller speculated that a beast who made its home entirely underground was sent by the great Father in the sky to inseminate the Karana. The beast carried out the celestial instructions to ensure the continuity of the species because all creatures on the face of the earth or under it have a great destiny to fulfill, the great Father explained. The Karana lizards are all born female, the only reptile to display this feature. The mother lays an egg and guards it with an eternal wakefulness until her daughter emerges by softly chewing through the membrane of the egg and crawls out into the material world. With no ceremony and no apparent deliberation, the tiny Karana daughter leaves her mother immediately and ventures out in search of a place to bury her tiny tail. This hunt usually lasts 3-4 weeks and a really astounding fact is that the Karana is absolutely sightless and doesn’t start developing her sight until she finds the hospitable spot to sink her tail into the ground. The Karana doesn’t consume the flesh of insects, plants or other animals and so where this creature derives her nourishment from is an
absolute mystery that baffles even the experts! Once she discovers the place that she will make her earthly abode, she burrows her scaly corkscrew tail into the ground. The expression on her face must mirror the adept as they achieve a state of Samadhi, so serene and blissful she becomes as she merges with the earth. What do we have to learn from the Karana, friends? Is there some secret root Organ in all of us that knows, like the Karana knows, where to draw the Life giving nectar from the Invisible and changeless world beyond the world?

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from Eros in the Natural World, released June 20, 2021

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