Supernatural phenomena are something we in the media dont do a good job reporting. Dont go there tends to be the voice inside us, skeptics that we have to be. But paranormal events have a way of capturing the fancy of people, especially when they suggest religious miracles. So, in Texas right now, theyre still talking about the water gushing from the trunk of a large red oak tree.It has been called the San Antonio Miracle Tree and the “Gurgling Tree, emitting Gods water. Water exuded from the side of tree for three months, causing hundreds of faithful believers to visit Lucille Popes backyard on the east side of the city to pray and look for healing. Then on Aug. 16, the citys water system workers turned off the water from the street to the house, and the flow from the tree stopped, too. It was believed that the tree had tapped into a waterline going to a shed in the back yard and the water moved through the trees vessels. The city tested the water oozing from the tree and said it had chlorine, just like the water in the line.
Still the people have kept coming, insisting that its still a miracle that the 100-year-old tree could do that. After all, how many other trees have gotten into waterlines but have never gushed water from their trunks? The San Antonio Express-News said that despite such a logical explanation for why the tree sprouted water, many visitors still hinge hopes on water they say touches their soul. One visitor was a 56-year-old legally blind woman who soaked her hands in the trees water, hoping for a miracle. Some folks gathered and hugged the tree and hugged each other under the tree. One woman told a reporter, I pray its from God, and nothing will be false here. How can water go up a tree?
People would start showing up at 7:30 a.m. when the water flow was the strongest. Two people sat nearby at a table reading scripture to those who pass by. Visitors filled perfume vials from the flowing water or dampened their arms and faces with it.
Report Vincent Davis asked a religious studies instructor about peoples striving to find something supernatural in offbeat occurrences. It is an essential component of the human condition, said Oswald John Nira of Our Lady of the Lake University. Everybody hungers for something to believe in. Theyre looking for answers to ultimate questions.
British author Benjamin Creme, nonetheless, is calling it one of many miracles that been occurring from the same source. He said they are the signs of the emergence of Maitreya, the world teacher for this age along with his group called the Masters of Wisdom. Creme said other unexplained phenomena include mysterious patterns of light on buildings, weeping or bleeding religious statues, healing crosses of light, Hindu statues that drink milk, visions of the Madonna, holy texts appearing in fruit and strange encounters with angels. Heretofore, he said, no one has been connecting the dots to find out why things are happening.
Creme suggests that Maitreya has come in fulfillment of prophecies of all major religions and has arrived earlier that intended because of the urgency of the times in order to offer his counsel to a world in crisis. The British writer, author of 12 books and editor of Share International magazine, insists he has devoted 30 years himself to prepare the way for Maitreya The World Teacher, who has been living in Londons Asian neighborhood since 1977. Creme claims Maitreya has used his forces to end the cold war, break up the Soviet Union, unify Germany and end apartheid in South Africa, to name a few feats.
Now, Creme says, Maitreya is about to make himself public to inspire humanity to see itself as one family and create a civilization based on sharing, economic and social justice and global cooperation. He explains things further at www.share-international.org.
Does the gurgling tree have anything to do with a man waiting in London to give himself to the world to clean up our mess? Call me a skeptic.
