Susan came into my life about five years ago.  She is the one who introduced me to the Nagas.  It was in India that she first learned about Naga offerings. She learned from the village women who would bring milk and honey to the Naga Temples outside of the village.  These offerings would help ensure the villagers to have safety from the cobras.  

We would sit around Susan’s kitchen table and she would tell us stories about the Nagas. One of the stories she related was about a man who lived in Arizona.  He had been diagnosed with cancer and was given a short time to live. He decided to see a Tibetan doctor.  The doctor read his pulse looked into his eyes and then asked him if he had been moving any big stones lately. The man said yes and went on to explain that he had moved a large stone for a landscaping project with his tractor. The doctor informed him that this stone was over a Naga’s home and he needed to move it back immediately. The man moved the stone and made an apology to the Nagas.  A few weeks later the man’s cancer totally disappeared. 

A few years ago a Lama came to Mt. Shasta to give a healing empowerment to the community. He related the story behind this empowerment. The store takes place in China. The emperor called upon a lama to help him because his family members one by one were getting leprosy. The lama came to his newly built

summer palace and spent the night. When he woke up in the morning he recalled dreaming that the palace was built upon Naga territory. The Naga King gave the lama a mantra to cure the disease that was created by the emperor’s trespassing. The royal family practiced the mantra and made their apologies to the Nagas. The leprosy was cured. Naga diseases are related to the element of water. Illnesses such as cancer, aids, leprosy and some others are related to the water element being out of balance in the body.

The pollution that we have created in our waterways is a good example of how some of these diseases can be created. We cannot drink polluted water or eat toxic food without some sort of repercussion.

Susan told me another story about one of the Dalai Lama’s incarnations. The Dalai Lama was asked by the emperor of China to come and give his court dharma teachings. The DalaiLama and one attendant made the long mountain journey from Tibet with one yak to carry their supplies.  At the end of the teachings the emperor and his attendants brought treasure boxes of gold, silk and priceless Ming vases. The emperor know fully that the Dalai Lama could never travel with such wealth with one yak up a winding mountain trail. The Dalai Lama was very polite and said thank you. He then requested that all his gifts be brought to the lake next to the palace. The emperor agreed to his request. The Chinese attendants carried all the gifts to the edge of the lake. The Dalai Lama then said a few mantras and the Naga King appeared and carried all the treasure back to Tibet. The emperor did not know what to say. The Dalai Lama, his companion and the yak made their way back home to Tibet. The treasure was waiting for them when they arrived.

Susan always had some very good stories to share about the Nagas, saints and sages. A few weeks ago I decided to take a trip to Portland and visit her.  We stayed up all night, talking about each other’s lives.  I shared pictures of the dragons of Mt. Shasta and my adventures of how they came to me.