I am happy and honored to introduce two helpers sent this new moon cycle to balance Heart and Mind. I am also happy to announce the inaugural issue of Animal Balance Ezine as a service to the People. I'll save the story of how I was led to the habit of choosing an animal for Mother Earth and Father Sky each month for another day. Suffice it to say that the more I respectfully observe the animals, the more enriched my life becomes. It gives our Creator one more way to speak to me through nature. As it has helped me I offer this guidance back to you from my heart.
As you hold it close to your heart it is my hope and intention that It will also benefit you in some way. I invite you to hear these words and consider them as a starting point to help you balance whatever changes you may be experiencing at this time. And if you know a friend who might enjoy reading them please share as you wish.
It is said, "Life is change" and "Be the change you wish to see...." I will add, "Let us see the change we wish to be in this World."
I now invite the representatives of Earth and Sky to speak. They are like old friends. I couldn't imagine a better pair had I planned it this way, but these animals are selected "at random." Mother Earth speaks through Fox, a creature familiar with the night, known for her clever antics and ability to go unseen observing her environment and world conditions. Father Sky soars into view as Hawk: Visionary, Messenger and Protector. What better way to see the change than to invite Hawk to speak....
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I am Hawk! In this very active world I watch over you and I soar to great heights to change my perspective. I am also called the messenger of the Ancients. I have been observing the cycles for a long long time. I often start my day sitting on a fence post, a power line, telephone pole to tree. Because my prey is close to the earth I am very attentive to each detail of the landscape.
Each movement and shift alerts me to the Presence of the One we may call the Great Mystery. My attention to the One feeds and sustains me through all changes. Any small creature, mouse, rabbit or snake, may offer itself through the One source of all life so I respect them all.
Pay attention to the details - the hints and whispers that come into your own field of inner vision this month. In this way you will hear the message of Spirit speak directly to you. For as Saint Teresa of Avila said, "God is in the details."
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Fox, I invite you to speak...
I am here in this cycle for the Earth Mother to show you the way of balance with brother Hawk. I am of the Earth and make my home in the earth keeping a warm den for my family. I am her eyes and ears silently watching you in the night. I observe all that is and I am here for you to show you that aspect of your Self that is the unseen Silent Watcher. As Hawk is the message bringer I am the message bearer, the vessel. I am that which gives form to the formless creative Spirit. I am active at night, dawn, and dusk patiently stalking the highest good. Watch the silent activity of your dreams now as they bring you new details, insights and questions. What is being activated in your life? As it has been said, "Live your questions" allow the answers to fall when they are ripe. Don't be like the Fox in the story that complains of "sour grapes."
I move swiftly and change direction easily even climbing up trees when necessary. Be flexible like that and be forgiving, first to yourself, then to All Unconditionally.
That is all for now. Thank you for this opportunity to share the wisdom of the Earth, the wisdom of the Grandmothers.
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NOTE: In Fox medicine there is stillness and awareness of the Bigger picture: the family, the community, the World and All that is. Any movement or action comes from an understanding of this Unity consciousness. This message came later from Fox...
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It is I, fox, with a further sharing on the half moon. It is in the small details that my guidance comes and in the careful observation of where they fit in to the larger patterns. As the cycles become clear I begin to learn their ways. Then I see the precise moment to jump or pounce to catch my prey. Or I may see when to use the knowledge gained set a clever ruse to avoid danger. Or I may simply see that it is time to retire to my den to be with my family.
I am the watcher of the stream of consciousness, the steady river of thoughts that flows through us all to produce this Creation. Take a moment now and then, even in the midst of your busy lives to watch your thoughts. The patterns that you call "bad" are those that bring you sorrow. But even that sorrow is a gift if you choose to see it. Look more deeply and you will see the details that allow you to make a new choice: A Choice of full-fill-ment, a Choice that leads you Home. A Choice for Joy! Hawk has also returned to help with this seeing and choosing...
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It is I, Hawk... a new vision is coming to the People, a new way of seeing and perceiving. In gentle observation awareness grows and as the clouds break apart sunlight streams in. The light gives rise to the heart's natural love-force which ahs many names: life energy, prana, chi, kundalini rising....
You know it as the power of creation, the lightness your heart feels when you are in the flow of grace. I take flight from the joy of Creation and bring a message of love to All. For I am Joy! You may read or hear this and think "It is a nice concept." But Joy is the essence, the pure building block of all that is. Ever new Joy is my nature and it is Your Nature.
Humans have the gift of intelligence. Usually 999% of your thought energy goes to blocking the Joy within. This is not "pie in the sky when you die!" This is here and now. Watch your thought stream as Fox has shown, in silence, and eventually you will see a pattern and easily direct it back to your Truth which is called a "new" Reality, thee ever-present, ever-conscious, ever-new joy of your Birth.
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Again Fox Speaks...
It is well that Hawk's piercing cry of joy resounds in your heart. But know also that even Hawk must come back to Earth to renew and sustain himself. Once you have touched Joy, ecstasy or Samadhi in any form you can never turn back. The creative force begins to rise in the spine. As the coiled snake of inner Joy awakens and unwinds its bite may be painful at times.
Your work may lose its appeal. As the gradual light brightens your Soul certain shadows are revealed, skeletons come out to dance. The darkness may seem even more intense. So it is with many in the World at this time. Depression or a "dark night" is often experienced just before the dawn.
But remember my guidance for this is my time of power. At dawn or dusk and during the dark night I walk unseen. Remember the saying, before or after enlightenment "chop wood, carry water." And remember to bless the wood and water as you walk this Earth so that even in the night the sky may clear, the moon may rise and light your path Home.
