Hello my Friends and Welcome to Animal Balance Journal Volume Eleven!!
Happy Full Moon! Here in Oregon the full moon is rising with bright stars with intermittent rains on the way. Our temp averages 45 lately. It's been colder than usual even frosting at night, but into the 50s during the day, dryer than usual too. The seeds are calling to me. I'm determined to plant my lettuce and peas by the end of February.
January 26, 2009
So, this month I have drawn Weasel for the Golden Child. Weasel, the stealthy tracker of knowledge and wisdom. I open to your messages as a channel for the highest good.
For the Mother Earth ~ Ant
Patient, Industrious, Worker, Servant
Of the Divine Mother.
I bow to You, little Ant, working for the One, the collective consciousness; uplifting the group mind by finding the Sweetness of life where others see only waste and destruction.
Father Sky ~ Elk Stand Tall
Work now with Stamina and Focus on Knowing All is guided by the Higher Self. When men gather with men and women with women, there is a different potential alignment that comes. Unity in the common good brings a new bonding and healing to our lives.
I relax and cast aside any and all aggressive energy based in insecurity or anything unlike Love and Kindness. I act and use the Creative Power with Strength and Humility for my Highest Good aligned to the Highest Good of All Supercharged by Divine Will and Grace!
Frog is also helping Ant this Month. It feels like a great time to clean house or clear up the yard if your snow has melted.
January 28, 2009
I feel the resurgence of Spring in my desire to play, garden and celebrate! The early bulbs have emerged from their dark places under the Earth! High notes of a Chickadee mix with the voices of hundreds of Geese overhead.
Luna, our cat, goes in and out all day scratching at the door on one side or the other impatient for the Light, but not quite warm enough to stay out and bask in the sun.
January 29, 2009
Weasel is here for the Child Heart. Creature of Silence who moves in the dark night and easily sees what is hidden to others. Weasel comes to help uncover the Heart's Desire, to read between the lines, or find the unspoken message in the words or actions of others.
Weasel, in your stealth I do not see you, but I am listening deeply. Will You Speak today?
~*~
Yes, certainly, I am Weasel, alert and ready to help you in every way I know. First, call on me. Then connect with the Stillness. I move swiftly on short legs in pursuit of my prey. But I stop to listen deeply with my whole body.
I still the body and calm the mind turning my senses inward to hear deeper vibrations of soul awareness. I observe changes and activities Without from the silent, secret place Within my own Core Heart. This is the place of Knowledge, Wisdom and Understanding.
Call on me, then listen deeply. I will bring you quickly that which you seek. I speak from the deep changeless Innocence of the Child Heart with all Love Respect and Gratitude for Who You Are.
January 30, 2009
"Patience my dear," says Ant, "all in good time... keep on keeping on." But Ant is not one to wait around so much, unless it is a time of waiting. Ant sets off one small step at a time to build the pyramid one small grain of sand at a time.
She keeps going, working for the Good of All and for the Mother, Always ready to give Everything to Everything. Even Death is Nothing to Ant Medicine.
She willingly submits this body to the flame of transformation knowing that the colony will survive. This knowledge gives her the power to stay with the task at hand and the stamina to continue to the End.
Ant, You are a long time companion in my Home. You are so persistent we call you a pest! I Respect and Wonder at Your Life Pattern. I remember the story of how you saved the People at the end of the Third World.
Tiny Ant, what wisdom do you wish to share at the end of this Fourth World?
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I am Ant, a simple insect often crushed, poisoned or washed down the drain by the People. I do not forgive you, for there is no need for forgiveness.
My Medicine Gift is Oneness with the Mother of All that Is. Through Her Love I Love You as my Self. When this body is gone I live on in the Core Heart of Earth Mother. My Simple Mind can hold no grief or resentment.
So it is that I will take you in and nurture you with the Sweet Nectar of Life Now as the Fourth World passes into the Fifth. Fear no outer turmoil and join me now in the protection of Humility and Oneness.
You and the One Hearteds, the Rainbow Warriors here to heal and care for the Mother during Her labor pains. Give your All for the One and You are One with All! When you pray for Peace and Harmony know it is already Yours. So pray daily, pray constantly.
Remember in the accomplishment of Peace on Earth, the loftiest goal is attained by small steps. Many pray for Peace fearing it will never come, but I tell you never give up! Peace is already Yours! Cast out all fear and rejoin the One Heart which is right Here.
You're not going to wake up one day and the World is over. Nor will you die and go to Heaven. The Fifth World is Here Now and Heaven is Within You.
With Deep Respect, Love and Gratitude I offer all my gifts at Your feet.
Thank You Ant.
January 31, 2009
Blessed Mother, thank You for the Gift of Life, for all that is, all we label good, bad or neutral. It is finished in beauty. Mother, Father, Friend, divine Child within me, thank you for the Animals, Plants and Stones, for Stars and Stardust.
Thanks for the Soil and its Millions of microscopic life forms. Thank You for the Earth beneath our feet and for our feet, hands and bodies that are borrowed from the Earth. Thank you for sending Elk Father as an emissary between the known and the unknowable.
Elk, will you speak Your Truth today?
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Yes, I am Elk. I am here for you now and always. Remember the Heavenly Father in my form and I will walk beside you whenever you call.
One of your greatest challenges is working together in groups for the Common Good. As with any challenge, any flaw or error, it is the Seed of your greatest Gift and Blessing. Allow it to grow the Strength and Nobility of character you have envisioned for Yourself and Others. Self and Other are only reflections of the One Spirit.
Wee mirror the Great Spirit back to Self. If you are uncomfortable in a group you are seeing aspects of yourself that are ripe for change. When you feel critical of Others look within your Self and Be the Source of Light for those around You.
It is not possible to mirror darkness, Only Light. A clear glass must have one side darkened in order to create a perfect mirror. So you must learn to live in balance with your Shadow in order to reflect the One back to the One.
February 6, 2009
I feel good! I am well rested and loving life. My daily chores are gifts to aid my development at a Soul. I see that more and more clearly. Clarity is vision ~ It is a vision of the Self and the life path from a higher perspective and a deeper perspective.
It doesn't mean knowing every step on the path, but seeing in this moment how beautifully everything fits together in the big picture, like intricate puzzled pieces. It is connection to the whole puzzle and knowing that life is evolving and progressing just at it should.
Clarity grows even in the darkness of doubts, fears and disappointments. Paradoxically, even though the light of clarity dispels these shadows it cannot exist without them.
The Vision of Beauty must balance Shadows and Light. Without the Hero and the Villain there would be no Fun in this Dream Play. Clarity sees the shadow in each one with deep compassion while rejoicing in the light and peace that accompany higher vision.
This is Elk Medicine, the balance of dark and light, yin/yang, Male/Female energies; and the strength to go the distance and rise to higher ground when necessary. Elk, will you speak?
~*~
Yes, I am Elk.
Climb High Or walk On dark paths Through winding Valleys Head held high, strong, among friends: Elk
I walk with the heard knowing when to mix with members of my own gender and when to benefit from the company of the opposite sex. Don't be one sided. You know if you are mover exclusive to One or the Other.
If you feet uncomfortable with your own sex look to the Heavenly Father and Divine Mother to awaken new vision of the highest qualities within you. Much darkness has been placed around human sexuality. Listen to my bugle call and I'll lead you to higher nobility and Respect for the creative energy in You and All.
There is no shame in Who You Really Are. I come to you in Unity and Community. I Thank You for your Service to our Earth and all Her Children from the Core Heart with the penetrating warmth of sunlight that gives Life in the Void.
Volume XI: Ant, Elk and Weasel
