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reply posted on 2-11-2008 @ 05:09 PM by caitlinfae
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Here you are...I hope you like!

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reply posted on 2-11-2008 @ 05:11 PM by mystiq
Interesting:

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Eagle: divine Spirit and connection to creator

Eagle feathers are used all over the world as ceremonial instruments and are considered to be the most sacred healing tools. They are a symbol of power, healing and wisdom. Eagle represents a state of grace that is reached through inner work, understanding and passing the initiation tests that result from reclaiming our personal power. Eagle Medicine is the Power of the Great Spirit. It is the spirit of tenacity. It is the gift of clear vision with which one can truly see the things one sees. It is the patience to wait for the appropriate moment. It is to live in balance with heaven and Earth. Eagle reminds you of your connection with the Great Spirit. It tells you that the universe is giving you the opportunity to fly above your life's worldly levels, or above the shadow of past realities. Eagle teaches you to look above in order to touch Grandfather Sun with your heart, to love the Shadow as much as the Light. Eagle asks you to grant yourself permission to be free in order to reach the joy that your heart desires.


While I won't go so far as to say I have a handle on the wisdom part, this is perhaps my area of greatest interest. Since childhood I've always had a spiritual quest (not religious though), and sought inner wisdom. I've had a small natural gift of healing and do a little energy work. I could always feel something out in the energy field and would keep working it until it felt good. My hands hurt quite a bit during it. Placing them under running water afterwards helped them recover the fastest. Have never had any idea whether this made sense scientifically or not, and really didn't care too much. It's helped alleviate headaches frequently, and I get quite a few.


reply posted on 2-11-2008 @ 05:14 PM by calihan123
Originally posted by mystiq
Interesting:

www.crystalinks.com...

Eagle: divine Spirit and connection to creator

Eagle feathers are used all over the world as ceremonial instruments and are considered to be the most sacred healing tools. They are a symbol of power, healing and wisdom. Eagle represents a state of grace that is reached through inner work, understanding and passing the initiation tests that result from reclaiming our personal power. Eagle Medicine is the Power of the Great Spirit. It is the spirit of tenacity. It is the gift of clear vision with which one can truly see the things one sees. It is the patience to wait for the appropriate moment. It is to live in balance with heaven and Earth. Eagle reminds you of your connection with the Great Spirit. It tells you that the universe is giving you the opportunity to fly above your life's worldly levels, or above the shadow of past realities. Eagle teaches you to look above in order to touch Grandfather Sun with your heart, to love the Shadow as much as the Light. Eagle asks you to grant yourself permission to be free in order to reach the joy that your heart desires.


While I won't go so far as to say I have a handle on the wisdom part, this is perhaps my area of greatest interest. Since childhood I've always had a spiritual quest (not religious though), and sought inner wisdom. I've had a small natural gift of healing and do a little energy work. I could always feel something out in the energy field and would keep working it until it felt good. My hands hurt quite a bit during it. Placing them under running water afterwards helped them recover the fastest. Have never had any idea whether this made sense scientifically or not, and really didn't care too much. It's helped alleviate headaches frequently, and I get quite a few.



Thats very interesting. I too, believe I have the gift to heal emotionally rather than physically. I've had numerous people tell me ive saved their lives. I just chalk it up to being an open and trustworthy kind of person, and people for some reason are willing to tell me things they wouldnt tell anyone else, and for that reason im able to help them in ways other people wouldnt be able to. We all have a gift... we just have to recognize what that gift is and use it.


reply posted on 2-11-2008 @ 05:16 PM by psychedeliack
Originally posted by asmeone2
I have done this too!

I would say that cards are a bad way to try to discover a power animal. I think it defeats the point to depend on a physical meduim to connect to the animal.

A better way to do this would be to meditiate, to go outside specifically to "meet" your animal and watch who shows up, and pay specifically close attention to what animals show up in your dreams.

Try very hard not to expect a certain animal to show up. You do not choose the animal, it chooses you, and it may not be one that you particularly like or what you would have expected.

Be respectful of course. You do not own your totem animal, and it is not there to do you favors. THe point is to learn things from its habits that you can translate into your own life.

Don't expect a certain message to come up; if you already know everything, what's the point?

And whatever you come up with, try to read into the mythology associated with that animal.

[edit on 2-11-2008 by asmeone2]


Thats a nice way to do it. But I live in the city and find it hard at times to find any animals other than birds and neighborhood cats n dogs.

No offense, but Im going to pick at your theory. You said not to use cards because it is a material medium, and then you go on to say try to read into the mythology associated with that animal. If your aim is to not be biased by material things, like cards or peoples creations, why source any mythos? Should you not stick to your original system and continue to contemplate and meditate on the aspects of the animal?
I dunno, just a thought. I dont think it matters at all, I think intent and the belief system you hold that is the key. After all, in the end, the cards are just as illusory as the real animals, and it is the realizations they inspire that matter.
I love nature, and I prefer that method, but all too often I am limited to the city, so meditation and cards was how it went down. Its been a tricky task, but looking at the city as a blessing instead of a hindrance has been greatly profound. Like the student complaining to teacher that the others loud noises are disturbing his meditation, and the teacher says no, you are disturbing your meditation, I have come to see the aspects of the city just as beneficial as the aspects of nature, in reality, the city is just a drunken extension of nature, and ultimately, anything bound by the city, is first bound by nature. It just takes a little more effort to see through the costumes and cataracts of city life.


reply posted on 2-11-2008 @ 05:24 PM by asmeone2
reply to post by psychedeliack


I feel like using a pack of cards limits one to the animals given there, for one thing, and diminishes the importance of one-to-one communication, whether it be through meditation or actual contact with the animal.

To me eading the mythology is a more important part once you do discover the animal, because it helps bring to life different aspects of that "medicine" and to me at least it's facinating to make a cross-cultural comparison of how one particular animal is viewed around the world. The whole idea of power-animals originated from cultures with strong oral traditions--why not go straight to the source?

I'm not telling you how to do it, those are just my thoughts and reservations.


reply posted on 2-11-2008 @ 06:36 PM by asmeone2
reply to post by Epsillion70


Hey cool.

There are a lot of "bird people" for whatever reason.

PF's were venerated as far back as Egypt.


reply posted on 2-11-2008 @ 06:43 PM by Epsillion70
reply to post by asmeone2


Yeah I have always been fascinated by Peregrine Falcons and Falcons in general. I even had one land in my backyard 2 years in a row at the exact same time each year and unfortunately I was not there to see it each time though my partner was able to oddly enough and she said it was a"magical" experience as the Falcon would sit on a low tree branch or on the clothesline and would look around in a curious way and look at at her, then after about 15mins would fly off.


reply posted on 2-11-2008 @ 06:46 PM by asmeone2
reply to post by Epsillion70


That is very cool.

Did you know they are the fastest animal in the world, period?

Check out this video:

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