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Originally posted by Mr Mask
Well then...
I find it insensitive that you find my "way cooler" idea "offensive".
How dare you question my awesome idea?
Yknow...imagine the first Indian to "make up" the "animal thing", and some other Indian laughing at his idea and calling it humor...you would have never got to have your own totem-beast.
"The white mans ways offer us nothing"
Years ago, I found this book, and it has helped me understand many things.
books.google.ca... lt&resnum=4&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Great thread idea.
Originally posted by Agree2Disagree
No wonder the natives are content staying on the res...they don't get any respect.
Originally posted by Alexander1111
Mine is the praying mantis. I did a guided meditation a year ago where you were supposed to meet your totem animal and this is what appeared. I don't really know what it means or symbolises...
Originally posted by Mr Mask
reply to post by Byrd
Cybershamens...sounds more legit then "invisible animals". I will surly look into it.
Thanks for the heads up.
Originally posted by Byrd
Originally posted by Alexander1111
Mine is the praying mantis. I did a guided meditation a year ago where you were supposed to meet your totem animal and this is what appeared. I don't really know what it means or symbolises...
Patience, for one thing. The mantis knows what it needs and gets it... patiently. It doesn't dart around like the dragonfly chasing down food. It waits and watches for opportunities.
In order to fully explore what it means to you, you can also do something like "mind mapping"... sit and think about a mantis and write down all the things that occur to you, no matter how trivial or how insightful (like "big eyes" or "spiky forearms" or "eats bugs"). Eventually one of those things will give you an "aha!" sort of moment to explore (like "antenna" = "open to receiving messages").
Explore them.