What is nature telling you?

Human beings report experiences in nature that draw attention to messages in the unconscious mind. If ever you catch a glimpse of a creature, reason always exists for it. You may ask what sudden appearances of birds or animals are telling you. Whether or not you believe in animal totems, you may begin to know something is happening, shifting and transforming.

Consider a woman took what turned out to be an extended three and a half hour hike in the wilderness. At one point, she sensed she was lost. Something within her felt disoriented. Lo and behold, a crow appeared. He flew a few trees ahead and moved his head as if to beckon her in a particular direction. His flight path and gestures suggested a curious familiarity.

This bird flew from tree to tree for more than two kilometers. The woman felt as if she was back on track. Then, the crow disappeared, only to reappear further down the path almost right in front of her. This bird vanished and reappeared again. He continued to guide during segments of the remaining trek.

After the crow vanished, on the home stretch, this woman glimpsed two foxes. Seeing each fox appear and disappear into the forest without disturbing anything in its path triggered moments of revelation.  When trust is present, silence speaks.

The woman became more aware of her actions in relation to the world. She realized she used the art of camouflage to keep cunningly silent about who and what she was. She suddenly grasped she was never lost on this path or her own, but only making free will choices to enable her to create situations she was ready to handle. She better understood who she was, who she had always been, and accepted it. 

Birds and animals have cultural symbolism. Someare linked with character, emotion ad idiomatic expressions. As you separate from the illusion of fear, nature shares secrets.

From the perspective of Native Americans and Shamans, crows are sacred spirit messengers and guardians of universal laws. Crow illustrates how energy can bend physical laws and shape-shift. They are masters of illusion and gatekeepers of ancient wisdom. They come to humans to warn of danger and to jog memories of untapped inner power and spiritual strength.

One is reminded guides take form to help humans attune to what they already know, but temporarily choose to forget. So, crows appear to enable access to inner knowing about what not to do or be. How each situation is perceived and handled is what matters. Nature is a place of orientation and awakening for those ready to shift more than misplaced programming. Cleanse the mind and misunderstandings just drop away.

Comments

[Lance]

Hi Liara,
Nature is so much more than what we see at the surface. I really do believe this, and that there is much there - that may not be obvious. I love your last line - "Cleanse the mind and misunderstandings just drop away." - how true!

[Liara Covert]

Lance, nature is indeed a labryinth of reasons for self-discovery. Where you are geographically does not have to sand in the way of a nature journey. One learns to close the eyes and explore forever. Just take the first step...

[Tess The Bold Life]

Liara,
I was on the golf course early this morning with my husband who loves to golf. (I'm just learning.) The temp was perfect, the sky blue and I noticed a happy crow in a mesquite tree over head.

I looked up and my thought was "How lovely and how blessed I am to be here in this moment.

Your message today affirms this! Thanks.

[Liara Covert]

Tess, Any aspect of nature that stands out in your mind is conveying an unspoken message of love and guidance. Every challenge one faces is for the purpose of advancing the soul. Every person is offered occasions o gain insight and learning. All you have to do is choose to be alert. Permit mindfulness to flow. Even rock spirits dialogue.

[Julie]

Liara, I've found messages in animals all my life. Just yesterday, I had two encounters: one with my horses and another with a house finch. Both were telling me something about myself and my activities; very deeply profound messages, too! When we become attuned to receiving the messages and then understanding them (a two-stage instantaneous occurrence) our lives are immeasurably benefitted. Your story is a beautiful illustration of how this happens. One must be receptive, first, and then it all flows in.

[Liara Covert]

Julie, in fiction, Dr. Doolittle may come to mind as the doctor who gave up human patients as he learned to talk to animals. On the physical plane, one may have heard of someone like Bill Northern. He is known to talk to many animals, especially horses, to help diagnose health issues. The horses talk back. As you say, human beings can learn to attune to what birds and animals are telling you. Animal communicators contend anyone can learn to develop telepathic skills with animals. Its a matter of opening the mind to receive images and emotions in various forms. Living creatures are sentient. That is, they are responsive to and conscious of sense impressions. Whether a person chooses to be open influences messages they are willing to receive. Sceptics suppress innate ability to understand.

Readers interested in this topic may choose to explore Raphaela Pope's Animal Communicator website: http://www.raphaelapope.com

[Sandra]

Great article! Thanks for sharing it.

[Julie]

Liara, thank you for the contacts and link. While I haven't communicated on the same level as Bill Northern or Raphaela Pope, their ability to do so sings to me and I'm always interested in learning more. Just as you've related in your two stories about the lost woman, I've seen how animals can show us things about ourselves, but I would very much enjoy it being a two-way street; that is, I'd like to be able to hear them more clearly so I might help more readily---and to simply enjoy a deeper, richer spirit of kinship!

[Liara Covert]

Sandra, thanks for visiting. Readers would love to hear about some of your own experiences with horses and other animals. To attune to animals comes naturally to many people, yet they do not always let themselves feel. Your love of animals and multiple pets reveals you hear things other people are not yet ready or willing to hear.

[Liara Covert]

Julie, the power of intention is far-reaching. Animal telepathy and other forms of dialogue are happening all the time outside conscious awareness. Sender and receiver share messages. You know this already, yet sometimes forget. Consider this: how do you intuit birds and animals are hungry or would like shelter? How do you sense an animal would like a cuddle, to be left alone or given other attention? You feel their energy. You do not have to have a creature in sight to recognize certain energy vibrations. Regardless how connected you already feel, faith and trust are some of the avenues that strengthen how you feel.

[Miguel de Luis]

Hi Liara,

I agree, I have got some of my best inspirations from an uprooted tree, or a rock out of place, or even a passing person. Sometimes we forget people are nature too.

[Davina]

Hi Liara. Nature-lover here! When I go camping during the summer I feel like nothing else matters. I studied with a Native American elder in the 90s and understand that every living thing has a dialogue... a place. When we gathered wood to prepare for a fire walk, we would put prayers into each log for so many members of our "community"... even the stone people. I love your statement, "When trust is present, silence speaks."

[Liara Covert]

Davina, personal experience is sometimes more convincing than words you hear from outside the self. At the same time, reasons exist why a person is drawn to certain information sources at certain moments. You always invite what you need, as if you consciously require confirmation of your unconscious knowing. The idea, "Ask and it is given," is always true. Not everyone listens. As the Native Elders will tell you, every animate and inanimate object has a spirit and soul. Yet, you know that already. Confirmation only makes inner knowing more accessible, more beliveable and somehow more real.

[DrDeb]

I agree that there is a connection between nature and the collective human mind.

I've been thinking that viruses (including the swine flu virus) are also part of nature and possibly subject to that influence of the collective human mind, too. I wrote an article about it here:
http://www.examiner.com/x-7312-Miami-Interfaith-Spirituality-Examiner~y2009m4d28-Energy-crossing-the-USMexican-border-guns-drugs-illegal-immigrants-swine-flu

What do you think?

[Liara Covert]

Miguel, as you point out, everything is interconnected. To sense human beings are energy and that everything everywhere is energy is to realize nature echos the heartbeat of soul. Everything is a mirror. What you choose to sense inside as energy vibrations is an echo of not only an uprooted tree or another facit of nature. It is a facit of the self. What you take in by the senses is not all there is.

[Liara Covert]

DrDeb, what the world outside the self tells you to believe is not the same as reconnecting with true inner knowing. Believing implies doubt. Insights are always to be gained from meditation. Its useful to be willing to validate someone or behavior you do not recognize or some event or vision you are unable to explain in human terms. Assumptions about reality are often misplaced. One must be willing to step outside the perceived norm. As you discern you are a spirit, you sense many levels of awareness. You begin to accept the essence of unconscious mind is always active even when ego and physical body are disconnected. You may not get this yet.

[Hilary]

Hi Liara .. thanks for the animal and bird connections with us .. I thought of Dr Doolittle and also the Horse Whisperer .. there's a South African one .. Jock of the Bushveld - Jock is a dog .. but a special one. Animals and birds certainly have an inbuilt sense of another time scale ..

Animals are sure special .. I chose not to have one, as I live in the middle of town, am often not here (except now when my mother's in hospital) and don't think it fair ..

Thanks - this post passed me by .. something at the hospital I expect ..
Hilary

[Liara Covert]

Hilary, I have been encountering people who tell me they have dogs that spend a lot of time in kennels during thier owners' travels. Everyone has a different sense of compassion and fairness. City dwellers sometimes have turtles, fish, spiders, and smaller animals in cages. Have you ever read Roald Dahl's book the Twits? The monkeys who are some of the caged pets eventually free themselves and other animals on the premises before leaving a surprise for their owners. Some people simply want to free pets. Remember the story of Finding Nemo? Would you rescue him? Would you feel indifferent?

There is a story about a local New Brunsiwck, Canada, zoo. A quirky public visitor stole a rare monkey and took it home to put it in a rubber maid container as a pet. Luckily, through an anonymous tip, the animal was rescued. As it was, it actually had more freedom in the outdoor zoo than the thief's container in the tiny garage. Ever heard of this?

[Patricia]

Thank you to the referral to this post, I was out of town when you put it up the first time. Nice to read it now.
A woman came to our church a few years ago to teach us about Totem Animals that live around our area. Every one was to draw a medicine card to understand their totem for that coming year...it was just a demonstration - not attempting to impose meaning just understanding. One of my daughters got the spider and was delighted it represented writing...One daughter got one of the canine family which was about friendship...
I pulled a card out of the deck and received the raven/crow....several women in the circle became agitated and said I must draw again...to appease the leader said draw again...and I received the deer...a sign of fearlessness when approaching God...the women became even more agitated...
As it turned out these two women were working very hard behind the scenes to get me fired from my position because they thought I was teaching ideas they did not like.
I have not thought about this for a long time, your story reminded me of that encounter.
I just heard a Native American say that whites took his land, and his life away - now he was upset that they were co-opting his religion and that was making him very angry.
Thank you for this referral....I have lovely Gold finches flitting in my apple trees tonight - I must need to play :)

[Liara Covert]

Patricia, finches have different meanings. They are indeed playful and adapt well to crack seeds or, to 'get to the heart of the matter.' You may have heard the phrase, "to pull a finch," which means, to swindle or take advantage of an unsuspecting person. From your external and apparently protected vantage point, you may simply be an observer to treatment you would not like for yourself. It need not be you in the present moment. Its all part of a learning process. To interact with nature is instructive.