#PowerAnimal丨Reprinted “Message from the Animal Kingdom” Chapter 2 #2
This content is reproduced from Ted Andrews’ book “Messages from the Animal Kingdom”. This book is reproduced to allow those who have found their own power animals to better connect with their own power animals.
Meet your animal totem
The following implementation will help you meet your animal totem, and we will use creative imagination to more effectively unfold the animal kingdom in front of you. Don’t worry about whether you made it up. The animals you can imagine must have some special meaning to you.
When doing it, you have to relax and let go of any preconceived notions. Let the animal totem appear on its own and let it choose you instead of you choosing it. Remember that a totem must have a symbolic meaning for you, and the more you can learn from it and think deeply about how it reflects your life, the easier it will be to access this energy.
At an event like this, many people struggle with how to interpret the imagery that arises. Your natural totem might be a bird, a mammal, or even an insect or reptile. Interpreting, studying, and learning your natural totems can enhance your connection. Don’t just accept totems without thinking. Imagination is an amazing tool, but it can easily be misleading if not used wisely. You must go through a simple totem confirmation process:
■How do you feel?
■What kind of emotions (emotions) does it make you have?
■Have you been interested in this animal in the past?
■What does it remind you of?
■How do you feel deep inside?
Don’t just give up on a totem just because it’s not as attractive as you expected. In fact, such a totem may be more suitable for you, but you won’t know whether it is suitable until further research or exploration of its qualities and characteristics. Use the anecdotes in this book to help you, but don’t be limited by them. You can explore on your own and find out what’s special about the totem and how it can be applied in your life. This is one of the ways to glorify it. However, the first step must be to open the bridge of communication to understand the true animal language.
If you still cannot find the totem application after researching and exploring, go through the above confirmation process again. If your totem has fangs or scares you, step away from the implementation. No need to worry about getting hurt, you can end the implementation at any time. In this activity, you can experience and feel whatever you want. What the totem wants to tell you is that the critical moment will definitely come, and you will be able to master that moment.
Also keep in mind that frightening images are often not just a reflection of your own fears, but may also represent resistance. You will be surprised to find how difficult it is for people with rigid thinking to accept things that cannot be explained rationally. Many people’s thinking patterns have been standardized to a certain extent - because people “would rather choose familiar enemies.”
As you begin to explore your inner world and how it manifests itself through nature into the outer world, you may feel a little unsettled. You may feel vulnerable, naked, and out of control. If you find yourself feeling fearful or resistant, think of your favorite pet and imagine bringing it into this activity. This can calm you down, and its energy will always care for and protect your inner world.
In the following practices, people often wonder whether they are truly on a spiritual journey. In fact, the difference only lies in the depth of experience. On a true spiritual journey, you will feel that you are on the ground, experiencing and feeling it yourself. This process does not necessarily have a set pattern. During the meditation practice described below, you may observe yourself experiencing a spiritual situation, or just imagine what this experience should be like. But with time and practice, meditation can take you on a truly spiritual journey.
Most personal totem exploration activities follow the following basic pattern:
Relax.
Enter a cave or tree.
Leave the cave or tree and enter the grassland or natural environment.
Experience the tranquility of nature.
Let the totem emerge on its own.
Let the animal speak to you - it will convey its power through movement, sound, shape, color, etc. You might even hear its thoughts and have it tell you or show you how it has helped you in the past and how it can help you in the future.
Thank you for its appearance, and ask it to show some substantial evidence in the next week, so that you can know that it is your real animal totem. This evidence can come in different forms, you might see its face on a stone, it might appear in your dreams, or you might come across a statue of it, a painting, or a TV show about it. If that is really your totem, it must be confirmed in a substantial way, not just some coincidence that makes you click.
Go back to the cave or tree, go through to another entrance, and then come out from there.
Take four to five deep breaths and allow yourself to feel a real connection and connection with the totem animal.
Start your confirmation process. Study the totem and its characteristics, and think deeply about how its characteristics can play a role in your life.
Prepare
Drums and rattles are effective tools, but they are not required. If you use drums and rattles, keep the rhythm slow and consistent. You should let the drums lead you. I recommend that you do not imagine anything and simply sit and feel the beat of the drums for at least five minutes. This will help you relax and synchronize your body rhythm with the drums.
If you don’t have drums or rattles, you can also play some repetitive, non-stimulating soft music.
Make sure you are not disturbed, pick up the phone, lock the door, and generally be prepared to not be disturbed. Make yourself comfortable and sit or stand however relaxed you feel, but make sure your back is straight to allow blood to flow freely through your spine. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and then begin to relax further, focusing on each part of your body, sending a warm, soothing breath to each area, starting with your feet and working your way up to your head. You can take your time and the more relaxed you are, the better the activity will be. If you find that your mind is wandering, don’t worry. Just bring your mind back to its original place and start again. Then simply start imagining——
Implementation
When you relax, you will find that you are getting lighter and lighter, and the things around you seem to gradually fade. You are tightly wrapped in the dark cloak woven by your own energy and mind. You feel safe, warm, and comfortable.
Your mind’s eye will begin to see glimmers of light and your vision will gradually expand. You will find yourself next to a clear lake, with a clear blue sky above your head and a hazy mist on the distant horizon. Looking up, you can see the sun and the moon at the same time. You are not sure whether it is morning or dusk, but you know that this is a kind of “time gap”. At this time, there is only a thin veil between the secular and spiritual worlds.
On your right, at the end of the lake is a waterfall. When the waterfall falls, it sprays cold, hazy water. Ripples ripple from the bottom of the waterfall, distorting the reflection on the lake, and the whole picture presents a dreamlike atmosphere.
You look at the green grass beside you and the trees in the distance, and everything is completely silent. Nature seems to be waiting for something silently. You turn your head to look at the waterfall again and find a dark place behind it. You move there, and when you get close to the waterfall, you find a cave looming behind it. You carefully pass through the waterfall and enter the quiet cave behind it.
You were surprised to find that there was a soft burning torch lighting up the entire cave, and the light from the torch warmed the room. For some reason, this seems familiar, as if you’ve expected it all.
At the back of the cave is a tunnel that is also lit with torches. You look back at the waterfall behind you, and then walk deeper into the cave. You slowly stepped into the tunnel at the back. It was as warm and comfortable here as you did. You felt a little dizzy, and a burst of childlike laughter slipped out of your mouth. You hadn’t had this feeling of returning to your childhood for a long time, and you were about to explore the most wonderful treasure in the world.
You slowly enter the path from the cave into the tunnel, which is well-lit and does not feel uncomfortable at all. You stretched out your hands, touched the wall, and were surprised by the warmth in your hands, as if the blood of the earth was flowing through the wall.
As you advance forward, the tunnel becomes wider and wider, the number of torches becomes smaller and smaller, and the distance between them becomes further and further away, but you find that the room seems to be getting brighter and brighter. Then you pass a few torches that aren’t even lit, and when you look up, you understand why. As the tunnel grew wider, sunlight penetrated even from fifty yards away.
You can already see the end of the tunnel, a river in the distance and green meadows, the summer dew glistening in the sun. At the edge of this grassland is a lush forest. You took a moment and then ran the last fifty yards, all the way into the green grassland illuminated by the warm sunshine.
The sun shines warmly on your face, and you step on the soft green grass. You seem to smell the aroma of honey and spring wildflowers. The air is filled with fragrance. You raise your head, spread your arms, and spin with a smile on this green grass.
There is a tall, ancient oak tree by the river, and you have never seen grass as green and lush as the surroundings. You ran over, sat down under the tree, stretched your limbs, let the soft green grass surround you, and inhaled the green aroma. Then, you sat up and found a stone next to the tree, shaped like a chair.
You sat down on the stone and soon found that it was shaped just right for you, making you giggle in confusion. It is very peaceful here, and you know that wild animals will definitely come to this grassland. For a moment, you even begin to envy those animals and birds, because they can actually own this piece of paradise on earth.
You sit on a stone chair and enjoy the beauty of nature. Every breath you take makes you more integrated into nature, and nature gradually becomes a part of you.
Suddenly you gasped, and out of the corner of your eye you saw some movement at the edge of the woods. You hold your breath, wondering if you might get a chance to see some wild animals.
Not knowing whether the animal will fly overhead or step into the grassland, you sit still and wait for the animal to come into view. Don’t force it, let it appear on its own. After it appears, its eyes will look for you and look into your eyes.
You’ve never seen anything so amazing and unique. This animal has always seemed uninhibited and unapproachable, but now it gradually approaches you without any timidity, with only a little recognition and surprise. This must be a dream! But just when you think so, it makes a sound, an action, and a gesture, making you turn your eyes back to it. You begin to understand at that moment, memories of how it helped you come flooding back, and now you finally know why you’ve always been so fascinated by it, and then it starts moving towards the tunnel.
Halfway through, it stopped and looked back at you, as if to tell you: It’s time to continue. So you get up and follow it. It is waiting for you to walk towards the entrance of the tunnel. You are so close to each other that you seem to be able to touch it if you take a few steps forward.
You reach out cautiously, but before you can touch it, it jumps up and runs towards the edge of the woods. And once again, it stops, looks back at you, and then disappears again into the shade of green.
You get it, a relationship takes time to build. You all still have a lot to learn from each other. Until then, you have to be patient. You smiled a little bitterly, then walked into the tunnel and walked along the road back to the waterfall.
When you step out of the cave and walk behind the waterfall, you look at the clear lake water, your reflection is rippling, and behind your reflection is your animal totem. You take a breath and laugh, grateful for its willingness to open up to you. As you laugh, the shape of the totem gradually disappears, and the scenery around you begins to become hazy. You return to the warm, dark place in your heart again, but this time there is a totem accompanying you. Take a deep breath and bring yourself back to the real world again.
End of Chapter 2
To be continued
joya joya is the founder of Full Moon Phoenix Society, a cosmic nature witch, Kurak Akuyek (fourth-level Paq’o and wisdom keeper), Misha Carrier, and manifestation coach.
She began studying mysticism in 2012 and has taught mysticism for more than six years. Her systems include pendulum healing, Rune / Runes / Lu’en rune mastery, Rider-Waite and Thoth tarot reading, Lenormand tarot reading, Usui / Holy Fire Reiki teaching, angel healing, angel Reiki teaching, crystal healing, crystal Reiki teaching, Akashic healing, Sub maker subconscious audio production, PGM research, and many other Eastern and Western mystical systems.
She has supported 5000+ cases, specializing in money, abundance, relationships, love, and emotional healing themes, using multiple spiritual healing methods to help clients manifest their wishes.
【Tarot】She studied the modern Golden Dawn Kabbalah tarot system (Rider-Waite / Thoth) with teachers including Lon, and studied Rana-system Lenormand with Rana.
【Reiki】She studied with William, founder of Usui / Holy Fire Reiki, and many international Reiki masters. She has learned nearly one hundred niche Reiki systems, including Shamballa Reiki, Angel Reiki, Crystal Reiki, Money Reiki, Abundance Reiki, Tulip Reiki, and more.
【Shamanism】She studied shamanic healing systems with Alberto Villoldo Ph.D. and Andean traditions. In the Inca tradition, joya is Kurak Akuyek (fourth-level Paq’o and wisdom keeper) and Misha Carrier.
【Witchcraft】She studied many Witch / Wicca courses internationally, and ultimately chose to study modern Witchcraft practice with a senior hereditary American witch with more than 30 years of experience, maintaining regular online exchanges.
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