When the Great-horned Owl swaps shifts with the Cooper's Hawk

Please check back later to read about some of the experiences I had while on the Bird Language Course in the states...

Natural Awareness - Keys to the Kingdom

I would like to share with you something that I feel is deeply powerful and that shows the benefits of working with people in Nature whatever form that takes. I met this lady several years ago in rehab.

"Natural Awareness is a precious gift. it has given me a sense of purpose, belonging and feeling of well being. I can feel wind, water, earth and sun; and am able to hear the music of life.

I have a new found freedom, a free spirit, peace and serenity which is guaranteed when I depend on my God's direction. Burdens were lifted while taking part in nature awareness groups. I was trusting my conscience to be my guide. Hard to describe but I feel I am letting the partnership work, ultimate trust, simplicity, at peace with the world, at one.

A feeling of direction straight from the heart. I've felt inspired, connected and energised in Natural Awareness groups, magic moments.Natural Awareness focuses me, it fills what's empty and empties what's full. It gives me opportunities to still my mind and the messages I need will come. The process is simple, if I want to follow it. The answers await if I really want them. I need only sit quietly and ask my God for the guidance I need.

It enables me to do life on life's terms. In exchange for a bottle and a glass I have been given the Keys to the Kingdom".

I have to say, this brought tears to my eyes, it is just such a powerful insight into this wonderful persons life and I am grateful to her for sharing it with me and allowing me to share it with you, my friends.

Spiritualty vs Science

I feel these are exciting times as science continues to make major advances in their understanding of the world around and beyond us. It now seems that many of the things they are finding are backing up the work that I and others have been talking about for a long time.

• How the heart is receiving information from outside the body more so than the brain

• How the Placebo effect works

• How modern medicine focuses too much on singular aspects of our health instead of the whole

• The Power of Nature

I believe that there is no conflict between Spirituality and Science as long as we stay open minded and continue to look at the whole and if we avoid getting caught up in our words. Words are important but only with regard to the meaning we give to them, there is much more beyond words. Lets not forget only 7% of our communication is verbal.
Someone once said to me "what's on the box is what you get" I say, "climb up the box open the lid and take a good look around".

Message from the Peregrine (Falco peregrinus).

After attending the Bird Language course in the states I went out birding for the day with a local guy called David Assmann. During our time out we had an encounter with a Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), which I would like to share with you.

Having visited a lighthouse to see some of California’s shore birds we were returning to the car by way of 332 steps up this hill. About half way we stopped to look out over the sea when I saw a Peregrine flying straight for us at eye level, it passed us just a few feet away, it was an awesome sighting.

Later we went off to see if we could see a Snowy Plover on another part of the coast, and as we passed some reeds at the side of a large pond I became aware of two Red-winged Blackbirds calling, one was to my left and the other was to my right and at eye level, suddenly they made a sound I had not heard before and I concluded that it was an alarm, just then flying at great speed another peregrine flew straight at me and passed only inches over my head. The blackbirds were I believe using David and myself as a barrier to protect them from the falcon.

So, over the next few days I was wondering what this meant as I nearly always look for a spiritual connection with the birds that I encounter, and on my return I looked up what the Peregrine meant as a totem animal. Below is what I found.

The Falcon animal totem comes to us when we require higher vision, or higher knowledge in solving current dilemmas in our lives. 

The Falcon is a solar solar emblem for success, victory and rising above a situation.

Further evidence of its solar influence, the Falcon was symbolic of the rising sun in Egypt. It is also the king of all birds where many gods were shown with the head or body of the Falcon (including Ra).

In European tradition, the Falcon represents the huntsman and is associated with the Germanic sky-gods Wodan as well as Frigg and the trickster Loki. In European culture the Falcon is considered a warlike symbol. 

At its core, the Falcon animal totem represents visionary power, wisdom, and guardianship. This powerful bird awakens visionary power, and leads you to your life purpose. The Falcon carries with it a message of transition and change - perhaps in your vocation, work, career, etc.

A quick-list of falcon animal totem attributes:

• Superiority
• Spirit
• Light
• Power
• Focus
• Prophecy
• Freedom
• Aspiration
• Intensity
• Determination

So now that I know what this magnifcent bird represents I shall be foucusing on my passion, which if I am being honest I was doing before I went away, but this time with more clarity.