People and animals

Throughout the ages of human history there has always been some relationship with the animal world. Shape shifting, mythology, totems, spirits and morality stories are abounding within this history. Only now is it with mankind’s technological wonders, toys really too we see that relationship strained and becoming nearly forgotten.

In Native American cosmology their relations with all that surrounded their daily lives exists life lessons and uncanny observations of the natural world that provided for guidance during unsure or troubling times. When something occurred that disrupted the balanced life of an animal or its daily life many people of early cultures took these as signs that the gods were speaking to them. Great warnings of earthquakes, coming storms or even draught could be fore told through humans interacting with animals beings.

Too many people living in today’s modern world have their heads down; only see what is just in front of them. Most of those people feel no change in their lives, everything is orderly as if they are running on a treadmill or just spinning a wheel. It would be said amongst early cultures that this is the medicine of a mouse. By traveling in an airplane flying high, looking out at huge massive cities we can see ant like behavior with everyone commuting to fill the needs of the colony and serve the needs of a single being. So what does it tells us when honey bees mysteriously disappear or polar bears are struggling to live, or when a thousand species of animal’s life suddenly dies along the Great Barrier Reef in an ocean of abundance. Does anyone remember the story of jumping mouse by seven arrows? Can we not sit in a park and look out and see if our squirrel friends are in good shape or are their tails torn and tattered; what is the condition of their fur? Is it smooth and soft or is it chewed or patchy. Are there any squirrels in your park?

When children look upon butterflies how can they not smile, and feel its joy of once being bound to the ground and then now feeling the free energy and unlimited potential of flight. We still have some relationship with our animal beings that are not limited to dogs and cats. We do have an obligation of not using all of the earths’ resources for their survival. Because the single being we all serve is our earth, the mother of all species and when any single species of being cannot coexist with the other beings she will send them into extinction and start anew.

She could always call her brother the asteroid and whenever he comes to town there is trouble in the neighborhood, but that’s a whole other relationship story for yet another day.

Bumbas,…Happy Trails!