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A Long time ago, there was a son who was extraordinarily respectful to his father. On his deathbed the father said: “My son, you honored me in my life time and now you must honor me after my death. I command you, if you should ever be overcome by anger you should hold back your angry until the next morning.
After his father’s death, the son was forced to embark on a prolonged journey, which took him to distant lands for tens of years. Unbeknownst to him, the wife he left behind was expecting his child.
After his years of absence, the husband returned home unannounced, hoping to joyously surprise his wife. But as he approached his bedchamber he saw his wife embracing a handsome young man, a stranger. The husband became fiercely jealous and reached for his dagger - when he suddenly remembered the pledge he made to his father: He must hold back his rage overnight.
The next day he was shocked to discover that the young man in his wife’s embrace was none other than his own son, the child that his wife had borne during his long absence. The man was thus saved from tragically slaughtering his own family.
Source: “A Letter for the Ages” Mesorah Publications 1989
The greatest remedy for anger is delay. –Seneca
Many Blessings,
Judy
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I often dream about animals and many times, the animals talk to me in the dreams. The Shaman believes that all animals speak and that animals bring us messages. These spirit animals may also act as guides or as guardians for us both in the dream world and in this world. As a side note, one of the meanings of the word - Shaman - is to identify the person as one who walks between worlds or walks between the daylight world and the night time world.
My dream the other night was about several things although the prominent figure in the dream was a Rooster. Rooster had a lot to say.
A rooster is a symbol of male domination, not only of the chickens, but of the farmyard. Several sports teams have Rooster as an emblem or totem, on their team sweaters. Roosters have been used in betting circles to stage “cock fights” and to proclaim mastery at fighting.
Rooster, however, is not happy with Man, and Man’s attempt to subvert Rooster’s natural protective tendencies to become a fighter without any other job and therefore be a source of entertainment and profit. Rooster has this to say about life.