Till now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
And now it chills me to the bone
-from the Song “Alone” by the group, Heart
" Spend some time alone every day."
~His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"When you venture beyond identity, you realize that what you are is awakened consciousness. No longer a separate piece of the puzzle of life, but interconnected existence itself." - J. M. Harrison
That’s it. There is nothing more to say.
Blessings,
Judy
Blue Jay popped into our yard today, and foraged around for some seeds, and picked at some food that the dog left. He then popped up on a log, and started to chat.
He said that the signs are all pointing to an early winter, and that the food would be scarce for the birds and animals this winter.
I asked him how he knew.
He says that the birds and the animals can feel the weather and how it is shifting. He said to watch some of the birds like the Artic Tern and the Robins. They are heading south already, and that is early for them.
The squirrels, he says, are madly stashing food. He says that the Blue Jays try to keep an eye on where they put the food because they can raid it if they get too hungry.
Blue Jay went on to say that the weather would fluctuate drastically, and that there would be extreme cold and snow, and then warm weather would hit. This will cause melting and freezing that will make getting food on the ground very difficult because there will be a coat of ice.
Blue Jay asked me what we were going to do to prepare for the winter. I said that we would harvest our garden, and get some farmer market veggies to store, and that we would get our snow blower checked over. We also got our first load of wood, and hoped to get another load before the end of September.
Blue Jay said that we were doing well, and flew away.
Many blessings,
Judy
What I remember about Mink from my childhood, is that when Mink is around, it may dig into the hen house and eat the chickens.
When Mink popped into my meditation today, I was rather surprised. Mink was offended by my surprise and insisted that she mattered as much as any of the other animals. Mink tells me that she is gifted with abundance by Creator. She says that in Nature, Mink is given a territory that she must guard or defend from other Minks, and often from other predators.
Mink offers that her diet is what humans should be eating because it keeps her slim and healthy. She eats fresh fish twice a day, or wild meat (rabbit and small animals are her favorites) and she drinks lots of water and gets lots of exercise. She loves to swim, and believes the cold water keeps her blood circulating.
Mink has some thoughts to share about life.
