Unions in Nature
A Conversation with My friend, an Owl
I have had very close friends who are owls in the last three places Ray, Jessie and I have lived. At Hidden Valley Sanctuary my friend was so trusting that he stopped right in front of my car one time, requiring I stop and talk to him before turning in our drive way. There, my beloved owl friend gave me a wordless message of reverence and glittering gold!
In our current Sanctuary Home called Lions Field, (Jessie is the lion here and the street’s name “Lions Field” came before we arrived), my owl friend sings to us often, sweetly and calmly. She has not yet revealed her physical self but stays near often. Meanwhile, our hawk friends circle above us and one waves back to me on a regular basis when I wave. We have been blessed with hawk, hummingbird, deer and raven friends who approach us in every home and who have also met us during many trips to lead Satsangs elsewhere!
Today my owl friend and I shared our thoughts as we met in the verses of music within the trees and breeze as a shared voice. Below I share our reflections.
~Having good habits is a fortunate way of being. This allows the breezes of music to linger around you, providing sweetness for self and other. If you begin to think you are your good habits or thoughts, however, you forget to open your heart in reverence and awe to the one Sun, Divine Ma. Then you become small and forgetful. Open your heart to Divine Ma first and let good habits sing dance, play and rest in her will alone…than your ecstasy is pure and your giving is clear and full of love tones. Spaciousness takes your heart and your arms extend out as her gift of love. Where are you in this? You disappear into her perfumed mystery. You are at awe with her many creatures. You are in surrender to where she takes you and what she makes of you now. You are devoted to offering your arms and heart.
“I sing out in love with my heart,” says human.
“I sing out with my heart and my voice,” says owl. Together we blend in the harmonies of the forest.
~Dr. Laurie and Owl Friend Olisa
