Hawk Medicine Message

Hello Fellow Travelers, 

This week we are all traveling by the light of the sun by day and the light of the moon by night. Today marks a very special day and I hope you will all take some time to sit in gratitude for all of life's many and varied blessings.

The energies are bold and bright, bringing with them messages that are sure to dazzle your fancy and bring home both the highs and lows of life as of late.

Here is a story of such audacious, dauntless and fearless energy...

As I was preparing for the Solstice Meditation and Messages gathering yesterday, I heard a raucous conversation going on between some local birds. I recognized the squawk of the blue jay. They tend to be quite ferocious in defending their territory and bringing whatever messages through to those of us who use spirit bird medicine to assist us on this journey of life.

The Jay is one of my animal spirit guides. They've adopted me and I them.

After noticing the sounds, I went about my preparation, yet was entirely distracted so I decided to go check my mail. (Spirit gets our attention in such practical ways).  

 As I walked out my front door, there on my front lawn sat a giant bird. It was about 3 feet in front of me. I didn't recognize the bird at first, but I did recognize the sight and call of the Jay and the dive bombing antics of the Swallows. There was a bird riot going on right in front of my eyes.

The large bird, which turned out to be a hawk, most likely a Coopers hawk, had a small bird in it's talons. It was standing on the ground, standing its ground, and being attacked by both the Swallows and the Jays. I walked in closer and could sense the intense energy of this bird. It was staring straight ahead with a look of pure determination. Hawks have that energy about them. The other birds were swooping and screeching, trying to get it to let go of it's prey. They were all doing what birds do. Being purely, unabashedly, ferociously and clearly true to their species. 

I was deep in the mystery of preparing for our sacred circle solstice and full moon gathering. I was asking spirit for guidance in order to bring through messages, insights, blessings and healing for all who gathered. I was deep in the energy of creating healing space for all those that we hold dear, for the mother earth and all her creatures~the four legged, the two legged, the plant people, the stone people, the creepy crawlers, the finned the furred and the winged ones.

The winged ones. The winged ones bring messages of spirit. What was this message? Hawk medicine knocked on my front door and let me know it was here for me. (and you and all of our relations). 

There were many messages, and they are still coming through! 

As we pray and offer our light, our love, our blessings, in whatever way is most natural for us, The Mother Earth and all her creatures, the sun, the Moon, the stars, those who cannot for whatever reason say their love for us or may not even be able to connect with love are indeed receiving our heartfelt and unwaivering love, grace and blessings.  

As we do what is natural and most sacred and loving, life affirming and true for us, we are receiving love back ten-fold from so many different sources. Perhaps not from the sources we wish would return the favor or perhaps not in the way we would like it to come, but we are being heard and our efforts are never wasted.

Let the love in. Breath it in deeply, take it into your awakened hearts, let it fill up each cell in your body.

The spirits of our ancestors, and the spirits of those who will come after us do truly appreciate what we do, how we live, and our intense desire to make life better.

All that we do in the name of love, in service to love, for love, with love, no matter how easy or how difficult, is always seen, heard, felt and absorbed by others.

Our love offerings do not fall on deaf ears, nor do they go wasted. The love we offer in hopes of a better world, inner and outer peace, or simply an easier day are being heard, held, used and re-used

The message I received from this wonderful interaction on the front lawn of my little suburban abode was full of magic, mystery, and blessings of inclusion and support. 

These are the messages that are whispered on the wind, straight from spirit, through the intense and dramatic displays of nature.

Take in the love being offered in return for your unwaivering efforts. Time for a taking in the love moment!

The hawk flew away with his supper, doing what hawks do. The hawk was being a hawk. The Jay was being a Jay and the Swallows were being their fully natural selves.

The message I share with you on this Solstice and Full Moon day is to continue to be yourself in the most life affirming ways possible. Take good care, walk in the light of the Sun, dance in the light of the Moon. 

Take in all the blessings, the messages and feel the love coming back at you. Be your genuine self. Even when it is most difficult or you think no one sees you, hears you or agrees with you. Being yourself is life giving.

We owe it to all of those who have come before us and those who live on our planet now, who were not, or are not, able to be true to themselves for fear of death, or rejection,abandonment, punishment, confinement of body or spirit or other such atrocities. We owe it to those who will come after us, so that they see how it is done. 

We get to show off what living true to our heart and souls calling, our spirit's urgings, our true colors, true north, and just being us looks like and feels like.

We get to be "those people" who have a hand in changing the planetary energy as to be more tolerant, loving, forgiving, accepting, compassionate and ever more awake, aware and abundant in all things.

We get to be ourselves and that is an honor and a priviledge and worth every raised eyebrow, rolled eyes or deaf ears. It is worth every smile, every thank you and even every good bye, misunderstanding, judment and criticism. 

At the end of the day, we get to gather, meditate, pray to the god or gods of our choice, create a sacred ceremony, and give glory to our own inner being around a fire under the full moon. And drive home, sleep well, and write about it in freedom the next day. We get to live our true authentic expression. This is a true gift. A blessing~for ourselves, our loved ones, strangers, and the planet.

We are the audacious, dauntless and fearless ones. Being ourselves, like the Hawk, who was just being itself; a grand bird from the magical mystical realm of nature, bringing me a message through a bold front lawn statement.

Be yourself. Stay awake to the truth that you are a grand human from the magical mystical realm of nature, and being yourself is the only way to fly. You may anger the Jays and Sparrows, but remember that like Hawk, you are a visionary, and have sight beyond the ordinary. It is time to live your vision, by being true to the callings of your own spirit.  You were born for this! 

Love,

Mary