Synchronicity is my teacher. Wherever I go, I notice the signs and symbols before me. I notice patterns that repeat, knowing they point the way to deeper wisdom. I know this to be a way for my spirit guides to communicate with me. I realize how integral synchronicity is to my conscious evolutionary journey. Here’s a story to illustrate.
When I began my formal shamanic training in autumn of 2011, I engaged in a shamanic journey to send me off on my personal studies. During my journey, a female cougar came to me with two twin cubs trailing her. She was sleek and beautiful. She nurtured me with her milk and purring, as I nuzzled into her belly. She promised to guide and to protect me during my days of discovery. When I returned home, I asked for validation of cougar’s presence in my life. A day or so later, on an early morning walk behind my house, I found fresh cougar scat on a rock, where I had searched for several years without a sign. Cougar continued to come to me in many a journey, offering comfort and support, along with her wisdom.
And so it was that I began to enjoy the medicine of cougar. Jamie Sams and David Carson, in Medicine Cards: The Discovery of Power through the Ways of Animals, articulate the teachings of mountain lion medicine in this way: Continue reading