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| SCRUTINY |
Mouse...
If I could see the world,
Through your tiny eyes,
Maybe then I would know,
How to scrutinize.
Every detail carries weight,
And true to its purpose,
Has its perfect puzzle place,
To stop the "three-ring circus!"
Mouse says,
"I will touch everything with my whiskers in order to know it."
Paradoxically, this is both a great power and a great weakness.
It is good medicine to see up close. It is good medicine to pay attention to detail, but it is bad medicine to chew every little thing to pieces.
Mouse has many predatory enemies, including birds, snakes, and cats. Since mouse is food for many, it has a highly developed sense of danger at every turn. So called civilization is a highly complex set of components which calls for more and organizational skills and scrutiny to detail every year. Mouse is a powerful medicine to have in these modern times. Things that might appear insignificant to others take on enormous importance to Mouse.
Mouse people anger many other medicine types because they appear to be nitpickers. Mouse people will spot the link on your coat, even if it matches in colour. They will try to convince you that the simplest task is fraught with difficulty. They are fixated on methodology. They sort and categorize and file away for later use.
They may seem like they are hoarding, but this is the farthest thing from mouse's mind. They are merely putting everything in order so that they will be able to explore it more carefully at a later date.
The chiefs tell us that without Mouse there would be no systemization of knowledge. Mouse ended Renaissance Man and harkened the age of specialization. Mouse knew from the very beginning that "there is always more to learn." One can always delve deeper and deeper and deeper.
If your personal medicine is Mouse, you may be fearful of life but very well organized, with a compartment for everything. You should try to see a larger picture than then one staring you in the face. Develop largesse of spirit. Try to become aware of the Great Dance of Life. Realize that even though you may be sitting in Los Angeles, there is also a New York, a moon, a solar system, a galaxy, and an infinite universe. Jump high, little friend. You will glimpse Sacred Mountain.
If your personal medicine is Mouse, you may be fearful of life but very well organized, with a compartment for everything. You should try to see a larger picture than then one staring you in the face. Develop largesse of spirit. Try to become aware of the Great Dance of Life. Realize that even though you may be sitting in Los Angeles, there is also a New York, a moon, a solar system, a galaxy, and an infinite universe. Jump high, little friend. You will glimpse Sacred Mountain.
If Mouse is in your card-spread, its medicine is telling you to scrutinize. Look at yourself and others carefully. Maybe that big hunk of cheese is sitting on a trigger that will spring a deadly trap.
Maybe the cat is in the pantry waiting for you. Maybe someone to whom you have delegated authority, such as a doctor, a lawyer, or even a plumber, is not doing the job faithfully. The message is to see what is right before your eyes and to
Maybe the cat is in the pantry waiting for you. Maybe someone to whom you have delegated authority, such as a doctor, a lawyer, or even a plumber, is not doing the job faithfully. The message is to see what is right before your eyes and to
take action accordingly.
Contrary:
Mouse in the contrary position may be telling you that you are spending too much time with matters of great consequence when you should be paying a traffic ticket or sweeping the hogan.
You may have let yourself become slovenly. You may have developed a disdain for authority and order. You may be procrastinating about something that needs immediate attention. Bring mouse medicine to your life's chaos and you will soon have everything tidy and shipshape.
Another message of Mouse reversed may be that you are "pipe dreaming" about your own importance in life.
Are you wondering why you have not been nominated for the Academy Awards? You can't be recognized if you are not taking care of life's details and working in humility. Remember that all good things come to those willing to work toward wholeness.
Little Mouse needs to see the big picture, but only assimilate the
information the picture gives a little at a time. Expansiveness can be overwhelming if you forget to take it step by step. Confusion is a product of "too much, too soon. " Little mouse can conquer any task by using its scrutiny. Slow down and right the contrary medicine. Stop chasing your tail or being confused by the maze and start observing the details of your present pathway.
Overview
Mouse is an animal with a highly sensitive sense of touch through its whiskers. Since it is a source of feed for many animals, it has a keen sense of danger too. In American Indian medicine traditions, Mouse is associated with the ability to examine things in detail at close quarters. So Mouse as a power animal, encourages you
to pay more attention to detail and examine the "small print" of what comes before you. Mouse also urges you to examine the details of your life more closely, and not to disregard the "little" things, for they are all components of your life and teachers for your spiritual progress. Mouse tells you not to ignore the obvious because that which you are seeking may be right in front of your eyes. Mouse also puts you on the alert. Things and people aren't always what they appear. Be careful not to be trapped into situations that might be harmful to you, or be enticed by offers that appear attractive but may contain hidden snags. Examine
everything carefully. Take care and look closely. Focus. Pay attention. Handle one thing at a time. Honour your perceptions.
Source: Sams , Jamie and Carson, David. Medicine Cards (Santa Fe: Bear and Company, 1988).
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| DIVERSION |
Opossum s greatest form of protection is to play dead.
In doing this Opossum confuses many a predator into believing that the game is over.
Oftentimes the confused rival walks away or looks the other direction for a moment, and Opossum runs to safety.
Opossum medicine uses a great deal of strategy. If all else fails, Opossum plays dead.
It has the ability to fight with its claws and teeth, but it rarely uses this form of protection.
Instead the supreme strategy of diversion is constantly employed when things get a little too hard to handle.
Opossum has developed and act that would receive an Academy Award in the animal kingdom.
The musk of the death scent is secreted at will adding to the master play that sends enemies on many trails of confusion.
If Opossum has turned up in your cards, you are being asked to use strategy in some present situation.
Rely upon instincts for t he best way out of a tight corner.
If you have to pretend to be apathetic or unafraid, do it !
Oftentimes if you refuse to struggle or show that hurtful words bother you, your taunter will see no further fun in the game.
Warriors have used Opossum medicine for centuries, playing dead when the enemy nears and outnumbers them.
Then, in a flash , when the enemy , when the enemy is least expecting it, the war cry is heard.
The fright of this serves to further confuse the unsuspecting opposition.
Victory is sweet when the strategy is one of mental as well ass physical prowess.
It has the ability to fight with its claws and teeth, but it rarely uses this form of protection.
Instead the supreme strategy of diversion is constantly employed when things get a little too hard to handle.
Opossum has developed and act that would receive an Academy Award in the animal kingdom.
The musk of the death scent is secreted at will adding to the master play that sends enemies on many trails of confusion.
If Opossum has turned up in your cards, you are being asked to use strategy in some present situation.
Rely upon instincts for t he best way out of a tight corner.
If you have to pretend to be apathetic or unafraid, do it !
Oftentimes if you refuse to struggle or show that hurtful words bother you, your taunter will see no further fun in the game.
Warriors have used Opossum medicine for centuries, playing dead when the enemy nears and outnumbers them.
Then, in a flash , when the enemy , when the enemy is least expecting it, the war cry is heard.
The fright of this serves to further confuse the unsuspecting opposition.
Victory is sweet when the strategy is one of mental as well ass physical prowess.
Opossum may be relaying to you that you are to expect the unexpected and be clever in achieving your victory.
This could be a victory over a bothersome sales man or a nosy neighbor.
In essence, Opossum is beckoning you to use your brain, your sense of drama , and surprise - to leap over some barrier to your progress.
This could be a victory over a bothersome sales man or a nosy neighbor.
In essence, Opossum is beckoning you to use your brain, your sense of drama , and surprise - to leap over some barrier to your progress.
CONTRARY:
In the reversed position, Opossum may be warning you against getting caught in the high dram of your life s present scenario.
"Close your eyes and dramatize," may keep you from seeing the truth of a situation.
You may buy into melodrama in yourself or others.
In the reversed position, Opossum may be warning you against getting caught in the high dram of your life s present scenario.
"Close your eyes and dramatize," may keep you from seeing the truth of a situation.
You may buy into melodrama in yourself or others.
You might as well play dead if you are justifying what you are doing with a tragic victim routine.
If this concept does not apply to your situation , take a look at the possibility that you may have recently been giving excuses for why you don't want to do something instead of telling the truth.
In fearing to hurt someone s feelings you may have trapped yourself in a justification pattern:
If this concept does not apply to your situation , take a look at the possibility that you may have recently been giving excuses for why you don't want to do something instead of telling the truth.
In fearing to hurt someone s feelings you may have trapped yourself in a justification pattern:
"I m too sick, I'm too poor , I'm watching my weight, I'm too short, tall ,m sad busy, tired, etc."
In having to defend yourself with excuses, you may have lost the point.
"You don't' have to defend your right to be!"
In having to defend yourself with excuses, you may have lost the point.
"You don't' have to defend your right to be!"
The exercise is in learning to politely say that something would not be appropriate for you at this time.
That's all!
You owe no one an excuses.
Learn to imitate Opossum and play dead in the sense that the best strategy is no defence.
In assuming the viewpoint of no defence, you have chosen the right to be who and what you are with no games involved.
The proper use of diversion is to know when you do not need to use diversion at all.
You owe no one an excuse for how you feel or what you choose to experience.
In assuming the viewpoint of no defence, you have chosen the right to be who and what you are with no games involved.
The proper use of diversion is to know when you do not need to use diversion at all.
You owe no one an excuse for how you feel or what you choose to experience.
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