12 - Porcupine - Innocence & 41 - Whale - Record Keeper Doubles Animal Medicine of Today

12

Porcupine

Innocence

Porcupine . . . remind me,

       Of innocence again.

With every man a brother,

       Each woman a friend.

The South of the medicine wheel is the place of childlike innocence and humility.  It is the home of playfulness, and the position of Porcupine on the medicine wheel of life.

Porcupine has many special qualities, and a very powerful medicine: the power of faith and trust.

The power o faith contains within it the ability to move mountains.

the power of trust in life involves trusting that the Great Spirit has a divine plan.

Your task is to find the pathway that is most beneficial for you and that uses your greatest talents to further that plan.

trust can open doorways to the creation of space.

the space thus created allows others to open their hearts to you and to share their gifts of love, joy, and companionship.

If you were to observe Porcupine, you would immediately notice its quills.

These quills are only used when trust has been broken between Porcupine and another creature.

Much like Otter, Porcupine is a gentle, loving creature, and non -aggressive.

When fear is not present, it is possible to feed a Porcupine by hand and never get stuck by its quills.

Through understanding the basic nature of this animal, you may come to understand your own need for trust and faith.. and for becoming like a child again.

In today's society, this is needed reminder to honour the wonder of life and the appreciation of each new day as an adventure of discovery.

Porcupine sat silently, looking at a hollow log.

She wondered if it was a playhouse that nature had created just for her.

Porcupine envisioned all the things she could do with the log.

She could climb on top and make the log roll from side to side.

She could go inside and see if there were any juicy worms for her dinner.

She could also scratch her back on the rough outer bark if she wanted to.

Just as Porcupine was pondering what to do next, she saw Bear approaching.

Bear was big and black and looking for honey.

"Oh, another playmate to share my log," she thought.

"Hello Bear," she cooed.
"Do you want to play and share my log with me?"

Gruff old Bear snorted, "Porcupine, don't you know that I'm too old to play?
You're in my way.
I'm looking for honey.

Go away!"

"Why Bear, you're never too old to play," she replied.
"If you forgot what it is like to be a cub, you'll always be as impatient and gruff as you are now."

Beare began to think about what Porcupine had said.

Maybe she was right.

All the other creatures had run away from Bear in fright.

Even the other Bears had turned up their noses when he growled at them.

This little Porcupine was certainly trusting him  not to eat her.

She even offered to be his friend.

The old Bear looked at Porcupine and began to feel something move inside him.

He started to remember the games he played as a cub.

Joy started to live in him again.

"Little Porcupine, you have reminded me that in becoming strong and seeking answers, I got caught in trying to be an intellectual.

I became afraid of what others would think if I dropped my mask of gruffness.

I was afraid they wouldn't take me seriously anymore.

You have taught me that in being a fuddy-duddy.

I was causing others not to care for me.

Thank you.

I'd love to play with this old log."

And so it was that Bear became childlike again and learned the Innocence of Porcupine.

In choosing the Porcupine card, you have given yourself a gentle reminder not to get caught in the chaos of the adult world where fear, greed, and suffering are commonplace.

The medicine in this card is that of relief from seriousness and severity.

Open your heart to those things that gave you joy as a child. 

Remember the preciousness of fantasy and imagination, and the making of some game or toy from nothing but scraps.

Honour the playfulness of spirit that lets everyone win.

Whale Flipped out of the deck for the second time this week ;while I was shuffling today doubling today's animal medicine.

41

Whale

Record Keeper

Whale...

Of mighty oceans,

You have seen it all.

Secrets of the ages are 

Heard within your call.

Teach me how to hear your words,

And how to understand,

The very roots of history,

Of when our world began.

Whale is very much like a swimming library,

Whale carries the history of Mother Earth and is said to have been placed here by the Ancients from the Dog Star, Sirius.

Biologists say that Whale is a mammal, and very possibly lived on land millions of years ago.

In tribal legend, Whale's move into the ocean happened when the Earth shifted and Lemuria, the Motherland, went below the waves.

All of our petroglyphs speak of the Motherland, Mu, and the disaster that brought the red race to North America from the West, beyond the great waters.

The symbols in the petroglyphs speak of the rivers and mountains crossed by our ancestors when they sought solid ground as the water receded.

Whale saw the events that lead the settling of Turtle Island (North America) and has kept the records and knowledge of the Motherland alive.

It is said that Mu will rise again when the fire comes from the sky and lands in another ocean on Mother Earth.

The native medicine people are waiting for this event as the next sign of Earth changes.

Earth's children will have to unite and honour all ways and all races in order to survive.

Whale medicine people are coded in their DNA to understand that sound frequencies  can bring up records in the memories of ancient knowledge.

They are usually clairaudient, or able to hear both very low an d very high frequencies.

They are usually also psychically developed and fairly telepathic.

Many times, however , they are not awakened to their gifts until it is time to use the stored records.

Many Whale medicine people are able to tap into the universal, mind of Great Spirit and have no idea how or why they know what they know.

Only later, when they receive confirmation, do they begin to understand how they know or why they received the impressions.

Whale medicine teaches us to use the sounds and frequencies that balance our emotional bodies and heal our physical forms.

To recall why the shaman's drum brings healing and peace is to align with Whale's message.

The drum is the universal heartbeat and aligns all beings heart to heart.

Before the advent of speech and the primordial language, hand signs were used, and many tribes were silent most of the time.

The language that understood was the sounds of Great Spirit's other creatures, the animals.

If you pulled the Whale card, you are being asked to tap into these records and allow yourself to be sung to by those who have the original language.

We are the only creatures who do not have our own unique cray or call.

Find yours.

Allow your voice to use this sound to release tension or emotion.

Whale signals a time for finding your origins, of seeing your overall destiny as coded in your DNA, and of finding the sounds that will release those records.

You may never be the same again.

After all, you are the melody of the Universe, and the harmony is the song of the other creatures.

In using your voice to open your memory, you are expressing your uniqueness and your personal sound.

As you open to this uniqueness and your personal sound.

As you open to this uniqueness. the animals that are your nine totems may then send their sounds or calls to you or through you.

This will open your personal records to so that you  may further explore your soul's history and commune with Whale, who carries the history of us all.

Contrary:

If Whale has beached itself in your cards, the contrary medicine implies that you are not following your sonar or homing device. 

On some level you have forgotten that you hold all the answers you need to survive, to grow, and to claim the power of your chosen destiny.

It may be that you are having to deal with a lot of chatter in your hear and cannot get to your personal records. 

If so, you may need to use other sounds to enter the silence.

The drum or rattle, the Indian flute, or the sounds of nature may help. 

The call of Whale is the lullaby of the tides. Rock yourself gently and float into the world of the sea. 

Flow with the waters of time and collect your answers - they are the only truth that will lead to

your personal pathway of knowing.

Contrary Whale is saying that you must desire to know. 

You must seek the Whale song within you. 

In hearing Whale's call you will connect to the Ancients on a cellular level, and then as you relax into the flow of the song's rhythm you will begin to open your unique library of records. 

It may not come all at once. It may take practice, but if you hold the desire to know close to your heart, it will be Whale's gift to you. 

Look to the Great Star Nation and send gratitude to Sirius for the song of Whale.

Source: 

Sams, Jamie and Carson, David. 

Medicine Cards 

Santa Fe: Bear and Company, 1988