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WOW BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I tell you wolf has a teaching for me you are the 5 or 6th sign.......AMAZING!!! As much as I believe in my beliefs its trips me out when I'm sent such messages.
 

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hehe we were discussing what it was. at first i thought it was a fox but when self said it was a wolf i had another look and went for a compromise :D
 

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hehe we were discussing what it was. at first i thought it was a fox but when self said it was a wolf i had another look and went for a compromise :D

Yeah it's harder to tell when they're just skinned like that. My mom is a taxidermist and didn't feel like stuffing this one... thought it went well with my hair and eyes, lol, so I wear it with a cloak every now and then.

And so I don't get blamed for killing it, it was in fact road kill ^.^
 
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He's been following me around for years now... the coyote I mean. Mind you everytime I try to speak to him in my journey's he's always out of reach... wonder why that is? Maybe I'm just not ready yet.


Thats a heavy Totem for such a young one. I have some information I can share with you but let me find my notes.
 

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This is the Cherokee version and I trust it

[SIZE=+1]The Coyote[/SIZE]
For a long time humans have been attempting to shoot, poison and trap coyote into non-exsistence. Instead, birds like the Condor have been nearly wiped out with poisoned meat, and the clever coyote may be more numerous today than ever. Despite humanities encroachment and aggression, coyote has found a way to walk its walk and survive.
Coyotes usually mate for life. They live in the sides of hills or in underground dens where the family unit is well protected. They prefer open grassland and thinly wooded brush, but can adapt to almost any environment. Because of this they have been able to survive and grow in numbers.
I once heard a story about a female Coyote who got caught in a trap and gnawed off her own paw---twice. At last report she was doing fine, hobbling around on her two front stumps, and she had borne a healthy litter. Coyotes hunt small game not with speed, but by pouncing and snapping with their jaws. She was able to do this quite well and was fulfilling her role as a mother. Those with this medicine will go to extreme measures to protect and nurture family members. Words that rip and tear another to shreds should be avoided. Sporadic bursts of energy are common and balanced action is required for ones overall well being. Excellent caretakers coyote medicine people put other peoples needs before their own. Care is advised however to give to yourself equally.
In some native tribes the coyote is referred to as the trickster. I prefer to see the coyote as cunning and clever. There are many stories about the coyote. He is known as the great one and the foolish one. Coyote does not consciously try to trick us, he mirrors our own human capacity for displaying cleverness and stupidity.
Like the coyote we can work with others to get what we want in life, or we can dive into a lake to catch a reflection. We can send troubles away or invite them carelessly. When coyote wanders into your life you are being asked to look at something you have been avoiding. Coyote is our mirror for the lessons we need to learn in order to walk a good sacred road. It will hold up the mirror relentlessly until we finally get the picture.
Call on coyote as an ally for negotiating a difficult situation. Or thank him for coming and showing you a trap that you are caught in, or a way that you are fooling yourself. Coyote is an especially powerful teacher with regard to relationships because it is when we are in a relationship that we can fool ourselves the most. Coyote is not out there to get us, but to teach us, whether we want to learn or not.

The rest Ill do tomorrow
 

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Yeah it's harder to tell when they're just skinned like that. My mom is a taxidermist and didn't feel like stuffing this one... thought it went well with my hair and eyes, lol, so I wear it with a cloak every now and then.

And so I don't get blamed for killing it, it was in fact road kill ^.^


I thought I was the only one that did that......I pick up owls off the freeway. It seems all wrong leaving them on concrete. Fethers are beatiful in dreamcatchers and medicine wheels.
 

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Thank you! I'll have to keep that all in mind, I'm sure there are many things I need to learn... and I can already think of a few.


I love this path. We learn something from every single person and thing. It all fits so perfectly in time and space. It just blows me away. I'll stop now Im prolly boring you to death lol
 

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I thought I was the only one that did that......I pick up owls off the freeway. It seems all wrong leaving them on concrete. Fethers are beatiful in dreamcatchers and medicine wheels.

I agree, I hate to see anything go to waste. If it's fresh enough I'll eat it, assuming there arent' any known viruses going around the local wildlife. I dunno how many times the Goddess has blessed me with a fresh offering of meat when I'm low on money! It has to be in the dozens...
 

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And so I don't get blamed for killing it, it was in fact road kill ^.^

good stuff. I had a friend who used to drive around looking for pheasants by the road so he could eat them. he was from hong kong. probably spent more on gas than he would have if he just bought them from the store
 

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I love this path. We learn something from every single person and thing. It all fits so perfectly in time and space. It just blows me away. I'll stop now Im prolly boring you to death lol

My dear you will never bore me! I think it's quite a blessing that you've come into my life. I was just saying to my mom the other day I needed to meet some green people, and suddenly there you were!
 

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I agree, I hate to see anything go to waste. If it's fresh enough I'll eat it, assuming there arent' any known viruses going around the local wildlife. I dunno how many times the Goddess has blessed me with a fresh offering of meat when I'm low on money! It has to be in the dozens...


Its not safe here, but upnorth we would in a heartbeat.
 

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“I Am the Knower”

“If you want to be peaceful always, identify yourself as the ever-peaceful witness within. ‘I am that eternal witness. I am watching everything that’s happening in the body and mind.’ That is the supreme way of maintaining your peace. If you can’t get to the state of identifying yourself as that eternal witness, simply say, ‘I am not all these things. I’m not the mind, not the ego, not the senses, not the intelligence. I simply watch them. I am the seer, I just see. I am the knower, I just know.’
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]“God bless you. Om Shanthi, Shanthi, Shanthi.[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]”[/FONT]​
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