Recently, I received a surprise visit from a friend I haven’t heard from in a couple of years: my Great Blue Heron. She (We haven’t been formally introduced so I choose “she” is a her.) first entered my awareness around 3 or 4 o’clock one morning.
I was awakened from sleep by what I interpreted as a scream. I sat up to better hear. Instead of someone screaming, I heard screeching. On this—her second—visit, I saw her standing by my back stream, exactly where I saw her my first time. I was in the midst of my physical, emotional, and spiritual transition, so I interpreted her visit as my sign to investigate her message to me.
In Native American lore, the heron embodies wisdom and patience. Herons are intelligent, resourceful, and very determined. They are at home in three elements: Water, Earth and Air. Comfortable in multiple elements, the heron will have one foot on land, and one foot in the water while breathing air (and air being its medium for flight) patiently waiting for its dinner to swim by. Comfort in multiple elements is symbolic of easy transitions. My “transition” was very challenging.
One article I read spoke of liminal spaces.
“liminal: a barely perceptual sensory threshold; of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition.” – Merriam-Webster
In ancient cultures, the action of the heron having one foot on land, and one foot in the water has been recognized as “a sign of liminality – of crossing into a space that is neither here, nor there.” This is what Eckhart Tolle refers to as the “Now.”
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This spoke to me of my transition, my in-between place. I was neither here, nor there…which reminded me what my daddy used to say to reel me back from whatever excuse or rationalization I was giving him for whatever I was in trouble for!
“That’s neither here nor there.” he would say. True! I was desiring escape from my uncomfortable space.
Blue Heron’s message to me: I am not my environment. I am not my body. I am not even my circumstance. She showed me I CAN move through in-between places, people and/or circumstances/things, calmly and patiently. I CAN maintain my stability. I CAN remain focused. I CAN BE present.
Throughout this past year, we have all been in a luminal space, an in-between phase. Remember Heron’s tranquil stability, ready and set for action when her perfect opportunity swims by. Until, her wise stillness is mirrored on the water’s calm surface.
Transition is our Now. Life’s only constant is change. Life offers lessons of wisdom IF YOU CHOOSE to accept them.
When I touch my feelings (in ANY circumstance/upgrades/opportunity), feel my emotions, stay in my now, breathe inspiration in my tranquility, I CAN appreciate, learn from and love my life lessons. SO CAN YOU as you Touch Feel Stay Breathe Love.
To anyone who may feel confused, overwhelmed, fearful or hopeless, I AM HERE with a Heart FULL of Love, Peace and Wisdom available to guide you back to yours. Click “Let’s talk” or PM me.
