Musings on an owl.
A lesson from the wisdom and innocence of nature.
I just went for a walk on a winding trail in a beautiful park nearby.
On the last leg of the trail, I was listening to the teachings of Abraham Hicks. I was learning about how we are vibrational beings and manifestations of Source energy.
No, I was remembering that I am a vibrational being and manifestation of Source energy. This is a remembrance that daily tasks seem to interfere with at times, but only because I allow them to.
The material world and the mental drama it proliferates sometimes override the Truth of who I am.
The Truth of who I am.
Not Zack, but the consciousness that animates this physical form that is referred to as Zack.
Not Zack, but the awareness of Zack.
What a silly thing, to say I am Zack. As if I can be reduced to a series of symbols arranged in a certain order that I identify with, only because other physical expressions of life decided that’s what they would refer to me as.
What a silly thing, to believe that I am a physical body.
That’s like getting into a car to go for a ride and believing that you are the car.
That’s when I looked to my left and saw an owl.
An owl. This wisdom keeper.
It was looking away, but it sensed my presence. After all, we share presence.
We all share presence. Every single thing in this world resides in the Truth of this present moment. Presence is the great unifier.
It sensed my presence, and it turned its head to me. That smooth, impossible turn of the head. And it looked at me with those big eyes.
And I felt consciousness staring back at me.
It was a namaste moment.
The divine light in me, instantly bowing to the divine light in this majestic bird.
I was immediately brought into presence. My mind went quiet. The world around me disappeared.
I wasn’t thinking about being Source energy. I simply was Source energy.
My goodness, the stillness was delicious.
It’s the stillness that I experience in the deepest meditations. And it occurred in a single instant, with a single gaze of this owl.
It’s amazing what’s available to us in a single instant.
We truly are a moment away from every single thing we desire. For everything we desire is a feeling — a state of being. And every state of being is available to us right now. And, as creators, we get to choose whatever state of being we wish to experience.
We get to engineer our frequency.
What a gift.
This owl communicated something profound to me. Not in words, of course. In pure vibration.
This owl was wise and innocent.
It Knew everything and it knew nothing at all.
Wise and innocent. This is the nature of the purest life expression.
This is the nature of our highest selves.
Wise and innocent. This is the nature of God.
This owl and I enjoyed a moment of shared presence. Or, rather, this owl brought me into its world of presence. Or, rather, this owl reminded me that I had been disconnected from the very presence, the very stillness, the very peace that is always available to me and to all of us.
The owl blinked. I blinked.
I spoke to the owl. I thanked it for its wisdom.
That’s when I broke the presence, with my yearning, wanting, seeking mind. I got closer. I wanted more. I took out my phone to take a picture.
Why? I don’t know.
Perhaps because the mind is rarely satisfied.
Perhaps because the mind decided to speak up, reminding me that it’s still there.
Perhaps because the mind was fearing it’s very own dissolution.
The ego resists liberation because liberation threatens the ego’s very existence.
So I took out my phone to take a picture.
And it graciously allowed me, this owl. It had patience as I captured its image… as I recorded this little moment. A moment of which I was no longer a part.
Then it flew away, understanding that its initial lesson was conveyed.
And understanding that flying away was teaching me another lesson in and of itself.
