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I know it may sound confusing at first Mouse, but in actuality, it's the lessons they teach so the predator/prey aspect is not the life/death cycle but the issues surrounding the play-out of those actions. I hope that made sense. Okay, let's try this...

Cougar preys upon Deer. Strength vs. Gentleness. Temper your power/strength with gentle nurturing and you will know when to be aggressive with it and when not to. When to show gentle strength through love. In the negative sense is is just the opposite.

Mouse is preyed upon by many predators, be that a Hawk, Fox, Wolf, Owl...all those predators teach Mouse to be *very* cautious, but also to learn to trust those instincts that warn so it can keep exploring life. It is demonstrated in Mouse's movements. Sniff, lift the head and look, take a scurry, sniff more, look again, leap to get a glimpse and back down with your nose to the grindstone so you can get where you're going. Sometimes, when Mouse doesn't see it coming it will become a victim, but mice are prolific and there is survival in numbers. Lots of family social issues. I don't want to sidetrack too much here with that but give you the general idea.

Let's take Cougar/Deer and a theoretical situation. You walk as a mother and are in Cougar's perspective, caring for your young. Feeding and tending their needs. Deer would teach the gentle nurturing to soften the swipes of Cougar in frustration with those young. You see? Now if those children are in danger, watch out, Deer would flee (a vulnerability to avoid for the children's sake) so you would bring forth Cougar's instinct to powerfully defend your children and protect them from that danger.

Just look at how you are with your own children, how guarded you are about their safety and how fierce about seeing it stays safe. At the same time you are a gentle and loving mother that nurtures and sees to their needs, respecting those needs and giving of yourself. Teaching them when to step out in safety and when to stay in the shadows...very Deer-like when they want to play and very Cougar-like when they are stalking things. So that's a part of your physical makeup.

Now on a spiritual level that's transposed to the higher essence of the creatures we walk with, the focus then goes toward the Web of Life, the Circle of Life that sustains through cycles and generations. Cougar would help you understand the responsibility of the next 7 generations and how your actions would affect them. Perhaps Deer would help you focus on nurturing this one....where others are concerned.

On a personal level both will take you deeper into their traits and their individual uniqueness to better understand yourself and how to hone and employ them for your growth and advancement with your pathwork. It is the same application, just on a level of need, presence, and perspective. By this I mean that if you are focused in spiritual issues you adjust those traits to serve you there, in the physical sense it may call for a more physical reaction in employing them through either aggressive or passive behaviors.

If you were to let the vulnerability of Mouse dominate you then you'd never reach for anything, your fear would be so great that it would hinder growth until you found the faith in yourself to take that next step. But if you take the strength of mouse (in sensitivity to the environment) that becomes a defense mechanism and you can walk more guided, slowly exploring each step, but making the journey. Strength of Mouse is in its trust of its environment sheltering it and using it for all it's worth to insure its safety. It's about learning to trust, to be innocent and see the good, not allowing the fear to incapacitate you even through around every turn there may or may not be a predator waiting. Learning to see things for what they are rather than illusions, pushing past fear. Mice are very courageous. *S*

Does this help?

Amentet,

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Hello Amentet,

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I understand what you're saying about trying to give a pictoral view of your experience, however the link is not a spiritually focused link and more of a freak-show theme which we are not looking to encourage here.

There are many mythical creatures that work with us or become tied to our spiritual growth in some fashion be it myth, folklore, or the teachings we receive. Mythical creatures are often a mixture of either 1/2 animal and 1/2 human or two animals. It is common enough and if presented in this context then we have no problem with it being introduced here. But these pictures were in some cases grotesque and the energy around them was not feeling very sacred to the administrators that checked out the link. In unison we chose to remove it for the better interest of the community. Thank you for understanding and I hope this helps you see what we will allow in the future. Please continue to share and post, it is not a direct reflection on you. You didn't know.

Excellent, BanjoSally! That's a great resource book and one of my favorites...at the top of the list actually. *S* Go for it!