Thunder Symbol - Totem Element of the direction “East”
Eagle Symbol - Totem from the Direction "Above"
These symbols represent one direction that we may travel - the path of INNOVATION. The last thirty years have been a time of complex innovation. The Ancestors speak that new ways or innovation is the way that humans continue the process of creation on behalf of Creator.
Nature does this very well. Overtime, animals, plants, birds, fish, and insects have all made innovations in their behaviour or in their colouring to ensure the species continues. Mother Earth innovates the changes in topography and climate. Australia is currently going through the "great burning". When burning happens in the forests in Western Canada, pine cone seeds are allowed to "pop" out of their casing and given the Phoenix blessing to grow and prosper. When we do not have the understanding of the very large picture, it is hard for us to see what Great Spirit is creating. And so we judge things good/bad, right/wrong. We are human.
Thunder is part of the rain storm. It provides nutrients in the air that feed the plants. It also provides an energy that invigorates us, and we say that "lightening strikes" when we get a new idea. The thunder then, is bringing Divine inspiration.
What if innovation seems to be a negative, such as the creation of weapons for war, or resistant strains of airborne viruses that may cause epidemics? When creation happens with out "The Heart" direction, or one's accountable place in creation, then Darkness prevails. If the act of creation is done without love, then the item created is actually "anti-creation" or, destruction. And, as we live in a ying-yang world, the Destruction balances the Creation. In the balance lies the perfection, although we may not see it. As the Algonquin say, "Harmony is achieved through counterbalance".
How does the Eagle fit in? Eagle is the “earthly” messenger from Great Spirit. The Elders say that the eagle represents body, mind and spirit, and that is why it is a strong totem for man who may forget the source of one’s spirit. The Eagle, then, grounds the inspiration for change or innovation. It is a reminder to do the innovation in the name of Great Spirit; in the name of all that is good. Legends of Eagle always show that Eagle stands on the path of THE LIGHT and champions greatness.
If you are feeling “THUNDER OVER EAGLE”, you may be receiving the calling to create. You may be an inventor or an artist/crafts spirit. Simply sitting down and doing a craft, fixing something, or making plans to create something new, will quiet your spirit and give you peace.
Many blessings to those of you called on this path of Innovation.
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