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Barred Owl Helps Us See Into the Darkness
As a spiritual person I am constantly praying, meditating and watching nature for signs of divine guidance.
When the coronavirus pandemic first seized the collective consciousness here in the U.S. in March 2020, everything changed in a hurry.
All of a sudden you stopped going to the gym, to the movies, cancelled trips and hunkered down for what you hoped would be a relatively short period of isolation.
Normal was a hope we clung to.
“Normal” still felt familiar, like a rhythm we had grown accustomed to.
It was during my first 10-day quarantine that a beautiful barred owl showed up in my garden, staring at me long enough to make sure I saw her.
She sat on a limb — all 2 feet tall of her — her eyes piercing all the way to my soul.
I knew at the time that another power animal had come into my life.
Power animals are spiritual beings.
They may accompany you throughout your lifetime or show up at various times to guide you through major life transitions.
My main power animal is a mother snow leopard.
Over time, she has been accompanied by a baby snow leopard, a hawk, a hummingbird and in recent years a dragonfly and now all…
