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May 1, 2006 Recently I opened a link and saw a lofty vision. Some time later, at 4AM this morning my cat walked into my bedroom and scratched on a large paper bag, and I awakened to let him out of his house. Upon retiring to bed, I couldn't sleep. The image wouldn't leave me. It is a vision I must share. Behold the eagle, which shows us its patience and its providence. Wings carry the great bird both high and low. It isn't stuck up in heaven or kept down at ground level. Yet unlike the doomed mortal man, the doomed bird doesn't preach. The eagle is always in a wordless meditation, and so it is alert, and it is aware. In primal patience and keen care, the eagle is like a mud dauber wasp. You probably don't have an eagle nest on your property, but you probably have a mud dauber wasp nest under your attic roof or under your garage roof. A common mud dauber wasp is Sceliphron caementarium, which is black with yellow markings, and has a long and very slender waist. This creature is as devoted, as patient, and as provident as any eagle! In southern parts of the north temperate zone, these wasps are starting to be active now. Eagles feed their young on scavenged dead meat or fish. Scheliphron caementarium feeds its young on small spiders. Each instinctive creature is a winged messenger and devoted to its children. The natural creature displays no vain ambition. It is not seeking to gain your vote, take your money, or win your praise. As a minister the natural creature is therefore as welcome as a drink of cool water after a ten mile up-hill and down-dale desert hike. I frequently visit the eagle eye webcam online, and as a boy I often spent an hour or two sitting and watching mud dauber wasps at work. Instinct keeps each winged messenger busy providing for the next generation. Each wasp is as focused on doing a good job as each part of your body is forused on doing a good job. So just as a wise person takes care of each part of his or her body, a wise person pays attention to each plant and animal in the environment. Indeed, the providence of wild animals is the providence of each wise person, and so is good bodily health. The legendary Hermes himself is a winged messenger. He travels on wings of quicksilver, and with a drop of mercurial imagination you see his brightness in the eagle's eye. ------------ About the author: John L. Waters is an amateur psychologist and independent researcher on self-healing, integration, and problem-solving. John has created art, music and songs, prose and poetry, and helped people solve a difficult problem. For more information, read: John's letters of recommendation: http://members.tripod.com/johnlwaters/recommendations about John's self-healing and integration: http://members.tripod.com/johnlwaters/index.html about John's independent research: http://www.humboldt.edu/~jlw47/index.html about John's seeking an agent or a publisher: http://www.writers.net/writers/39295 Email: blueguntwo@yahoo.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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