Grouse ~ Sacred Spiral

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Today's message from contrary Mouse and Grouse involves the quality of movement in our lives. Mouse warns that we may have developed a habit of procrastinating projects or tasks we need to complete. This habit will only lead to stagnation. The only hope of breaking this pattern is through movement! Grouse advises us to make a daily practice of moving, preferably in nature as the natural world will act as a powerful cleanser of negative or stagnant energy.
~ Lady Wolfdreams

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Grouse once flocked in abundance throughout North America, but now, even on the plains where these birds were so plentiful, there is an absence of them. Many Pains Indian tribes dance the Grouse Dance to honor these birds. The movement of the dance follows a spiral, which is the ancient symbol of birth and rebirth.

The Sacred Spiral is one of the oldest known symbols for personal power. When you think of Grouse medicine, visualize a whirlpool or even a tornado, for the Sacred Spiral will take you to the center. The spiral is a metaphor for personal vision and enlightenment. Many initiates on Vision Quests paint spirals on their bodies and believe that the Great Mystery will favor them with visions of power and purpose because of this symbol.

Grouse is telling you to undertake a meditation on the various qualities of movement within your world. Begin by visualizing the Sun as one member of a huge group of stars whirling in the massive pinwheel shape of the Milky Way. Then draw yourself out of this pinwheel of light and into the spiralling of your own DNA.

Analyze the way you move through your world. How do you picture yourself in the act of motion? What kind of reaction to you create with the energy you send into the universe? What words would you use to describe the way you move through both the material and spiritual worlds? In the final analysis, is your movement compatible with you greatest desires and goals?

Many spiritual disciplines ask that you cease all external movement in order to recognize the inner life. Grouse medicine, however, is an invitation to the dance. Grouse celebrates the Divine Source through its sacred spiral dance and offers this dance to you as a gift. You can spend a lifetime learning grouse's lesson on how to harmonize your dance with Mother Earth's cycles and how to offer the dance as a creation of selfless beauty.

~ From "Medicine Cards" by Jamie Sams & David Carson ~