Saturday, March 8, 2014
Academy Awards: Ancestral Messages and Hummingbird Metaphors
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been a big fan of
the Academy Awards. So you can imagine my joy when I stumble across celebrities
associated with this event who share their significant personal oracle
experiences as a matter of course.
The first time I noticed this happen was in 2006 when one of
my favorite actors took the stage to accept the Oscar for Best Actor for his
powerful portrayal of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland. Forest Whitaker stood at the podium,
appearing calm and grounded. He closed his eyes and bowed his head and then
remained perfectly silent for quite some time, as if letting this extraordinary
moment settle into the very heart of his being. Finally he spoke. “I can feel
the breath on my neck and the tingling in my body. For me it is like my
ancestors speaking to me.”
A few days ago I was reading an interview with Ellen Degeneres,
host of the 2014 Oscars, in People Magazine,
where she said “the most helpful folks in my life have been animals.” Her
relationship with animals began as a child when she saved the life of a
mockingbird that had fallen out of its nest in a tree. The other children began
teasing it and poking it with sticks. Ellen rescued the little mockingbird,
then took it home and nurtured it. When it was full grown she returned it to
the same tree and released it.
After Ellen’s sitcom was cancelled in 1998 she noticed a
hummingbird in a fountain that looked like it was dead. When she reached in to
remove it, she saw that it was still alive. She held it up to the sun and it
began to flap its wings and then flew straight up and then back out into the
world. Ellen interpreted it as a metaphor for her life. “That just when you think
you should give up there is a hand that comes and gets you and goes, Nope,
you’re going to be okay.”
Whether it’s our ancestors making their presence felt to
support us, a hummingbird signaling
that we are going to be okay or every other message imaginable, these signs
appear all around us everyday.
It is easy to slip into an illusion of separateness until
something occurs to remind us that being isolated and alone is an illusion.
All we have to do is tune in and notice those hidden hands
of universal support that are always there for us.
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In her bestselling book, Everyday Oracles: Decoding the Divine
Messages That Are All Around Us, author Ann Bolinger-McQuade uses memorable
stories and photos to introduce the formula for how personal oracles work, then
teaches you how to recognize and decode yours. If you have personal
oracle experiences to share, please submit them to Ann through her website www.personaloracles.com - She will respond
personally. And while you’re there, check out the cloud photos in the
interactive “What Do You See Section.” Have fun and exercise your psychic
muscles. Who knows, you may discover a personal oracle hiding in plain sight,
just waiting to deliver a special message to you.
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