Laws of Squirrelodynamics

Are you aware of the four major laws of squirrelodynamics?  I'm sure you will recall the first two from school...

         1.Energy cannot be destroyed.

2. Everything tends toward disorder.

But the 3rd and 4th laws were added in the last couple of years as telepathically communicated by the little squirrels! 

The third law is: There is a nut for every squirrel and a squirrel for every nut!

And the fourth law is: There is nothing NOT included in Squirreluminosity! 

 OK...  what exactly is Squirreluminosity?

Nirvana! Love! Bliss! Pure space! The All!

If you don't believe it,

just go to the park and look at the little squirrels!

Then give one a nut...

Feel the beingness of the little squirrel!  That's you!
That innocence and sweetness is who you are!  How can I say that? You're the one feeding the squirrel! It's all for you!
That's GRACE!.....

That's Squirreluminosity! 

In Praise of Squirrel Mamas

This post is in honor of all the squirrel mamas on the planet!  I have so much respect for the incredible job they do!  To keep the babies, usually three or more, fed, warm, sheltered and nurtured is a tall order for any mom!

I am in awe of their perseverance, dedication, and just all around good common sense! It is one thing to take care of babies in a warm house... I imagine it is quite a challenge having to deal with rain, wind, temperature extremes, predators, cars, and other variables!

God Bless All Mama Squirrels!

At this time, I have the honor and privilege to care for three infant squirrels that were orphaned when their nest came down in north Austin last month. Keeping up with the feedings every 4-5 hours round the clock,  in addition to keeping them at just the right temperature, stimulating them to go to the bathroom, and cuddling them just like a squirrel mama would do is almost a full time job!



I am in awe and appreciation of nature's way of nurturing it's infants in the wild!  One thing I know for sure, I am hard pressed to do all that a mama squirrel does for her young!

Whether human or squirrel,

 it makes no difference...
 the bond between a 
mother and her young is a powerful one. When my 

    daughter was born over 

    29 years ago, I remember waking up in the middle of the night always just a few seconds before she did so I could  nurse her. It was like magic... we were so connected.  And now, when it's time to feed the baby squirrels in the wee hours, no matter how tired I am, I automatically wake up at exactly the right time to

 feed them!  A mother's love never ends!

Baby Squirrel Wisdom

Have you ever wondered why mama squirrels usually give birth to three or more babies? 

That's because the immense body of 
squirrel-wisdom-love is simply too big 
for one little baby squirrel 
to bring onto the planet by himself!

On February 17th, which was a Yellow Self-Existing Sun in the Mayan calendar, two babies were brought to me and on the next day, Red Overtone Dragon, a third baby from the same litter was found and joined us. Yellow Sun is the glyph symbolizing enlightenment and Red Dragon is all about nurturing being.  Dec. 21st 2012 will be a Yellow Self-Existing Sun and celebrates the coming of the long awaited Golden Age!

          These little buddies are here to remind
 us to return to innocence! 
It is said that when the student is ready
 the teacher appears! 
Well here are my teachers!

 I am so grateful for their baby squirrel wisdom~

... be vulnerable

... relax! it's a friendly universe!

...we all have each other

... our love is indestructible

...don't worry, be happy!

...nothing to do

...just be the love that you are already!

I suspect that Bucky is back in body and 

has brought two friends with him!

Just when you think life can't get any better...

baby squirrels arrive!

Nothing like a squirrel nap after mealtime!

Mayan Squirrel Prophecy

Mayan Artist: Roger Juarez of Ticul

On the 13th of this month, 13 being a favorite number of the Mayans, my gray squirrel, Queen Earl, brought forth a message for the people of the earth.  Her highness has lived with me since she was rescued from hurricane Katrina in 2005. A New Orleans resident found her in a tree that had come down in front of his home.  He scooped up the furry orphan, put her in a shoebox, and escaped to Austin to stay with his sister.  Earl was delivered to me at 2012 Gathright.  Is she the original gray squirrel that escorted the Sun on it's first journey, across the sky in the "beginning of time" according to Mayan Legend? Listen below as she boldly speaks her truth:

The Mayans loved squirrels and to this day, squirrels are honored as hero gods. In the stele and in the beautiful drawings depicting their history, any rendering of a squirrel will show the emblem of the Sun displayed on it's head to signify it's role as the Sun's Guardian.  See the squirrel with emblem (circled in green) in the illustration below: 

~from The Hidden Maya by Brennan, page 156

In the process of researching the relationship of the Mayans and the squirrels, I found this delightful animated video created by a Mayan artist...  

I found it to be very synchronisitc that this video was posted by the artist on the 13th of January!  Is this a coincidence? I don't think so...  In the Mayan calendar, 13 days make a wavespell, or series of days of a specific energy. According to some Mayan scholars, "There is reason to believe that the number 13 was used as a way to say 'completion'." 

So, even without a calendar, Earl the squirrel "knew" exactly when to speak... on the perfect day, the 13th!

A Yum Hunab Ku, Evam Maya E Ma Ho!

(all hail to the harmony of mind and nature)

BTW... on this day, 2-21-2012, Hindus celebrate the Shivaratri, a festival dedicated to Lord Shiva. Sadhus from Nepal and India come to the Pashupatinath Temple and join with devotees from all over the world to pray... 

It's no wonder that Bucky-Sattva, inspired this post on this auspicious day! 

~Om Sri Buckiji~
Just like Shiva, Bucky is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the squirrel aspect of life. 

OM! OM! OM!

One Squirrel Heart

It's morning and I'm sitting here on the couch contemplating my squirrelove, Bucky. Listening to Deva and Miten singing "Aad Guray", tears flow spontaneously... little Bucky is visiting me again!

Where do the tears come from? 

They come from the One Squirrel Heart! 

Like Kahlil Gibran said,

 "When you love you should not say, 

"God is in my heart," but rather,

"I am in the heart of God."

I would rewrite that to read:

"When you love you should not say,

"Little squirrel is in my heart," but rather,

"I am in the heart of the Squirrel."

I would further simplify this to:

"There is nothing but the One Squirrel Heart."

Everything proceeds from and is included in the

One Squirrel Heart!

Squirrels already know this and live it. 

 If you've had the  privilege of living with a squirrel,

 you know what I mean.

Squirrels live in oneness.

As Candice O'Denver says in Naked Intelligence:

"There is no two.  That is the importance of resting as awareness.  

We refine our perception to allow for the fact that there is no two, that the reality appearance is just as it is. It doesn't need to be changed. 

 It's a perfectly pure appearance of awareness, 

and it goes so much against everything we learned,

 that it can be kind of startling sometimes to see 

what we're really made of, to just allow everything to be as it is, 

and not go for the bypass."

My bypass or antidote was Bucky. Every morning he would splay out on my left shoulder 

as I sipped my Brazilian coffee.

I had come to really depend on this sweet "squirrel sadhana" to get into a really nice state of clarity.  

However, Sri Buckyji, being the loving guru that he was, reminded me,

 "If you see the buddha on the road, 

kill him!" Bucky was in fact my buddha and

 asked me to release him!

Now as I sit here with myself, I can speak from the 

One Squirrel Heart~

   

There is no antidote that can bring about uncontrived compassion or bring us beyond dualistic thinking. Because in depending upon any antidote, we enter the world of "two"...  and we miss the truth:

  We already are what we're looking for!

We are that love... we are compassion!

This was Bucky's message.

 Don't look for another antidote. 

Don't look for any curative measure!   

Just let everything be as it is! 
In Candice's words:

"We allow all the thoughts we've tried to push away, all the emotions we've tried to push away, all the experiences we've tried to push away, or change, or replace in some way to be as it is. This is the heart of reality~ where there is no two of ultimate and relative.

It's so entirely blended that its never been unblended or split."

Bucky didn't see me as separate from him... and still doesn't.  It's my perception that needs to be refined to allow for the truth that there is "no two".

Whatever appears is what I'm looking for...

One Squirrel Heart!

The Path of a Squirrel

There are so many times when I've thought to myself, "I wish I was a little squirrel, flying through the trees, and living in a tree". But when I really stop to consider what a squirrel's path entails, I am filled with admiration for their fortitude and not sure I would have as much perseverance to carry on "no matter what"!

Often times, I've witnessed a lame squirrel that was too fast for me to catch and rescue. I would worry about the squirrel surviving with its handicap, and yet within 6 weeks time it would be completely healed up. You will never see a lame squirrel sit around and feel sorry for himself and he never expects anyone to wait on him while he is recovering from his injury! He just carries on!

When a squirrel does get hit by a car (driving too darn fast for a park road) you never see the other squirrels sitting on the side of the road crying or whining about their relation. They just keep on being a squirrel. They will, however, chase away carrion birds that arrive on the scene! Bravo!

Squirrels make great friends and if you're lucky enough to raise an orphan from one or two weeks after birth, you may find that this squirrel quickly becomes your loyal companion and you become his favorite human! My dearest friend, Bucky, was one such amazing squirrel! He turned out to be my soul mate! Imagine that! He would rough up my hair and would bury nuts in my collar.  I loved how he would hang out with me while I was blogging, just splayed out on my left shoulder!

That certainly is my idea of heaven!  

No matter what the path of a squirrel turns out to be, if you are lucky enough to cross paths with a baby squirrel, please know that you have been truly blessed by the benevolent universe! 

Squirrel Appreciation Day, January 21st from Tracey M on Vimeo.

The minute I heard my first love story,

I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was.

Lovers don't finally meet somewhere,

they're in each other all along.

From Essential Rumi

by Coleman Barks

Who would have thought TRUE LOVE would look like this?

Squirrel Consciousness 2012

Taste the consciousness of a squirrel!

Expand into the next dimension!

Squirrelove is the New Paradigm!

Bucky spreading goodwill throughout the Cosmos!


Notice the rise in squirrel consciousness
all over the globe! Squirrels are getting the
attention of everyone....
AND RIGHTLY SO!

Observe this young squirrel prodigy engrossed in

creating another masterpiece!

Bravo Winky! Squirrels teach artistic spontaneity.

Another squirrel stepping off the edge of reality...

and fearlessly embracing the new frontier!

Let the adventure begin!

To Run with the Squirrels!

What does it take to be great?

Some people say it takes discipline...
Others say it takes respect;
"You must think like a squirrel!"
"As long as I have legs,
I will run with the squirrels!"

To lead people, run beside them...
As for the best leaders (squirrels),
the people do not notice their existence.
The next best, the people honor and praise.
The next, the people fear;
and the next, the people hate...
When the best leader's (squirrels') work is done,
the people say,
"We did it ourselves~"

~Lao Tzu

Bucky Never Let His Tail Get Caught in the Wheel

The Old Missouri Squirrel Ballad

~ for Bucky~

Roll'em on up to the top, young squirrel

Roll'em on up to the top,

Don't let your tail get caught in the wheel;

Keep rollen'em up to the top.

Don't cry for the squirrel who fell out of a tree

While rollen'em up to the top.

He lived a full life livin' here with me;

Keeps rollen'em up to the top.

Roll'em on up to the top, young Buck,

Roll'em on up to the top,

He didn't even know he fell out of a tree;

Kept rollen'em up to the top.

Roll'em on up to the top, young squirrel

Roll'em on up to the top;

You're surrounded by love and you're wild and free

As you roll'em on up to the top.

Don't cry for young Bucky who left me behind

While rollen'em up to the top.

He returned to the Sun, to the One Divine Mind;

Rolled 'em all the way up to the top.

Roll'em on up to the top, young squirrel,

Roll'em on up to the top.

Run like the wind and soar like a bird;

Keep rollen'em up to the top.

Your squirrelove is felt and your voice is heard

As you roll'em on up to the top.

Roll'em on up to the top, young squirrel

Roll'em on up to the top.

Don't let your tail get caught in the wheel;

Keep rollen'em up to the top!

Don't cry for young Bucky who couldn't take a breath

While rollen'em up to the top.

He came here to show me the beauty in death;

Rolled'em all the way up to the top.

Roll'em on up to the top, young squirrel

Roll'em on up to the top.

You never let your tail get caught in the wheel,

Kept rollen'em up to the top.

May we meet again... love alone is real!

Keep rollen'em up to the top.

Roll'em on up to the top, young Buck,

Roll'em on up to the top.

He doesn't even know that he doesn't have a tail;

Keeps rollen'em up to the top...

Keeps rollen'em up to the top...

He keeps rollen'em up to the top!

Yogananda's Squirrel

Most people are not aware of Yogananda's love for squirrels! While in California, I had the good fortune to visit Yogananda's Lake Shrine in the Pacific Palisades right outside of LA.  The beautifully manicured grounds, flowering trees, tropical plants and lake resplendent with fish and foul all exhibit the Grace of this amazing guru.  Inside the gift shop, there is a room with some of Yogananda's possessions... crystals he had collected, furniture that was his, and photos taken throughout his life.  Since I do crystal healing, I was delighted to see that he was very much into crystals!  How serendipitous! Then, as I walked over to the photo display, on particular photo jumped out at me! 

Wow! I could barely believe my eyes! How often do you see a guru with a little squirrel at his feet? And even in the gift shop there was a bronze squirrel statue on one of the shelves! I was learning more about this beautiful saint! At this time, little Bucky had not yet come into my life.

On another trip to the Lake Shrine in the spring of 2008, I attended an evening meditation. the meditation was to last three hours. After the first hour, I felt a gentle touch on my shoulder. It really felt like Yogananda put his hand on my left shoulder and was gently escorting me out of the room. I left the temple, got on the #9 bus and rode into Santa Monica. Then I had to catch the #3 bus that would bring me back to my hotel. As I took my seat on the bus stop bench, a woman there began speaking to me. I recognized her from Byron Katie's School for the Work, which we had both attended just a few days prior. She asked me if I knew anything about crystals! She proceeded to open a brown bag and showed me a quartz crystal she had just purchased. As I began speaking to her about the geometry of quartz crystals, I realized that it was Yogananda that had arranged this meeting!

Fast forward to 2010, after Bucky had his episode in the release cage and was back in the house with me. He would always climb onto my left shoulder and sit with me while I did my morning meditation and sipped my morning coffee.

After our cozy morning together, I would write in my blogs easily and effortlessly about squirrels, love, nonduality, etc. Just like Yogananda's hand, Bucky would give me direction! However, I didn't realize the connection until after Bucky's passing on Christmas Eve! After I brought this amazing squirrel home from his final visit to the vet, he lay with me all afternoon, evening, and into the night. Not knowing whether I should bury him or have him cremated, I decided to wait until he let me know what to do. I was also waiting to see when he would start to smell of decay. You see, I have buried a fair number of squirrels in the last few years, some that I have found lying in the street and others that incurred a fatal injury, physical malfunction, or those unfortunate ones I was able to snatch away from a raptor. So I know that within a certain amount of time, there will be a wasting smell.

As I sat with and loved on Bucky, the hours flew by and love enveloped me, him, and the room. Soon it was 5 am and still the only fragrance was the smell of roses at the altar! How could this be?

Then Yogananda's face came into my mind. I remembered back to that visit to the Lake Shrine gift shop... and all the photos of his life. There was a photo of him taken over a week after his passing and the newspaper article next to the photo announced the miracle that his body showed no signs of decay, not even after twenty days! Oh my goodness! Could Bucky be the squirrel at the feet of Yogananda in that photo taken in 1924? Again, the knowingness just came through... Bucky needed to be cremated like they do in India with the huge funeral pyres next to the Ganges! The Beatles' guru Maharishi was cremated in this way at the River Ganges:

So I thought that would be the most forthright way to honor my little bodhi-squirrel. I found Superior Pet Cremation Services on Tillery St. in Austin and they were very caring in handling little Bucky. His ashes were ready the next day and the beautiful wooden box was exactly like the ones that come from India. Here you see Kali, the angel who works at Superior Memorial Services, holding Bucky's ashes:

Rest in Peace, Buckyji!