with wide wings ...

Crow flew in this evening to drink from the large cobalt blue water bowl in my yard. His timing was impeccable (for me) as I had just stepped to the window to breath in some cool, fresh air. I was thinking hard thoughts about the human to human betrayal that we find on the path to Spirit ... on the path TO Spirit not on the path OF Spirit.

Crow was beautiful with his shining black wings, darker than black and his strong profile. He was full of grace as he spiraled his wide wing span into the small area where the bowl sits. He landed on the edge of the bowl with precision placement. He then wrapped his wings around his body and he lengthened his spine and stretched his tail feathers like a conductor gaining the composure of an orchestra.

Crow leaned down into the bowl and drank a few long draws of water and then rested at the edge of the bowl. Crow leaned down into the bowl again and drank more water before resting a bit more. All at once without any effort he rose out of the small area at the bowl and into the sky. I was honored to have been at the window at this time.

I went back to my thoughts of betrayal and wondered if Crow had interrupted my thoughts for a reason. I often think animals interrupt our thoughts for a reason so I went in a different direction into my mind, away from betrayal and into what I was to learn from Crow's visit.

Crow medicine is LAW and sacred law at that. Crow medicine teaches us to pause and witness how we see things in relation to a higher order of right and wrong. With Crow medicine you honor a higher sense of harmony and therefore you are more sensitive to the lack of harmony. You easily recognize when things are out of balance or unjust.

Human law is not sacred law, leaving way to betrayal even on the path TO Spirit. We are eager to move forward on Spirit's path and our human condition gets in the way, our own way many times and the way of others. It is not always betrayal but it is usually a lack of full site and often a lack of insight.

Crow is a master at shape shifting and being in two places at once. Doubling or being two places at once is the gift of Crow medicine. Prior to Crow's visit I was in two places at once. The place where I thought a betrayal was and the place that I was standing at the window watching Crow. Crow slowed me down to take this time to realize that I am not betrayed. I was informed by Crow that others who have shared my path for a step or two ... at times ... lack full site and ... at times ... lack insight too.

Didn't I lack full site and insight (about betrayal) ... before Crow's visit?