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Dingo - Trickster
Dingo is said to represent each of us symbolically as we begin our
journey of life as a newborn - being repeatedly blind to the perils
that are often right in front of his face and the hardships he will
face as he ventures out to learn the lessons of the world.
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Echidna -Personal Protection
Echidna Dreaming is powerfully protective, allowing only those we
trust and want near us to venture within our sacred space. Her soft,
unprotected underside is always exposed to Mother Earth, allowing
the loving, nurturing, protective energy to be absorbed by her heart.
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Koala - Journeys
Koala nurtures within us the knowledge that we hold all the answers
to our questions, that all the wisdom we seek is stored within our
consciousness.
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Platypus - Women's Wisdom
Platypus represents the true essence of Women's Sacred Wisdom - to
trust blindingly in one's inner direction and to move as one with
the creative ebbs and flows of Mother Earth.
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Red Kangaroo - Responsibility
The Red Kangaroo speaks of family fertility, commitment and the promises
we make when we take on the responsibilities associated with parenthood.
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Tasmanian Devil - Purification
Tasmanian Devil teaches us to purify our lives, to honor our bodies
and to extinguish all that is impure from our systems.
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Wombat - Gentle Aggression
Wombat teaches us to speak up and to confront wrongs aimed at us with
confidence and a sense of assuredness without being forceful, violent
or rude.
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Black Swan - Grace
Swan teaches us to see below the surface and to recognize the true
essence of others while demonstrating how to trust the grace of our
own being.
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White Cockatoo - Illumination
Cockatoo can be seen as a messenger of light at the end of the tunnel
for anyone who is lost in their own personal darkness.
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Eagle - Spirit
Eagle offers strength, bravery and discipline to reach ever-greater
heights, while reminding us to remain humble and to never be over-confident
to the point where we become blind to our original intent.
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Emu - Responsible Fathering Skills on a Physical Level
Emu - as a "yang" totem - teaches responsible fathering skills - the
practical, earthy skills needed to guide and raise a child when the
nurturing and protective energies of the mother are absent.
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Kookaburra - Healing the Self
Laughing Kookaburra tells us to take responsibility for our own healing
and to stop the pretence. Silent Kookaburra guarantees that healing
has been initiated and is set to be effectual.
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Lyrebird - Genetic Memory
The Lyrebird's ability to pass on taught sounds its ancestors once
heard could be likened to the theory of genetic memory - memories
often confused with the concept of past lives.
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Barramundi - Equilibrium
Barramundi suggests, for a male, the realization of one's innate feminine
Dreaming and for a woman: the need to be more earthed, practical and
less dreamy.
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Dolphin - Breath
Dolphin helps us to walk in rhythm with the beat of the Earth Mother's
heartbeat so that we may learn to communicate through meditation with
Spirit.
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Dugong - Healing the Womb
Dugong sets out to remind women that their wombs are their power;
that their healing is their connection to Spirit and that all women
share the memories of all that has come before them.
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Frog - Cleansing
Frog teaches us to welcome our tears, to honor them and to see them
as a healthy way to cleanse the soul by ridding ourselves of emotional,
physical and spiritual burdens that rob us of unity and serenity.
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Seahorse - Responsible Fathering
Skills on an Emotional Level
Seahorse offers emotional support, and is sensitive to the emotional
needs of the single father and the child especially when influenced
by the emotional pain of losing the mother.
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Shark - Authority
Shark speaks of authority; eg: school principals, prison guards, parking
officers etc. Shark teaches respect for these people and an understanding
of their role.
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Whale - Record Keeper
Whale carries all the history of Mother Earth and teaches us to interpret
sound frequencies that nurture memories of ancient knowledge by showing
us how to reconnect with universal consciousness.
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Crocodile - Creative Force
Crocodile has its eyes on the top of its head - symbolic of its ability
to teach us to see above the physical and to trust ourselves intuitively.
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Lizard - Dreaming
Through our dreams Lizard teaches us the importance of respecting
and remembering the messages of Spirit.
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Snake - Transmutation
Just as Snake sheds its old skin it suggests we too shed those unwanted
burdens and outmoded ways of thinking that restrict our growth and
development so that we may realize our own fruitfulness, thus advancing
ourselves to higher levels, while simultaneously healing ourselves.
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Turtle - Mother Earth
Turtle reminds us that we are never alone, that no matter where we
go, we are constantly being cradled in the protective arms of Mother
Earth, and if we learn plod at a constant pace, we will be assured
completion of all set tasks.
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