I live in the forest
The house is made from the earth and timbers cut from the site. I have many animals living around me and sometimes with me. At first this was disconcerting, but we have learned to get along (mostly).
I have had many experiences with animals and unusual happenings at sacred sites to be coincidences. I have spent quite a lot of time with Goori people(Australian indigenous people in this area) and some time with "clever men".
Obviously, I cannot speak in detail as that is "mens business" but all I can say is that the natural world around us has a lot more going on than we or at least I realised.
It is difficult for me to label my experiences but Shamanism would be the closest. I did not choose this path and was terrified at times from the dreams, premonitions, the, out of controlness and being able to see "sickness"of the spirit in people.
Sometimes I thought I was imagining things, going crazy but others have been with me at times and have seen animals do strange things around me. One recent example was a pod of dolphins followed us up a beach. My friend who was with me laughed when I told him they are reincarnated blackfellas who save any aboriginal person drowning. He went surfing while I sat and sang to them. They stayed an hour in a tight group. I decided to swim and called to them to introduce myself and that I was was only visiting. As soon as I was in deep enough water, they raced over and circled me. Twenty dolphins. Mothers, babies and the big males. I dived under to see them.
After getting out, my friend paddled in with a slightly scared but elated look on his face. We sat in the sun for an hour, then walked the mile back to the car with the pod at our sides. As we started on the track, we looked back and the dolphins took off. Wild dolphins spent 4 hrs with us. The lesson was for him. It was to be playful like a child, to see the mystery in life and embrace it. They were his feelings not mine.
I feel uncomfortable even telling this simple story as often it is talking into the wind of the uninitiated but I hope and have confidence that someone will read this and find a spark ignited.
One last thing. I have stated this before but I believe that people need to be careful what path they choose. Tickling the ego is not a solid reason to inquire into the under world of the spirit.
