I know, I’m way late on this, but life was a bit in the way and I just haven’t been feeling up to being on the computer and blogging lately. We’re up to Chapter 4 of Kissing the Limitless and today, Lisa from @WeiserBooks asked:
In Chapter 4 of Kissing The Limitless, Thorn continues to examine how our connections to and in the physical affect our spiritual quest. She urges us to examine how we relate to home, work, money, and the natural world. It is the latter that brings up one of my favorite quotes “We are part animal, part human, and part divine, & the moment we forget the possibility of any one of those, we are lost.”
The final reflection asks us “Listen now to your animal soul, the part most closely connected to your body and your instincts. If you could be wild for one hour or one day, what would that feel like, what would that look like?”
That is the thought I leave you to ponder this wild Spring day! “What does your animal soul call for?”
For me, I honestly have to say that I don’t know what my animal soul calls for. To be honest, I must be lost as I had no idea that I had an animal soul. This just goes to prove how out of touch I, and many others, are with ourselves. I don’t know what my animal soul calls for. I don’t know what my animal soul wants or needs.
If I were wild for an hour or a day, I have no idea what it would feel or look like. I cannot even begin to estimate what it would be like to be wild for an hour or a day. The only thing I do know is that as drawn as I am to cats, big and small, my animal soul is more than likely feline. Other than that, I honestly have no idea.
Which brings me to ponder this – how is it that we lose sight of so much of ourselves. How do we lose sight of our animal souls? Is it because we’re forced into the realm of the “higher intelligence” of the human part of us? Is it taught out of us? Do we know when we are younger that we are part human, part animal, and part divine?
The fact that we are able to forget this fact is obvious. The question is, how do we get it back? Thorn talks in Chapter 4 about reflecting on what being wild for an hour or a day would feel like or look like. This is a great exercise, except if you’ve already forgotten about your animal soul, first you will need to reflect on yourself and find that animal soul.
To be perfectly honest here, I think the simplest answer of all to the question of what does my animal soul call for would be – remember me!