Plover

Meaning:

"Spirited clever messenger bringing ritual vision quest. Vision of focused stillness through haunting cry piercing heart. Teaches that creating ritual gathering power objects, marking directions in circle, remaining in stillness full night invoking ancestors' benevolent spirits reveals fearlessness place at being's core—wild ecstatic cry showing lifetimes' central truth."

Teaching:

Though small, highly spirited and clever—distract enemies feigning broken wing
Messenger bird bringing you into ritual—must create your own ritual
Go out and gather power objects from nature—I will show them to you
Construct place marking directions, spirits, ancestors
Step into circle remaining in stillness for marked period including full night
Do this alone—can only speak in your aloneness
Invoke mystic cry calling high spirits to visit in night

Contemplation:

"Will I create my ritual? Can I remain still through the night?"