I am protected.
When unseen allies have your back.
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Last night, the fox that I recently found dead on the side of the road, that asked me to skin it and honour it, carrying it through to the afterlife, visited me in my sleep.
Initially, he just looked at me.
I know it is a he, as I skinned him. And he had that stench that a male fox has — of urine.
He then informed me that it was time to bury his carcass… with roses.
You see, I had left his remains in the forest for the birds to feast on. I knew at some time I would bury him, but first he needed to be offered over to the animal realms for feasting upon.
And if you didn’t read the post I wrote on my journey and medicine with the fox, you can do so here.
I was talking to a friend this morning and it prompted me to write this article, on the nature of spiritual service, and how it often offers us protection.
Often I receive messages that I need to be in service in some way to the unseen realms — to someone that is passing over, whether it be an animal or a human, or to someone that is suffering that needs guidance. I used to see these queues as distractions and think “why me” … I mean… what do I actually get in return for offering myself over in this way? I wrote a whole article on it once, called We Don’t Give Enough Credit To The Mystics
I would get frustrated that so much of my time was about doing rituals and guiding forces in the unseen realm… with absolutely no recognition at all.
That was until I learned a little humility and now I treat these spiritual asks and quests as profound gifts — ones that not only free other’s but also that free my own spirit.
Not only that, but by being in service to the spirit realm, without wanting anything in return, I am often divinely protected.
This morning, I was talking about how I have always managed to avoid getting in trouble because I have a huge team of unseen protectors.
And that people that mess with me, often pay the repurcussions — not from my own hand, and certainly not through my own conscious intent, but from spirits hand.
