The Heart of a Gentle Squirrel

Sweet Mr.Nut

The most amazing thing about Mr.Nut is his gentle demeanor.   He is very different from other squirrels I've rehabbed over the years. He has a serene contentment about him that infuses everyone that comes to visit him. He is certainly a very sweet old soul.

Mr.Nut enjoys watching Mooji videos with me. He becomes very intent and soaks in his Presence.  Mr.Nut practices Mooji's pointing and no matter what chaos occurs around him, Mr.Nut "keeps quiet". 

Watching Mooji on YouTube

This morning I visited with Mr.Nut while he was in  his outdoor enclosure.  He likes to listen to the birds and talk to the outside squirrels that come to visit him.  No matter what time of day or night, you will find Mr.Nut demonstrating pure contentment and happiness. 

Someone asked Mr.Nut...

"I want happiness."

Mr.Nut said:

"First remove "I" that's ego.

Then remove "want" that's desire.

See now you are left with only

"happiness".

And that is why you never see an unhappy squirrel!

Be "Nothing"

Squirrels know how to be nothing.


"Rather than thinking about your being, rest in your being.Be in the joy. There's no special way to be.. simply allow your attention to rest in your being."                                                                                                    ~Mooji 




                             

The Emptiness IS the Vastness

Mr.Nut on standby to answer your questions!

Sometimes people ask me how Mr.Nut is able to answer people's questions with such accuracy and insight.  It's really pretty simple.  Mr.Nut knows he is part of everything and so he taps into the wisdom that pervades all of space.  He is just so relaxed and trusting that all answers become instantly known.  He taps in by being completely receptive.  Another way to say it is that Mr.Nut is completely empty.  And when you are empty, then you can be filled with all knowledge without even trying.

There is an awesome book called "Collisions with the Infinite" by Suzanne Segal in which she describes her experience of awakening.  At one point she feels that she is lost in nothingness… in the emptiness… and believes there is something wrong with her.  She seeks help from several therapists, all of whom are quick to put a label of dysfunction on her experience.  Finally, after many years of witnessing herself through the "eyes of dysfunction", she contacts a Buddhist teacher.  His response was, "Congratulations, Suzanne, it seems you have reached enlightenment."  Not long after this contact, she was driving up the coast of California and suddenly the realization occurred… the void was transformed into the "vastness".  And she saw that except for a thought that she was separate from the ALL,  no separation had ever been true!

The point of all this is…   to just be like a little squirrel.
They don't try to do anything. They just do what they do and that's enough.  It's us humans that are always analyzing everything and trying to figure out how it all works.  

That's why squirrels always have so much more energy than we do… they just act… they don't plan and they don't think about what they are doing.  They just act spontaneously in the moment and enjoy everything!  

It's so simple.  

That's why we need little squirrels to remind us.

And remember… 

if you have any questions

you can always ask Mr.Nut.

Live As A Little Squirrel

I am thoroughly enjoying Robert Wolfe's book, Always Only One. This gem comments on the verses of the Ashtavakra Gita, a very old Vedic teaching text that may predate the Bhagavad Gita and the Buddha. To read the Ashtavakra Gita, is to be reminded of the world of a little squirrel!  I love that they are all little teachers of how to transcend duality! Can you see the squirrel wisdom in the following verses??

     "The liberated one rests in the Self under all conditions; is the same everywhere; does not reflect on what he "has" or "has not" done.

     His nature is free from conditions: acting as he pleases, the wise one is not affected by "honor" of "dishonor." He moves about at his own pleasure, and can only be understood by those Self-realized like him.  Only those like him understand his liberated state.

     Realizing the Self in all-- and all in the Self-- and free from egoism, and the sense of "mine,"  he is happy.

     The man of Knowledge (squirrel) lives happily on whatever subsistence comes as a matter of course.  Where is even fear,  for him who abides in Self?"

     Praised, he does not feel pleased; and blamed, he does not get annoyed:  he neither rejoices in life, nor fears death.

     For me, who am reposing in Self, there is no need of talking about the "end of life."  Reposing on the foundaton of his own Being... he cares not whether his body dies.  He is not perturbed at the sight of approaching death.  Let the body go, even today:  where is there any increase or decrease in You?

     This knowledge of the Truth is shunned by those who want to enjoy the "world." 

Little squirrels know.

In spiritual literature, the terms 

Tao, God, Love, Brahman, Great Mystery, 

The Way, All That Is, are names for the ultimate reality.

  I prefer to use the term Squirreluminosity or Squirrel Light. 

See if you agree with my choice as you 

read the next verse from 

the Ashtavakra:

"As the same all-pervading air is inside and outside a jar, even so the Eternal all pervasive exists in all things-- It in all, and all in It.  The universe is permeated by It through and through.  It exists inside and ouside this body.  The universe, emanating from It, is not different from it and this universe, which has emanated from it, will dissolve into It."

Mr.Nut... my teacher!

     

     
  

Squirrelikalpa Samadhi

Mr.Nut in Pure Bliss

No doubt you have probably heard of the term "Nirvikalpa Samadhi".  This is a state of absorption without self-consciousness to the degree that the knower, the act of knowing, and the object known becomes dissolved...  just like the waves in the ocean.  The difference between this and the other 'samadhis' is that there is no return from this samadhi into lower states of consciousness. Therefore this was understood to be the true final enlightenment....
until now, in 2013, we have the great fortune
 to be witness to:

Squirrelikalpa Samadhi ...
 the highest transcendent state of consciousness. In this state there is no longer the experience of duality. In this state the being perceives the Divine in everything.  There is no difference between inside and outside, between others and self anymore. It may even manifest as a suspension of biological activities, such that even the breath and the heartbeat stops.  There is absolute stillness and yet, a luminous vitality prevails, such that by a simple glance or touch, one is completely transformed.  This energy transfer is also known as squirrel deeksha and is freely given to all that are willing to receive it!  

Until just recently, it was widely believed that squirrels were solely on earth to plant trees and so provide us with the oxygen we require to breathe.  Although necessary, this is only a tiny part of their sacred contract.  The real mission  of a little squirrel is to connect to a human in such a way that their heart is permanently and irrevocably opened to compassion.  The little squirrels are in various states of consciousness.  Every now and then you may run across a squirrel in this very highest state and you may think that there is something wrong with him.  He is not moving and his gaze is steady.   Do not be alarmed!  Instead, thank your lucky stars, for he is resting in perfect stillness and is in total communion with the Cosmos!  
And you are graced to be in his Presence! 

Pure Bliss via Mr.Nut's  gaze

And so, in these transitional times, the little squirrels are arriving in massive fleets to assist our evolution into the new paradigm of PEACE!  All over the globe, baby squirrels are literally falling into the arms and hearts of people and waking them up to their true nature ~  
the Lovingkindness of the ONE SQUIRREL HEART!

What a perfect and simple plan!  
Just be like a little child and receive... 

Doing Nothing... Being Everything!

This morning I was sitting with my squirrel, Mr.Nut, and it was so clear that he is simply always being himself.  Never a pretense, never trying to look good, never "trying" to do anything!  He just is. 

Each morning, we sit together.  When Mr.Nut is not interested in playing our RolyPoly reindeer game, he just rests.  So I pick up one of my favorite books and select a passage to contemplate.

Byron Katie's Losing The Moon is one of these gems.  Not long after her awakening/enlightenment, she had some amazing conversations with friends, sitting in the desert. These conversations were recorded and became the book, "Losing the Moon". This book, now unpublished, can be a difficult read.  However, once there has been some kind of a shift in perception, the book makes total sense.

Here's what lit up on the page today:

"It just is.  It's not my habit. It's not your habit. You tell the story of how it's your habit, or that it happened at all.  There's nothing you can do to not do what you do.  Nothing.  Until you don't.  And you didn't change it.  It changed."

I love that. 

It takes the effort out of everything... it takes the war out of everything. That's why a little squirrel is such a great teacher! They never believe that they are doing anything... they just do what they do without a thought.  

Doing is just happening on its own.

And just for fun....

  

Mr.Nut loves this song!

Squirrel Grace Is Happening!

Earl Grey about 4 years ago

 It's really an amazing time to be on the planet!  Queen Earl Grey, reincarnation of the original grey squirrel that escorted the Sun across the sky on its maiden journey at the begining of time, has ascended to her rightful place in the Cosmos!

This amazing grey squirrel of Mayan royalty is working to ensure the awakening of humanity from the other side.  Earl has joined her housemate Sri BuckyJi  who left on Christmas Eve of 2011 and has prepared the way for her crossing.

What are the signs of Queen Earl's grace on the planet?  Well, on the day after she crossed over, Jan. 2nd, the Sun was at perihelion... the point closest to the Earth of the entire orbit. This means that because Earl is now guiding the Sun again, she has brought it as close to the earth as possible in order to send the Cosmic rays of Awakening into humanity.  How can we verify this?  Look around you... you will see it played out in the actions of humans.  Have you noticed more and more frequently occuring random acts of kindness and squirreluminosity?  Just today I was ordering some plastic replacement bases for some squirrel cages I have and the customer service person told me he would send them to me free of charge!  I could hardly believe my ears! Then I realized that Earl Grey was seeing to it that the squirrels in my care have the necessary supplies they need.  WOW! The Cosmic party has begun!  And yesterday, a friend of mine showed up at my front door with two big bags of pecans he picked up while on his walk!   What an awesome gift for the squirrels! Then another squirrel lover I met through a mutual friend came by for a visit.  She told me she has a huge release cage that is looking for a home.  I had just expressed a desire for another release cage in the last week!  Thank you Earl Grey for your amazing squirrel generosity!

When Earl took her last breath, she was resting on my heart. One minute she was struggling to breathe and the next minute she was at peace.  Then her little face seemed to brighten and she looked like she was smiling.  I could really feel her lightness!  She was no longer limited by her body and could now fly freely through space.  It felt as if she was shining a light on both of us.  

We are taught to believe that there is a border between life and death,  but I no longer believe this is true.  I think that everything is included in life... even death.

And if one can let go of the resistance to what's happening, then death can be a beautiful experience.  Everyone dies on time.  Everything that happens IS FOR OUR AWAKENING! 

Maybe the tears that come are just the flowing of the river of love... so much love that it overflows one's banks!

Just like Miss Ruth in the movie Fried Green Tomatoes,

Miss Earl was a lady.  Visit the last scene and listen to Sipsey's words as she gently helps Ruth on her way: 

    

"It's all right, honey.  Let her go.  Let her go.

You know, Miss Earl was a lady.

And a lady always knows when to leave."

Nothing Is Lacking

Celebration of Awakening ~ Dec.21st,2012 ~ Austin, Texas

     We are just on the other side of the big astronomical event... the shift of the ages...  the end of a 26,000 year cycle on the Mayan calendar and the beginning of a new age...  The Golden Age!

     And what are you noticing? Perhaps it is similar to waking up from a very long sleep... a gradual coming to the senses... a waking up to the clarity and beauty of what has always already been here!  It's just that now we are starting to notice!   

We are beginning to notice that there is nothing lacking!

We are beginning to notice that it's all LOVE!

We are beginning to understand the Mayan greeting: 

"In Lak'ech" which means "I am another yourself!"

    

Maybe, just maybe, we are beginning to catch up

 with the wisdom of the little squirrels!

Here is a quote from Mooji's beautiful book

 Writing on Water:

"Why do you require so much

before you will allow

yourself to simply rest as BEING.

Discard this checklist

for enlightenment.  It is only

the mind's concoction to cheat you out

of the peace you already are."

Nothing to Worry About

Sweet Pea at the edge of the unknown!

What can be said about the unknown?  Squirrels face it when they leave their cozy nest. People face it when a job ends or a loved one dies.  And everyone faces it when the body dies. Of course one doesn't have to die to go there. 

Isn't it what we all face upon awakening?

 Then what is the discomfort about really? Is it just the fear of the unfamiliar? Or is it the fear of disappearing into nothing?  What if dissolving into nothing is the only way we can fully experience total bliss? Perhaps it is as exciting as being able to travel unencumbered, millions of miles through space, just witnessing the expanse of what we truly are!  That sounds pretty good to me...

A woman posted this today on Facebook: a conversation between Byron Katie and a friend:

Friend:  Everything I know can be summarized in this one sentence: 'God alone is the doer'.
Katie: Well, leave out 'the doer'.  It's more true.
Leave out 'alone', it's more true.
Leave out 'God', it's more true.
Leave out 'is' and you really have the truth.

LIsten to MIndy Smith's beautiful description of this exquisite 'falling' into the safety of LOVE~ 

Letting Go

Sweet Pea and Bucky in the release cage

Today is the day I open the door of Bucky and Sweet Pea's release cage.  Today is all about letting go,  being free, allowing the freedom to be,  stepping into the unknown!

In Mooji's book, Breath of the Absolute, he says, 
"You don't realize that everything you are afraid to let go of is nothing!  It only figures big in your mind!  The apparent gap between yourself and Reality is only the distance of a concept.  If it is hurting too much to let go, then don't; instead try something softer:  Take a look at why you are holding on." If even this is too hard for you, find out who is giving up and who is holding on?


Peeking out....

Ahhhh..... what is difficult about releasing these squirrel angels?  Just thoughts...   "they're not ready"...  "they may not make a warm enough nest"...    "they won't be able to stay out of the rain"...   "they won't be able to steer clear of predators".... and on and on.
In some ways, being the mother of a squirrel is more challenging than being the mother of a human:  at least human children call to let you know they are safe and warm. Perhaps the lesson we learn from our squirrel children is the art of silent communication, otherwise known as squirrel telepathy!
To inquire within and just know when they need something;
when to hold on vs. let go;
and when they are doing just fine!

Exploring outside the cage

And surely every parent wants their child to be happy and free...  to really enjoy life and live it fully!

And to live fully as a squirrel includes ~

... the glory of resting in the uppermost branches of a tall tree

... the instinct to run from predators

... the knowledge of building a warm and weather-proof nest

... foraging for food and storing some for later

... birthing more squirrel angels onto the earth.

Let's explore again... tomorrow!

So let me answer Mooji's final question:

Who is holding on?

Who is afraid to let go?

No one!

No one is letting go of nothing.

Nothing's happening...

JUST LOVE!