{"id":313,"date":"2012-01-04T14:36:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T14:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendywolfe.wordpress.com\/?p=313"},"modified":"2012-01-04T14:36:49","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T14:36:49","slug":"mama-tiger-roars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendywolfe.com\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"Mama Tiger Roars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mama Tiger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today a white mother tiger showed up with her three cubs to share with us the importance of being fierce in the face of injustice.\u00a0 She also reminds us of the impermanence of the physical.\u00a0 If you are like me, you were raised to be nice and forgiving.\u00a0 Good girls don\u2019t raise a ruckus or talk back to those in authority.\u00a0 While that might serve us well at times, there are also times when we need to be fierce, like Mama Tiger.\u00a0 She reminds us that it is important to be fierce to protect the innocent, helpless and young.\u00a0 Okay, no more Ms nice gal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Mama Tiger:<\/strong>\u00a0 I am the mother in all of you.\u00a0 The fierce guardian of the young.\u00a0 My fierceness is in each one of you but often it is hidden under being nice or good.\u00a0 You have been quiet too long and need to bring out your fierce anger at the injustices of this world.\u00a0 It is our responsibility to protect the young and the helpless.\u00a0 When predators approach we must stand up to them and show our teeth.\u00a0 We must use our claws if necessary to stop them.\u00a0 If I were not to protect my cubs who would?\u00a0 If it means I must use force and even kill I will.\u00a0 For anyone who threatens my young threatens my species.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Wendy:<\/strong>\u00a0 But you also kill to feed your young.\u00a0 What about the young animals you kill?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Mama Tiger:<\/strong> It is because I must do this to care for my young.\u00a0 Without food they will starve.\u00a0 I choose the animals that are weak and make quick of my work.\u00a0 I don’t take pleasure in this, it is purely for survival. I respect that their mothers will do everything in their power to protect their young too. <\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Wendy:<\/strong> It feels so violent to me.\u00a0 It is difficult for me to digest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Mama Tiger:<\/strong> Violence comes from a different place than does the need to protect and provide.\u00a0 Violence comes from a place of hatred or need to control out of fear.\u00a0\u00a0 It is something more often found in the human animal than any other animal.\u00a0 The\u00a0means of survival of predator animals (other than human) is often portrayed as violent to justify the violence of humans.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Wendy:<\/strong> Honestly I hesitate to write about this darkness.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Mama Tiger:<\/strong> Without darkness there is no light.\u00a0 You cannot ignore the dark.\u00a0 Where you err is to believe that dark is bad.\u00a0 You must label everything rather than just experience it.\u00a0 It is the labeling and meaning that you give it that brings distress for you.\u00a0 Allow for both dark and light to be a part of your world.\u00a0 But where you need to change dark to light, do so.\u00a0 Most importantly remember that this body is only temporary.\u00a0 The young who give their lives to feed my young have not died…they have only changed form.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0Where will you be fierce today?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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