Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim finds an owl sitting on an angel's head. It turns out the owl is hurt and she reaches out to help it. As instructors, it is our duty to reach out and help others.
It feels to me like a sign from God, giving us great strength, and telling us to have courage, maintain that warrior spirit, and know that we are on the right track in helping people.
The following rings in my mind:
Native Americans associated the meaning of owl with
wisdom, foresight, and the keeper of sacred knowledge. … To this day the owl is considered an animal
soul-spirit linked to a spiritual person via a unique communicative bond.
Owl Animal Symbolism:
The owl is sacred to the Greek goddess of
learning. Athena and is even depicted on
some Greco-Roman Currency as a symbol of status, intelligence and of course
wealth.
In ancient Egyptian, Celtic, and Hindu cultures
the symbolic meaning of owl revolved around guardianship of the underworlds,
and the protection of the dead.
In this light the owl was ruler of the night
and seer of souls. It should be clear that the owl was honored as
that keeper of spirits who had passed from one plane to another. Often myth indicates that owl accompanying a
spirit to the underworld – winging it’s newly freed soul from the physical
world into the realm of spirit.
A quick list of symbolic meanings:
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Wisdom, Mystery, Transition, Intelligence, Mysticism, Protection, Secrets...
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Native Americans associated the meaning of owl
with wisdom, foresight, and the keeper of sacred knowledge. This may be largely due to the fact that the
owl is a great fore teller of weather conditions. Also its ability to see at night is legend
among the Native Americans, and this attribute would be invoked during
ceremonies when an oracle of secret knowledge was required.
Similarly, West African and Aboriginal Australian cultures viewed the owl as a messenger of secrets, as well as companions to seers, mystics and medicine people.
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| Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim helping hurt owl |
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| Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim peacefully holding wild owl |
During medieval times in western and central Europe it was fabled that owls were actually priestesses and wizards in disguise. To this day the owl is considered an animal soul-spirit linked to a spiritual person via a unique communicative bond.
I never would have even attempted what Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim was doing, but look, she is carrying the owl, and the yet the owl knows it is in loving hands. All this is confirmation that we should help each other and know that we are in God's loving hands.
by Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim- author, teacher, speaker, and martial arts instructor
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