tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post5121639754797380763..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: C.J. Jung,*** Praying Mantis, and Car PonderingElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-90918128963365380832013-09-12T12:19:26.809-07:002013-09-12T12:19:26.809-07:00well, if Oliver is right, then it must have been t...well, if Oliver is right, then it must have been the female mantis! so, i take it as a good sign - no need to ponder over this :)Francescahttp://www.fuoriborgo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-33832505798360032902013-09-12T09:31:49.816-07:002013-09-12T09:31:49.816-07:00OK, so you know I am one of your wacko followers. ...OK, so you know I am one of your wacko followers. For whatever it is worth, I strongly believe in the spiritual significance of animal/insect sightings. Since you saw a praying mantis not once but twice, I would say this is a rather significant and emphatically sent message. So, in an effort to research this "message" for you I came across a sight which had a quote by none other than Carl Jung. Talk about synchronicity...I would suspect that this was letting me know I was at the right place. The quote from Jung was "The unexpected and the incredible belong in this world only then is life whole."<br /><br />The spiritual significance of a praying mantis:<br /><br />The mantis comes to us when we need peace, quiet and calm in our lives. Usually the mantis makes an appearance when we’ve flooded our lives with so much business, activity, or chaos that we can no longer hear the still small voice within us because of the external din we’ve created.<br />After observing this creature for any length of time you can see why the symbolism of the praying mantis deals with stillness and patience. The mantis takes her time, and lives her life at her own silent pace.<br /><br />From yet another web sight:<br />The praying mantis is the oldest symbol of God: the African Bushman’s manifestation of God come to Earth, “the voice of the infinite in the small,”* a divine messenger. When one is seen, diviners try to determine the current message. In this culture they are also associated with restoring life into the dead. “Mantis” is the Greek word for “prophet” or “seer,” a being with spiritual or mystical powers.<br /><br />Meet the eye of a mantis and feel the presence of God. Interspecies communicator Sharon Callahan says, “the I of me, and the I of the creature became one and we rested on the breath of God.” She notes that a praying mantis appears sometimes in person, other times in a dream or even in an object of art, but always with the “shiny conscious eye ~ God looking at me through the eye of the Mantis.”<br /><br />Would be interested to know what your own search uncovers?L. Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495560962339948104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-41855525329869534682013-09-11T22:09:33.937-07:002013-09-11T22:09:33.937-07:00Much to ponder. Yes. Much. I'd say the ponder ...Much to ponder. Yes. Much. I'd say the ponder to blog ratio is about 90/10.Carrie Wilson Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586157395539583862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-85779422369524930082013-09-11T12:12:34.803-07:002013-09-11T12:12:34.803-07:00in his workshop? he looks like a blacksmith in tha...in his workshop? he looks like a blacksmith in that picture - how oddAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818795902981871173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-2666152683028867212013-09-10T23:09:25.626-07:002013-09-10T23:09:25.626-07:00I didn't know the headless males hang around a...I didn't know the headless males hang around after becoming headless! Now THAT is something to ponder.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-22324075439550394682013-09-10T12:39:09.760-07:002013-09-10T12:39:09.760-07:00It may be because I'm weak and dehydrated and ...It may be because I'm weak and dehydrated and pissy and off today but this post made me laugh so hard I peed a little bit.<br />xoRadish Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-60617753644105634412013-09-10T12:29:18.130-07:002013-09-10T12:29:18.130-07:00Ah, the un-bloggable life. Yep. I'm pretty sur...Ah, the un-bloggable life. Yep. I'm pretty sure my computer would spontaneously combust if I even tried.<br />As for the praying mantis....wow, I've never seen a post-coital headless one. Score.Denise Emanuel Clemenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10982725113569943337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-37181847880504050942013-09-10T12:14:21.609-07:002013-09-10T12:14:21.609-07:00Oh my. Yes. Much to ponder. Oh my. Yes. Much to ponder. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-52706623180665210812013-09-10T10:07:44.384-07:002013-09-10T10:07:44.384-07:00We bought one of those praying mantis egg sacs onc...We bought one of those praying mantis egg sacs once to watch them hatch and it was a definite lesson in life and death. About 200 of the little buggers hatched and the strongest one systematically killed and ate all the rest of them over the next week or so, growing so rapidly we were a little scared. Once it got to its adult size, we took it out of the cage and it 'boxed' with the kids in Eve's classroom until we finally released it. kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.com