A Fond Memory: Put to Bed By His Wolf
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qosWhile I feel spiritual resonance with certain animals (bear, panther, hawk, owl) I can't say that I'm intimately acquainted with any of them in the spirit realm. This is in distinct contrast to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
uncrowned_king who had -- and has -- two sets of very specific allies. One of these is a pair of wolves.
Early in our relationship, while we were still living hundreds of miles away from each other, we had allowed a phone conversation to go later than it should have, given my get-up-for-work time. I wanted to stay on the phone, but Lohain very firmly said that no matter how much we both wanted to keep talking, I needed to go to bed. In fact, he was about to end the call, and he was instructing me to go to bed immediately afterward. (He didn't technically have the authority to do that, but that didn't always stop him from giving orders.)
We said goodbye, but instead of getting up to go to bed immediately, I continued to recline on the comfy couch, savoring the memory of the conversation (which had been extremly hot and sensuous). I really didn't want to get up and go to bed.
Suddenly I had the distinct perception of a large wolf standing next to the couch looking at me expectantly. I blinked. He was still there. Then I 'heard' him say: The Boss said you were supposed to go to bed.
I stared.
I am not being told to go to bed by my lover's spirit wolf.
Am I?
The wolf remained stubbornly within my perceptions. Next thing I knew, he had taken my hand in his mouth and was tugging it. The Boss said you were supposed to go to bed, he repeated, more firmly.
I was both amused and a trifle miffed that the wolf's tone clearly indicated that in his mind I was equally subject to the authority of "The Boss" and there was no question in his mind that I would obey "our" alpha, just as he was.
It was with a distinct sense of unreality that I got off the couch and went into the bedroom, the wolf keeping my hand in his mouth until he was certain I was going to do as I'd been told. He stuck around until I was actually in bed, then disappeared.
The thought I was just put to bed by Lohain's wolf kept me awake for quite a while after that.
It was only this evening that I made the connection between the wolf's use of the term "The Boss" and the way Cronopio's Riley refers to her. I don't know if her posts influenced the way I heard the wolf, or if "alpha" just naturally translates into English as "boss" in some circumstances.
uncrowned_king who had -- and has -- two sets of very specific allies. One of these is a pair of wolves.Early in our relationship, while we were still living hundreds of miles away from each other, we had allowed a phone conversation to go later than it should have, given my get-up-for-work time. I wanted to stay on the phone, but Lohain very firmly said that no matter how much we both wanted to keep talking, I needed to go to bed. In fact, he was about to end the call, and he was instructing me to go to bed immediately afterward. (He didn't technically have the authority to do that, but that didn't always stop him from giving orders.)
We said goodbye, but instead of getting up to go to bed immediately, I continued to recline on the comfy couch, savoring the memory of the conversation (which had been extremly hot and sensuous). I really didn't want to get up and go to bed.
Suddenly I had the distinct perception of a large wolf standing next to the couch looking at me expectantly. I blinked. He was still there. Then I 'heard' him say: The Boss said you were supposed to go to bed.
I stared.
I am not being told to go to bed by my lover's spirit wolf.
Am I?
The wolf remained stubbornly within my perceptions. Next thing I knew, he had taken my hand in his mouth and was tugging it. The Boss said you were supposed to go to bed, he repeated, more firmly.
I was both amused and a trifle miffed that the wolf's tone clearly indicated that in his mind I was equally subject to the authority of "The Boss" and there was no question in his mind that I would obey "our" alpha, just as he was.
It was with a distinct sense of unreality that I got off the couch and went into the bedroom, the wolf keeping my hand in his mouth until he was certain I was going to do as I'd been told. He stuck around until I was actually in bed, then disappeared.
The thought I was just put to bed by Lohain's wolf kept me awake for quite a while after that.
It was only this evening that I made the connection between the wolf's use of the term "The Boss" and the way Cronopio's Riley refers to her. I don't know if her posts influenced the way I heard the wolf, or if "alpha" just naturally translates into English as "boss" in some circumstances.
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Date: 2009-01-22 07:22 am (UTC)Hopefully that makes a little sense? ^^;
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Date: 2009-01-22 02:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-22 11:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-01-22 02:16 pm (UTC)The issue of "Is it real or my imagination?" is one I continue to deal with, and the way I discern between the two is hard to explain, but there is a qualitative difference.
Most of the time.
When I get tangled up in knots not being sure whether I'm perceiving or imagining, I perform a couple of simple acts to be sure I'm protected, and then turn my mind to other things. If it's truly a spirit entity -- and if their presence is important (they aren't always) -- then they'll come back later, and/or in another form, when I'm better able to interact.