When the veil thins.
When the Veil Thins
When the veil thins, we begin to sense what lies just beyond our ordinary sight — the pulse of other realms, the whispers between worlds. It can feel both sacred and unsettling, especially on a night like Hallow’s Eve.
That (last) night, my dog Maya killed a mouse.
I tried to stop her, heart torn between instinct and tenderness. I didn’t want the mouse to die. But I also knew this was not random — it was medicine.
In animal teachings, Mouse represents scrutiny, hyper-awareness — the tendency to dissect, inspect, and control. Mouse energy sees every crumb, every shadow, every tiny detail.
So I asked myself: Is this the energy that needs to die in me?
My husky — a guardian between worlds — seemed to know. What she enacted was not just instinct, but a clearing.
Sometimes, life delivers the ceremony we didn’t plan.
As I buried the mouse and laid down cedar, I honored both lives — the one that ended and the one within me that’s ready to release its grip on constant vigilance.
This season invites us to do the same: to let what’s small and anxious fall away, to trust the greater rhythm of life and death. Día de los Muertos reminds us that endings are never just endings — they’re transformations, returns, renewals.
Mouse energy has crossed over, making space for something larger: trust, intuition, and faith in what’s unseen.
May we all loosen our hold on what we can’t control — and allow the mystery to guide us home.
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