Many
are the reasons that make the hummingbird the
symbol and great allied in this work. Even the
smallest of the creatures can largely contribute
to the man who is in consonance with the healing
and respects the wisdom that has conceived the
world the way it is.
Even though the hummingbird is a tiny bird, it
has the biggest heart among all birds –
if compared in proportion to its size. It is courageous
and optimizes its resources to defy its challenges,
fighting battles included. It is able to fly backwards
and even upside down in a lively manner. The hummingbird
wings move in all directions swiftly and elegantly.
This versatility of movements is a great conquest
and an enormous teaching to mankind. The hummingbird
works in cooperation with the flowers: it gets
food from them and in exchange it transports their
pollen, spreading and fertilizing them. In this
way, what happens is a coevolution of beings that
share nature’s generous dynamics. This essential
exchange is there in all live processes sheltered
by meditation in an adjusted measure of give and
take. In some North-American cultures the hummingbird
represents fertility. The beauty is one of this
bird’s most eminent features: it shines
its varied shades of color under the sun, but
it also announces the coming rain.
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