Here’s a story for children all about cultivating intuition, even in trying circumstances.
The girl who is the story’s hero finds a little bird following her around all the time. Wherever she is, whatever she is doing, this little bird seems to want to get her attention.
But although she tries to fathom what it has to say, she cannot understand its singing. Meanwhile, her friends have noticed her talking to a bird, and start making fun of her. Her teachers scold her for being late for her lessons. She’s getting into trouble, but she really wants to find out what this bird is trying to tell her!
When she finds out, the bird’s message is shocking. The volcano that the tribe lives beneath is about to erupt! Everyone must pack up and leave, or face disaster…
We live in crazy, crazy-making times. I wonder what our young children are absorbing from the culture they are growing up in. It seems to me that anxiety about our world is growing in us all, like a steadily growing static.
What to do about it? My hunch is that the best way for us to navigate our many crises is by tapping into the potential we all carry – for greater insight, creativity and wisdom. And one way that we can do that is by developing intuition. That means becoming porous to the larger intelligence of which we are a part. It can look a bit crazy, like listening to a bird, but I’m sure it will be key to our survival.
This story doesn’t actually talk about intuition, and the girl just listens to a bird. But her insights save the tribe and teach them how to thrive in their new home. Sundara and I play several instruments to accompany the story – guitar, handpan, whistle, dulcimer and sansula. You can listen to it below.
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