What The Butterfly Knows

One of my favourite apps for my iPhone (besides from Pixlr Express!) is Sarah Bamford Seidelmann‘s What The Walrus Knows. It’s a really cool wee app which delivers animal wisdom to you through an oracle function, as well as providing a field guide. For example, if you keep finding crow feathers, or you’re being stalked by tortoises, you can check out what guidance that animal has for you.

So, when I was beginning to put together A Summer of Self & Soul, I asked which animal wanted to step forward to accompany those who were choosing to go on this journey together. Butterfly flitted forth. And when I read her guidance, I was not in the least bit surprised that she did…

BUTTERFLY

USE ALCHEMY

Spin self into gold. Create anew.

MELT DOWN

Become liquid. Rearrange. Soul knows how.

“Selected quote from butterfly manifesto ”
~What the Walrus Knows, book and app for iPhone/iPad by Sarah Seidelmann

Truly, it couldn’t be more perfect! Through cultivating a sacred selfie practice, we do indeed spin ourselves into gold. We discover that our soul does know how. We find vibrant self expression explodes after a time spent in stillness. We create, combine and craft while dancing lightly through consciousness. We manifest unexpected joy. We trust that we know, and we find that we always did. We ease into levels of comfort and make a break from stifling perfectionism. We become bliss explorers. We find ourselves anew in this moment. And this. And in that perpetual state of becoming we find that we are, in fact, eternal.

This is what the butterfly knows. And she’s going to guide us through our Summer of Self & Soul journey. Will you join us?