Meditation for April 17th, 2016
Animal Totem: the Pigeon
The Pigeon is a majestic and regal bird that usually graces the urban centers of the world. They fly or bop around on the ground, studying the world with great curiosity. Pigeons are busy, but with a great sense of humor.
If you get the Pigeon as an animal on your totem, it usually means you eat garbage and flock together with other people who eat garbage. Pigeons are like goats or catfish; they will eat anything.
It’s not about the food or eating, but usually about a lack of manners. You just take from the world around you and expect people to give you handouts. The Canada goose, who is a democratic socialist, is just a scum-sucking leech on society. You usually dress in a cultural costume and don’t really do anything for society but stand around with other people dressed like you. A fucking pigeon.
A pigeon doesn’t like change and usually won’t let go of the past, and keeps showing up at the same spots night after night. The bird is like a feathered rat infesting bars and venues every night, saying it used to be better or complaining about yup pies ruining their town, except the yuppies like the same things they do.
Pigeons are useless because they forgot how to eat pests, and you can’t eat them.
Prayer
St. Gall
I am a pigeon.
I like to hang out in the same place.
I just float around mooching off of others.
I am dressing the part of a rocker dude.
I am a pigeon,
So I bop my head back and forth
Going from this bar to that bar
Looking for the best situation.
I don’t want to miss a thing.
I want to be with a pack of pigeons.
I feel like I need you to give me some food.
Don’t you want me to hang out?
Then I need food and drink.
Can I stay on your couch?
I lost my place.
I’m a grown-up adult.
Still couch surfing,
Still part-time work, only very part time,
Still wearing patches and spikes
And still eating garbage.
I am a pigeon
Amen.
Craft
Pigeons do crafts full-time. Rock is a full time gig, man.
Goal
If you get the Pigeon in your totem, think about how much you are taking and how much you’re not willing to give, which is sucking the life out of everyone around you. Think about how much you just keep doing the same thing every weekend.
Look at how much garbage you eat. You’re just a feathered garbage disposal who is unwilling to learn how to be an animal again.