Bats are a Symbol of Rebirth

At dusk, the bats come out around the park to feast on insects.  They swoop silently and low overhead, it is startling sometimes to see them all of a sudden.  

Bats are symbols of death and rebirth.  They sleep upside down like a baby in a womb. Their preference for sleeping in caves is another symbol of the womb, this one of Mother Earth.  Each evening as the day transitions to night, they emerge as if being born once more.  They fly into the void of darkness and use sound to navigate their path.  Bats hold the archetype of death and rebirth.  In order for new things to come to us in our life, a release of the old must occur first.  We must surrender to the old and be reborn to a world in transition in order to embrace the new we wish to create.

The tan ran reiki symbol in this drawing is 'Seh Gah Nah'. It means 'breathing community'.  As a society we are in a community transition of rebirth.  We are in the throes and pain of a birth process that is uncomfortable, especially as we enter into an unknown arena.  The bat reminds us that surrender to the old is part of the process that is necessary to create something new and better.  Bless you, bat.  I am renewed to the level I release the old.

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