Discovering your totem spirit

To discover your totem spirit, you must attain a meditative state in a natural environment and let him reveal itself to you. Your totem spirit will not force the door to enter in your mind. It will come around slowly and show itself in your mind when you are calm enough to accept it.

First of all, install yourself comfortably in a natural environment. It can be by the side of a lake, on a mountain top or sitting by a tree. You must arrange it so that you will not be disturbed for at least an hour. Make sure the temperature will be fine on your body, that you will not have back aches and that your legs won’t get numb after a while. You must be comfortable.

Reach a meditative state while breathing naturally. Keep your mind on the nature around you, and know that it is also within you. This will do a bridge in your mind, letting in the forces of nature. Do this for at least 10 minutes. Let your mind go here and there, and return to the nature within. Even experienced meditators must take enough time to let nature flow lightly.

After a while, keep your physical eyes closed, but open your eyes within to see a natural environment produced by your imagination. See yourself in the middle of this inner world of nature. Do not try to make it like you would want it, but let your mind reveal what it wish to reveal to you.

In your inner world, call out for your totem spirit to reveal itself to you, and let it come. For some people, only one animal come and it is clear for the seeker. For others, a gushing fountain of thoughts come out as they see their environment filled with all the possible and impossible animals throwing themselves around as your potential spirit totem. One will eventually come as your mind quiet down, and it will be clearer for you.

Once you have identified your animal totem spirit, take a bit of time with it, calmly being together, contemplating your inner nature. Know then that your spirit totem will forever be with you.

You can consult the list of totem animals if you wish to better understand it.