Hearing Crickets: Shifting the Metaphor

Last night I took a late night bath to unwind from a very intense work day. I noticed the millions of cricket and cicada sounds outside. They were relentless. I knew that these sounds would be there later—even if I had gone to another room, watched a movie and came back to the window in the wee hours of the night. They’d still be going with vigor.

Were they so loud because it was the end of the summer and they were at the apex of their lives? Their message to me was thriving communication, abundance, and the apex of life is now… All that we need to see, embrace, love and know is NOW!!!

Here’s what I read on animalspirits.com
Cricket’s Wisdom Includes:

Good luck – Ok I would really like to buy that.

Teaching the power of song in darkness – Hmmm, often I think that is why I’m on this planet.

Finding ones way out of darkness by following their song – see above

Understanding the time to jump out of a situation – I’ve been there before… and have often stayed too long, however, my being there led to points 2 and 3 above (the ability to be of service).

Communication - This is always paramount to any situation. And communication is often about listening.

Connection to the plant kingdom – Given the state of the plant kingdom, we are all hearing lots of crickets right now.

I would say the metaphor that ‘hearing crickets’, means no one is listening is true in a way. No one is listening to the crickets. The wisdom one can receive from listening to nature, may have been written in some document, either ancient or contemporary, but nothing compares to the wisdom one gets when we simply go within and listen to our intuition, about what we observe externally. The apex is now. When we hear the crickets, it’s time to listen to what they might be saying to each of us individually… not that we can’t ignore their din, because no one else is talking. Thank the universe for “silence”.