Bear seeks honey, or the sweetness of truth, inside the hollow of an old tree, and enters the cave, or womb, to hibernate, and to digest the year's experiences. Bear seeks answers while hibernating, or dreaming, and then is reborn in the spring. Bear teaches us that to accomplish the goals and dreams we carry enter the silence within. If we choose to believe that there are many questions to life, we must also believe that the answers to these questions resides within us. ~ excerpts from the "Medicine Cards" by Jamie Sams
As Birth Totem Bear, you are an individual whose outer personality is one of quiet observation.
Bear's medicine includes solitude, wisdom, change, and communication with Spirit. Bears are associated with trees, which are natural antennas, linking the Heavens and the Earth.
The Bear is the Keeper of the Dreamtime, and stores the teachings of dreams until the dreamer wakes up to them. People with Bear Totem will be quieter during the winter months. However, they must awaken in the spring and seek whatever opportunities are around them.
Bear is not one to make snap decisions, or be forced into any position. Bear takes in all available information, takes it into his quiet place, studies that information carefully, gives it careful thought, and then reaches his own informed decisions based on the facts at hand. Bear is the one who says: "I have to think about this. I'll be in touch later." You can rely on opinions coming from a Bear person as being well thought out and thorough, and based on the facts given.
When Bear shows up in your life, pay attention to how you think, act and interact. Use discernment in all that you do and discriminate with care. Bear teaches you how to make choices from a position of power.
