Awaken and Soar!

The Adventure of Jumping Mouse

Mr. Twenty Twenty / ThunderCreek

August 2008

Connellsville, PA / Austin, TX

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 Praise for Jumping Mouse!

Mr. Twenty Twenty has created one of the most important books of the
decade. Anything that takes an unashamed, deep look at the thing that
scares us most, ourselves, and wraps it in an entertaining story originally
derived from American Indian folklore, can only be good news for
everyone.
Justyn McDonald. - Australia
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Jumping Mouse has been a god-send! Along the lines of all the greats
(Erickson, Bandler, Jung) Twenty has presented the world with a book
that moves its readers into inspiration, faith, and action! This story, is
one that needs to be shared with future generations. The wisdom held in
this book comes from timeless understanding and I am sure it will serve
as a vehicle of hope for all who read it!

Armando Fierro
www.armandofierro.com

As I entered the realm of Jumping Mouse, the depiction of the Mouse

People, the Raccoon, the Frog, The Old Mouse, the Buffalo, and the
Gray Wolf all became clear to me as people I know or the stages of my
own development and enlightenment. When reading (and re-reading)
this tale of wisdom, I find inspiration and instruction for my continued
journey to the lofty state of Eagle. Everyone can and should embrace the
beauty of this insightful fable. Jumping Mouse inspires you to soar
without denigrating those around you who may simply choose to remain
everyday and ordinary. Well done, Mr. Twenty Twenty. Very well done.

Buz McGuire
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 Praise for Jumping Mouse!

I read Jumping Mouse and he was such an inspiration! The whole tale
had so many lessons that really had an impact on me. I got so caught up
in Jumping Mouse’s tale, that I couldn’t wait for the end and read all in a
single reading.

After which, I went ahead and followed a dream..and published a print

book. The book is generic to where I am, and sales will be limited for
now. But there is an opportunity for expansion, and you need to get your
toes wet sometime, right?

I want go from Jumping Mouse to Eagle several times in MY lifetime

and Jumping Mouse is a really good role model. Every time I take that
next, big, scary step, I’ll think about Jumping mouse. Most good luck
and wishes Twenty Twenty!

Love and prosperity to you and Carol,

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Are you like me? Leaping from one point in your life to another not
knowing why and even sometimes how. I didn't have a real goal or
objective. What I did have was confusion. Then along came Mr.
Twenty Twenty's story about Jumping Mouse. The first time I read it I
thought, "what a cute story." Then BAM, it hit me! I got it and I got
what was the missing link in my personal life.

I am married to a wonderful woman who is part native American and I

am a direct descendant of Daniel Boone. I forgot that portion of my
heritage that believes in and uses legends to explain life. I won't forget
again. Thanks Mr. Twenty Twenty for getting me back on course. This
is a must read for all!

Bob Kleppin

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 Praise for Jumping Mouse!

Jumping Mouse recounts an ancient Native American story with insight,

wit, joy and love. Much more than a literary creation that teaches,
instructs or shares wisdom, Jumping Mouse is a journey to be
experienced. The story of Jumping Mouse moved me to tears, laughter,
gasps of shock and surprise and profound joy.

Most of all, the experience of Jumping Mouse filled me with Divine

Love and connected me with myself on a very deep level. As I
journeyed along with Little Mouse as he became Jumping Mouse and
journeyed onward to rebirth, I was right there in the Medicine Lake,
trotting across the dangerous plains with Buffalo and climbing the steep
peaks with Gray Wolf. I was transported and I experienced the
transformation of Jumping Mouse directly.

Such is the Power of this little book called Jumping Mouse. Get it.
Read it. Feel it. Be it. You will be transformed.

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 Praise for Jumping Mouse!

"As soon as I began to read Jumping Mouse, I just knew it was going to
have a profound impact upon my life.”

It's now been less than 12 hours since I finished the book, and I am
beginning to realize the impact... distraction. All of the collecting and
the doing and the busy-ness of the mice people... Man, you nailed it,
that was me, in a continuous state of distraction!

Yet what I am feeling this morning is clarity - clarity of purpose - with

the intention of completely, and permanently, freeing myself from
distraction. Now, I don't know if you'll find the same piece of gem that I
found, but I can guarantee you will find the piece that is right for you,
the one that YOU need to read and to hear and to KNOW, right now.

Twenty's Jumping Mouse, a very easy to read Native American tale of

timeless wisdom, is just that, filled with many gems, more than enough
for everyone! Enjoy!!!

Todd Silva
www.Sagetone.com
www.GiveAwayADollarADay.com

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 Photo by Eric Farewell

Choose today to live a life that would make your great

grandchildren dance – then do it!

Mr. Twenty Twenty

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The Adventure of Jumping Mouse

Copyright © 2008 by Mr. Twenty Twenty / ThunderCreek

All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be

reproduced, stored, or transmitted without prior written
permission of the author or publisher.

Please do not copy, yet feel free to share the adventure!

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 Table of Contents
Foreward:

Introduction: 14

Chapter 1: The Mice People 15

Chapter 2: The Raccoon and The River 21

Chapter 3: Frog 31

Chapter 4: The Return of Jumping Mouse 37

Chapter 5 Jumping Mouse Enters The Prairie 41

Chapter 6 Buffalo 47

Chapter 7 Grey Wolf and The Sacred Mountains 53

Chapter 8 The Peace of Medicine Lake 59

Chapter 9 Eagle Vision and The Awakening 63

Chapter 10 Eagle Vision Part I – Insights 67

Chapter 11 Eagle Vision Part II - The 4 Keys to Eagle Vision 75

Chapter 12 Jumping Mouse and His Spirit Helpers 85

Chapter 13 Getting Unstuck 109

Chapter 14 Conclusion - Life as an Eagle 133

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If you have ever felt an inner calling...

If you somehow know there is something

more...

If you long for a world beyond the world of the

hype, distraction and meaningless pursuit of
getting more...

Then Jumping Mouse is definitely for you!

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An inspired note to the reader:

Even though you could read jumping mouse all alone, late at night, by
yourself, by candlelight, out under the stars...

Try this tiny little idea on, snuggle up with it, notice how soft it feels,
and how comfortable it fits you.

Jumping Mouse is an ancient fable. It is a fable that is designed to be

read out loud, read out loud to someone that you love.

You could read it to a child, you could read it to an elder, you could read
it to a friend. You could simply read it, out loud, by yourself, to the
divine within an around you.

Read it out loud, and the ancient fable of Jumping Mouse, will transform
you deeply, from the moment you start reading it.

It's likely, that from the first few words, you will start seeing bits and
pieces of you in all of the characters, as well as identify deeply with
Mouse himself.

As you grow on your journey with Jumping Mouse, I request that you
take notes on the blank pages. They are there by design. Take a few
moments, and record your insights, shifts, and ah ha moments as you
experience them. At anytime, feel free too to email me and share your
stories and experiences at 2020@exhostage.com

Blessings and balance to you,

Mr. Twenty Twenty

Email: 2020@exhostage.com

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 Foreward

Coming Soon!

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 Keep going!
You are almost
ready to soar!

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 Introduction
Jumping Mouse is an ancient Native American story handed down
through at least seven generations of wisdom keepers. These wisdom
keepers are elders known generally as Zero Chiefs, Story Tellers,
Singers and Medicine Men.

Sharing the Journey of Jumping Mouse leads to increasing peace, power

and prosperity in life. Reading it opens your mind and heart to a deeper
experience of life and opens an inner door to profound transformation.

Jumping Mouse is a fable that is different, a fable that is special, because

it designed to be an experience that awakens and releases the visionary
within you, while helping you discover who you really are.

While you are reading the fable of Jumping Mouse, you will meet many
interesting characters.

You may recognize YOU in the various characters at different stages of

your inner growth and personal discovery.

You may also recognize your mentors, teachers, friends and family too.

The fable of Jumping Mouse help you notice how you keep yourself
busy and distracted from opportunities of growth and development. If
you are distracted, you won't be tempted to developing, because you
won't notice what is missing from your life.

Once you have experienced the journey of Jumping Mouse, every day
you will experience a deeper understanding of who you really are, and
what you are capable of experiencing and doing in your lifetime.

The Story of Jumping mouse contains the keys to living a life of both
success and significance because we need to both success and
significance to live happy, fulfilled lives.

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 Chapter 1
The Mice People

Once there was a Little Mouse. He was a busy, Little Mouse – searching
everywhere; touching his whiskers to the grass and looking. He was a
busy mouse, as all mice are; busy doing busy mice things, but once in a
while, he would begin to notice an odd sound.

Little Mouse would lift his head, and he would squint; squint so hard to
see...his whiskers wiggling in the air, listening to that odd, invisible
sound. And he would wonder what it was.

So one day, Little Mouse came up to another busy mouse, and he asked
him, "Do you hear...do you hear the sound, the odd invisible sound
roaring in your ears, my brother mouse?"

"No, no!" answered busy mouse, not even lifting his busy mouse nose
from the ground. "I hear nothing – I am busy right now! Talk to me
later."

Later, he asked another mouse, an Elder Mouse the same question. And
he was looked at by the Elder Mouse strangely.

"Are you foolish in your head? What sound? There is no sound"

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And with that, Elder Mouse slipped away, and went into a hole, in a
fallen cottonwood tree.

Little Mouse shrugged his whiskers, and he busied himself again. He

was determined to forget the whole matter, but there was that roaring
sound again – it was faint. Very, very faint. But it was always there.

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 Insights and Inspirations
for Chapter 1
Take a few moments today, and everyday to ask, “What is the sound I
hear, the calling I try to ignore, what is spirit calling me and only me to
do, and to become?”

In your life you will meet busy mice who have learned how to ignore the
call of their spirit. How have you responded in the past to busy mice
who do not hear the call of the river like you do? How do you imagine
your self responding differently in the future?

Little Mouse asked an elder about the noise he always heard, and the
elder mouse told him there was no such sound and then disappeared
down the hole in an old cottonwood tree. The cottonwood tree
represents history and tradition.

Often it is by letting go of your histories and traditions that you begin to

hear your calling louder and clearer. Take a few moments this weekend
and notice what in your personal history and personal traditions you
might just be ready to release and let go of.

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 Chapter 2
The Raccoon and The River

Then one day, there came the fateful day. Little Mouse decided to
investigate the sound, the sound that was always with him. He went just
a tiny little bit. Then he went just a tiny bit more.

One tiny little mouse step at a time Little Mouse left behind all the other
busy mice. He was scared, but he kept going, just a little bit farther, and
then he stopped to listen just a little bit more.

Little Mouse was listening hard – intently – when suddenly he heard a

voice.

"Hello, little brother," the voice said. And Little Mouse almost jumped
right out of his skin! His back arched and his tail was stiff and straight
as an arrow! He felt the need to run!

"Hello," said the voice. "I am your Brother, Brother Raccoon. What
are you doing here all by yourself, my little brother?"

Little Mouse felt awkward. He was just a tiny bit embarrassed.

"My brother, this might sound a little odd, but I hear an odd sound, a
roaring noise... and I... I have to investigate it."

"You hear a roaring noise... in your ears?" replied Brother Raccoon, as

he sat down beside him. "What you hear, my dear little brother, is the
river."

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"The river? But what is the river?"

"Walk with me and I will show you the river," said Raccoon.

Oh my goodness... Little Mouse felt odd. He felt so terribly afraid, yet

he was comforted by Raccoon. He felt and knew deep inside he must
find out all about the river. He must find out about that roaring noise he
always heard.

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“Then I can return to my work”, he thought. “After I have found out
what this river is, I can return to my work. It may even help me with all
the busy mouse things that I must do all the time. And then there are my
brother mice. Yeah, they said it was nothing at all! I will show them! I
will bring Raccoon back with me, and Raccoon and I, together, we will
show them.”

"Alright, Raccoon, my brother, lead me to the river. I will walk with

you." So Little Mouse was nervous. He walked with Raccoon, as his
heart pounded in his chest.

Brother Raccoon was taking him in strange ways, and Little Mouse
smelled the scent of many, many different things that had gone by this
way. Even though he was comforted by Raccoon, Little Mouse was so
frightened and he almost turned back several times.

Then, they came to the river.

"Oh my gosh, the river is huge!"

In some places the river was deep and clear. And yet, the river was
murky in others. Little Mouse was unable to see across it, because it
was so big! And the river roared.

With his whole body, Little Mouse could hear and feel the thunder of the
river. And Little Mouse looked at the river, and he saw huge and tiny
pieces of the world carried along on the surface.

"Ohh! It is powerful!" Little Mouse said.

"It is a great thing," said the raccoon. "Let me introduce you to a

friend."

Nearby, on the river there was a smoother place. And on the smoother
place, there was a little lily pad, bright and green. And sitting upon the
lily pad was a frog. Almost as green as the lily pad that he was on. The
frog had a white belly that also stood out clearly.

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"Hello, little brother," said the frog, "welcome to the river."

Raccoon began to walk away and said, "I must leave you now, little
brother. But my dear friend frog will care for you now." And raccoon
left to do what raccoons do. And as he walked along the river and he
washed his food within.

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 Insights and Inspirations
for Chapter 2
Want to learn a secret? Everyone on “the journey of Jumping Mouse”
feels the fear. Some people turn back, others, like our friend Little
Mouse continue onward because they feel something deeper. When you
feel something so deep inside you can not stop and must face the fear
take action. Take tiny little mouse steps.

Only once you have begun to take action, to step away from your busy
world of distraction, you will meet Raccoon.

When Raccoon shows up in your life, he is a brother. One who perhaps

has a bit more experience and knows the way to spirit, and washes his
food in spirit.

Who in your life today can you honor as Raccoon?

Can you call them up, write them a letter, give them a copy of this book
as a gift?

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 Chapter 3
Frog

So Little Mouse began to inch along, looking around, and as he got

closer to the river, he looked in and he saw a reflection – he saw a
reflection of a very frightened mouse.

Little Mouse asked the reflection, "Who are you?" And Frog answered
him, "It's okay; relax. I have been given the gift to live both above and
within the water. Little Mouse, would you like to have some medicine?"

"Me? Have medicine? Why, yes, yes; I would love to have some
medicine!"

Frog said, "Here's what you must do. Crouch as low as you can, then
jump as high as you are able. Then you will have your medicine."

Little Mouse crouched really low, and he jumped as high as he could,

and in his eyes then saw the sacred mountains. Little Mouse could
hardly believe what he saw! The sacred mountains! And he fell back
into the water. He landed in the river.

Little Mouse was frightened, and he scrambled; he made his way back to
the bank. He was wet, he was frightened, and he was angry.

"You have tricked me!" Little Mouse screamed at Frog.

"Wait! Just a moment," said Frog. "Are you okay? Do not allow the
fear or the anger to blind you. Remember! What did you see? What did
you see?"

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Little Mouse tried to collect his words, and finally, he said, "I... I saw the
sacred mountains!"

"Yes," said Frog, "and now you have your medicine and you have a new
name. Your new name is Jumping Mouse."

"Thank you, thank you," said Jumping Mouse. "I must return to my
people. I must tell them of this thing."

"Go tell them," said Frog. "And to return to your people, it's very easy
to find them. Turn your back to the river, and go opposite of the sound
and you will find your brother mice."

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 Insights and Inspirations
for Chapter 3
Often in life, we must crouch low, before we can jump high, just like
Jumping Mouse. When you have a struggle or challenge, remember that
this might just be a great time to remember that the challenge will help
you, but you must release, let go, and jump high and take the time to
notice the sacred mountains.

The Sacred Mountains are inspiring. What insights and inspirations

have you seen given birth to through hardships?

Frog and Jumping Mouse shared a very special moment when Jumping
Mouse was “losing it”. Sharing this lesson can help you remember it
when you need it. Who can you share this with today?

Frog lives both above and within the waters. He lives in both the spirit
and in the world. Notice he lives in a place where the waters are still,
and the reflection is not rippled.

Traditionally a name change happened when you changed significantly.

This was true with many cultures around the world, including the
Hebrews, Native Americans, and some Aboriginal Tribes.

If spirit was to give you a new name what would it be?

Remember: The world of the mice people and the river seem to be in
opposite directions. Frog told mouse to turn his back to the sound of the
river and walk away, then he would return to the mice people. In time
Jumping mouse would learn, instead of being opposites, that they are in
fact quite near each other, both different parts of the same world.

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 Chapter 4
The Return of Jumping Mouse
So Jumping Mouse returned to the land, to the world of the mice people.

In the land of the mice people, Jumping Mouse experienced frustration

and found disappointment. No one there would listen to him.

No other mice would listen to Jumping Mouse, because the other mice
were afraid!

Since Jumping Mouse was wet from the river, and he had no way of
explaining his experience that they could understand, many of the mice
began to avoid him.

They believed he had been spat out; that some animal went to eat him
and didn't even find him good enough for food.

And so, for a time, Jumping Mouse again, attempted to live with his
people. He tried to stay busy, and he tried to forget the vision that he
had of the sacred mountains.

So Jumping Mouse was different; he wasn't perceived the way that the
other mice were. And even though day in and day out, he went among
his mouse activities, he realized one day that he had to leave.

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 Insights and Inspirations
for Chapter 4
Jumping Mouse wanted to share what he experienced with his people,
and they just could not understand. Sometimes it's just a good idea to
keep your mouth shut, otherwise you might waste the energy you need
for your vision on trying to convince others about something they just
aren't ready to understand or experience.

Allow yourself to be carried by your experience of the sacred, and of

your vision of the Sacred Mountains.

I tried to deny my visions for years. I had life changing visions show up
in my life when I was taken hostage back in 1989. I tried to fit in, I tried
to keep busy, it was only by honoring who I was becoming and my
vision that finally I was able to experience peace.

You can read more about my personal story by visiting

www.exhostage.com

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 Chapter 5
Jumping Mouse Enters The Prairie
And so Jumping Mouse went to the edge of the world of the mouse
people. And he looked far out, far out onto the prairie. Way up in the
air were the spots that hovered, the spots they all were so afraid of.

However, Jumping Mouse was determined to find his way to the sacred
mountains. He had to experience the truth of this vision once and for all.

Jumping Mouse gathered up all of his courage, and he ran as fast as he

could out into the prairie. He ran and he ran until he came to a huge
brush of sage. At the brush of sage, he sat there and he tried to catch his
breath, relaxing and resting. And it was then, that Jumping Mouse saw
there a very, very old mouse.

Jumping Mouse was impressed – he was amazed! For here he was, with
such an Old Mouse, in such a beautiful place, safe from the spots high
up in the sky. And there were so many things to notice here.

Jumping Mouse said to Old Mouse, "Truly, you are amazing! For you
live in this wonderful place, and the spots high up in the sky – they can't
get you here."

"Yes," said Old Mouse, "and one can look at all of the beings that live on
the prairie from here. You can see the buffalo, the antelope, and the
coyote. One can look at them all from here, and one can know their
names."
"That is marvelous!" Jumping Mouse said to him. "Can you see the
river and the Sacred Mountains"

"Yes and no. I know there is a great river, but I'm afraid that the sacred
mountains are, I am sorry my friend, the Sacred Mountains a just a
myth. Forget about them. Stay here with me. Everything that you want
is here; this is a very good place to be."

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Hmmm...how could he say such a thing? said Jumping Mouse to
himself. Once you've seen the sacred mountains; once you've been to
the river – how can you forget?

"Oh, thank you very much for sharing with me, Old Mouse...but I must
seek the Sacred Mountains."

"Oh, you are foolish to leave here! There is danger! Remember the
spots – the danger high up in the sky. The spots, they are Eagles. They
will catch you and you will be no more!"

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 Insights and Inspirations
from Chapter 5
Old Mouse apparently saw the river, but he didn't take the time to jump
and see the sacred mountains.

Old mouse was not satisfied with the ways of the busy mice, and yet he
never took the chances to fully explore the world of vision that was
calling to him.

What can you to today to not become like Old Mouse, one who knows
the names, but who hasn't had the experiences?

Old mouse tried to keep Jumping Mouse with him, by reminding him to
fear the Eagles, the Spots high up in the sky. What Eagles – Tiny Spots
are you afraid of? Are you willing to continue on the journey ahead in
spite of the fear?

Sage is the traditional healing plant of many tribes that “holds and
nurtures”. There is a time on your journey where you need held and
nurtured from the outside. This is a time where many people take
courses, read books, learn from elders.

Take the time to be held and nurtured from the outside. Read, explore,
learn.

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 Chapter 6
Buffalo
It was hard for Jumping Mouse to leave such a wise Old Mouse.

However, he gathered all of his determination. He was convicted to go

to the sacred mountains. And so he ran – he ran hard again. Now, he
was out on the prairie and it was tough; but he ran and he ran as best he
could. And finally, he came across a stand of choke cherries.

Ahh. It was cool here. And there was food, there was water! And he
could eat the seeds. And oh my gosh, the grass! He could gather the
grass, he could make nests; there were places to explore; there were so
many busy things to do here. Jumping Mouse was looking around; he
was investigating. He was exploring his new place.

And he heard a great breathing. There was a heavy, heavy breathing.

And there it was – he saw – the great Buffalo. Buffalo was so huge, that
Jumping Mouse couldn't see all of him.

Buffalo was so huge, that Jumping Mouse could have even crawled
inside one of his ears. Surely, this being must be holy.

"Hello, little brother, thank you for visiting me. However, you cannot
stay here – I am sick and I am dying. I have been told that the only
thing that can save me is the eye of a mouse."

"Ohh!" Jumping Mouse...Oh, my gosh! One of my eyes?

Buffalo continued, "Alas! But there is no such thing as a mouse."

Okay, Jumping Mouse took that as his cue, and began to move away and
thought, “Okay, that's just fine...”

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But deep inside, he had this feeling. Jumping mouse could give up one
of his eyes and save such a magnificent creature. And without one of my
eyes, Buffalo would surely die. So Jumping Mouse went back to
Buffalo, and he said to him, "Buffalo, I am Jumping Mouse...and you –
you...are very great."

And instantly – plop! One of Jumping Mouse's eyes plopped out of his
head, rolled over, and – whoop! Buffalo stood, regaining his health
entirely.

"Thank you, my little brother. I know of your quest to see the Sacred
Mountains, and I can help you get across the Prairie. What I need you to
do is to run under the safety of my belly. The only thing the Eagles will
see from far up in the sky is me. So run, run as fast as you can."

So Jumping Mouse and Buffalo ran across the prairie. Jumping Mouse
was scared! Oh, Jumping Mouse was so scared, running under the huge,
huge Buffalo...seeing his hooves come down all around him, shaking up
the entire world. Until finally, they came to a place where Buffalo
stopped.

"My little brother, this is where I must leave you, because Buffalo are
creatures of the prairie, and your journey continues up into the
mountains."

"Thank you...thank you for helping me, Buffalo."

"Now you know, your fear that you felt was for nothing, Jumping
Mouse. I would not have trampled you. At all times, I knew exactly
where you were."

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from Chapter 6
Buffalo represents Wisdom and Power that is earned through hardships
and through life experiences. If you focus too much on your hardships
and life experiences you can become depressed, cold, harsh, removed
from the flow of life.

The eye of the mouse represents Innocence and Trust.

Jumping mouse was willing to give up one of his eyes, so that Buffalo
could live. Wisdom and Power, gained from hardship and experience,
only lives and benefits others when it is balanced and activated with the
Innocence and Trust represented by the mice people.

Jumping mouse was rewarded greatly, because the Wisdom and Power
of the Buffalo, and this enabled him to cross the Prairie safely.

The Prairie is symbolic of the challenges of life. On the prairie you can
not hide. There are times when you must not hide from your challenges,
and must continue to take action and move on.

Take the time to learn from elders, for your Innocence and Trust will
awaken and inspire them. Remember too that real wisdom comes from
experience, and seek those who are experienced, and who honor your
experience and growth in the process.

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 Chapter 7
Grey Wolf and The Sacred Mountains
So Jumping Mouse began to investigate. He began to look around and
to explore his new surroundings. There is so much here; so much more
here than any place else he had ever been!

Suddenly, he came upon a Grey Wolf who was sitting around, doing
absolutely nothing.

"Hey, hello, brother Wolf, it is I, Jumping Mouse."

Grey Wolf says, "Wolf? Wolf! Yes, that's what I am, Wolf." And he
continued to sit there, doing nothing.

"Brother Wolf, I am Jumping Mouse..."

"Mouse? Yes, Mouse, yes, I know...Mouse..." And Grey Wolf sat there
and stared. He would just sit there, doing absolutely nothing.

Jumping Mouse thought this was very peculiar and went around this day
exploring more, seeing the wolf just sit there. And it occurred to him,
Oh! I know what will cure the wolf. What will cure the wolf is one of my
eyes!

Jumping Mouse went over, "Wolf! Wolf! I know what will cure you!"
Instantly, he felt a plunk! Out came Jumping Mouse's other eye.

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Suddenly, Grey Wolf rolled over, and said, "I am Grey Wolf. I know of
your quest and I can help you get far into the sacred mountains. I can
help you journey deep inside, and I can take you to the sacred lake."
And as Grey Wolf told him this, he cried a tear.

Jumping Mouse couldn't see his tears, because Jumping Mouse was now
blind.

"I am the guide into the sacred mountains. I will take you to the
Medicine Lake. Everything – everything in the world is reflected there.
All of the beings of the prairies and the skies."

"Please take me there," said Jumping Mouse.

And Grey Wolf guided him. He guided him through the trees; he guided
him around the rocks and the pines, into the depths, of Medicine Lake.

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from Chapter 7
Grey Wolf is a guide. He is a guide who doesn't remember or even
realize he is a guide. He is one of those wise souls, who just seems to
know exactly what to say, and say it in a way that makes a difference.

Jumping Mouse had to approach Grey Wolf with Innocence and Trust.
He gave up his remaining eye, trusting, that it would help Grey Wolf.

Grey Wolf is the color of Grey, which represents many different ideals.

Grey is the color of the hair of the elders. Those who have lived for
quite some time and who have experienced life, faced it's challenges,
and discovered deep blessings.

Grey is the color that is the perfect blend of black and white. Grey Wolf
doesn't preach, he doesn't think, he sees. He tells Jumping Mouse of
what can be seen at Medicine Lake. It's not how brilliant your ideas are
that matter, it's how much beauty, truth, and possibility that you can see.

Medicine Lake is a place of stillness, where everything is reflected

according to Grey Wolf. Enlightenment and Inner Peace seem the same
as Medicine Lake. Take the time to become still, and enjoy the
reflections that you find within you and your Medicine Lake.

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The Peace of Medicine Lake
So Little Mouse drank of the lake, and Grey Wolf stayed with him and
told him of all that was there.

Some time had gone by, and Jumping mouse felt at peace.

"Grey Wolf, I know that you are the guide to bring people – to bring
others – to the sacred Medicine Lake. You must return to the base of the
Sacred Mountains."

Grey Wolf, understanding what would happen, thanked Jumping Mouse,

saw him with eyes of compassion and love, and he left, returning to the
base of the Sacred Mountains to help those who were coming.

So Jumping Mouse sat there, still, and at peace. Deep inside he felt a
stirring, and he knew what would happen.

From high up in the sky, he could feel the shadows of Eagle, as Eagle
flew over him.

He heard the loud cry and he braced himself for what was coming.

And as Eagle hit, Jumping Mouse, our friend, went to sleep.

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from Chapter 8
Death. Sometimes letting go feels like death. Yet we all have to let go,
give away, and allow flow to happen. It's the only way we can serve
others.

Jumping Mouse had to let go of Grey Wolf, his guide and his protector.
Deep inside, while experiencing the peace of Medicine Lake he had to
let go, and let God.

Take the time today to notice your fears of death, big deaths, little
deaths, and let go, surrender to the peace of Medicine Lake.

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Eagle Vision and The Awakening
Suddenly, he woke up. The surprise of being alive was overwhelming.
But now, for some reason he could not yet comprehend, he could see.

Everything was blurry, but the colors that he could see were amazing!
And as he blinked, then things began to become even more clear. Still, a
blurry shape came up toward him.

"Hello, my brother. Do you want some medicine?"

"Medicine? Medicine for me? Why, yes!"

"Then crouch as low as you can. Then jump as high as you are able."

He did as he was told – he crouched as low as he could, and he jumped

as high as he was able. Suddenly, the wind – the wind caught him and
carried him higher, even higher – high up into the sky.

"Do not be afraid; just hang on to the wind and trust."

He closed his eyes, and he hung; he felt the wind as it carried him higher
and higher. He blinked his eyes again, and suddenly, they were clear!

The higher, higher, and higher he floated, the clearer his vision became.
Far below, he again saw his old friend on the lily pad. Down on
Medicine Lake, it was Frog.

"You have a new name, my brother. You are Eagle."

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Eagle. You have been reborn. You see the world with entirely new eyes.
You blink, life becomes clearer. Yet you still need a guide, a friend, a
friendly reminder.

“Crouch as low as you can, and jump as high as you are able, hang onto
the winds and trust.”

It's your job to spread your wings, it's your job to crouch and jump, it's
your job to trust. It is your job, your opportunity, to Awaken and Soar!

The invisible winds will take care of the rest.

Being carried by the winds isn't hard work. Mostly it's about noticing
very minute and invisible shifts, and adjusting your wings, your life
accordingly.

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The Eagle's Vision Part I - Insights
Eagle Vision shows up in your life when the visionary that you are
becoming is so radically different than the person you have historically
been.

Once you have become Eagle, you can't even say that you are a mouse,
much less the adventurer Jumping Mouse anymore. Your life, your
ways of perceiving will have changed that much.

In the process of your personal transformation and awakening, you go

from being the busy yet curious Little Mouse to being the one who takes
risks, Jumping Mouse.

If you choose to continue to explore, to go into the prairies and

mountains in life, you evolve from being Jumping Mouse to Eagle – the
one who's been totally transformed – The One who is now a Visionary.

The Soaring Eagle perceives the Universe in a way entirely different

than the masses who live in the land of the mice people.

Mice have lives full of distraction; mice have lives full of collection;
mice have lives of touching and being touched by everything. An eagle
has an entirely different experience of life and the world around him.

A tiny tale of my transformation.

There was a time when I worked a normal job, had typical distractions,
dreams and goals and that was good. During my normal job, I began
learning to to change lives, by working on the Internet, I began
exploring what it would take to promote and lead courses and trainings
that would transform the lives of others.

And then at some point, a radical transformation occurred. I didn't have

a job, and I had no desire of ever having one again. I didn't think like
the mice; I had started soaring like the Eagle.

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I had chosen to become one who inspires, to become one who has long
range vision, Eagle Vision.

“I can chose today, to become one who lives by faith,

who floats on the invisible winds, supported by the divine.”

In your own life, becoming Eagle may mean something different for you
than it did for me. But that shift in you will become so remarkable that
many will not be able to even recognize who you have become.

There comes a time in your transformation, when what normal people

are interested in is no longer of primary interest to you. You will live
from a place of passion, creativity, love, and purpose that may amaze
even you.

“I am here to see and invite transformation.”

And so, once you have become Eagle, you have been reborn. The Eagle
in the older Native American traditions is of the East – the place of new
births; the place of new beginnings.

The new births and the new beginnings associated with Eagle are totally
life transforming. This is the area of thankfulness; the area of gratitude;
the area of springtime; the time of planting seeds.

Eagle Vision Moments – Time for Rebirth

The Camp Hill Prison Riots of 1989 signaled the end of my career in
law enforcement. I was a newly married corrections officer who was
taken hostage while on the job. I would in no way recognize my former
life in just 5 short years.

That was the beginning of my inner transformation, and when I was first
introduced to the complete story of Jumping Mouse.

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The Miracle of Medicine lake.

While enjoying the divine out at medicine lake, the blind Jumping
Mouse felt the shadow of the eagle before he felt him strike, and then he
went to sleep.

And when he awoke, he was reminded of a very important action to

take, by his friend Frog. He tells him to look, to crouch low, and to
jump as high as he is able.

As our hero looks, crouches low, and jumps as high as he is able, he new
Eagle Vision becomes clear, he realizes now that he is Eagle. He has
transformed; his old helper, the frog, has come back again.

The Innocence and Trust of Frog.

Frog reminds us to stop, to remember Innocence and Trust.

Look! Notice what's happened to you. For this is an essential part of the
journey. Innocence and Trust were both necessary for our hero, as he
was transforming from being Little Mouse to Jumping Mouse, from
Jumping Mouse to Eagle.

The Eagle is one who is totally transformed and inspirational to many.

The Eagle that represents the new births; the new beginnings. In Native
American culture, you look up to see the East. The East is at the top of
the Indian compass.

Keeping Balance – Opening to Flow.

The East is at the top, and the West is at the bottom of The Sacred Zero –
The Medicine Wheel.

You look up and you feel inspired. If you look at people who are
inspired, they slap their forehead, they look up, they always have the
light bulb in the cartoons up in the air;

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You have one of those Divinely Inspired - "A-ha!" moments. Eureka!
It's always up in the air. The inspirations, the new beginnings, are
always up in the air.

People will tell you when you live as Eagle, "I don't know how you live
by such faith, such inspiration." That's good. You don't know how I do
it. That's alright. Inspiration is like that.

When inspiration shows up, when the new birth shows up, living the life
of the inspired one, your life is radically different, because no longer
when you're the Eagle can you consult the elder mouse.

Elder mice, those who “know everything” hide from The Inspiration,
they hide from the experience and knowing of Eagle.

No longer when you're the Eagle can you consult the other mice. They
aren't there! When you're the Eagle, you cannot consult the buffalo, for
he's down, close to the earth. When you're the Eagle, the new birth, the
new vision, is coming through you. Your vision is coming directly from
the divine.

Your Divine Inspiration will inspire some – those who are on the
journey to becoming Eagles.

That same Divine Inspiration will upset and scare others. That's okay.

Divine Inspiration will carry you far, just like the invisible winds carry
the Eagle.

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Eagle Vision Part II
The Four Keys to Eagle Vision
Imagine living life as an eagle. Go ahead, take a moment, we'll be here
when you get back.

Life as an eagle is very different than life as a mouse. There are several
key areas that you get to experience and explore.

I first learned of these keys, hidden in the fable of Jumping Mouse,

from my Grandmother when I was a little boy, and they have guided my
life, and helped me to soar ever since.

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For the Eagle to fly high, he has let go.

Whenever you live the life of the visionary; the life of the inspired; you
must let go. You must let go of what you know of; you must let go of
the mouse memories.

You must allow divine inspiration to move through you, holding onto
nothing. This is the life of the Eagle. Look at the talons of Eagle. Eagle
does not hold on to anything as he flies high in the sky.

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 Eagle Key #2: Eagle is supported by the invisible.

Eagle is supported by the unseen. When you see Eagle flying, he is

supported by the invisible and unseen wind currents. You usually do not
see Eagle flapping hard. He may flap hard once in a while, but he
mostly is coasting on the wind currents.

Eagle is supported by the the unseen, the invisible, the wind currents.

When you live as the visionary, you are supported by the invisible.
People say, "Oh, what you envision has never been done!" It doesn't
matter that it hasn't been done. This is the divine vision in you showing
up. Like Eagle, you are supported and provided by the invisible. Feel
the wind, enjoy the invisible and trust.

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 Eagle Key #3: Eagle makes constant tiny adjustments .

As Eagle brings the divine vision into reality, he's constantly making
tiny adjustments. He's making constant, tiny adjustments while he is
feeling the wind current.

He makes tiny adjustments as his divine vision becomes more and more
clear to him. These tiny adjustments are what he does to remain afloat
in the air, to stay in the divine flow and expression of life.

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 Eagle Key #4: Eagle returns to earth.

Eagle returns to earth for food, for nourishment. The vision that you
have – you get to bring it to the earth. Your divine vision benefits all of
the people.

When the Divine Vision you have is brought to earth, it is like the Eagle
landing. Eagle has to land once in a while. He gets to sit on a tree, rest
on his nest, or to come down for food.

The Eagle comes down to earth. As he comes down to earth, we get to

remember this – the vision is of benefit for everyone.

Jumping Mouse became Eagle when Eagle came down to earth.

The baby eagle that Jumping Mouse became was benefited when the big
eagles came home. This is the way of the Eagle.

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Jumping Mouse
and His Spirit Helpers
In the journey of Jumping Mouse, you have met an amazing set of
characters, These are your Spirit Helpers.

The Spirit Helpers help Jumping Mouse to continuously move forward.

Now, as Jumping Mouse takes risks and decides to move forward, he
takes risks; he takes actions; he decides to move forward – he meets a
series of helpers.

The first helper that he meets is the one that is most like
him. And that is Brother Raccoon.

Raccoon is most like Jumping Mouse because compared to some of the

other spirit helpers in the story, he is relatively similar in size and he's
similar in shape. They both live close to the earth, touching things and
investigating.

Once they meet, and Little Mouse reveals his frustration and his quest
for answers, Raccoon reveals that he can help Little Mouse.

Raccoon knows first hand of what Little Mouse longs for, and tells him,
“I will take you to the river."

Raccoon represents one who washes what he finds in daily life,

including his food, in the river.

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The River is the Principles of Spirit, the Spirit That Moves within all
things.

Raccoon does not live in the river. Raccoon routinely returns to the
river. And he also travels close to the world of the mouse people.

Now this is what I want you to notice from the story – this is what's
really cool. Mice touch and examine many things, they are busy like so
many people, but the mice do not know of the River.

Raccoon touches things, too, and he washes them in the river. Of the
many things that show up in your life – the inspirations, the memories,
the ideas which you can bring to the world living as a visionary – one of
the things that I want you to notice is this:

Whatever shows up, you can wash it in the river.

The story of Jumping Mouse has never been applied to the world in this
way. When we bring it to you this way, it's because we've had the story
of Jumping Mouse here in our teachings for a number of years. And
when we bring it to you, it's being brought to you after we've dipped it in
the river, many times.

Dipping it in the river involves taking time out from trying to make it
happen, and taking the time to live by the principles of spirit and to
invite Spirit to help make it happen.

The river is part of the divine spirit, the divine inspiration, the creativity.
It is the principles that give you brief glimpses and experiences in the
divine.

There are many ways to take what you are thinking about, doing and
exploring to the river.

What I often do is I take little breaks – I'll take a hike in the woods and
just surround myself with nature.

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I'll take my time and smoke my sacred pipe or enjoy a fine cigar.

Relaxing, being thankful, enjoying the flavor of the tobacco while

pondering.

Not thinking – not trying to figure out, but simply pondering, simply
allowing what needs to show up to show up. Allowing the River to
cleanse and clear my mind.

This is the nature of the raccoon, and the raccoon takes what he has
found, his thoughts, his ideas, his problems and his opportunities, and he
washes them in the river. Once he washes them in the river, they are
clean.

“Just who is Raccoon in your life?”

Raccoon can be someone on the outside, Raccoon can be on the inside

of you.

If you decide to explore and experience more of Raccoon in your life,

you'll discover you don't have to figure everything out. You can relax,
you can rest in spirit and allow inspiration to come to you. .

Take the time to sit in silence, and experience the Principles of Spirit.

Carol and I also notice whenever we travel our minds and lives become
cleaned within the river. We take a break from doing more, and just
allow the gifts of spirit to show up in our lives.

It doesn't matter if we are driving, or flying or riding on our motorcycle,

we notice during these times of silence, that the most awesome and
incredible insights show up, because we've taken the time to get out of
our mouse people routines.

“Take the time to exit your mouse people routines,

take the time to feel and touch the river.”

Sometimes you have to leave the Mouse people world. And go to the
world of the raccoon who slows down and enjoys the river itself.

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The next helper that shows up is Frog.

Frog is green, he's the color of innocence and trust of the South in the
Sacred teachings of The Zero Chiefs. This is the energy of
Transformation.

The South is where we explore innocence, trust and personal

transformation. Now when we look at Frog, Frog lives on the lily pad.
Frog lives on the green out in the water.

Frog doesn't, live in the water entirely, or out of the water entirely; he
lives both in and out of the water . He doesn't leave the water for any
length of time. He simply is where he is.

Now, Frog, in the story, asks very quick questions; actually one kind of
very quick question; and he also gives a very quick answer.

Frog, because of his innocent and trusting nature, living close to the
water, living in the water is able to help Little Mouse pause and notice
his points of transformation, and remember his experience.

“Frog helps Jumping Mouse to take action, and remember the

fleeting miracle of directly seeing the Sacred Mountains.”

Frog asks Little Mouse, "Do you want medicine?" "Oh, yes! Yes, I do!"
"Well, crouch very low and jump very high." Frog reveals the nature of
transformation.

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In your life, there will be many times where you have to get very low to
get very high. It could be a crisis, like what happened when I was a
hostage in the Camp Hill Prison Riots.

That was an opportunity for me to crouch very, very low to discover

who and what I really am and what I am capable of.
It was a crises, a crouching very low, that helped me surrender, let go,
experience compassion, and now I'm here to give and help others. That's
crouching low.

Once you crouch low, you can jump very high. And when you jump
very high, you see a glimpse of the sacred mountains. This is what Little
Mouse did. He crouched low, he jumped high, he saw the Sacred
Mountains, his whole world was changed and then he suddenly splashed
into river.

“He had a direct experience of the divine that was way beyond
everything he had ever experienced before.”

He was totally outside of his element. And it scared him. And because
he was scared, he got angry!

Frog is the person not only helps us engage transformation, he also helps
us to stop, to notice, to remember the fleeting miracles that show up
when we are transforming.

Frog says, "Hold up, stop, wait, notice – remember, what did you see?"
Frog stops and notices. And he also gives Little Mouse a reminder, he
gives him new name.

Frog gives him the name of Jumping Mouse because of what he has
done, what he has experienced.

Now, here's one of the things that we've noticed again in the course of
conducting and leading our trainings, “People don't often notice in
themselves the changes – the transformations as they are happening.”

Transformations first happen in perception, and later your behavior

changes.

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When your perceptions change, sometimes you notice it, sometimes you
don't. But the people around you do notice it.

Now this is the thing which is really cool. Frog is innocent and trusting.
He doesn't go, "Oh, you've changed, that's bad." Frog just notices. "Hey,
stop, notice you've changed!" This is what's going on.

Frog doesn't have a vested interest in Mouse staying the same or

changing. Frog is simply the observer who lives above and below the
waters of the river. He's not scared to share what he's noticed.

He doesn't have any vested interests, he doesn't force you to change. He

simply helps you take tiny actions, and he helps you notice and
remember what happened.

Frog is innocent and trusting so he can observe clearly. And he gives

simple names to acknowledge the changes that have happened.

So the second helper – again, it can be someone on the outside, it can be

a part of you on the inside. It's this ability to see with innocence and
trust. To live close to the water, the principles of spirit. He lives both
above and below.

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The third helper that shows up is Buffalo.

Now, Buffalo has another fascinating story. When Jumping Mouse

meets Buffalo way out in the prairie, Buffalo is dying. In the Medicine
Wheel tradition, Buffalo is of the North and he represents wisdom.

Buffalo has tons of experience; tons of wisdom. He is huge; he is

massive. But in the story, he has totally lost his innocence, while
gaining wisdom, knowledge and experience.

“Jumping Mouse provides Buffalo with the gift of an eye, the

ability to experience Innocence and trust again.”

“Wisdom without Innocence and Trust feels cold, and removes joy from
life.”

Buffalo knows what will heal him, but doesn't even believe that it exists.
"The thing that will heal me is the eye of a mouse, but there is no such
thing as a mouse."

“He is big, he is wise and holy. I must give him an eye."

Jumping Mouse shares with Buffalo the Innocence and Trust from his
experiences with Frog.

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Since now with they eye of the mouse, Buffalo has balance, Wisdom
balanced by Innocence and Trust, Buffalo can now help Jumping Mouse
on his journey.

“As an elder, you can only be of service if you have a balance of

Wisdom, Innocence and Trust.”
The helper Buffalo is the one who is extremely experienced. Buffalo
has experienced much of life.

Buffalo is one of the creatures of the prairie. The creatures of the prairie
have no place to hide when a wintery storm or challenge shows up. Not
hiding from the storm, and facing it head on as Buffalo does leads to
true wisdom.

“How many Winters are YOU?”

You can hear Native Americans ask, – How many winters are you?

When this question is asked, it is really two questions in one.

First, how do you face into your difficulties, the storms in your life? Is
this person one, who like the Buffalo, has faced into the storm and
developed real, authentic wisdom?

Second, the question is about how physically old you are. Odds are that
someone who is in their early twenties does not have the wisdom of an
older elder. This kind of question can help you to remember to be
humble, and open, so you can learn the wisdom of those who have been
around physically much longer and who have had many more
opportunities to face into the storms and challenges of life.

Back to our story.

“Buffalo can only help the Jumping Mouse when he returns

to a balance, when he is given innocence.”

He is given that break, by Jumping Mouse. I meet many people in our

practice here. And I meet people who know it all. They've got all the
credentials, they've trained with all the people, and their lives suck.

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Their lives suck because, like the dying Buffalo, they live out on the
prairie – distant from everything and everyone else but other buffalo that
know it all.

I find there are know-it-all groups on the Internet – people that know it
all – but they're all miserable. And when they come in for a private or
group training, we help them to get the eye of the mouse.

The eye of the mouse is that eye of Innocence and Trust, that allows you
to connect and be touched by everything.

The buffalo needs this Innocent and Trusting touch to stay in balance.
The buffalo is the one who has a tendency to think too much, and who
needs the feeling side of the mouse.

Buffalo – he has the wisdom, he has the experience, and he needs to be

able to allow that experience and that information to transform his life
and the lives of others around him.

Not to keep things the same as the traditional old mice did, but to allow
that wisdom to grow and evolve through the contact of innocence.

The wisdom of the buffalo helps Jumping Mouse - Jumping Mouse runs
under Buffalo's belly, across the prairie to the mountain. The wisdom
and the experience of the buffalo help Jumping Mouse.

Even though while Jumping Mouse is scared to run under the belly of
the buffalo as they run across the prairie, he still runs; he still takes
action. There's a giving and a receiving there. The giving and the
receiving allow the mouse and the buffalo both to fulfill their purpose.

The mouse is innocent and trusting, and the buffalo is wise and
experienced. And this dynamic, as you grow personally, will transform
your life, your finances, all your relationships.

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Whenever we have this Wise and Powerful helper show up in our lives,
we need to remember to keep it in balance. The cold of the North, of the
buffalo, can distance us from other people, because we think we know.
We need to remain open to being touched, and discovering more
connections all throughout our lives.

“The innocence and the trust of the mouse allows what we

know to touch the lives of others. And to touch us.
So that we are all transformed.”

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The fourth and the final helper of Jumping Mouse is Grey
Wolf.

Grey Wolf is neither white or black. Grey Wolf, whenever Mouse meets
him, cannot even remember who he is or what he does. Grey Wolf lives
entirely in the moment.

Grey Wolf is just there. Now, Mouse meets Grey Wolf, and Grey Wolf
is just sort of walking around, and Jumping Mouse goes, "You're wolf!"
And he goes, "Wolf? Wolf! Yes, that's who I am. Yes." And he quickly
forgets. Grey Wolf has experienced much. Grey, the color of the elders.
And he gets forgetful. And he just needs that little curiosity – that little
inspiration of the mouse.

As Grey Wolf and Mouse get to meet, and the mouse gives his curiosity,
his willingness to get hooked to Grey Wolf, Grey Wolf remembers –
"Yes, I can help you. I can help you get up into the mountains. Grey
Wolf remembers because Grey Wolf is participating. One of the keys as
you grow is that you get to remember your wisdom by serving.

One way of serving, is teaching. It's been said that you can learn a lot
by teaching – I remember the first time I started teaching martial arts. I
was amazed at how much I could learn by teaching.

My first instructor let me start teaching when I was a greenbelt. He said

one of the things that you're gonna learn from green to black belt is how
much you can learn by teaching. And it's true!

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Grey Wolf forgets, and in the process of helping someone's – in the
process of giving this help to someone else, he remembers the way to
Medicine Lake, up in the sacred mountains. And he only remembers
because Little Mouse has given his innocence and his trust to him.
Jumping Mouse is committed to Grey Wolf.

As you grow on your journey; as you become an expert, as you become

the raccoon who washes all that he does in the water; as you become the
buffalo who knows the ways; who needs the innocence and trust to help
running across the prairie...as you become Grey Wolf...you begin to
notice that you can forget things, and you will remember them only
when you are helping other people.

“Grey Wolf remembers his true wisdom,

only when he's helping other people.”

As I teach this story to you, I remember more and more of it. I

remember the lessons that I've learned from it as I share it with you.

Sharing and giving, transforms you and the people you are giving to.
The lesson of the Grey Wolf is to be a giver. The lesson of the Grey
Wolf is to provide service to other people.

Grey Wolf is neither good nor bad, but he is very seasoned. He's been
around for quite sometime. And in the process of giving, he can help
Jumping Mouse go to Medicine Lake far up in the mountains.

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Getting Unstuck
Our hero starts with the cultural identity of Little Mouse – Little Mouse
who does typical little mouse things.

It is Little Mouse who explores, and whatever he touches, he holds; he

looks at; he brings home to the nest. Little Mouse doesn't go far; Little
Mouse cannot see far because mice live close to the ground. And living
close to the ground, he is mostly content touching and gathering
whatever catches his eye.

He touches things with his whiskers; he touches things with his

emotions. So Little Mouse does the things that mice do, but he keeps
hearing the rush of the river.

What Little Mouse keeps hearing is the rush of the river in the distance.
And since no mouse has ever seen the river, the sound is a distraction.

Even though Little Mouse tries to keep busy, doing what mice people
do, he keeps hearing the river.

The feelings that lead to spirit of creativity; the spirit of love and
interconnectedness; the spirit of transformation represented by the water
in the river.

And so what does Little Mouse do?

He first tries to ignore it. He hears it; he's curious about it; but he tries
to ignore it and continues to do mouse things. This is what people do:
When they're given inner inspiration, inspiration that feels good. But we
choose the known, the memories that keep us busy, stuck and distracted.

Your memories are what will keep you doing the same things, again and
again and again. I can not tell you if doing the same thing again and
again is a good thing or a bad thing.

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But I will guarantee it will be the same thing, and will bring you the
same results.

So Little Mouse continues to do the same thing – ignoring the sound of

the river in his ears. Until one day, he decides to ask. Now what does
he do? He asks two different kinds of mice.

First he asks another busy mouse. "Do you hear that?" The other busy
mouse says, "I don't hear that; I don't hear nothing. Go back and do the
things that mice do.”

The busy mice surround you, they are your co-workers; your relatives;
your family; your friends. And they're busy distracting themselves, too,
from living a life of Eagle Vision.

You get to choose: The Eagle Vision Life or The Distracted Life?

People all around you are living the life of getting by and complaining
that they're just getting by. It's as if most people would rather complain
about how busy they are, and how they are just getting by instead of
doing something about it.

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The Eagle Vision Secret Formula

So when you feel inspired, you are hearing the river.

If you travel just a short distance with your inspiration, you will meet the
Raccoon, who will help you take the next steps.

Remember, Only YOU can open up to your inspirations!

Ask you self a few questions.

Is this possible?
Is this possible for me?

What else is possible for me?

Little Mouse asks the other mice, and the other mice say, "No, no, no!
Stay busy. Stay busy doing mouse things." And so that's what Jumping
Mouse does, and the story gets back to being busy with mouse things.

So what happens next? Little Mouse hears that call of the river again.
Hears the river in his ears. The spark of inspiration shows up. He feels
something. He hears something.

And so he goes to the elder mouse.

And he asks the elder mouse, "What is this sound that I hear?"

The elder mouse tells him, "You do not hear a sound. There is no such
thing as that sound."

The Elder Mouse takes a little bit of a harsher stance because the elder
mice are stuck in the status quo, the established traditions and they look
to those traditions to see what is possible.

There are also those who are established firmly in the traditions. I
remember, when I became an entrepreneur, a trainer and Internet author,
the “elder mice” around me thought I was crazy. "What do you mean,
work for yourself? There's no security, how will you ever retire?"

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"Well, if I love what I do, if I am inspired, I don't have to retire.”

“If you love what you are doing, keep doing it! Don't stop!”

Those firmly rooted in tradition watched me build my Internet business

because the Internet is new, the Internet is different, the Internet for
many back then was scary!

What I want you to do is this. I want you to notice this in your life as
well – there are “elder mice” in your life. They're not good, they're not
bad. They maintain the traditions.

And if you approach them with this inspiration that you have, they just
might not be supportive. They may be threatened, they may be
confused, they may think you are crazy for wanting to take a risk. They
will do what the Elder Mouse did in the story, they will hide in a
hollowed out tree, and invite you to do the same.

Remember, you get to live from inspiration, or you get to live from
shared memories, traditions.

Elder mice hide within their traditions. And that's not good, it's not bad;
it just preserves the tradition.

This is one of the areas where we get to explore.

So first, we started out to give a very quick recap. Little Mouse. Little
Mouse and his habits. Support where he's at.

Because that's what he's been doing, that's what he'll probably continue
to do.

Now, the other busy mice, they support Little Mouse staying where he is
at.

They support Little Mouse where he is because he's doing things similar
to what they're doing, and if you're not breaking any rules, if you aren't
making any waves, everything is good.

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The masses like it the way it is. No matter how much they complain,
they like it the way it is, because complaining is easy, taking risks can be
challenging.

Next, Little mouse, goes to the elder mouse, who continues to support
where he is because where he is well within that of the mice people.

And those are the first three in the first phase of the story.

So as you remember from our fable, Little Mouse leaves and he travels a
short distance out onto the prairie

The prairie is the unknown openness.

The prairie is wide and open. This is not where mice live! Mice live in
the grasses. Mice live where there's brush. Jumping Mouse goes out
into the open prairie and that's where he meets Old Mouse.

He meets Old Mouse who tells him, "Oh, I know the names of every
creature on the prairie.” Old mouse has seen a lot, he has gone beyond
the mass consciousness of the mice people, but he hasn't fully
transformed into his vision.

“And yes, I have seen the river”. Because of his experience he was
unable to just keep busy anymore, but he hasn't yet transformed.

“But there's no such thing as the sacred mountains."

Old Mouse wants to keep Jumping Mouse just a little bit out from the
village.

Old Mouse wants to keep Jumping Mouse there with him so he can learn
HIS knowledge.

“Old Mouse wants company!”

Old Mouse – he'd left; he got to the river. We don't know if he jumped
and saw the sacred mountains. We do know that he couldn't live with
the masses the mice people anymore.

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All we know is that Old Mouse moved just a slight bit away from the
world of the mice people. And Old Mouse knew the names, he had had
learning, he had some wisdom, but nothing substantial.

He didn't live the dream. He only had so much of it. He had a taste. He
knew the name. He confused the menu for the meal.

So...when it comes to the other mice in our life, they're not good; they're
not bad; they just support us staying where we are.

And that's okay. They are living their lives, enjoying the status quo.

Action Steps:

Here are a few action items you can take at this time.

First of all, you can establish the habit of establishing new and exciting
habits. Now, why would you want do that?

Because everyday, new opportunities show up. Everyday, new

inspirations can show up for you.

Now, one of the things that we have noticed is that if you take the time
to establish just new, tiny little changes in the habits that you have,
develop new habits every day; perhaps just reading a few pages from a
good book; perhaps eating just a tiny bit less... one of the things you're
gonna notice is this leads us to the next little opening, which is learning
how to notice more.

“Make a habit of making little shifts and noticing more.”

Now, if you start to notice that you eat until you feel stuffed, notice what
happens if you eat a little less. Notice how much better you feel. Notice
how much better you feel the day after.

One of the things that we get to do is to change our habits slowly and
gently. Little Mouse doesn't carry tons of stuff – Little Mouse doesn't
carry tons of weight. Little Mouse is just Little Mouse.

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Little Mouse takes tiny little steps. Now the Japanese call this Kai Zen –
the art of changing with tiny little steps.

Take tiny little steps.

It's one thing to start an exercise routine that takes 60 minutes 3 times a
week, drive to the local YMCA, consult with your fitness trainer, sign all
the forms, do the credit card payment, do all that stuff...that's so much
work; most people never get started or they never keep at it.

“The Simple Little Mouse Step Solution”

One of my clients called me on the phone one day, and what I shared
with him was very simple.

This is what I told him:

What I want you to do is to exercise just 3 minutes a day, 3 times a

week.

During minute No. 1, I want you to do 12 squats. And I told him how
to do the squats.

During Minute No. 2, I want you to do 12 push-ups. And I told him

how to do push-ups.

During Minute No. 3, I want you to do 25 crunches. And I told him

how to do crunches. That's all I want you to do.

Just starting very, very simple – do it 3 times a week.

So my Light Speed client now has a 3-minute exercise program done 3

times a week. That was easy to get started with. That was easy for him
to continue doing.

The small mouse steps, combined with keeping it simple, made the
biggest difference in his life, because he established a new personal
habit of exercising for 3 minutes 3 times a week.

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What new mouse routines can you start today that just takes 3 minutes?

Notice the mice who are holding you back!

Who are the other mice in your life? Write down their names, and
remember they aren't bad, they aren't trying to hold you back, they are
just “normal mice” doing normal busy mice things, keeping the status
quo. By the way, that just might be their job in life, think about it. We
all are not ready to change and become Eagles.

Now there's a couple of ways we can approach working with other mice.
This is the practical stuff that you get to do.

What I want you to do is to notice that your income is probably the

average income of the 3 people that are closest to you.

If you take the 3 people that are closest to you and you look at your
income, you're probably gonna notice that your incomes are all pretty
much the same. So you can change who you hang with.

Changing the mice you hang with might not be a bad idea.

When I helped families with addicts, one of the things that I brought up
is how, who you associate with has an effect on your potential. The
addict has to change who they are hanging with. Plain and simple.

The people that you hang with will either support your limiting habits,
or challenge you to grow and change.

Change who the other mice are in your life.

What if you can't change who you associate with in life?

The other way that you can approach other mice is to change the role
that they have in your life.

I have friends that aren't Internet Marketers. Most of my friends are.

But I have friends who are not Internet Marketers.

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They've never sold a thing on eBay. They've never sold a thing online,
period. And that's alright. Now, what's really, really cool – I change the
role that they have in my life. In other words, I don't ask them for
business advice nor do I listen to them.

I ask them not to talk to me about the Internet or the fact that they don't
like it because they don't understand it. And so what I do is I have
changed the role that they have in my life.

One of the things that we get to do is we get to notice the role that the
other mice – our friends, our family members – have in our life.

Now, what's really nice, if you take the time and you notice something,
if you allow someone to take on the role of having to be your adviser or
superior, it can be very stressful for you and for them. This could be a
friend, this could be a family member.

One of the things I've noticed over the past 7 years of providing
trainings, is that when my clients stop allowing people who have no
business running their lives from running their lives, everyone involved
begins to lighten up, have less stress and feel better. Think about it.

I was working with a network marketer one day, and he said, "You
know, my up line tells me I gotta change who I hang with." And I said,
"Well, you have a few options mate.”

One, either you change who you're hanging with, or you change your
relationship to them.

Changing your relationship to them actually will take a tremendous

amount of pressure off of them and you.

The key to changing the relationship is that you must make the
commitment to change inside of you.

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If you're gonna change your relationship with someone, you don't
approach them and say, "Well, you know, Bob, I'm no longer going to
take advice from you...whatever comes to my business ain't your
personal affairs."

Because if you do that, it's like being a single man, calling up a girl that
you haven't talked to in 6 years and telling her, "You know what? We've
broken up!" Yeah, no kidding. You haven't talked to her. You broke up;
you don't have to call and tell her if you haven't been communicating
with her.

Now, if you have friends that you've been taking advice from, and you
want to stop, you must simply ignore their advice! And you can
eventually tell them that, but they're gonna notice, anyway.

So here's what you do – you change what you do on the inside. That
will change what happens on the outside. Notice we started with Little
Mouse?

Little Mouse develops new habits. Little Mouse develops new habits by
exploring his world, and discovering new perspectives.

When we come studying the busy world of mice, we first have to notice
Little Mouse. That's you.

You change what's going on in you; you change the habit of listening to
your friends who are well-intended but don't know any better; and all of
a sudden, the power of other mice begins to fade from your life.

So we've covered Little Mouse changing his habits, you changing your
perspectives. We've covered other mice which are the people around
you – your friends and your family members. Some of them, you might
wanna get rid of. Some of them, you may wanna change the way you
relate to them.

And next, we move on to the elder mice. The elder mice are those
firmly rooted in tradition. Again, with the elder mice, you may end up
going head to head against them. And that's fine. When I started my on-
line training business, I had a local person saying, "You gotta join

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some networking clubs." And I asked why, and they said, "Well,
because it'll benefit you in this way and that way and this way."

So I thought, "Well, it doesn't seem to fit my business," but I joined a

professional networking organization any way. And once I joined, I
learned a valuable set of skills that I took with me when I left, because I
don't do business locally. I do business globally. And so I took my
networking skills and applied them globally.

Remember, you can still learn from the Elder Mice, as an emerging
Eagle you just might apply what they give to you a little bit differently
though. Traditions and established methods are fine, just don't let them
limit you.

And finally, the last kind of mouse that we're going to deal with in the
story of Jumping Mouse, is the old wise mouse who lives a short way
away from the land of the mice people.

Old Wise Mouse. Old Wise Mouse knows the names of the creatures on
the prairie; knows the names of everyone. In other words, he has learned
a lot. But has experienced very little. As you start on your journey, on
following your inspiration, you're going to be making new friends.

You are going to have new elders show up in your life. Some of them
may be of the Old Mouse variety. And when you meet Old Mouse, you
may be able to learn something from him.

But I want you to keep in mind that Old Mouse will eventually limit you
to just knowing about, instead of directly experiencing and personally
transforming.

It's one thing to know about Internet Marketing; it's one thing to know
about Multi-level Marketing. It's one thing to learn about Direct
Marketing. It's another thing to experience it.

It's one thing to learn about women; it's another thing to be with one.
This is one of the things that we get to explore. Don't settle for the
world of Old Mouse. He hasn't gone very far.

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Old Mouse. He's gone just a tiny distance from the busy world of the
mouse people. Now, here is the key with this. In your life, once you
start establishing the new habits and ways of perceiving as Jumping
Mouse does, as you have, your friends, family and advisors start to take
on other roles in your life.

As you continue to move forward and notice there are certain parts of
tradition, that you must put to rest and no longer let run your life. You
will notice that you will meet the old mice who prevent you from
growing further, and who will get you stuck.

“The journey of Jumping Mouse has no ending.”

Keep in mind you will lose your unique vision of the sacred mountains
if you grow just a little bit, stay in the Old Mouse world because of fear.
It's a good place to visit on your journey, you can learn some good
knowledge there, but you must move onward at some time.

A real life example for you to apply to your life.

I had a client quit his job to invest in real estate. He quit his job, but he
never made a total commitment.

“Make sure you are always taking at least tiny

little mouse steps toward your vision.”

"You have learned all about it, so now DO IT!" You have to dive in and
do it! Learn about it and do it. Take action, make mistakes, do a course
correction or two, take action. This is one of the keys right here.

You just don't sit there learning about life from an elder. You go out and
you live it. You read the story of Jumping Mouse. Then take action!

You can work with me in a training program, but make sure you go out
and do it, take action, live the life you envision.

It doesn't do us either much good if you just learn about life, you need to
live it. If you go and take action, we both get to grow; we both get to
bring new potentials into reality.

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Conclusion – Life as an Eagle

One night, while sitting close to a small campfire with a wise, old,
Indian elder, I heard the following words, words that would forever
change my life.

“Grandson, Your journey, like the journey of Jumping Mouse has no

end. Your journey, like the journey of Jumping Mouse, will have
cycles. Remember to share this fable often with others, and your
journey will become the adventure of a lifetime”

The elder was right. Many times in life I have been challenged. Many
times I have been tempted to take the easy route, to distract myself, to
give up, to choose the path that most mice have taken.

It has been through repeatedly sharing this story with my grandchildren,

my friends, and my clients, that I have been able to remember the
lessons, explore them at even deeper levels, and apply them to my daily
life.

I request that you share this story with a friend. I request that you take
the time to read it with them, to them, for both them, and for you.

The sharing of an experience as special as this one will transform your

life, and their life too, and you never know how many people will be
blessed, transformed and awakened by that tiny little act of love.

Blessings and balance,

Mr. Twenty Twenty

ThunderCreek.

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