What Bird Are You?

Omraam said in "The Book of Divine Magic," "All creatures, by means of their own particular vibrations and wavelengths, establish contact with other beings, entities, and forces with the same wavelength and the same frequency of vibrations, wherever they may be in the universe."

In other words, "Birds of a feather flock together." What kind of bird are you? Are you a raucous crow, constantly complaining about this or that and greedily taking what rightfully belongs to you? If so, you will attract harpies, the crows of the astral plane. But hopefully, you're a gentle dove, cooing words of love, encouragement, forgiveness, and gratitude. Then you will attract angels, the doves of the higher etheric plane.

Each person is one of 64 different types or temperaments. These are like different flocks or species, and people of the same general temperament tend to flock together. Extroverts tend to hang out with other extroverts, for example. It would be good to study your type to know your strengths and weaknesses and how you relate to other types.

The poem "The Conference of the Birds" by Persian Sufi poet Attar of Nishapur is symbolic of all these types of people, each trying to find enlightenment. Sholeh Wolpe, in her Introduction to her translation of the poem, wrote, "We are the birds in the story. All of us have our own ideas and ideals, our own fears and anxieties, as we hold on to our own version of the truth. Like the birds of this story, we may take flight together, but the journey itself will be different for each of us... Truth is not static, and we each tread a path according to our own capacity. It evolves as we evolve. Those who are trapped within their own dogma, clinging to hardened beliefs or faiths, are deprived of the journey toward the unfathomable Divine."

I read "The Conference of the Birds" in 1970 when I was at the Gurdjieffian esoteric school at East Hill Farm. It had a profound effect on my life, and I encourage everyone to read it, especially Sholeh Wolpe's modern translation of it. You my find out what kind of bird you are.