THE EAGLE CONCEPT – DISCOVERING SELF
The eagle is known as the king
of all birds. Its strength is in its wings, eyes, and legs. With its wings it
can soar to great heights – it is believed the eagle can fly up to an altitude
of 10,000 feet. The eagle has keen eyesight. Its eyes are extremely powerful
having up to 3.6 times human activity. It has strong muscular legs used in
picking preys up.
The eagle have a great
fascination and inspiration for everyone due to its leadership characteristics.
Eagles are admired all over
the world, as a living symbol of power of freedom.
The eagle lives on top of very
high mountains or very high tree top. The mother eagle lays between 1 – 4 eggs,
but usually hatches only two. The why, behind this behavioral pattern, of
hatching just two eggs is actually not known.
When the eaglets are born,
mother eagle flies out of the nest every day and returns bringing food for the
eaglets. The eaglets open their little beaks while mama eagle put food into
their mouths. This is a daily occurrence. So anytime mama eagle flies out of
the nest, the eaglets know that when mama returns she will be coming with food.
So they expect it. One day, mama eagle returns to the nest without food. The
eaglets are surprised. “No food today” they seem to whisper. Then mama eagle
speaks to the eaglets in the language only the eaglets understand, “get off the
nest and hang onto my wings.” The eaglets obey and hang onto mama’s wings. Mama
eagle takes off from the next. Mama eagle takes the eaglets on a ride. She
flies very high and glides in a forward thrust. The eaglets watch in amazement
the expanse of space as mama glides. They are enjoying the flight. They feel
relaxed. Then mama eagle surprises them. She shakes off the eaglets from her
wings and they fall and obey the law of gravity as they drop with considerable
speed. The eaglets scream their life out as they fall as if death is eminent.
Then mama eagles performs a feat known as “the miracle of nature.” The dives
below and moves swiftly, picking the eaglets up and flies again at a high
altitude. She then glides again looking like the king of the sky. The eaglets
are comfortable again, enjoying the flight, feeling excited. Then mama eagle repeats
the action again, repeats the feat, two or three more times. She does this in
such a way that the eaglets start gaining some confidence and start to say, “I
think I can do this,” just like mama eagle does. They seem not to be that
afraid anymore, but dare themselves. So when mama eagle shakes them off one
more time, the eaglets, instead of screaming their lives out, spread out their little
wings and fly just like mama. They fly and never come back. Mama eagles’ job is
done.
As humans, our life on earth
seems like that of an eagle. As we live our lives, most times we seem lost confused,
and afraid. Our life, even though it has meaning, we don’t seem to know what
the meaning is. We go through life thinking we have no purpose. Sometimes we
wonder what that purpose is. Why am I here on earth? Why was I born? What was I
meant to achieve? It is our job as individuals to discover whom we are, and
what our purpose is. No one will do it for us. It is one big task we owe to
ourselves. Living a life without purpose is like groping in the dark. You do
not know where you are going or headed. And you intend not to get anywhere. In
contrast, if we discover who we are, just like the eaglets, we spread out our
wings and we fly.
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