Passer the Sparrow

A story of rest and recuperation

By Judith Marsden

Judith Marsden is a member of The Mystery School, an online community of inspired individuals dedicated to spiritual transformation and mutual evolution, and who make many contributions to this magazine.

She flew into the house, the pokey little thing, likely looking for treats or a convenient thoroughfare. Her name was Passer and to her little mind she was Passer the-passer-through. Unfortunately, she takes a new flight path and becomes discombobulated in navigating her exit.

A huge human begins to approach, watching her as she gets caught between a blind and the window.

Her paradigm has violently shifted… one moment you can fly free in the clear blue sky, the next an unseen force prevents you.

Panic stricken she flies off and again bangs into a window. Her world is upside down, her reality is no more. Fatigue sets in as time after time she bangs against the glass. Even more disconcerting, the huge human is following her every move.

Exhausted, she clings to a window frame. She is confused and scared. Shock is setting in, and the paradigm shift enhances as the huge human offers a finger and without understanding why, she steps onto it. There’s nothing she can do now but sit on this warm branch of a human hand and wait for reality to return to normal.

Her fight/flight response has gone; only the freeze state remains. She needs rest and
recuperation, time for introspection, time to collect herself.

Her breathing is fast and furious, her beak open, her eyes wide in disbelief. Five minutes pass and I hold her there upon my finger waiting for the calm after the storm. Waiting for her return to this dimension.

I walk outside to show her the sky. There is no invisible force here to prevent her escape and so I wait. I speak to her without words, I admire her bravery, I tell her she is safe, I acknowledge her beauty but most of all I honor her visit into my life.

Three more minutes and she finally looks around. I can see that she is back, back to this reality where wild birds do not sit on human fingers, where the sky is open and free for sparrow flight.

One quick glance into my eyes, into the depths of my being, and with a confused and yet distinct gratitude, she takes off and flies away….

Oh, how free, how free to be, through rest and recuperation. Goodbye Passer the Sparrow, I wish you well.

Judith Marsden

Judith Marsden is an integrated movement science practitioner, life mastery coach, functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner, meditation teacher, Tarot reader and soul speak guide. Judith believes that true health is a matter of balance, which must include an awakened wisdom of our physical, subtle and causal bodies. Judith’s programs have consistently transformed the lives of her clients, who come to her with all manner of health complaints, only to experience deep emotional and physical healing along with a renewed sense of being and an increased joy for life. Her belief that there is no one-fit-program that can possibly work for everyone allows for a think outside the box approach. And taking into consideration her clients varying problems, circumstances, backgrounds, beliefs, nutritional and movement requirements acknowledges that there must be the application and teaching of universal principles and awakened wisdom for what each client needs personally. As a mystic, Judith enjoys sharing her experiences of the subtle realms through the creative impulse. When not at work she is often singing, dancing, writing and painting. Judith’s overarching dream is to help as many people as possible reach their health potential so that we may become a healthier whole in a healthier world.