Nature is metaphor for the Soul.
The beauty and violence of objective Nature
Mirrors a radiant but chaotic subjective Self.
The unconditioned animal mind inhabits the interface,
When in a state of pure awareness the receptive vessel
Is sensitive to the influence of both Nature and Spirit.
Characteristic behavior and instinctual response demonstrate
The revealed truth of that unique convergence of matter and energy
That forms and illuminates each particular animal soul.
Though rescued from the hazards of the hunt 
By domestication and civilization,
The respectable animal is always just
A step away from a return to untamed Nature,
To its delights and its brutalities.
As beauty and radiance meet violence and chaos,
The inner and the outer become one,
as Nature greets Soul
In the call of the wild.