On Omens and Spirit Animals

[SpaceLaika01]

I don't know how else to put this, but throughout my life there have been certain figures and animals appearing at incredibly strange and opportune times. The ladybug, grasshopper, mantis, and wolf (dog), have always appeared to me under times of realizations and growth as if they are there to tell me "you are on the right path" or to provide some kind of message.

What compelled me to write this is the appearance of a ladybug seemingly out of nowhere in the apartment while I was watching one of Leo's videos on the Ox herding stages of enlightenment. My apartment is on the 4th floor in the city and I haven't seen a ladybug in probably months. Then out of the blue I catch this tiny little red-gold ladybug shimmering in the sunlight crawling up the wires of my headphones and onto my hand. It then started exploring my hand and seemed to have an intelligence in the way it crawled around as if it understood me in some way.

Previous experiences are grasshoppers or mantises perching on my window. Every time I feel like I am on to something and growing spiritually in some way, these animals seem to appear out of nowhere out of the blue. Dogs have always been a protector figure in my life, often appearing in my dreams as protectors and helpers. Another experience is a black moth appearing shortly before the death of a close relative of mine when I was much younger. The thing is these animals also show up in a lot of spiritual writings and teachings as omens. It cannot be "just a coincidence". But who knows?