Animals & Humans

Learning to understand and heal together

I am going to include not just 4 legged animals in this blog as part of what is shared, but birds, bats, fish, alligators, whales, dolphins, octupus and any other non human living sentient life form. Why? Because if you watch a program about the zoos or have watched any facebook or twitter videos about animals you would understand. I have seen pictures of flamingos running to be embraced by their caretakers, or an alligator pet wanting to cuddle and be petted. I have seen videos of bats holding onto their caretakers, and dolphins and whales interacting with a child or adult. Animals , birds or aquatic life, they are not just an object to be used and discarded but a living breathing in some form sentient life form.

When they get close to a human, they form a bond, as we do with each other. It may not be exactly the same and they communicate through touch, telepathic images and their own vocalizations. Did you know cats don’t normally meow with other cats but with humans. They only meow with another animal when warning it to keep its distance or during mating season for that purpose.

I saw a wonderful video of a gorilla at a zoo wanting to see the baby a woman had brought to the zoo. It looked with curiosity and then ran off and returned with its own baby to show it to the human. Animals, birds and aquatic life all have a reason for being upon the earth. Most if not all have come from other planets, just like our souls to experience the life upon Earth. They come with open hearts, to learn, explore and to teach humanity and work with us to make this place a shinging star. Unfortunately, the experience so many have with humanity has been disturbing and has taught them fear, anger and the need to protect and defend themselves from us.

Like the elemental kingdom, we have abused the purpose we came forth with of being the guiding force of love and creation to a higher state, and have fallen into cruelty, greed, neglect and control energies which have created imbalances in the systems of the earth. Humans have animal instincts that are part of our genetic makeup as we are connected to the creational matrix of the earth. We have the fight or flight instinct which was a energy to keep our physical form safe especially in the early stages of evolution just like the animals.

This instinct was not supposed to be the dominating influence in our lives that colored the decisions we make and the actions we take. We came in to be guided by our souls and to make choices based upon the greater good for all life. The fight or flight was just to keep the physical safe, and was to be under the direction of the soul. However, due to circumstances, we forgot that we are a soul having a physical existence and came to identify as a physical form separate and alone. In this state of separation our instinct is to control our environment to serve us and if we can’t control it to protect ourselves by any means or to flee to fight another day.

Animals have these same instincts. The greatest threat to all non human life is humans. When we have blockages in our lower chakras systems which causes us to identify with the lower energies of these chakras we are more fear based and make choices that are not for the growth of ourselves or the planetary life and systems.

There is an example that comes to mind. People who have a blocked base chakra live in fear of not having enough resources. This can manifest in many ways from hoarding, stealing, to killing others to control land and resources. Animals will kill to eat or survive. They will fight for the right to reproduce. There are stories of big cats hunting down humans in revenge, but this is a learned behavior from humans not a natural instinct. Some may disagree with this statement, but it is what I have understood from spirit.

A mother cat in the wild may abandon a new born, that is ill or disabled and may not survive, because they have little resources or the ability to help the baby and need to put their energy into those that will survive. Some male species will kill babies in order to trigger the female into reproduction. You will see that many predator or hunter species will first go after, babies, elderly, or sick prey first. Of course they are the easiest to catch and kill, but also instincts tells is to cull the herd. Many life forms will care for their babies, elderly and sick, rarely do they abuse them. The instinct of the old and sick is often to go off alone to die so as not to hinder the rest of the herd.

We as humans find there are ones who will abuse or neglect the helpless, the sick, the elderly, the weak or young. Whether this be animal or human. For some it is a learned behavior having been abused or neglected when they were young and acting upon the fear, hurt and frustration they felt and placing it upon others.

We all have within us the shadow or inner child who has been hurt, abandoned, neglected, and shut behind a door or wall of energy to keep it safe and so we don’t have to face the pain, or so we think. However, this pain seeps through and colors our thoughts, choices, words and actions until we take down the wall and open the door to face the inner pain.

Until we make the choice to reconnect with our soul guidance, we are not so different than the animals. Perhaps in some way we are worse, for the worst of their actions is for survival or are learned behaviors from the actions they suffered under humans. A wonderful step is to take time to step into nature and to be with animals and to learn to open our hearts to other people, nature and life forms. To move within to our hearts and let our hearts guide us and the love within move outward to others.

There is so much healing that can happen when we connect with non human life forms and nature. There was a time long ago when we had an ice age. There were not farms to grow food, and so we were hunters and gathered of the bounty we could find of nuts and plants. We find the aboriginal and native peoples of the earth, did this in harmony, and were thankful to the life forms that gave to them meat, tools from bones and skin for the clothing and shelters. They did not take more than needed. They lived in harmony with the earth and life around them as much as possible but they were in survival mode. Living from the base and sacral chakras. Life was hard and there was much to fear in order to survive. The meat they ate had lived a natural life. They were not produced in industrial situations of abuse, neglect, force feeding, pain, hurt and finally the fear or being kept in confined areas and then herded and horrifically slaughtered.

Eventually, the ice age ended and people began to form communities and developed farming. It was here in the cities that people lost contact with nature and animals, and became fear and ego focused. People working on the farms still worked with nature but began to see animal husbandry in an industrial sense. They still allowed animals and livestock to live a grazing life until the 20th century. It was then that industrial farming and animal husbandry took on an inhumane nature. Big industrial farms took over and we lost the love and connection of the small farmer who loved the land and put into his work this emotion that went into the energy of their products. The small farmer was one with his land and cared for his animals. That which they produced had this energy imbued within it. The industrial farmers and animal industry use and abuse the land and animals with chemicals and inhumane conditions.

I am not advocating veganism or not in this statement. I am simply pointing out that there are better ways in which to produce meat for human consumption that would be of a more natural and less fearful and stressful nature for the animal. It is helpful if we make the choice to only purchase humanely grown meat products and organically grown vegetables and fruit. By our choices of what we purchase we change demand in the market, and the market guides production.

Inhumane animal husbandry at the point of slaughter causes fear which goes into the meat when an animal experiences it before death. This fear is then eaten by a human and goes into their energy and body to increase the fear already there. Animals sense this within us as we interact with them. We need to at least ask that the energy of the food we eat be transformed and cleared by the light of creation and be thankful to those that gave of their life that we might eat.

There is a wonderful opportunity for us to live in harmony with all life and nature on this planet. It is an individual choice we need to make. We can learn to communicate and connect with them by taking the time to do so. Care about the animals you see in stressful and neglectful or harmful situations. Get them the care, food and safety they need. The same as we should be doing for our children, disabled and elderly people. We tend to neglect and discard those that are not useful to us. Yet, we all have choicea to make about our time and attention in life and that is our right. There is no judgment of your choices, simply offering new thoughts and possibilities to help create a better world. We need only do little things to make a difference in the world.

Seeing if an animal we hear howling has food, is hurt or just fearful and alone. See if your elderly neighbor needs help in some manner. Pick up the trash you see along the curb in front of your home, and of course don’t just throw trash from your car window or drop it on the ground but put it in a dumpster.

Try going into nature and simply walk, sit or listen to the words you hear in the silence. Watch the birds and insects as they go about their lives and teach you about working together. Hug or pet an animal and let the love in your heart flow to them. Listen to the wind and let it sweep away those thoughts and energies which you no longer need.. Be aware that we are all connected by the energies of Creation. There is a creational matrix of which we are a part and when we are in balance and harmony we help the whole to be so.

Animals, birds, aquatic life, insects, reptiles all have something to teach us, it is time we begin to listen. It will make us better people and help improved the world.

Namaste