spirits of small animals

[Aroris Boreala]

As far as I can tell, all the little animals have distinct spirits. Some of them seem to be more "awake" then others in that sense, but they do all seem to have spirits.

[CFTraveler]

I'm sorry for your loss, bmercury, even if it's temporary.

[RyanParis]

Considering I've astral projected, there is no reason in the world that every creature (and maybe every object) wouldn't have an astral body. If people have astral bodies (which they do) than so do animals, insects, etc. I couldn't imagine someone arguing otherwise, unless they are arguing from a certain religious view that says only people have souls.

[TheLawOfOne]

bmercury, i understand exactly how you feel, I've had mice and rats as pets and just like all other animals they are very intelligent. People just don't see that though. One question, do you line the cages with newspaper? If so, this could be causing the tumors due to the ink.

As far as the astral bodies, people have reported seeing animals in the astral world. My belief is that everything is growing in terms of consciousness, even rocks and trees. They are just not at our level yet. And pets come into our lives to learn consciousness from us and that we may learn from them.

[eyeoneblack]

This is too weird. I didn't even know this thread existed when I wrote my post in 'Word', then I go look for a place to put it. Well, check it out.

Was that! a ghost?

I've been trying? hoping wishing I would finally see an apparition so two nights ago I get up flip the light on in the restroom and I feel something brush/tickle my arm. I glance around and see this 'thing' whiz (no pun intended) down the hall and disappear into the kitchen.

It was gray and about the size of a rat, but it was not on the floor, but about shoulder high. Of course, I looked in the kitchen but didn't expect to find anything.

Not what I had in mind of a ghost, but could it have been one? I'll have to mention that this baby opossum has been wondering around in the house at night. Mighty strange, a single baby ‘possum nosin’ around. I really oughta’ close that pet door. But ‘possums don’t fly and if they did not that fast.

Whatever, I think it was otherworldly...

[CFTraveler]

Do you have cats? I get times when my cats play with invisible critters, and sometimes I can almost 'see' them- something about being seen brings them out. So maybe it's something like that.

[Sinera]

I think everything has spirit, but there are differences as to complexity and personal evolution. A human has a more complex "soul" than an animal. I don't know if animal souls can step up the ladder of soul evolution and become human souls - which means that our own soul has possibly gone through the animal phase and other "kingdoms" (plants, minerals...) before. Some esoteric theories (and also Robert Monroe) write sth in this direction. Alternatively, they stay within their group consciousness and evolve there (as a group or individually).

Many mediums can also speak to gone pets. Astral projectors often see pets' astral bodies in the Astral, some even say they can "talk" to them. It is only logical for me to assume that animals have souls.

And there might be persisting bonds possibly. Michael Newton writes about consistent accounts from many of his his regressed hypnotised subjects reporting on specialists in the afterlife that can bring together human souls and the animals they had bonded with in previous lifes (it is because every species seems to have its own "realm" and thus a connection is not immediate).

One personal story of a bond of an animal within a family - my family - as it happened, is this:

We had a nice kitty named Susy in the nineties. My mother had a strong bond to her (like to all animals before actually). When our cat got terminally ill there was a time of a few hours when it lay there visibly and audibly suffering hard pain, wailing all the time, which must have been terrible to watch for any bystander. The vet was not in reach during these moments so hardly anything could be done. My mother was suffering too, naturally, crying most of the time.

At last, when witnessing the bad suffering of our cat - which did not die then but only later was put down by a vet - got almost unbearable for my mother, she prayed (cried in prayer to be more exact) to her own mother (my grandmother) who had died many years before then, to finally "take her (Susy) to her (Granny)" to deliver the poor cat from the pain.

Now this is what happened immediately next (I was told the story, no one else accept my mother was present when it happened):
There was an 'explosive' noise coming from another room, the kitchen. A "poltergeist phenomenon" if you like. A small glass tray on the kitchen sink burst violently and very loud into pieces. My mother showed me the shards of glass which she kept: they looked strange. I don't know how any physicist might explain the process, but many of the glass pieces were round, not sharp, almost in marble-like forms. Really strange.

Now there is two relevant facts about the glass tray:
1. It was the the tray where the prepared food for our cat was put (Suzy's tray, so to speak).
2. It was a significant 'heirloom' from our grandmothers kitchen inventory (Granny's tray, so to speak).

The connection is easily to make, the sign becomes clear. My mother was convinced it was a sign. I wasn't at the time because I thought there might still be alternative explanations. Something like: Old glass vessels like this are prone to shatter, or maybe it is psi-related , but still differently: telekinesis caused by my mother due to emotional stress. I also thought that a "poltergeist" action like that would not be really an "elegant" thing from my granny. Smashing things, hey c'mon, what kind of display of bad manners is this? Not granny's style. .

Today, of course, I think differently about it. I'm now convinced that my Grandmother "did it" (with help possibly). The "choice" of the double-significant glass tray is perfect for the message - and thus convincing to me. And why should it burst into hundreds of strange pieces exactly at THAT moment when my mother prayed TO HER and FOR THE CAT?

Maybe Granny "did it" more for her daughter than for the cat, because she could not stand the suffering of my mother, thereby telling her "It's okay, sweetheart, I take care of Suzy, don't worry, really, she'll be fine".

I know it sounds corny and naive now, but I think our Suzy is/has bonded with us. She's with Granny now.
So it - literally - "runs in the family". (bad pun I admit)
I will see her again.

[TheLawOfOne]

Edgar Cayce gave a reading once where a woman asked if her little dog had been involved with her in a past life. Cayce replied that the dog fought with her in the Roman times, but the little dog was actually a lioness. She asked if her dog will always be a dog and Cayce replied no, it depends on the environment. The lady also asked if they could get a life reading on the dog, Cayce replied yes, but that it may not be understood unless you learned dog language.

[eyeoneblack]

Do you have cats? I get times when my cats play with invisible critters, and sometimes I can almost 'see' them- something about being seen brings them out. So maybe it's something like that.

Yes, have many cats. Well, they're not anybody else's so I reckon they're mine. I've been a sanctuary for feral cats for many years - feed 'em, let 'em hang around. I've woken up with a new cat in bed! "Well, Hello, who are you?"

Seems cats just like my energy/sympathy and I like their attitude. Many people don't - it's a higher consciousness thing. Dogs - anybody with a heart loves a dog - got to; but cats relate on higher ground. No essay on that now.

Tim's story of losing his cat just broke my heart. I had a cat like that, got run over when he was still young. Problem is my cats are street cats - if you can't make it on the streets, sorry. My cats would never think of diving into Narnia, they always calculate a route out. But my Gig was innocent like yours and that's why I felt so betrayed by God to have lost him to a stupid motorist.

I cried for days.

Anyway, back to the point, I watch them watch a point in the ceiling - totally facinated and wonder what in the hell they see.

Richarde

[TheLawOfOne]

Do you have cats? I get times when my cats play with invisible critters, and sometimes I can almost 'see' them- something about being seen brings them out. So maybe it's something like that.

Yes, have many cats. Well, they're not anybody else's so I reckon they're mine. I've been a sanctuary for feral cats for many years - feed 'em, let 'em hang around. I've woken up with a new cat in bed! "Well, Hello, who are you?"

Seems cats just like my energy/sympathy and I like their attitude. Many people don't - it's a higher consciousness thing. Dogs - anybody with a heart loves a dog - got to; but cats relate on higher ground. No essay on that now.

Tim's story of losing his cat just broke my heart. I had a cat like that, got run over when he was still young. Problem is my cats are street cats - if you can't make it on the streets, sorry. My cats would never think of diving into Narnia, they always calculate a route out. But my Gig was innocent like yours and that's why I felt so betrayed by God to have lost him to a stupid motorist.

I cried for days.

Anyway, back to the point, I watch them watch a point in the ceiling - totally facinated and wonder what in the hell they see.

Richarde

I agree, I have cats too and it seems to me that intellectuals and philosophers and such are more drawn to cats than everyday practical people.