Do you prefer animals to people? Would you rather spend time with your dog than your neighbor? Often people confess to me that they would be perfectly content to spend their lives with animals and without people...like Aunt Betty and her 26 cats. I get it. Animals love us unconditionally, a rare find in a person. They don't judge us if we're cranky, plump, unemployed or underemployed. They don't nag us about finding a man or having children. They just greet us with enthusiasm however we … [Read more...]
What would your animals choose?
Full Disclosure...This is a post from 10/2010. Today I am choosing to take care of myself...much like Red demonstrated a few weeks ago by resting and offering you this article on choosing. One of the most important lessons I've ever learned is that there is always choice. We always have a choice in any situation even if the choice is how we perceive the situation. When we don't recognize we have a choice we feel very disempowered. When we believe we are powerless it feels horrible. I … [Read more...]
A declaration on consciousness and intelligence in animals
In all their brilliance, the scientists at the Francis Crick Memorial Conference at Churchill College, University of Cambridge declared on July 7, 2012 that non-human animals including all mammals, birds and some other creatures have consciousness. They went about it in their usual very scientific manner looking at behavior, neurophysiology and neuroanatomy. Here's the full Declaration. Well duh. Granted it is a step in the right direction for science to acknowledge that animals, marine … [Read more...]
Lessons in Self Care from Red the Cat
This past week my cat Red showed me the essence of self care. You see Red was sick. At first I wasn’t sure what was wrong with him. He wasn’t himself. He wasn’t running around catching mice or playing with the other cats. He was being very quiet. I kept a vigilant watch over him as he spent the entire day and night on a soft cushy spot in the barn. He stopped eating. I offered him some soft food and he took a few licks and left the rest. I used a syringe to get him to drink some water. … [Read more...]
Mountain Lion helps me share a deep secret.
During my meditation today a Mountain Lion came into view and shared with me his insights about climbing towards a vision. Much of what he shared with me was demonstrated as I watched him scale and leap among cliffs and rocks as he ascended towards a ledge high above. I could see the outline of his muscles as they tensed to prepare to jump. He was a shining example of strength, agility and courage leaping several times his height as if he exerted no effort at all. First I saw him climbing up … [Read more...]
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