My dog, Ginger, is a Reiki master.
My bird, Charlie, is an artist.
Ginger is my heart manager. Whenever I need a good hug, Ginger lets me hold her and nuzzle her neck, even though she hates being picked up. She's also a shoe collector. Every so often I will find my shoes piled up at the top of the stairs. I really have no idea why, except that it's a compulsion with her. At least she's not chewing on them.
I found two ladies, Candy Boroditsky and Ming Chee, who are Reiki masters and animal communicators that teach and attune animals to Reiki energy, making them extra efficient healers. Their site is called Reiki Fur Babies, and they offer training, healing, and communications with your pets even if they have crossed over. They attuned my pup to Usui Reiki and taught her to heal herself and others, human and animal. As I already considered Ginger a healer, I thought she'd make a perfect Reiki master. She seems to agree and took to the training like a champ!
Charlie likes to push my buttons. She does things that forces me to get
out of my head and pay attention to her, things that make me yell and
jump around and act like a fool - then I have to think about what I just
went through because of a bird. I've decided it's her way of clearing
my emotional blocks and keeping my emotional energy body flowing healthily. That's why I need hugs from Ginger. Charlie loves to chew on stuff, so I gave her my junk mail to rip to shreds. After a while I noticed that she had an eye for blank space. I watched her think about and choose what she wanted to do with each piece of mail, and found that there was a method to her destruction. I started to take pictures and frame her art. Her stuff was so interesting to me, she now has a gallery: www.ArtfulBird.com
I came to the conclusion years ago that our animals have creative spirits just as we do. They see things from their own perspectives and love to live life with a sense of humor and purpose. We just need to step aside a little and let them explore the possibilities. They come into our lives to enrich and improve our lives, and they each have their own special abilities that compliment our lives with them.
Mostly, though, our animals come to us to help us.
Part of our purpose as humans is to be of service, and that includes allowing our loved ones to fulfill their purpose, and that includes our pets.
I found a greeting card made from a "The New Yorker" cartoon that I now have hanging on my refrigerator that expresses this perfectly. Two dogs are walking down the street having a conversation. One says to the other, "It's always 'Sit,' 'Stay,' 'Heel' - never 'Think,' 'Innovate,' 'Be yourself.'" Imagine how enriched our lives with our pets would be if we allowed them to innovate and be themselves, to fulfill their true purposes with us as they need to be fulfilled.
It is widely believed that we come into this world with missions to complete. We become doctors, parents, lawyers, teachers, children and animal advocates. We find our passions and spend our lives doing what our souls demand of us. Some of us look for our soul companions to help and complete us. Who's to say our animals aren't here to fill that need?
Who's to say that our pets don't come into this world with their own missions?
For instance, maybe your dog is willing to take on your denser energies and they show up as tumors. Maybe he wants to help you stay healthy. Maybe the tumors are a visual reminder that you need to take better care of yourself. Should you deny your dog his purpose?
Your cat curls up on top of your head while you sleep at night. Maybe this is her way of keeping you warm. Maybe she wants to soothe your mind and keep your anxiety dreams at bay. Or maybe she just loves they way your hair smells, or wants to show her appreciation for being who you are.
A field mouse comes to you with a message of the heart. Maybe he has something to relay to you that will make your life happier or more financially abundant. Do you run away with a shriek or do you help him fulfill his mission of being a messenger? How do you know he hasn't been waiting all of his life to tell you something? A mouse's lifespan is pretty short. Can you be sure he hasn't tried many lifetimes before to get a message to you and all you do is make him come back later in a different mouse body to try again?
What we need to do is change our perspectives a little to include the perspective of our pets. There's a lot going on in those little brains that we don't know about. Scientists are constantly discovering things about animals that astound them and change their beliefs about the animal kingdom. Did you hear about the discovery that some rats like being tickled? They laugh and giggle and come back for more, just like children. This YouTube video is very enlightening, and it shows how little we know about our fellow earthlings.
Maybe our mission is to help our animals do what they came to do. Maybe it's a grand cycle of acceptance and understanding that can save the planet and all of it's earthlings that we are misinterpreting as an intelligence competition. Maybe the way to a life filled with love and joy is to encourage our pets to be all that they can be as they share their gifts with us.
Help a critter out - let him carry out his life purpose!
P.S. I wrote a book about my previous heart manager, Junior, aka: Master Stinkpot. Sold on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, you can get a free preview at www.MasterStinkpot.com.
