Tip 11 — Consciousness dwells in all things animate and inanimate
Posted on Dec 06, 2008 under Understanding Animal Communication |Linda FortuneAuthor of Regal: An Intimate View of One Magnificent Feline
The most touching moment of the workshop for me.
Tip 11: Consciousness dwells in all things animate and inanimate.
Welcome,
Probably the most touching learning of the animal communication workshop for me was the affirmation of the belief and recognition that consciousness dwells in all things animate and inanimate. Consciousness/soul is alive and well in everything that resides in the universe.
Years ago I had a vision of this great teaching during a meditation program with my first meditation master from India. Just before the end of one of the meditation sessions, I had the inner vision of a shivalingam, which is a representative symbol of God. In the vision, the shivalingam gave way to a galaxy of stars and I had the intuitive understanding rise up from within that God was and became all. It was and continues to be quite a profound experience for me—intuitive knowledge rising up from within. So, to have this recognition of the spiritual essence of animals in the workshop was moving. Mary was recognizing that we are all part of the One.
Furthermore, when I drove home from the workshop and for many days afterwards, I was aware of a shift in my perception of animals. Previously, I had the intellectual understanding of the spiritual essence of animals but, now, I was experiencing it. It was a moving awareness. I could see the difference right in my visual awareness.
In particular, I remember one dog that was leashed and sitting on the sidewalk. When he saw me coming, he paused and clearly focused right on me rather than on my friend who was walking with me. We had a moment of deep connection and recognition. I could see it in his eyes as he focused totally on me. Because of all this, greater knowingness and tenderness filled my heart.
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With blessing, Linda