I was and still am a great lover of the natural world and as a child spent many hours in woods and fields trying to get as far away from human civilisation as I could, seeking communion with trees, plants and animals ~ the Great All That Is. As far as actually communicating with animals was concerned, I cannot say that at that time I was hugely successful. My intense desire to be a tremendous Dr Dolittle seem to do nothing but frighten creatures away. At least I had no success with wild animals. Rabbits did not come out of their burrows to discuss the weather or ask whether I would mind being their friend. That was my hope and was no doubt influenced by such great authors as Beatrix Potter and A A Milne. At that time I had not yet learned my trade. I am now a seer, having learned the Art of Seership through many years of commitment and with one question written very large upon my heart, "Why can I not see? I should be able to see!" This intense desire lead me to spend hours in meditation; hours of an evening sitting in front of the fire, staring at the flames; more hours than I care to remember sat up in bed first thing in the morning learning my trade. I did not think of it as a trade at that point but just an intense curiosity which then, as I gradually reaped the rewards of patient effort, led to a tremendous way of being in the world.. a coping mechanism if you will... a way to always bring myself back to centre; of answering inner questions; of resolving life's issues, of restoring equilibrium when circumstances or events had thrown me off centre. What started as 'trying' became easy. And it grew and grew. I became accustomed to strange events, sightings, sensations until all of these things became the norm. I began to be acutely aware that the energy of our awareness runs throughout our bodies and even that it extended beyond our bodies and that with each different thought a different energy was felt in the body. I had begun to realise that intention, energy and thought were inseparable. I also became aware that not all the thoughts, emotions and sensations that my body felt or received derived from me. How many times have we all walked into a room and felt that we could cut the atmosphere with a knife or felt an instant knot appear in our stomach as a particular person approaches us? How many have felt instantly drained by a particular person's company or found that it drove us crazy sitting next to a particular work colleague in an open plan office? I realised that animals communicate like this all the time. They do not say to themselves, "Oh, I am just being silly." They have total trust in their sensibilities and rely on them wholly to survive. We as human animals feel others' emotions, intentions and frequently another's thoughts but so often dismiss what we feel. It is as if we have to dampen down this sensitivity in order that we can live and survive in the modern human world. It was not always like this. Throughout most of our evolution as humans we have lived acutely aware of these heightened senses. Communion with nature, plant life and the animal kingdom was central to human life. This heightened sensitivity, this 'sixth sense' is still a part of us. It is who we are. Without trust in our sensitivity we would not have survived. |
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