Time With The Animal Communicator
by Josephine Laing
When I was a girl, my aunt threw a party for dogs. She invited all of her friends who had dogs and most wonderfully, she had arranged for an animal communicator to be her featured guest. This woman had communicated telepathically with her own pets as a child, like many of us did, only she had retained the skill as she matured into a woman.
When my mother told my brothers and me that we had been invited and could bring our little part Dachshund, part Cocker Spaniel dog named Pookie with us, I was ecstatic. All of the dogs were very happy to be there. They were all leashed, cleaned and coifed and very much enjoyed the separate table full of tasty dog treats that my aunt had prepared just for them.
After a sufficient meet and greet time, Pat, the animal communicator got down to business. One by one, she accepted volunteers to come and place their dog on an empty table in the middle of the patio. The rest of us sat with our pets in a large circle around them. The volunteered dog would settle down, on the table, give her their attention and she would begin a conversation with them. She was much like a friendly counselor during a first visit. She started by complimenting them on their nice looks or their athletic ability or any other trait that she had noticed, and then very casually she'd begin to ask them details of their family life. She'd ask what their favorite things were, what they liked, what they didn't like. The dogs would look thoughtful or interested and cock their heads. They'd lie down and rub their faces or sit up and gaze off into space, occasionally glancing at her or giving her a little lick. All of these gestures indicated and idea or a feeling about what she was discussing with them, and she'd comment on and converse with them about their movements and gestures. Pat would pause and listen to the dogs, then she'd share with the group the most amazing revelations and funny stories and escapades that the dogs had shared with her through those telepathic pictures which they had placed in her mind.
When our dog Pookie went for her turn, I stood with her and she told Pat how she got to sit at the table with us on Sunday mornings, in her own chair, and eat pancakes. She said that my mom would make them for all of us by turn. She loved that she got to eat hers off of her own plate at the table while sitting on a chair with a booster seat. She loved them with no syrup, but lots of nice butter. She described how my dad always walked real fast and never seemed to pay too much attention to her. She said that he spent a great deal of his time with papers upstairs (in his office.) She told Pat that she loved chasing the chickens and riding in the very front of the boat, when we'd go out on the lake. She described how if we kids got into the boat without her, when she wasn't around and she'd see us or hear us out on the water, she'd come running and would stand on the shore and bark until we came back to collect her.
We were all thrilled and delighted to hear our dogs each relate these very personal and unique stories to the group. Now, I'm sure the skeptic could say, "Well, obviously, your aunt new these things and told them to the woman in advance." Not really. She didn't know about Pookie's boat ride barking. And I'd be mighty surprised if she knew one tenth of the details from the lives of the friends she had invited, plus several of them had brought their friends whom my aunt had never met before. But skeptics will be skeptics and I'm happy to let them be. It's a little sad though, because I feel that it's always our limited belief systems that hold us back from our natural human development and evolution.
Being as this party took place while I was still a girl, it helped me to realize at a young age that maybe I could do this sort of thing too. I loved animals and played with all of ours, yes, the chickens too. And began to try a little telepathic communication with them. I'm not so sure how successful I was, but I enjoyed trying it for a time.
Later as an adult, I began actively practicing methods for developing my psychic ability. And since then, I have enjoyed engaging with my companion animals on this level once more. I'm no where near as good as Pat was that day, but I've attained a beginners level of proficiency at it.
One of the most simple exercises in developing this aspect of our natural human capacity falls under the category of Plant Communication and/or Nature Mysticism. And I'll share it with you now. Most likely you've already done it yourself because it's a very natural part of who we are and what we do as humans. It's very simple and goes like this.
Think of a problem that you may have, any problem. It can be big or small, but it should be something that has been lingering in your mind a bit of late. Write it down. Then bring your journal and go out into nature. Anywhere that calls to you will do, even if it's right outside your door. But it should be somewhere with a beauty that appeals to you, or somewhere that holds a curiosity for you.
Let yourself get comfortable and sit there awhile. There's no need to think about your problem, you already know what it is, and you've already got it written down. Just let it go and let your mind wander and the answer will occur to you. Sometimes all we get is the very next step to take. But this is often all that we need to know in life, just the next step. In actuality, we rarely know every step along the course of a solution. That would most likely be too rigid. But we can feel confident with and easily proceed with the next step. So let it the answer come to you and jot it down.
Now you might think, "Oh, I'm just making this up." That's okay. If it serves your well being and makes you feel better about the world, then it's right. It might just seem like a hunch. That's good too. Most intuition arises this way, as just a hunch. Trust the process. And then go ahead and take that next step. After that, most likely, you'll know the next step to take and then the next.
When we worry about a problem, we are holding onto it tightly and can't let it go. When we give our problems over to a bigger part of ourselves, as we do in this exercise, giving it to nature (of which we are just a small part,) the answers will come to us. When we worry, we hold onto our problems too tightly with our finite little consciousness and we inhibit the greater whole from acting. In giving our troubles away, we receive the gift of our solutions.
So, let yourselves relax in the beauties of nature and receive whatever it is that you might need.
My love to you.
© 2011 Josephine Laing
When I was a girl, my aunt threw a party for dogs. She invited all of her friends who had dogs and most wonderfully, she had arranged for an animal communicator to be her featured guest. This woman had communicated telepathically with her own pets as a child, like many of us did, only she had retained the skill as she matured into a woman.
When my mother told my brothers and me that we had been invited and could bring our little part Dachshund, part Cocker Spaniel dog named Pookie with us, I was ecstatic. All of the dogs were very happy to be there. They were all leashed, cleaned and coifed and very much enjoyed the separate table full of tasty dog treats that my aunt had prepared just for them.
After a sufficient meet and greet time, Pat, the animal communicator got down to business. One by one, she accepted volunteers to come and place their dog on an empty table in the middle of the patio. The rest of us sat with our pets in a large circle around them. The volunteered dog would settle down, on the table, give her their attention and she would begin a conversation with them. She was much like a friendly counselor during a first visit. She started by complimenting them on their nice looks or their athletic ability or any other trait that she had noticed, and then very casually she'd begin to ask them details of their family life. She'd ask what their favorite things were, what they liked, what they didn't like. The dogs would look thoughtful or interested and cock their heads. They'd lie down and rub their faces or sit up and gaze off into space, occasionally glancing at her or giving her a little lick. All of these gestures indicated and idea or a feeling about what she was discussing with them, and she'd comment on and converse with them about their movements and gestures. Pat would pause and listen to the dogs, then she'd share with the group the most amazing revelations and funny stories and escapades that the dogs had shared with her through those telepathic pictures which they had placed in her mind.
When our dog Pookie went for her turn, I stood with her and she told Pat how she got to sit at the table with us on Sunday mornings, in her own chair, and eat pancakes. She said that my mom would make them for all of us by turn. She loved that she got to eat hers off of her own plate at the table while sitting on a chair with a booster seat. She loved them with no syrup, but lots of nice butter. She described how my dad always walked real fast and never seemed to pay too much attention to her. She said that he spent a great deal of his time with papers upstairs (in his office.) She told Pat that she loved chasing the chickens and riding in the very front of the boat, when we'd go out on the lake. She described how if we kids got into the boat without her, when she wasn't around and she'd see us or hear us out on the water, she'd come running and would stand on the shore and bark until we came back to collect her.
We were all thrilled and delighted to hear our dogs each relate these very personal and unique stories to the group. Now, I'm sure the skeptic could say, "Well, obviously, your aunt new these things and told them to the woman in advance." Not really. She didn't know about Pookie's boat ride barking. And I'd be mighty surprised if she knew one tenth of the details from the lives of the friends she had invited, plus several of them had brought their friends whom my aunt had never met before. But skeptics will be skeptics and I'm happy to let them be. It's a little sad though, because I feel that it's always our limited belief systems that hold us back from our natural human development and evolution.
Being as this party took place while I was still a girl, it helped me to realize at a young age that maybe I could do this sort of thing too. I loved animals and played with all of ours, yes, the chickens too. And began to try a little telepathic communication with them. I'm not so sure how successful I was, but I enjoyed trying it for a time.
Later as an adult, I began actively practicing methods for developing my psychic ability. And since then, I have enjoyed engaging with my companion animals on this level once more. I'm no where near as good as Pat was that day, but I've attained a beginners level of proficiency at it.
One of the most simple exercises in developing this aspect of our natural human capacity falls under the category of Plant Communication and/or Nature Mysticism. And I'll share it with you now. Most likely you've already done it yourself because it's a very natural part of who we are and what we do as humans. It's very simple and goes like this.
Think of a problem that you may have, any problem. It can be big or small, but it should be something that has been lingering in your mind a bit of late. Write it down. Then bring your journal and go out into nature. Anywhere that calls to you will do, even if it's right outside your door. But it should be somewhere with a beauty that appeals to you, or somewhere that holds a curiosity for you.
Let yourself get comfortable and sit there awhile. There's no need to think about your problem, you already know what it is, and you've already got it written down. Just let it go and let your mind wander and the answer will occur to you. Sometimes all we get is the very next step to take. But this is often all that we need to know in life, just the next step. In actuality, we rarely know every step along the course of a solution. That would most likely be too rigid. But we can feel confident with and easily proceed with the next step. So let it the answer come to you and jot it down.
Now you might think, "Oh, I'm just making this up." That's okay. If it serves your well being and makes you feel better about the world, then it's right. It might just seem like a hunch. That's good too. Most intuition arises this way, as just a hunch. Trust the process. And then go ahead and take that next step. After that, most likely, you'll know the next step to take and then the next.
When we worry about a problem, we are holding onto it tightly and can't let it go. When we give our problems over to a bigger part of ourselves, as we do in this exercise, giving it to nature (of which we are just a small part,) the answers will come to us. When we worry, we hold onto our problems too tightly with our finite little consciousness and we inhibit the greater whole from acting. In giving our troubles away, we receive the gift of our solutions.
So, let yourselves relax in the beauties of nature and receive whatever it is that you might need.
My love to you.
© 2011 Josephine Laing