MY THOUGHTS ON ANIMALS

An animal – a guide to a human

Animals have a difficult task. To guide people, to help them and to show them the way to their own inner self.
They go through life with the characteristics of their species, and also those that portray the human they accompany.

Have you noticed, for example, how many dogs behave like their owners?
They can be fearful, stressed, barking, aggressive, dominant, submissive, or easygoing, welcoming, couch potatoes, and cuddly. Yes, practically all dogs take on characteristics from their humans.
And not just traits… Their life mission is to take negative energy and illness away from their human. In extreme cases, to lay down their life for them. 
It is very similar with horses and cats.
Horses help people with mental health issues. They are not intended to relieve people of physical burdens. They help their owners and, through the horses around them, other people who are connected to other horses.
Cats absorb negative energy from anyone they meet.
This means that if a person suppresses their feelings or needs, which is the cause of every illness, the animal can take on this negative energy and become ill instead of its owner.
Many people deal with their pets‘ problems without even considering that they themselves may be the cause.
This does not mean that animals should not be treated or taken to the vet when they are sick.
It is a challenge to reflect on when such a situation arises.
What is the animal showing me? What can I change about myself?
Yes, it is also a challenge to leave your comfort zone, and that takes courage.
However, when a person finds the courage, they can find health for themselves and thus for their animal companion.

Are we dogs' best friends?

Dogs are the most loyal animals and have accompanied humans for centuries. I often see many human traits in dogs. They really resemble their owners. But… Do we really want them to adapt completely to us? To stop behaving like dogs and behave like humans? To show our fears, bad habits, addictions, aggression, and insecurities? Where is the line between them being human companions and guides, and them being just living toys?

Every dog I meet shows me that people don’t understand them. With a few exceptions. Dogs can be cheerful, playful, friendly, easygoing, obedient, and fully respectful of humans as pack leaders. If humans understand them.

For me, the line is where a dog stops acting like a dog when people don’t understand it. Where it’s expected to fully adapt to humans without regard for its nature. Where people don’t look for or have answers to questions about its behavior or problems.

When two people, friends, don’t understand each other, they can talk about it. Ask the other person what’s bothering them, why they’re acting differently or strangely. Dogs are man’s best friends, but people often don’t consider whether a dog is really happy. Whether it can ask a person for something in its own way and be accommodated.
For example, to play together, or, conversely, to rest in peace when there are small children in the household. Whether the dog is perceived and heard.

 Rules are set by humans; they are boundaries within which dogs must operate in order for the relationship to be safe for both parties. This, of course, requires regular training with clear and understandable commands. Repeatedly setting the same boundaries in the same way provides certainty for the dog.
At the same time, people must understand their dogs. Treat them like friends, not like objects or other people.

I often see people treating dogs automatically without being present.
How does a dog feel, for example, when going for a walk with someone who is constantly looking at their phone or wearing headphones?

When there are several members in the household, do they all follow the same rules when it comes to the dog? Does the dog receive clear commands, or does everyone use different words? Does the dog respond to a person because of who they are, or because they always have a pocket full of treats and can therefore be controlled through reward dependency? Ttreats may be a temporary motivation in specific situations, but not a lifelong „control mechanism.“

Dogs want to understand and comply. However, they need clear and understandable treatment.
Most of all, they love full human presence when a person truly perceives them calmly and without emotion.

When you ask yourself what your dog needs or whether you want to change something in such a peaceful moment together, the answer often comes to mind.

It is important to realize that when living together, dogs know absolutely everything about humans, often even things that humans don’t know about themselves. And dogs show humans these things through their behavior.

Do people ever try to look at coexistence from the opposite perspective?
How does their dog actually see them?
Just trying to do so means the possibility of understanding dog behavior. And, by extension, understanding oneself.

Dogs are a symbol of loyalty.
Are humans loyal friends to dogs?
Is a human a natural pack leader for their dog?

Are humans inspired by canine loyalty and able to be equally loyal to themselves and their inner selves?

P.S. And if I had to name one thing that dogs really don’t like, it’s when someone coos at them and talks to them in a high-pitched squeaky voice 🙂

Cats

I am often approached by clients who have one or more cats at home. When I look into their world in my reflections, I mainly perceive their independent personalities. Individualities that carry the main inspiration—either by themselves, at any cost.

And that is literally at any cost. Animals generally do not cling to their physical side. That is the domain of humans.
And if there is an animal that will lay down its life at any time for life in human society, it is cats.

The mission of cats is different from that of dogs. Dogs predominantly cleanse negative energy from members of their household.
Cats, however, cleanse the energy of all people they feel need it.

When a cat rubs against your legs, circles around you, or jumps into your lap, it is predominantly because it is energetically cleansing you of negative energies.
The same situation applies when a cat crosses your path. It helps to clear negativity.

People used to understand this, but over time, this feline assistance gave rise to a false superstition about black cats bringing bad luck when they cross your path.

And here we come to feline individuality. If there is so much negative energy that the cat cannot cleanse itself of it, it simply leaves its physical body.

It is common for cats that roam outside to lose their lives in accidents.
In fact, when it comes to lost animals, cats are the most common reason people contact me.
And even in these cases, they confirm their uniqueness—I perceive many of them outside their physical bodies, and they rarely want to be found.

When a cat decides that it no longer wants to live with a person and wants to go elsewhere, it simply leaves. You can look for it, and even if you find it, it doesn’t mean it will come back and stay.

Cats are the perfect inspiration for humans—to be yourself and trust your instincts and intuition at all costs, without unnecessary emotions.When a person can live like this, purely and fully present, their life can flow easily and truthfully, in harmony with themselves.

A horse and a man

I deliberately put this order in the title.
I see the horse, as a very powerful energetic and spiritual guide for man.
Those who have ever been in the vicinity of a horse, in the field of its energy, could feel it.

Horses embody freedom and liberty, the joy of living in peace and in the elegance of body movement.
Horses have been human guides for ages and guiding them is not an easy journey. It is a journey full of patience, sacrifice and human misunderstanding. However, they continue to give people more and more chances to understand themselves and empower people energetically. Even though most of the time people don’t even realize it.

Horses have been and are being used for various activities. Dominatingly nowadays mainly for riding. It is important to realize that if they are not ridden, they may very likely become extinct sooner or later.
There are also discussions in certain groups of people about whether or not to ride horses. The discussion is based on real experiences of what problems are encountered with horses in the “modern” world.
Various musculoskeletal problems, behavioral problems, digestive problems, etc. For myself, I feel that all of this just mirrors the difficulties of people in our time.

In my pure, mental perception, the connection between horse and man appears to me as a centaur.

When the horse allows the human to sit on it – yes, this is how it really is, I repeat, the horse allows it – at that moment the root chakra of the human connects with the heart chakra of the horse.
There is a common energy field that connects the human through the horse’s body to the earth.
And notice, the crucial difference is that the horse is connected to the earth at four points, whereas a person without a horse is only connected at two.
And note, the crucial difference is that the horse is connected to the earth at four points, whereas a man without a horse is connected at only two.
So the rider on the horse, has the highest energy point in his crown chakra connected to the source and at the same time is connected to the earth through the horse’s body at four points.

This is a very strong energetic connection.

However, it is important to remember that in order for the energy to flow cleanly, both horse and human must be connected mentally.
This means in absolute peace, understanding and harmony.
And that is why very few riders actually experience this strong energy.

Becoming a “centaur”, connecting with the horse in trust and being equal partners in riding together, is rewarding.
A reward for finding a way together, and in humans especially a way to oneself.

One can experience this if one can approach the horse calmly, without preconceptions, plans, with love for oneself and the animal, with respect.
Respect is a natural part of the human approach to the horse. It is important that the horse can trust the human.
Otherwise, the horse would perceive the human in his animal instinct as a predator. So respect is a help to the horse-human relationship.

The horse must be approached by the human, for a complete connection, in FULL PRESENCE AND AWARENESS.
This situation of absolute understanding between man and horse is a true exception in our time.

What is important for the horse is whether he can really trust the human.
Whether man shows him by his mental attitude and physical behaviour that they are really equal partners.
Trust takes a long time to build and it’s the little things that matter.

Before a person approaches a horse, is he really in the present or are the previous events he has experienced still going through his mind?
Just take a few deep breaths and stretch your body before approaching the horse and the horse perceives the human much better.
Does the rider respect the current state of the horse and what the animal is showing at that moment?
How many riders, before saddling up and putting the horse down, rein the horse to relax and align their energies.
And at the same time, they make sure the horse is fine and not in any physical pain.
And if the horse indicates discomfort or refuses to cooperate in the handling, does one really take that as a warning and give oneself and the horse enough time to fully understand what the horse is trying to show?
Or does he “go on as planned”?
In doing so, he may betray the trust of the horse who, for example, is showing him “just” not to push and slow down..

When one hears the messages that come from the situation and is the embodiment of trust for the horse, the connection in riding together is indescribable.
The rider is able to “go” perfectly with the horse’s movement, as if he is walking and running through the horse himself, with his feet.
This is the freedom and liberty that one can only experience with a horse.

I see the connection between humans and animals as a conscious activity. Because if it is conscious, it can truly be experienced in joy on all levels.
And it is the same when one treats oneself consciously and lovingly.