The Art of Presence with Your Pets
Animals connect and communicate with one another through being in a present state of mind, so they hear another’s thoughts, see images, and sense what their emotional condition is while also being aware of the scent the other is giving off. They do this with us as well.
When we learn to become more present, we too turn into a more open channel for connecting in the same ways with animals, especially your own pets, and with people. Being present heightens our intuitive senses and our awareness of what is different, unique, or out of character for the pets.
For instance, what are they doing in a different way than normal, are you all of a sudden hungry upon seeing your pet when two seconds ago you were not at all, is an area of your body bothering you yet it wasn’t until you were in the company of your pet or a particular person. All of these can be communications your present mind is receiving from them intentionally or not.
Being present opens you to learning to connect in your pet’s primary language of choice.
For we too can choose to perceive what we are feeling as ours – or to begin asking of ourselves or our body, “is this feeling, sensation, thought, emotion, or physical ache mine?” When it is not, it will go away unless there is a message in it for us.
When we become more aware of our own body, mind, and what we are feeling, we open the door to communicating with the animal beings or your pets. We begin to listen to what they are saying in new ways. And, it teaches us about the different levels of how pets and other beings experience what we feel in our own bodies, understand our thoughts, and the images or pictures we create in our minds.
Know that if you visualize your animal companion(s) in lieu of saying their name aloud, you have invariably spoken the words in their language.
EXERCISE
You can test this with your own animal family members, visualize them and a leash, or a treat and see who shows up.
Or if you have to give one a pill and the others come running perceiving it as someone getting a treat, try focusing on a wall, ocean waves, a fence or something stagnant so you are not sending the message via visual images out to the household.
