A Dignified Farewell

One of the many birds I feed each day at my home in Southern Oregon, a Western Scrub Jay, approached me from the ground and looked up at me in a way that let me know she was in distress.  I knelt down on the ground about two feet from her, looked into her eyes and sent an inquiry via shared energy.  She hopped twice toward me and transmitted back, “I’m experiencing trauma.”

I was on my way to an appointment.  I decided to create a temporary protective shelter with shade, food and water and check her when I returned.  She hopped to the water dish, dipped her beak for a drink, but leaned sideways, off-balance, on legs that looked quite weak.  I hurried to my appointment and rushed back to check on her.

When I returned she had gone.  She ceased to resist the changing of form and permitted her soul the freedom to cross over to the ‘nother places, to continue her infinite journey as a peaceful, gentle LIGHT that once knew flight on Planet Earth.

For all animals that cross my path while in a state of crossing over, or in the after-state of the soul leaving the Earthly body, I conduct a farewell ceremony of respect, honor and dignity that I believe all sentient beings are worthy of.  I prepare the body with elements I gather from nature, including herbs and aroma producing plants.  I carefully choose a resting spot, a private place, surrounded by nature, usually in the shade of a long-living tree, or shrub.  I prepare a place in the ground and line it with plant material, I place the cushioned body into the ground, add a hand-written note.  I say a prayer requesting an ongoing future journey free from suffering and attach a blessing.

I cover the site with brush, fresh cut tree branches and plants I hand pick from the area. In addition to the flowers that are left atop the burial site, I also place a memorial marker; a rock, stone or trinket.  This time, I prepared an angelic piece of garden art.

Literally moments after placing the memorial and expressing my Farewell of Dignity, a feather fell from the sky and landed at my feet.   I experience an enormous amount of emotional joy in this moment.  It was most assuredly a sign, from the Spirit places, acknowledging and honoring my choice, to validate life and the crossing of the soul in respect and reverence of a life and LIGHT that mattered every bit as much as my own.

A DIGNIFIED FAREWELL

Your nameless, lifeless body,

ignored by the masses of “humanity,”

so often invalidated

by those who hold

their own lives so dear.

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Last respects

withheld

 funeral, ceremony,  nor memorial  considered

for

WHO

was so recently

a breathing,

feeling,

living being.

~~~~~

I pause to make significant note,

in honor of your meaningful existence,

I ask

a BLESSING

upon your soul,

now ceased to resist the changing of form,

passing on to the ‘nother places.

And in reverent, heartfelt whisper

send  you  intentional confirmation that

“YOU mattered

… to me.”

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 ~Gerean Pflug for The Animal Spirits

All rights reserved by Gerean Pflug, author, August 2020.  Reposts permitted and welcome when accompanied with a link back to this post.

Also read, Roadside Validation:

https://animalspirits222.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/roadside-validation/

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DEFINING MORAL COWARDICE

DEFINING MORAL COWARDICE

AWAKENING ACCOUNTABILITY

AWAKENING ACCOUNTABILITY 

There can be no reasonable judgement deserved

for ignorance nor indifference,

while we are yet asleep,

However, as awakening increases,

awareness increases,

therefore, accountability increases.

As      you      do      as      you      will   …

consciously choose to do no harm.

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For Nonhuman and Human Animals,

For The Planet,

For Life,

As awareness increases,

increasingly choose,

non-violent, compassionate action

as a priority.

Choose to do No Harm.

~ Gerean Pflug for “The Animal Spirits”

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COWS

“Cows

are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures;

none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them;

and, in short,

I am not ashamed to profess

a deep love for these quiet creatures.”

~Thomas de Quincey

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THE UNIVERSAL SOLVENT

“Empathy is a universal solvent. Any problem immersed in empathy becomes soluble.” ~Simon Baron-Cohen

Empathy is defined as “a complex form of psychological inference in which observation, memory, knowledge, and reasoning are combined to yield insights into the thoughts and feelings of others.   Empathy is a highly developed and sophisticated emotional response that references self and others. ”

The heinous violence and taking of innocent, sentient life worldwide, can neither be explained nor cured by choice of political party, religious doctrine, international defense strategy nor debate of weapon control.  There always have been and always will be a way to violently do harm and take the life of another.  Violence and cruelty occur because of a lack of human empathy.  A compassionate, empathetic human being does not take action of harm against another sentient, living being of any species.  All life taken by violence violates all of humanity

Can we control the senseless taking of innocent lives?   Sadly, no, we cannot.  Control is an illusion.  We have never and will not ever control the actions, reactions, thoughts and even words of others.  The only things we control are our own individual actions, reactions and words.

While we argue and fight among each other . . .

• Millions of humans worldwide are homeless and/or starving to death
• Worldwide war which only benefits those in political power is rampant
• Human life is being sold into slavery on the black market
• In the most inhumane and cruel ways imaginable, human and nonhuman animal alike are being mercilessly abused, imprisoned, enslaved, exploited, tortured and mercilessly slaughtered
• Our wildlife is being massacred to extinction
• We are abusing our planet to the point that it is crumbling beneath us

Someday The Planet will cease to exist.  Someday the sun will burn out.  We are not promised tomorrow.  We are not even promised the rest of this day.  This moment is all that we have.  If we use this moment to channel our energies into making a positive difference in the lives of others, we will effect profound change of mind, heart and spirit.   As we transmit from places of empathy and compassion, we strengthen in energy, frequency and vibration, affecting universal changes.  These changes ripple and grow and affect the lives of others, not only in this moment, but vastly beyond this moment.

If we choose to spend this moment in argument, competition, debate, anger and words that hurt, what will we achieve?  Nothing.  I believe that this moment is the perfect moment to consciously shift to higher levels of consciousness.  Today is a very good day to begin to act  from the heart, not the critical mind, and to focus on becoming living examples of the peace we wish to see in this world.

I choose to

transmit,

focusing on those things that build up,

encourage,

inspire,

motivate,

uplift,

and propel others toward compassionate choice and action.

I choose

to focus on and promote

the heroes of this world,

rather than the villains

(although one certainly cannot be illuminated without the other).

I choose to hope

that all of us will consider

the powerful opportunity

provided to us in this very moment

to make a profound positive difference

from where we stand

and through the act of

standing together

in unified, common, compassionate objective,

reach for the highest level of consciousness . . .

recognizing that the evidence of this higher level of consciousness will be

a significant and obvious increase in

empathy,

compassion,

kindness,

gentleness,

mercy,

grace,

understanding

and peace.

From places of empathy and compassion,

please continue to unify and transmit.

Together we are changing the world.

Many Blessings.

~Gerean Pflug, The Animal Spirits

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OF COMMON COMPASSIONATE OBJECTIVE

OF COMMON COMPASSIONATE OBJECTIVE

Welcome.

You are not alone.

We see you, hear you and are with you

in common, compassionate objective.

More and more humans are awakening each day to the reality of the cruelty we are inflicting and allowing to be inflicted upon other sentient living beings.

We are unifying and becoming part of one gigantic international compassionate movement. Some of us are focusing on the legal aspects, some…the physical aspects, some on the psychological aspects, some on the emotional aspects and most of us are realizing that spiritually, we are all connected.

There are opportunities everywhere to become involved and to make a difference; In our communities and beyond. The issues of social injustice and inhumanity are found in issues of merciless cruelty, starvation/hunger, homelessness, medical need and are being experienced by all animals, human and nonhuman.

The compassionate movement recognizes that we cannot depend upon our respective governments to solve problems of social injustice worldwide. They never have and they never will solve moral issues such as these. It is up to the international community to take action, as individuals and in unification.

We must set apart our differences, i.e. religion, politics, national origins and focus together on the elements of love and peace, which are: Empathy, compassion, kindness, gentleness, mercy and grace. The members of the international compassionate movement are doing just that. The numbers are growing by the day and we are recognizing great progress. Still…there is much work to be done and we need every human who is drawn toward service, to The Planet as a whole, to take action.

As you experience this calling, have no doubt that you are meant to serve not only a mighty individual purpose, but also a powerful collective purpose. Avoid isolation. Adhere to others of like, compassionate mind, heart and spirit.

Please feel free to bond with this community “The Animal Spirits” as well as the MANY others that are available. Act upon the freedom to lend voice and do not hesitate to share, dialogue and form relationships with others. We are all teachers and students, one to another. As we interact, we generate amazing amounts of energy, frequency and vibration that propel our transmissions in a powerful way.

Times….they most assuredly are changing. It is a privilege to be on the side of The LIGHT in these unprecedented times of world change.  As we unify in compassion, we are changing the world.

Blessings on those who from places of empathy and compassion, choose to protect, defend and lend voice to, innocent sentient, living beings of ALL species, who cannot protect, defend or speak for themselves.

In compassionate, common objective, please continue to transmit.

~ Gerean Pflug for “The Animal Spirits” (March 24, 2015)

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THIRSTY

THIRSTY

“Water is the new oil.

Nations will soon be going to war for it.

Underground aquifers that took millions of years to fill

are now running dry.

It takes 50,000 litres of water

to make one kilo of beef.”

~ Philip Wollen, Kindness Trust

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“There’s a limit

to how far we can diminish

the life in our oceans.

We cannot live on this planet

with a dead ocean.

If our oceans die, we die.”

 ~ Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

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“Water and air,

the two essential fluids

on which all life depends,

have become global garbage cans.”

~ Jacques Yves Cousteau

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We will become increasingly

 THIRSTY

until we unify

in common, responsible, compassionate,

international objective;

to protect The Earth and all Earthlings.

~ Gerean Pflug, The Animal Spirits

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VISIT KINDNESS TRUST

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ANGUISH

We love.  We feel. We suffer. We grieve.

“Anguish” by August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck (1878)

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BEARING THE DESCRIPTION

BEARING THE DESCRIPTION

“Those who describe animals

as not having any thoughts or feelings

come closer to that description

than the animals they are trying to describe.”

~ Edward Alberola

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FEAR IS FEAR

FEAR IS FEAR

WE feel. We fear. WE suffer.

In these capacities,

WE are equals.

Nonhuman and Human,

WE are

The Animal Spirits.

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