Hello there! My name is Julie Lines and I was honoured to be asked by Ronni to write a post for her wonderful blog. Many congratulations to you Ronni for the publication of your brand new book – I can’t wait to read it.
Well, of course, I quickly said yes to Ronni’s kind invitation and knew straight away what particular aspect of animal communication that I wanted to share with you. It is an area that I have been called to for many years now – something that I knew inside myself and that made sense to me. I believe that when you feel these types of things within you, they are callings for you to share them with the world. This knowing was that we are all one and are inextricably interconnected.
So, it was around 3 years ago I started receiving guidance that I was to tune into the collective consciousness of the different animal species and to channel their species messages for humanity as we moved through and beyond the 2012 marker. As I commenced on this amazing journey, that I am still very much travelling now, I was given the most amazing insights from the animals about how we are really all one.
I knew in my heart we were all one, that we were all interconnected, made of the same thing and that we lived our lives attracting reflections of ourselves from all those around us, but I didn’t realise the incredible depth that this went to.
The animals continue to share with me how each species have a unique collective vibration, that they have a primary reason for being part of this big jigsaw puzzle called life. What I hadn’t fully grasped was that each unique energetic vibration is contained within the whole of each of us. We are a part of the quantum holograph – which roughly translated means that everything outside of us is also contained within each of us too. Forgive me if you already know this, but this really blew me away – it was like a much deeper understanding of what I thought I knew coming forward! The animals are so good at bringing deeper understanding to us, aren’t they?
With this knowing, the animals have also been sharing with me that when we are attracted to certain species it is no coincidence. There are imbalances within ourselves that are calling out to become balanced and the energies that each species holds within them will call out to us (we will be attracted to them) to assist in the balancing….
At certain times we may find animals coming into our lives, either physically or non physically, they appear to assist us in rebalancing that which is out of balance within our own aspect of that energetic vibration. WOW!!
With this understanding all of the ancestor’s recognition of this, in the form of totem animals or animal spirit guides, suddenly made even deeper sense.
To share a few personal examples, I am currently blessed to have a cat, Jack and a horse, Apache sharing my life. Jack constantly shows me to remember self care and to balance doing with non doing. Apache is teaching me how to be an empowered leader and to trust my intuition. They are both so very wise and patient, thankfully! I have also noticed that Butterflies keep appearing to me in myriad ways – their energy is all about the power of metamorphosis and for me this is calling me to be aware and to stay present around the needed transformations I am making in my life.
So as you read this, what animals are calling to you? What energies/qualities do they possess that you are being called to become aware of and rebalance within yourself? How can you embrace these qualities and bring them more into balance within yourself? Take some time to think about the animals you have in your life and why they are with you. Look up the meanings of the particular species in the various books that offer this. I’d love to hear about your discoveries, so please do get in touch!
You can find the channelled messages from the animal species Julie has heard from so far at her website http://thepurposeofspecies.org
Julie Lines (UK) founded Voice of the Animals, as an expert animal communicator, author and teacher in 2009, leaving her very successful corporate life as a leadership/personal development expert. Julie went on to co-found the first international animal communication Conference called “Awakening to Animals” (A2A) The conference bridges the gap between new science and animal spirituality and brings global animal experts together to share their latest understandings with the A2A community. The 2015 conference is being held on 20-21 September, near London, England and Jill Robinson, founder and CEO of Animals Asia is one of the keynote speakers. The website will be updated shortly with 2015 news. You can find the website here: http://awakeningtoanimals.com. Please feel free to contact Julie at http://voiceoftheanimals.org.uk
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Animal Communication Month is sponsored by SPEAK WOOF AND MEOW: ANIMAL COMMUNICATION CLASS IN A BOOK available on Amazon.com here.
I’ve recently been inspired by the efforts of a local rescue group, Red Rose Inspiration for Animals, which is developing a Trap-Neuter-Release program for feral cats in our community (Sedona/Verde Valley, AZ). Feral cats are some of the most misunderstood animals in our society, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the feral cats I’ve known and loved, and who have been some of my greatest teachers.
My relationship with feral cats has made me a better person and a better animal communicator. Here’s our story.
Long, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was on the faculty of a large educational institution tucked away in the pine forests of the midwest. Our campus was located close to a state park, which was a common “dumping zone” for unwanted animals. Many would show up on campus, seeking food from the cafeteria dumpsters and the kindness of humans–especially the young humans who had a habit of dropping their chips and peanut butter sandwiches everywhere they walked.
Many of these animals were cats, and not surprisingly, most were not spayed or neutered. Consequently, there was a longstanding and ongoing cat overpopulation problem on campus, as the stray and feral cats had litter after litter of kittens. Periodically, the cat colonies were “handled”–exterminated–using a variety of not-so-humane methods. And then more cats would move into the territory, and cycle would start all over again.
One day, a particular cat caught my attention outside the building where I worked. He was a black tom, had no ears, torn eyes and a scarred face, and a scruffy, dull coat. It was winter, and it was very, very cold outside. My heart went out to this cat, and I was determined to see if I could help him.
Fast forward a few weeks, and the black cat, Freddie, was living in my garage. 🙂 I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that he got his name from the infamous Freddie of the horror movie…you know the one…because he was, at that time, a “slasher kitty”. I couldn’t approach him or touch him without thick leather gloves to protect my arms and hands, and he would hiss and spit and flail at me with his fully-armed-and-of-course-not-properly-trimmed claws.
He bit. He slashed. He was, on the whole, really, really nasty.
And I loved him.
I loved this cat with all of my heart. I knew, somehow, somewhere, that we had a deep soul connection. That we were meant to be together. That he was mine.
Freddie tested positive for FIV. At that time (more is known about this virus now), the wisdom was that he should be kept separated from my other cats to minimize the risk of infecting them. So Freddie lived in my garage…and later in a small addition…and with time…
…Freddie became my dearest, closest friend. He sat on my lap, let me kiss him and stroke him, and slept in my arms.
This doesn’t happen with cats who are truly feral. What I understand now is that Freddie wasn’t feral–he was a domestic cat who had been socialized once, but had been on his own for a long, long time. He had a tough life on his own and had learned aggressive defenses–but once he made a decision to live the life of a cat who has a relationship with humans, he dropped most of his aggressiveness and became my teacher, my spiritual advisor, and my very best friend.
Freddie and I would sit for hours and just hang out together. We communicated telepathically; he shared deep wisdom, understanding, and his sweet love with me. When he was diagnosed with renal failure and needed subcutaneous fluids to keep him comfortable, he would climb on my lap and we would have a sweet communion while I gave him his injection. He never complained. He never minded. Being with me, sharing our love and our deep relationship, was worth it all to him.
Freddie became a lap cat, but he always hissed at me. It became our little inside joke. He would hiss at me, I would hiss back at him, and we would laugh and laugh. Years later, when a close friend of mine, also a professional animal communicator, talked with Freddie in the spirit world, he said, “tell Nancy, HISS. That’s it. Just HISS. She’ll know what I mean.” 🙂
After a few years, Freddie’s FIV brought his body down, and he passed into the spirit world in the year of my 40th birthday.
Two years later, Freddie came to me in a clear vision on New Years’ Day, and said, “It’s time. This is the year. This is the year you step onto your path and start becoming a professional animal communicator.”
And I listened to him. I listened to Freddie because I trusted him more than I had trusted anyone in my life. He knew. He knew everything.
Freddie continues to be one of my greatest spiritual guides. We communicate daily, and he continues to teach me and guide me, always reminding me of the power of love. Usually, his guidance is gentle and loving…but when necessary, I hear that unmistakable, kick-in-the-pants HISS.
Because of my experience with Freddie, I was determined to help the other stray and feral cats in my workplace and in my community. I learned all I could about ferals, including the benefits of a managed Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) program, and I implemented a program with the help of a few like-minded friends.
We set and checked traps, and worked with a local veterinarian who donated spay-neuter services. We vaccinated and ear-tipped and released the cats back into their habitat. When there were kittens, we bottle fed them if we got them young enough; we handled them and socialized them if we could. Several cats ended up in the traps who were socialized to humans but homeless, and we worked with a local rescue group to find them homes. (My cat, Maddy, who is still with me, was one of those cats–he started as a “foster” and never left.)
As my animal communication practice grew, I talked to many feral and semi-feral cats–some with rescue organizations, some in homes, and some in my neighborhood. And what I learned from them continued to surprise and inspire me.
Turns out, many feral cats are aware that they have a particular spiritual mission here on earth. Each animal is an individual, and so this is not true across the board for every single feral cat, but over and over again, many of them would tell me:
We are not here to have a relationship with humans. We are not interested in having relationships with humans. It’s not just because we are afraid and have not been socialized to humans, although that is the physical reality of our lives. Many of us came into this life knowing that we are wild animals…and have a particular job to do…and a relationship with humans is not part of it. We don’t wish to live in homes. We don’t wish to be companions. This would be distracting for us. We are here for other reasons. We often live close to human society, but we are not part of it.
Many of the cats showed me that they are doing particular, powerful work with the Earth’s energies. One of them said,
I balance the energies of the earth. Balance, balance, balance. Many of us do this work. It involves laying on the earth, in the soil, and balancing the magnetic lines of the earth. We feel these lines and these vibrations through our bodies, particularly through the pads of our feet and our bellies, and also through our whiskers. Our bodies are exquisitely sensitive calibrating instruments. We do this work as we live our lives–walk our territory, hunt our prey, live in our cat communities and raise our families. Our lives may often be short, but we do intense, powerful work while we are here. We are very aware of our mission and our purpose, and the gifts that we bring to the earth.
I am connected with many other cats all over the world who have a similar mission. We have a highly developed collective consciousness within our colonies and our species. We are very aware of the work that we have come to do, and we appreciate being able to do it in peace.
As I’ve continued to work with and communicate with feral cats, I’ve come to appreciate their unique wisdom and perspective, and the great awareness and spiritual teaching that they are able to transmit.
You can use telepathic communication, the universal language that all species share, to help you in working with and understanding feral cats. Here are some tips:
Animal Communication Tools for Shelter and Rescue Workers
This is Nancy’s free 60-minute class on using telepathic communication in shelter and rescue situations. You can listen to it through her website or download it free for future reference.
Nancy offers animal communication sessions, workshops, Reiki and more. I worked with her when Sarah was crossing and she is a compassionate and wonderful communicator (yes, animal communicators use the services of other communicators). Her website and services are over here.
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Animal Communication Month is sponsored by SPEAK WOOF AND MEOW: ANIMAL COMMUNICATION CLASS IN A BOOK available on Amazon.com here.
After having connected with many thousands of spirits, psychic medium James Van Praagh recently discussed the everlasting nature of our relationships with our beloved animal companions. “Right after an animal passes,” he said, “they tend to come back to you in spirit. They come back to the same places they used to visit.”
We hope and long for these spirit visitations, and when we are lucky enough to experience them–even for a few fleeting seconds–we see them as indisputable signs that our loving links to the animals with whom we’ve shared our lives haven’t been broken by death. But when we don’t, we sometimes worry that our departed animals have permanently absented themselves from our lives, without a trace.
It’s not true. In my experience as an animal communicator, I’ve learned that animals who have left their bodies behind can continue to stay involved in our lives in wonderful and sometimes magical ways. They know what we say; they see what we do.
A big black lab named Dawson taught me that. I had originally worked with him after he’d been diagnosed with cancer, and though his prognosis seemed grim, Dawson responded well to treatment, and was able to enjoy many carefree months before the disease sapped him of joy and strength and the will to go on. With great sadness and regret, his family helped him shed his wracked body.
Not long afterward, Charlotte, his “mom,” asked me to connect with Dawson, hoping that he would be able to relay a message that would allay her great grief at his passing. As she had hoped, he conveyed that he had accepted his death with a sense of love and peace, and even gratitude. She felt better.
But there was more. He transmitted a vivid image of a locket, which, when it opened, revealed photographs of two young girls. When I asked Charlotte about it, she confessed that she had been obsessively searching for a locket after Dawson’s death, so she could hold a picture of him close to her heart. Even more amazingly, the one she ordered had arrived on the very day that I communicated with Dawson. She pried it open to reveal photographs of two young girls inside, exactly as Dawson had described.
As if that weren’t enough, Dawson also showed a black lab puppy, suggesting that it would soon join Charlotte and her husband. I distinctly heard the name, “Troy,” in association with this future puppy, and assumed that Dawson was simply expressing his preference for the new dog’s name.
It turned out that Dawson knew a lot more than I did about his family’s plans. A few days later, Charlotte started searching for Labrador Retriever breeders online, “just in case,” and had found one nearby whose dogs looked exactly like Dawson. She noticed something uncanny on the breeder’s website, and called me to let me know: the kennel’s foundation sire, a ruggedly handsome champion, had an unusual but eerily familiar name. Believe it or not, it was “Troy.”
Sophie was a much-loved orange tiger cat who for 14 years had shared her life with Emanuel and Jessica, who cherished her as a daughter. On May 19th, 2010, Sophie died, after having suffered from cancer, and ultimately, congestive heart failure. Emanuel and Jessica were bereft at her passing. I first communicated with Sophie a few weeks after her death, and then three more times over the course of two years. You might think that a spirit cat would run out of interesting things to say, but not Sophie.
During our first session, Sophie said that although she dearly missed her people, she was not thinking about coming back because “she didn’t want to die again,” at least for a while. But she said she would send Emanuel and Jessica another cat for them to love. Two weeks later, they found Velma, who Emanuel described as having a “very magical connection” with them. “Little Velma chose us and we couldn’t say no. It was the same sensation we had 14 years ago with Sophie,” he said.
Once again, we had to marvel at what Sophie knew about her family’s lives,
in real time.
Five months later, Sophie was at it again. During a second telepathic session, she said she was worried that Velma might have an accident. Sophie specifically mentioned a danger posed by knitting or sewing needles, cautioning that they should be kept away from Velma because she might try to swallow them. What I couldn’t have known was that a few days before I talked with Sophie, Jessica had dropped one of her sewing needles. Velma had immediately pounced on it and was in the process of trying to ingest it when Emanuel intervened to prevent a potential tragedy. Once again, we had to marvel at what Sophie knew about her family’s lives, in real time.
It was during my last session with Sophie, two years after she left her body, that she confirmed that regardless of the passage of time, she remained keenly aware of pivotal events in Jessica and Emanuel’s lives. She showed me an image of a graceful ballerina. I didn’t know that Jessica teaches ballet, and that Emanuel and Jessica had just been talking about opening a ballet school. But Sophie did.
And poignantly, Sophie showed me an image an elegant older woman who seemed to be a special member of the family, and told me that her name was “Estella.” With tears in his voice, Emanuel said yes, he understood. “Estella” was his grandmother. I couldn’t have known that, but Sophie knew.
Maureen Harmonay is sponsoring the first-ever Conference on Animals in the Afterlife on November 3rd, 2013 in Boxborough, Massachusetts, at which Kim Sheridan, author of the groundbreaking Animals and the Afterlife, will deliver the keynote address. Psychic Medium Joanne Gerber will make spontaneous spirit connections during a special presentation; we hope that some of the guests’ animals will also come through. It promises to be a memorable day.
Maureen Harmonay uses telepathy and compassion to communicate with animals, whether in body or in spirit. You can reach Maureen at her website, AnimalTranslations.com.
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Animal Communication Month is sponsored by SPEAK WOOF AND MEOW: ANIMAL COMMUNICATION CLASS IN A BOOK available on Amazon.com here.
I loved having Janet Roper over at the Designing Fairy! Thank you for sharing your love of animal communication and your totally addictive radio show!
We have a special treat for Friday. A great guest who will talk about proof of animal after-death communication. Very exciting stuff!
And now, for this week’s excerpt from SPEAK WOOF & MEOW.
I received an email from Ronni asking if I would be interested in doing a guest blog post about what’s near and dear to me about animal communication.
But of course! I am not one to pass up an opportunity to speak about animal communication!
Like so many others who work with and around animals, I was led to animal communication by my dog Teddy. Long story short: I adopted him, he peed and pooped in the house, we worked with his vet and a trainer without the issue being resolved. I was sitting in front of the fire place one day when an ad for ‘animal communicator’ fell into my lap. Out of desperation (as so many of my clients call me!) I set up an appointment with the communicator and the rest is history.
What I love about being an animal communicator…
I love how animal communication deepens the bond between domesticated animals and their humans. The teacher in me delights in seeing when the human realizes they CAN connect with their animal pals in a deeper, more profound way. It’s amazing to watch the lightbulb go on when folks connect for the first time with their animals in an intuitive way.
I love how animal communication is a venue where people realize not only can they connection with domesticated animals, but the animals in the wild ‘get it’ too and are more than happy to have a conversation with humans.
I love how animal communication opens the doors for people to realize that animals have lessons for us and are our guides and teachers, when we are willing to listen to them and receive what they have to say in the way they say it.
What I love most about my own, specific role as an animal communicator is being the host of Talk2theAnimalsRadio, a show about animals, the animal-human bond and animal communication. Talk2theAnimalsRadio has been on air since the end of January, 2010. The show features weekly guests who are outstanding in their particular arena when it comes to working with animals and also features Talk2theAnimalsRadio Experts, who appear regularly on the show. Currently our experts are Darlene Arden, The Cat Expert (http://www.DarleneArden.com) and Rob Ragozzine, The Intuition Expert (http://www.NumbersByRob.com). And, because this is a show about animals and animal communication, each week we have an animal guest on the show, sharing their wisdom with us. How does it get any better than that?
Finally, what brings delight to my heart about animal communication, is that EVERYONE can do it, you don’t have to be special, or psychic, or have special gifts. As I like to say – Remember: U2CanTalk2theAnimals!
Harmony, Janet Roper
Janet Roper is an animal advocate, an internationally known animal communicator, author and host of the popular Talk2theAnimalsRadio show www.Talk2theAnimalsRadio.com , a show about building the animal-human bond through animal communication.
Janet has appeared at the Celebrity Gift Mart of the American Music Awards, and has been featured in numerous news articles, magazines and as a guest on various radio shows. A speaker and author, she is a contributing author to the book “Angel Horses: Divine Messengers of Hope” by Linda and Allen Anderson. She is cheerfully owned and managed by three cats, one dog and one Best Horse.
Animal communication readings, and she is co-author of the learning animal communication media package “Opening the Door to Animal Communication” http://www.talk2theanimals.net/opening-the-door-to-animal-communication-mp3s-and-ebook/. You can hear her radio show at http://www.Talk2theAnimalsRadio.com on Tuesdays at 8PM CENTRAL and Thursdays at 1PM CENTRAL.
http://Talk2theAnimalsRadio.com
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Animal Communication Month is sponsored by SPEAK WOOF AND MEOW: ANIMAL COMMUNICATION CLASS IN A BOOK available on Amazon.com here.
Can we talk to animals? Of course. Can we understand them and receive information back? Of course. In September, we celebrate the animals in our lives and the deep connection we hold with them. I’ve invited several colleagues to stop by and guest post about what they love or are passionate about regarding animal communication. Guest post days are Tuesdays and Fridays.
And all month long, I will be including excerpts of my fabulous new book and workbook, Speak Woof and Meow: Animal Communication class in a Book available at Amazon.com.
Over at my new Designing Fairy Cinema EXPERIMENT LAB blog, there’s a little message for you about dreams.
It’s been a crazy last few months and I am still recovering! Our little household is adjusting to Sarah not ruling the roost, but Emma has stepped in rather nicely and is enjoying the extra attention. I’m gearing up for the Fall session of Fairy Online School and the new Intuitive Map class, and…
Next month (only a week away)
I’m really looking forward to the great guest posters that will be stopping by The Designing Fairy. Each has a mini-lesson or something they would like to share with you about one of my favorite subjects, animal communication. So, do stop by on Tuesday to meet our first guest, Janet Roper, animal communicator and creator of a radio show all about animal communication! Yay!!!
Found this video on the Big Kids Magazine site that was too uplifting not to share. For your weekend.
I’ve been noticing lots of butterflies lately. Last week, while shopping with my friend Ruth, a butterfly zoomed right into our faces. I took that as a good sign.
Butterflies show up at times of big transformations and change and when you need signs of hope.
I founds some interesting links about the butterfly symbol. One fact that surprised me is the life cycle of a butterfly is only one month!
Ronni's Psychic Room 