Wisdom from the Animals

(Shuma is speaking of her cat companion Sophie, who does not get along with Shuma, therefore creating disharmony in the house.)

“I come from a place of peacefulness and wish only to live this way, but it is a very difficult place to be in this environment.  It is much like the outer world…we must learn to always be in a state of peacefulness even amongst the chaos in order to create a peaceful world.  This is my lesson and my teaching.” 

“It is important for me to be here to not only learn how to harmonize with the chaos and turn it into love, but to teach the same to others who will see it, including Sophie.  I do nothing to instigate conflict and yet she perceives me as a threat, just by my presence.  It feels unfamiliar to her and therefore creates feelings of fear and anxiety.  I cannot help her with this…she must work it out for herself.” 

[Sophie] represents how many in the world are…set and safe in their conformity to certain rules and what is familiar.  Experiencing [anything] outside their comfort zone feels threatening and therefore they sense the need to resist or be angry towards it, even if their heart is trying to tell them that this new path is the way to travel.”

 ”I represent the ways of peace and that harmony among all must be achieved in order to bring health back to the planet.  Those who wish to create this find battlegrounds, no matter how peacefully they exist, from those full of fear of change and those who no longer think for themselves but instead follow ones who they trust as wiser and all knowing.  They have forgotten that what is within each one of them is wiser than [anything] outside of themselves.”

 ”We each play a role in the manifestation of what lies ahead.  We can choose to live in a place of fear and hate, therefore feeding more of that thinking into the world, or we can choose to look within and listen to our hearts which are trying so hard to harmonize with all beings.  The latter is our true nature and does not require a fight, but only requires that we allow it to exist.”