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June 29, 2005

The Animal Kingdom speaks

"We offer these words in one of your commonly used languages. We speak in many tongues, and make many sounds, but our most common method of communication is what you would call body language. You also speak this language more often than you think, but often prefer to use words to say what you mean, even when your eyes and your body contradict this. In our language, there is no subtle misconception, no attempt to deceive. When we are hungry our intentions are well known, and even in cover of brush or darkness our energy emits a frequency that speaks what words could not say.

Many of us are predators, and many humans are too. But our methods of hunting and our attempts to feed our hungry families differ in many important ways. For instance, our body language and our vibration might say the following: “I am a mother and I must feed my hungry children. I honor your life force and the choice you have made to place yourself before me. By taking your life, I further honor you as I will place your life force into my own body and that of my young.” Does every species within our kingdom offer these thoughts prior to taking a life? No, because not all species are self-aware. Still, within what you call animal instinct there is a communication that exists at an energetic level. Humanity does not like to think of itself as predatory, and it is likely that you prefer to call yourself a consumer.

We are considered the closest to the human kingdom in brain capacity and in development. We understand that you consider some of our primate species a distant relative of the human race. We hope you will not take offense if we do not always think this is a compliment. Those who volunteer themselves into your experimental care do so by choice, and those who make attempts at communicating with you via symbolic language do the same. You believe that science is investigating nature, but of necessity nature must turn a wary eye toward science. Volunteers from every species participate in your experiments and live among you as you see fit. It is a collaborative effort on both our parts, though many times what is learned seems to be of little benefit or significance to either of us.

Our history is as varied as yours. Many of us are native to this planet, but some species were born elsewhere, genetically speaking. We find it interesting (and fortunate) that your predatory instincts find little interest in species that have origins elsewhere. It appears that what is not in your cellular memory holds little or no interest to you, so in some ways our paths are parallel but do not intersect. We are interested in the present and the future, but have no interest in reconstructing our past. This is not because we are only interested in the survival of our individual species, but because we understand that perfection has brought us to this moment and will carry us beyond it. Development within the animal kingdom takes place at a different level of experience than for humans. We understand this, and do not begrudge the many paths humanity takes in its effort to understand who and what it is while expanding in awareness.

What concerns us most as a species? The longevity of certain species, the departure of some of our companions, the encroaching of humanity in habitats that are precious and already few, and the lack of awareness with which our game animals are seized and thought of as wholesale commodities. Are we advocating that you become vegetarians in order to save our numbers? No, we understand your needs because we understand our own, but a severe lack of concern for us may soon become a concern for yourselves. When once species or kingdom turns upon another, the result is often disastrous for both. Already there are viruses, infections and other anomalies within the game animals you consider a part of your food supply. This is not simply due to poor handling, but to a true breakdown of communication between and within species. True respect and communication supports inter-species and intra-species wellness, whereas lack of respect and poor communication breeds illness which, when ignored or unattended, complicates issues further. We place no blame, we simply offer this topic for your consideration as the opportunity to speak our truth has presented itself.

We know that you are concerned about our ocean dwelling friends, and with good reason. Their good will towards humanity has not been met with much kindness in return. You marvel at the oceans - their depth, beauty and color, and the myriad life forms found within it - but you take its permanence for granted, and that is no longer the case.

Levels of awareness within each species allow them to make collective choices within that awareness. The continued presence of certain species, even those who number in the thousands, is not assured. Historic precedence has little ground to stand upon, for never before have so many adjustments been necessary within so many species. There is confusion within even the most sentient of species, and the choice to withdraw en masse is being debated at an energetic level. This choice could severely affect humanity and rest of the earth kingdoms.

What if some of the integral cells of your body departed all at once? Your body would be forced to recreate itself, if indeed that were possible. Cells which are normally used for one function would have to immediately be deployed elsewhere, and a state of emergency would exist in your body. The same would be true of the oceans; they are a body of water.

Collectively we hope that this is not the case. It is our further hope that humanity’s continued pattern of awakening brings up the care and concern that this subject deserves, for alone we can do nothing.

We have more in common with you than your daily experience would offer. Although our present day circumstances may be very different, our future is more alike than not. We are both dependent upon the earth for our survival, but beyond that, we are dependent upon one another if we are to evolve in consciousness and awareness.

You believe that your development as a species is tied to the chronology of the stars and what they will bring, but do not forget that viewed from space, the earth also appears as a star.

If you wish to learn, gain, grow, and expand based upon what you hope to learn from others, would you not wish for something to share or demonstrate in return?"

- through Pepper Lewis, February 2003

- Whale Rider, the movie

Posted by Neal at June 29, 2005 9:32 PM | Category: Mother Earth

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