What Animals Can Teach Us about Spirituality

What Animals Can Teach Us about Spirituality
Author: Diana L. Guerrero
Publisher: SkyLight Paths Publishing
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2003
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1893361845

What makes humans open up when animals are involved? Strangers will smile and approach an owner walking a puppy without hesitation. Through anecdotal examples, this book explores how and why animals have the ability to inspire and impact humans. Included is a chapter that examines the different levels of spiritual development vividly embodied by animal models.

What Animals Can Teach Us About Spirituality

What Animals Can Teach Us About Spirituality
Author: Diana L. Guerrero
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2012-07-19
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 1594734666

Take a spiritual safari... Do you want to deepen your spiritual connection? Do you want to strengthen your bond with animals? What Animals Can Teach Us about Spirituality will help you unlock the secrets of the animal kingdom, provide intriguing perspectives on the complex relationships between nature and humans, and lead you to a greater awareness of yourself and the world around you. Respected animal behaviorist and therapist Diana L. Guerrero demonstrates the ways in which animals can teach us about: Bringing Out the Best in Each Other Living in the Now Moving Beyond Fear Helping One Another Healing through Life Experiences Living by Example Embracing Change Positively Listening to the Unspoken Unconditional Acceptance Making Time to Play ...and much more With practical and meaningful advice, Guerrero will help you understand why animals touch the soul, and explore your own answer to the question: "Do animals have souls?"

The Soul of All Living Creatures

The Soul of All Living Creatures
Author: Vint Virga, D.V.M.
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2014-07-08
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 0307718875

As profiled in the New York Times Magazine… Based on the author’s twenty-five years of experience as a veterinarian and veterinary behaviorist, The Soul of All Living Creatures delves into the inner lives of animals – from whales, wolves, and leopards to mice, dogs, and cats – and explores the relationships we forge with them. As an emergency room clinician four years out of veterinary school, Dr. Vint Virga had a life-changing experience: he witnessed the power of simple human contact and compassion to affect the recovery of a dog struggling to survive after being hit by a car. Observing firsthand the remarkably strong connection between humans and animals inspired him to explore the world from the viewpoint of animals and taught him to respect the kinship that connects us. With The Soul of All Living Creatures, Virga draws from his decades in veterinary practice to reveal how, by striving to perceive the world as animals do, we can enrich our own appreciation of life, enhance our character, nurture our relationships, improve our communication with others, reorder our values, and deepen our grasp of spirituality. Virga discerningly illuminates basic traits shared by both humans and animals and makes animal behavior meaningful, relevant, and easy to understand. Insightful and eloquent, The Soul of All Living Creatures offers an intimate journey into the lives of our fellow creatures and a thought-provoking promise of what we can learn from spending time with them.

God's Messengers

God's Messengers
Author: Allen Anderson
Publisher: New World Library
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2003
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 9781577312468

Do our relationships with animals bring us closer to God?

Animal Speak

Animal Speak
Author: Ted Andrews
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2010-09-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738717630

Open your heart and mind to the wisdom of the animal world. Animal Speak provides techniques for recognizing and interpreting the signs and omens of nature. Meet and work with animals as totems and spirit guides by learning the language of their behaviors within the physical world. Animal Speak shows you how to: Identify, meet, and attune to your spirit animals Discover the power and spiritual significance of more than 100 different animals, birds, insects, and reptiles Call upon the protective powers of your animal totem Create and use five magical animal rites, including shapeshifting and sacred dance This beloved, bestselling guide has become a classic reference for anyone wishing to forge a spiritual connection with the majesty and mystery of the animal world.

The Let Animals Lead(R) Method of Animal Reiki Meditation Journal

The Let Animals Lead(R) Method of Animal Reiki Meditation Journal
Author: Kathleen Prasad
Publisher: Kathleen Prasad
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2020-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780998358055

"Beautiful and insightful!" --David Michie, author of The Dalai Lama's Cat From the creator of Animal Reiki Source and President of the Shelter Animal Reiki Association, this is an indispensable journal for becoming a healing force in the world...for animals. While most Reiki books share history, information and/or anecdotes, The Let Animals Lead(R) Animal Reiki Journal offers writing prompts and real-life exercises that will retrain your mind to focus on compassion, gratitude and positivity, even in difficult circumstances. If you're an animal lover or Reiki practitioner who wants to connect more deeply with animals in your life, this book is for you! If you find worry creeping in when supporting sick animals, the problem isn't with your emotions. It's that you haven't yet realized the deepest strength of your meditation practice. Whether you want to rediscover the sacred nature of the human/animal relationship, become a rock of stability for animals in your life or find joy and ease in your meditation practice, The Let Animals Lead(R) Animal Reiki Journal will show you the way. You'll learn: - Meditation techniques that will help you connect to animals more easily. - How to radiate peace and calm even in the most stressful situations. - How to let animals guide you towards living with more balance and harmony. This is more than just a personal diary. It's a transformative journey towards living in alignment with your truth, with compassion for animals and with connection to our world.

Saving Animals from Ourselves

Saving Animals from Ourselves
Author: Andrew Harvey
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2019-05-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1532074506

This book is based on a belief we both fiercely share: That we are not separate from the Divine, not separate from other humans, and are inextricably interconnected with the Earth community, with a responsibility to protect and to live in humble and grateful harmony with the whole of creation.

Animal Lessons

Animal Lessons
Author: Danielle MacKinnon
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2017-05-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738752932

Develop a deeper, more positive relationship with the animals in your life and become a better person using Animal Lessons. All around you, animals are acting as therapists, trainers, mentors, and gurus—if you pay attention. They want to guide you toward the next step in your personal evolution, and this first-of-its-kind book shows you how to understand and benefit from them. Having worked deeply and intuitively with animals for nearly twenty years, Danielle MacKinnon has a wealth of wisdom that she shares through helpful tools and techniques, client stories, and her step-by-step process for personal growth through animal guidance. With an open heart and mind, you'll develop a new awareness and stronger love of yourself as well as the wise creatures in your life. Praise: "MacKinnon, a psychic medium, blends personal stories with tips and tools aimed at helping readers discover a deeper relationship with their pets. Animals, she writes, often act as therapists, trainers, mentors, and gurus, and can offer lessons on love, patience, happiness, and gratitude."—Publishers Weekly

What are the Animals to Us?

What are the Animals to Us?
Author: David Aftandilian
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781572334724

In What Are the Animals to Us? scholars from a wide variety of academic disciplines explore the diverse meanings of animals in science, religion, folklore, literature, and art.

Blessing the Bridge

Blessing the Bridge
Author: Rita M. Reynolds
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-01-25
Genre: Bereavement
ISBN: 9780939165599

Like a hospice worker, author Rita M. Reynolds cares for sick and dying animals, helping them comfortably cross the threshold into death. She shares stories about dogs, cats, a donkey, a cow, ducks, goats, and even baby wild mice she cares for as they die. Reynolds teaches basic skills in respectfully handling a dying animal, whether it's a newborn bird that's fallen from a tree or a beloved dog that is terminally ill. Her new edition includes blessings and prayers for animals, whether in the process of dying or who have already passed over. Reynolds believes in divine and angelic influences when it comes to helping animals cross over. She believes animals possess unique souls that transform into an afterlife. She even tells of seeing the spirits of dead animals and messages they bring her. Many of Reynolds' lessons are conveyed through real-life stories, where the reader witnesses how she simultaneously releases and embraces dying animals. Like The Tibetan Book of the Dead, this book has functional appeal and longevity. This book appeals to anyone grieving and looking for comfort.