Hi everyone,
Today we have a guest post from Belinda Burman on the topic of Animals and the Afterlife for you:
There is a question that I’m asked over and over again, that I see raised in forums over and over again. That question is:
‘Will I see my furbaby again?’ In other words, is there life after death for pets?’
We need to put our faith in things that we can substantiate in some way—either through intuition, experience or other evidence. This way, we can stand firm in our conviction, and not be swept away on the highs and lows of the next ‘new thing’ that blows into our life. This is why I am so supportive of the research done by doctors, scientists and genuine spiritual intuitives into the subject of life after death.
This began with the groundbreaking work of the very brave Dr Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, who even in the face of the current conventional scientific and medical thinking about death, persevered in her studies about death. She was a maverick and a trail-blazer for others to follow.
Two particularly renowned doctors in the field currently are Dr Raymond Moody and Dr Eben Alexander. Both of these medical doctors and scientists have conducted groundbreaking research into life after death. Dr Alexander, in particular—a neurosurgeon trained in the most traditional and conservative of ways—had his own profound NDE (near death experience).
So what does this have to do with our pets? Well, if the spirit lives on for humans, then spirit lives on, and this includes for animals also. In fact, many people who have had an NDE have reported seeing animals, and in some cases, their animal, when they had ‘died’.
I’ve researched many articles and case studies that provide compelling evidence that ALL spirit—that is human AND animal—lives on after this life, this body, has ended. According to NDE researcher PMH Atwater (who also had her own personal NDE), ‘both adults and children report being greeted on the other side by animals…and favored pets who have previously died.’
Harold Richter Stark, MD, said after his NDE, ‘What I came to realize is that there is a love connection between the two worlds—a stream of energy that forms a heart bond between two souls that is the strongest at the time of transition. Love comes out to greet you, wearing the form that will be most meaningful to you at the time. In my case it was our precious cat, and yes, cats have souls—Plato knew it and so did Saint Augustine, along with most other true saints and sages.’
I have found that reading credible cases of NDEs helps alleviate much of the fear and sadness surrounding death, and I highly recommend this. These cases provide more than just mere comfort. They provide good grounds for having a firm conviction in the beauty of the ‘afterlife’, for you and for your pet.
Amazing stories
Scott S Smith was an editor for the magazine Vegetarian Times. Naturally, then, the rights and experiences of animals were central to his life and his work. Like me, Scott was interested in an afterlife for animals—did they, in fact, live on in spirit after death?
As part of his investigation, Scott published letters in metaphysical and animal magazines, inviting readers to describe anything which had convinced them that animals had a spirit or soul which lived on after physical death.
Scott thought he would receive a whole lot of ‘ghost stories’, or unsubstantiated old wives tales.
Instead, hundreds of letters reported an amazing variety of strange experiences, many of which had some element that made it hard to explain them away as mere hallucinations.
The White Horse story
An example of what people told Scott came from a professor of veterinary medicine at Purdue University. She said when she was in private practice, she had been asked to make a house call to attend a sick horse.
After examining it, she suggested to the owners that since the problem was infectious, it would be wise to separate the sick creature from the white horse in the same corral.
The owners were confused. “What white horse?” they asked. The vet pointed to what she could see, but the owners saw nothing there.
The vet described the horse’s markings and then the owners realized that it was a horse they previously owned, which had died a few months earlier.
The two horses had been very close. ??In this case, the vet’s experience cannot be explained as wishful thinking on the part of a grieving pet owner, which is the argument skeptics would like to be able to use.
Deceased Cat Walking story
Another type of story that refutes this simplistic “explanation” was sent in by a woman in Burbank who was sitting in her living room with her two cats watching TV one night. Suddenly, a ghostly version of one of her deceased cat came walking into the room.
The two living cats arched their backs and hissed as it walked over to the closed bedroom door — and went right through it!
The two jumped down and ran over to the door, stared at it for a moment, and then ran away and wouldn’t go in the bedroom for months.
What his investigations revealed
Through his investigations, Scott found science has fiercely resisted granting animals intelligence for its own exploitative reasons. And not only has it been proven that animals are intelligent, but that they have a full range of emotions. Which begs a very important questions: If they are similar in every inner way, why should the only thing distinguishing us be a “soul”?
Western religions aren’t really known for advocating the soul and afterlife of animals, but in fact the original Hebrew and Greek of the Bible show that the writers believed animals would survive death. Martin Luther and John Wesley (the founder of Methodism) also believed in animal souls. ?And the Mormons and Christian Scientists have the strongest formal animal afterlife doctrines.
Some, perhaps many, people have a hard time understanding why someone would feel enormous loss when a pet dies. But there is a similarity with the extreme grief parents experience when a young child dies: both animals and babies have an unconditional love and innocence that bonds them strongly to those who have open hearts. ??And if the animal has been a companion for many years, the attachment grows stronger and its death can be emotionally devastating.
That is why research into and stories about animal afterlife is so comforting and healing for the bereaved—you will be together again, one day.
–BJ
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Contact Information
BJ Burman
www.petlossjourney.com
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I do hope I could be with my beloved cats someday. Someday I will be.
Reblogged this on akosirima and commented:
I will always carry in my heart all my furbabies. They will always be in my heart.
Thank you so much for reblogging this story! 🙂
You are welcome. That’s the least I could do 😀 This post made me realize that their ability to make you feel loved without even saying a word is such a magic. I was trying to pinpoint why animal-human love is so majestic and yet people talk about language barriers. I do hope this post reach more people. 🙂
Indeed! 🙂
This story by Belinda is very special and the more people it reaches the better 😀
Thank you and have a wonderful Christmas!
Well, I do not even believe I have an afterlife – but those who are comforted by the thought of it will for sure love the idea that their pets are there, too.
Ich weiss was du meinst! Aber der Artikel gefiel mir fuer die Leute, die daran glauben. 🙂
Genau, die, die dadurch getröstet werden, sollen selbstverständlich das Recht haben, daran zu glauben!
Jap 🙂 normal bin ich da zwar auch eher skeptisch. Hehe. 😉
Da sind wir schon zwei. Aber warum sollte ich anderen den Trost nehmen wollen, nur weil ich ihn nicht empfinde?
Da bin ich genau der selben Meinung. 🙂
Reblogged this on The Dependent Independent and commented:
Some proof that the afterlife is real. And that cats have souls. (I knew both of these things ages ago and now I have something to reblog on it!)
Thank you very much for the reblog! 🙂
No, thank You for this post! 🙂
^^
Loved reading that. Whether we believe or not, we all want to believe….
Thank you. 🙂
As one who “sees” Marc, I constantly look or feel for my kitties again.
I had an animal communicator ask my dog Joker if he missed Almo (my dog that had died of cancer some years back). Joker replied that he didn’t miss him…he was still hanging around 🙂
🙂
What a great article….makes mom feel good too. She gets a lot of “vibes” from us and former kitties so she understands quite well.
(((Shoko)))
Thank you Shoko 🙂
Hi, tks for yr nice visit but…no cats in my life 🙁 only dogs and dogds 4ever 😉
Happyxmass
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Haha thats no problem at all. I love all animals even though as you can tell my blog is about cats. 😀
Mmm wht a pity ?
We do have an occasinal special puppy on tummy rub tuesday’s! ^^
I have wondered about this subject many times. It is comforting to find so many people talking about now. When one of my cats died, I heard her meowing several weeks later. When I meditate I often visualize myself in a meadow surrounded by a group of animals……guess that is my idea of heaven!!!
And that sounds exactly the way it should be! 🙂 all of us in harmony.
I have never doubted a cats soul. Ther are quick wittedX exremely intelligent and attuned at all times.
Indeed 🙂
Mommy’s daddy was a minister, and he was often asked if our pets go to heaven. He said God loves all his creatures, and knows Heaven would just not be Heaven without our loving pets. He is now in Heaven himself, with his own loving dog! Mommy is looking forward to seeing her daddy and the family dog and all her cats that have proceeded her! Her daddy told her she would! We believe it! Daddies and ministers don’t lie!
See you all there!
Thank you for the encouraging words 🙂