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from Jesus:
An animal does not have an
individual soul. The consciousness that gives life to the physical body
of an animal is a manifestation of a group soul. A human soul is the
extension of the I AM Presence, and it is made from the energies of
the spiritual realm. The group soul of an animal species is made from
the energies of the material realm. Yet this group soul can still evolve,
and that is why an animal species can adapt to a changing environment
or why dogs can learn a trick today that they could not do generations
ago.
When the body of an animal dies, the consciousness that animated the
body merges back into the group soul. Therefore, the consciousness –
it would be incorrect to say soul – of a pet does not go to the
same place as the soul of the owner of that pet.
I know many pet owners will object to this teaching, because they feel
that their pets have a distinct individuality and personality. However,
while this observation is correct, it does not mean that pets have individual
souls.
The world of form is created out of spiritual energy that is lowered
in vibration, fashioned into a particular form and then held in that
form. As I explain throughout this website, everything is made from
God’s substance, which is consciousness. As Mother
Mary explains, God’s substance, the Ma-ter light, can take
on form only when acted upon by a conscious mind. Therefore, the process
of creating the world of form involves conscious beings on many levels
. Some of these beings are what several esoteric teachings call the
“elemental builders of form,” or simply “elementals.”
They are what people throughout the ages have seen as nature spirits,
such as gnomes, fairies and sylphs.
These elemental beings do not have individual souls as human beings
do. However, by serving man, they can gradually climb to the point,
where they can inhabit a human body, evolve from there and eventually
ascend to the spiritual realm. Many of the people who have a very close
connection to nature are embodied elementals. In order to get to the
point where they can inhabit a human body, the elemental beings must
serve man.
Everything in the world of form is sustained by a stream of spiritual
energy that flows into this world. Some of it flows through the consciousness
of human beings, and it is directed by your attention. So whatever you
put your attention upon, you will magnify with spiritual energy. When
you put your attention on a pet, the spiritual energy flowing into that
animal will increase the consciousness of the animal. This can make
it possible that an elemental being can inhabit the body of the animal.
Because the elemental being has a higher form of consciousness than
the animal itself, the pet that is inhabited by an elemental can take
on a distinct individuality and personality. However, it is important
to recognize that elementals at lower levels of consciousness are simply
imitators. So what you see reflected back from a pet is actually your
own individuality and personality mirrored by the elemental, and it
does not mean that the pet has an individual soul. That is why you often
see a striking resemblance between a dog and its owner.
A person is attracted to a particular kind of dog because that breed
mirrors the characteristics of his or her personality (the breed actually
orginated as an expression of a certain personality type). The owner
then projects his or her personality upon the dog, which increases the
resemblance.
Because animals do not have souls, they do not go to the same place
as human souls. It is possible that you can meet a pet after death.
However, that pet will be a manifestation created by your spiritual
teachers to ease your transition out of the body and your last lifetime.
I know that some psychics, especially in later years, claim that they
can communicate with dead pets. In some cases it is possible to communicate
with the elemental being that inhabited a particular pet. Such an elemental
can actually follow a human soul and inhabit several pets owned by the
person, in some cases in several of the soul’s embodiments. Yet
in most cases such communication is actually created by lower spirits
in the psychic realm
that seek to steal people’s energy by causing people to give them
their attention. They will therefore create the illusion that people
are communicating with their pets in order to get people's attention
and energy.
As I explain throughout this website, the key to salvation is to attain
the Christ consciousness. In order to obtain that state of consciousness,
you must leave behind the limited sense of identity that springs from
the carnal mind. So one might say that one of the most important abilities
to develop on the spiritual path is the ability to completely and finally
leave something behind. You need to be willing to completely surrender
the past and all of your attachments to the material world and your
mortal sense of identity. This includes of a pet that has died. It even
includes letting go of people who have died or from whom you have been
separated in other ways.
The carnal state of consciousness is very attached to the things of
this world, including the things of the past that have been lost but
which the carnal mind refuses to accept as being lost. This is what
prevents you from moving on with your spiritual growth, and attachments
to the past can literally keep you out of Heaven. In fact it is precisely
such attachments that make it necessary for you to reembody on Earth.
You will keep reembodying until you have fully and finally surrendered
all attachments to this planet.
Therefore, it is necessary for every spiritual seeker to consciously
develop the ability and willingness to leave behind that which has changed
and cannot be brought back. The type of people who are most successful
on the spiritual path are the ones with the best ability to let go.
He who seeks to save his life shall lose it, and he who is willing to
lose his mortal life for my sake, shall find the immortal life of the
Christ consciousness
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