Increasing Love & Respect for All Life -- One Story at a Time
If your pet is a family member, you're home now -- at the Angel Animals Network!
The Spirit and Love Live On
We want to share a passage from our book on pet loss. Everyone who has a pet goes through this devastating experience at some time. But not everyone realizes that animals, like people, are so much more
than physical bodies. They, too, are spiritual beings.
Excerpted from SAYING GOODBYE TO YOUR ANGEL ANIMALS by Allen and Linda Anderson (New World Library 2007). Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
Following are many of the most frequently reported ways in which animals remind people that only the physical body leaves at death, and that the spirit and love live on. People report animals who, after death:
Scratch or knock at the door
Pad or make the sound of clicking claws along floors
Press against the person's body with a definite feeling of weight
Shake the bed as if jumping on or off it
Purr, meow, bark, or snore audibly enough for more than one person to hear
Leave paw prints or food around food bowls
Make a depression in the bed linens where they used to sleep
Emit a burst of familiar scent in places that were previously free of pet odor
Drop a favorite toy, which has been put away or lost, in a spot where it will be easily found
Set off some kind of electrical charge that causes a clock alarm to go off, lights to flicker, or the telephone to ring at the same time that the death or burial occurred
Appear as a glow of golden light or in a light-body so real that the person tries unsuccessfully to touch it
Lick or kiss the person's skin or tickle with whiskers
Seem to appear in spirit as a sign or symbol of life after death, such as a butterfly or rainbow, on a significant day or time.
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While we did the research for this book, we went through our files and found stories and letters about people's after-death experiences with animals. All of the above examples actually happened to people. Some of them happened to us.
If you are or have been dealing with pet loss, we hope this gives you hope to know that as difficult as it is, life does literally go on.
Have you had an afterlife sense of a pet's presence?
Angel Animal Messages for the Earth By Allen and Linda Anderson
As we travel around
the country introducing our book about the spiritual connection between people
and animals, we have the good fortune of meeting the most loving people on the
planet. Their compassion and love for animals spills over into the rest of their
lives in the form of volunteerism, kindness, and care for the
earth.
At bookstore events we ask the people, who have
gathered to meet us, to share their stories of animals in their homes or in
nature who have delivered a spiritual messages. Like the Greek meaning of the
word angel, we believe that animals are messengers who tell and show us we're
loved, protected, and treasured.
Sometimes the message an animal sends is one that
makes humans laugh when they receive it. A woman at a bookstore told us a story
about a delightful and creative little cat. She'd been observant enough to
understand this animal's message.
It seems this cat for many years had been an "only
child." A very careful animal, he always looked both ways before crossing the
street in front of their house. When the woman brought home a dog, the cat
wasn't sure he was ready or willing to adjust to having a stranger share his
home. He was determined to let her know of his unhappiness with this situation.
Very dramatically, and when he would be certain the woman saw him, the cat ran
into the street, hurled his body onto the pavement, stretched his arms out as if
to say, "I have nothing to live for now that you've invaded my space with that
dog."
Fortunately, no cars were coming. The woman scooped
up the cat into her arms and reassured him that he was still her Number 1 son.
When the little thespian finally realized his drama wasn't going to get the dog
thrown out, he adjusted to the change. Eventually, the two animals became the
best of friends.
Earth Messages
As Earth Day approaches, we can again look to the
animal kingdom for messages about how to give all of creation the respect and
care it deserves.
Myrtle, an eighty-five-year-young mother of two
cats, wrote to us about her memories of a special cat named
Christian.
Myrtle says she was raised during the Great
Depression years. Her parents worked hard to support their family. When her
father got blood poisoning and became too sick to work, her mother took a job as
a saleslady at a novelty store. The owner of the business also bred canaries. To
add extra income for her family, Myrtle's mother decided to raise the birds
too.
The family's cat Christian, given this name because
his favorite napping spot was on the big Bible on the living room table, enjoyed
watching the birds when they were in the house. The summer, when her mother
started raising birds, was also when Myrtle became what she calls "angel
conscious." She writes, "Our Sunday school teacher had asked us to memorize a
Bible verse about angels. The one I'd chosen was Hebrews 13:2: 'Do not neglect
to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels
unawares.' Christian was soon to prove he was a cat angel."
Every day Christian followed Myrtle's mother from
cage to cage as she fed and watered her canaries. After the mother birds' eggs
had hatched and the babies were old enough, she moved the entire bird family to
the garden aviary where people who wanted to adopt a bird could see them better.
Christian spent hours watching the birds in their outdoor
home.
One day Myrtle's mother forgot to secure the
padlock on the aviary door, and six baby birds escaped. She was frantic as the
birds flew into the bushes. She ran around, trying to catch them while Christian
watched from the sidelines. That's when he proved his love included all of God's
creatures.
Myrtle writes, "I guess knowing he was an angel,
Christian must have said to himself something like, 'Fear not. God rescues and
He saves.' (Daniel 6:27) Maybe he thought, This is right up my alley. Make way
for a superior bird catcher."
While the family watched, not knowing what would
happen to the baby birds, Christian gently scooped them up, one by one, carried
them to Myrtle's mother, and placed each of the babies in her hand. She then
returned the infants to the aviary. Christian continued his rescue mission until
each little bird had been brought home unharmed.
Myrtle ended her story by saying, "We could hardly
believe what we'd seen. From then on we knew Christian was one of God's special
angels. Mama's canary business prospered, and nothing was ever too good for our
angel cat."
Do you think all creatures have a divine spark
which enables them to choose love over power?
We do.
What if?
These stories and the hundreds we've collected from
all over the world show animals as conscious, sentient, spiritual beings who
reason, create, and choose. These are concepts most people find difficult, even
unnerving to believe.
One day, Linda was watching "Good Morning,
America," a daily national television program. That morning the guest was Jack
Hanna, accompanied by a man who trains rare and exotic birds. As the man did his
routine of having parrots interact with him by carrying on conversations and
finishing his song lyrics, host Elizabeth Vargas kept asking, "But these birds
can't really think, can they? They're only mimicking humans, right?" Linda found
it amusing to hear the note of panic in Elizabeth's voice at the thought that
these birds could be something more than intelligent robots.
So the question for today is: What if?
What if animals are much more than we've ever
realized? What if they don't need for us to attribute human characteristics to
them but have their own special qualities? What if, since they've lived on this
earth for much longer than we have, they know a few things we haven't figured
out yet? How will this change the way you view and interact with the animals on
this earth?
What if?
Click the images below to view interviews and presentations featuring
Allen & Linda Anderson and the Angel Animals Network.
Angel Dogs story "An Angel in the Night" featured on Montel
KARE 11, Angel Dogs with a Mission
Angel Dogs story "Cpl. J. R. Dugan Honors a Fallen Hero" featured on Dogs 101
Allen and Linda Giving a Presentation at the Minneapolis Convention Center
"Animals
are divine messengers of miracles
that go far beyond emotional comfort
and practical assistance. Talk to
those who have been transported
to a heavenly place by the gentle
purring of a kitten or whose broken
hearts, burdened by worry and pain,
have been mended by a dog licking
their hand. They will tell you that
animals connect them with the River
of Life in ways poets imagine and
mystics contemplate. They will tell
you that their deepest and most
sincere relationships with animals
are spiritual partnerships." --Allen
and Linda Anderson, Angel
Animals: Divine Messengers of Miracles,
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Horses with a Mission: Extraordinary True Stories of Equine Service
Angel Animals Book of Inspiration: Divine Messengers of Wisdom and Compassion
Angel Dogs with a Mission: Divine Messengers in Service
to All Life
Saying Goodbye to Your Angel Animals: Finding Comfort
after Losing Your Pet
Angel Animals:
Divine Messengers of Miracles
Angel Horses:
Divine Messengers of Hope
RESCUED:
Saving Animals from Disaster
Angel Dogs:
Divine Messengers of Love
Angel Cats:
Divine Messengers of Comfort
Rainbows & Bridges:
An Animal Companion
Memorial Kit
