After you've created your Sacred Space and have practiced going there, it's time to invite your first guest.
You'll be asking to meet one of two animals who will be helping you with telepathic communications. You may already have a favorite animal you feel strongly connected to, but in this case you don't choose; he or she chooses you.
When I asked to meet my telepathy helper, I was very surprised when an armadillo appeared. Her name is Ooneeta and she is a spirit animal.
Some people believe that all spirit animal helpers are really parts of ourselves, images that come from our higher self (super-conscience), and that their traits symbolize our talents or weaknesses, and provide clues as to what direction we should take if we're undecided about something. For instance, the appearance of a beaver would symbolize industry; reminding you to work hard, and the appearance of a dog would symbolize loyalty; suggesting that you should stick with something or someone.
I believe that's true in some cases, but having communicated with animals who have passed, I know that like us, their spirits continue to live even after their bodies die. And like humans who have left their bodies, they can choose to help those who remain on earth if they so wish. View your helper in whatever way you are most comfortable with.
Here's how to meet your first animal telepathic communications helper:
Find a quiet place where you can sit down undisturbed. Light a white candle, making sure it won't set fire to anything because you'll be closing your eyes. The white candle is used to invite good energy and good things to come to you. Have a pen and paper ready to take notes or sketch pictures. Before beginning, you can say a short prayer, stating your intentions, and asking that your efforts be blessed if you'd like.
Close your eyes and take 3 slow, deep breaths in and out.
Do the alternate breathing exercise I talked about earlier in the entry entitled "Note to Self: Stop Talking to Me!" to relax and clear your mind, or use whatever method works best for you.
With your eyes closed, focus on the blank screen you see and then visualize the path that leads to your sacred space.
You'll be asking to meet one of two animals who will be helping you with telepathic communications. You may already have a favorite animal you feel strongly connected to, but in this case you don't choose; he or she chooses you.
When I asked to meet my telepathy helper, I was very surprised when an armadillo appeared. Her name is Ooneeta and she is a spirit animal.
Some people believe that all spirit animal helpers are really parts of ourselves, images that come from our higher self (super-conscience), and that their traits symbolize our talents or weaknesses, and provide clues as to what direction we should take if we're undecided about something. For instance, the appearance of a beaver would symbolize industry; reminding you to work hard, and the appearance of a dog would symbolize loyalty; suggesting that you should stick with something or someone.
I believe that's true in some cases, but having communicated with animals who have passed, I know that like us, their spirits continue to live even after their bodies die. And like humans who have left their bodies, they can choose to help those who remain on earth if they so wish. View your helper in whatever way you are most comfortable with.
Here's how to meet your first animal telepathic communications helper:
Find a quiet place where you can sit down undisturbed. Light a white candle, making sure it won't set fire to anything because you'll be closing your eyes. The white candle is used to invite good energy and good things to come to you. Have a pen and paper ready to take notes or sketch pictures. Before beginning, you can say a short prayer, stating your intentions, and asking that your efforts be blessed if you'd like.
Close your eyes and take 3 slow, deep breaths in and out.
Do the alternate breathing exercise I talked about earlier in the entry entitled "Note to Self: Stop Talking to Me!" to relax and clear your mind, or use whatever method works best for you.
With your eyes closed, focus on the blank screen you see and then visualize the path that leads to your sacred space.
Walk to the gate, unlock it, step inside, then close the gate.
Once inside, take a few moments to look around and appreciate the beauty all around you.
Be seated on your chair, pile of pillows, mound of moss or whatever you created to relax on.
Speaking out loud, repeat the following sentence three times: "It is my intention to meet the animal who will be my animal telepathic communications helper".
Many times an animal will appear right away, but some are shy and take a few moments to show themselves. Look carefully around your sacred space in all directions, including the sky and the ground. Is there movement in the trees or the bushes? If so, reassure the animal that you are friendly and looking forward to meeting them.
Do you see a rabbit in the grass, or a bird watching you from a tree? Is there an ant on the ground before you, a caterpillar on a leaf beside you? Insects can be helpers too. Don't be disappointed by the size of whatever creature comes, and don't reject an animal you feel is insignificant, weak, or unattractive because all animals, insects, birds and reptiles are equally powerful. Once in a while, an animal you have known in the past will come forth - lucky you!
If an animal appears who scares you, is showing their teeth. or looks mean, you may order it to leave immediately, and ask for another animal to come. If however the animal is one you don't particularly like, but is acting friendly and unthreatening, try to keep an open mind. In working together, and discovering their talents and powers, you might be pleasantly surprised.
For example, I'm not fond of hornets, in spite of them being very fond of me. I have been known to run away screaming if I see one, and any that came into my house were immediately killed. But a few years ago, I received help from a hornet and changed my opinion. Sometimes I still run away from them screaming, but if one gets in my house, I help them to get out. And believe it or not, they are intelligent, cooperative, and easy to communicate with.
It's good manners to thank whatever animal arrives, and ask for their name as you will need it to call them in the future. Your spirit helper may then disappear quickly, but may stay around for a bit and answer questions. Whatever responses first come into your head, even if they sound silly, open your eyes, write them down immediately, then close your eyes again. Ooneeta only visited long enough for me to find out her name and sex. She ate something in the grass, and then left, saying she was busy, but whenever I needed her, I could call her name three times and she'd come right away.
If two or more animals appear, ask which one is there to help you with telepathic communications. And if by chance you do not see any animals, birds, reptiles or insects in your sacred space, you can still go back another day and try again. But pay attention to any creatures that may suddenly pop up repeatedly in your life afterwards. Are you seeing crows, dragonflies, squirrels, or some other animal everywhere you look? If you do, when you go back to your sacred space, ask for that animal to appear, and see what happens.
After meeting your spirit helper, be sure to thank them again, then open your eyes and using your pen and paper, make a record of what happened. You can draw pictures too if you'd like, then close your eyes when you're finished. Whenever you're ready to leave your sacred space, walk back to the gate, open it, go outside shutting and locking the gate behind you, walk down the path, and then open your eyes. If you asked for blessings before you started this exercise, remember to say thank you for whatever you got even if you think you got nothing, then blow out the white candle.
Hopefully you will have met your first spirit helper and made an important step towards your goal of communicating with animals. The animal who has volunteered to help you will be with you always, knows all about you and already likes you. You have a friend for life and the only thing that is required from you in return is to remember to say those three little magic words that everyone likes to hear; "please" and "thank you".
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