| Faith Returns by Marilyn Tokach Last of a three-part series "Will my animal friend come back to me?" is one of the most difficult questions I face as an animals communicator when a client's animal companion passes on. It is a question filled with emotion and riddled with ethical dilemma. The answer is unique to each individual animal soul. If the animal chooses to return, they may come with a different life purpose. They may have unfinished business with their human companion or they may be embarking on a new lesson. Either way, they will be in a different body with a different personality that requires being treated like the new individual they are. Consider the collie owner whose dogs are always named Lassie -- Lassie 1, Lassie 2, Lassie 3 to differentiate. But even Lassie 1 may have had to compete with the Hollywood version of who Lassie must be. The inevitable follow-up question to "Will they come back?" is, "How will I find them?" The answer lies with the client, not with their deceased animal. TRUST. Listen to your HEART. You will KNOW. We must also respect the path the animal soul chooses. If they do not return to us, it may be a matter of timing, or there may not be a benefit for us to be partnered again at this time. In loving and letting go, we must also honor their soul decisions. When my German Shepherd puppy, Faith, died in 2000, I so wanted her to come back to live with me. I tried to be patient -- not a virtue of mine. My heart ached and I grieved for her. I kept hoping she would return. Around the summer of 2001, I began getting confirmation that she would be returning to earth as another German Shepherd. Although this was the message I'd been longing to hear, it was distressing to me, because I didn't have room in my life for another dog at that time. It never occurred to me that she would be returning for her own purpose, which may have nothing to do with me. Around that time, while visiting a breeder friend, I helped vaccinate a litter of puppies. One female struggled through the vaccination and needed to be held for a second insertion of the needle. I also spent a lot of time with a male from a different litter who was not vaccinated that day. I wondered if he was Faith. I was sure Faith was in one of these two litters, the energy seemed right, but I couldn't identify it. I was trying too hard to figure out which one was Faith. Had I let go of my desire to find her, I might have received an answer and been able to spend more time with her. Instead, I did what my clients do. I employed the help of other animal communicators. I received confirmation that Faith was in one of these litters and she had seen me. She was a girl puppy that had been vaccinated that day and I held her longer than any of the other puppies in that litter. She was feisty. She conveyed that she was glad to see me, but had things to do first and that she could not be with me now. All the puppies from that litter were already sold, so I couldn't have brought her home anyway. Divine intervention It is hard for humans to give up control and trust that things are how they should be, especially where the heart is involved. It wasn't easy to hear that Faith needed to be with someone else for a while. It took a lot of courage to refrain from persuading the breeder to sell her to me. Indeed, the decisions we make affect others. If we can make decisions from a place of pure love, the effects of our decisions are less likely to hinder the life lessons of another. If we make decisions from ego we not only effect our own spiritual growth, we most likely will obstruct the lesson of others affected by that decision. Animals have choices, too. Had I managed to acquire Faith that day, I would've selfishly impeded her soul journey. I would have put her in a position where she would have had to choose whether or not to stay with me and either abandon her original soul purpose in this life or find her way to the place she originally planned to be. Yes, animals, too, have choices and find ways to get what they need. Certainly, Faith could run away from me or manifest death or some other event to get her to where she needed to go. I told my breeder friend that if a female is returned from that litter in a few years, I would like to have the option to buy her. I'm fully aware that things change over time, and the dog may not be returned to the breeder for a myriad of reasons. I have to honor that Faith has her own lessons to learn. It's all part of our interrelated-ness as we help each other through our lessons in Earth school. I think of Faith from time to time and wonder when we will meet again. I KNOW Faith and I will have more time together, I just don't know "when" in Earth-time. The "when" that I do know is "when the time is right." Marilyn Tokach is an animal communicator, trainer and behaviorist and a certified energy practitioner. She will be teaching animal communication classes at several locations in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Marilyn is available for phone consultations and private training lessons. For more information, e-mail marilyn@Pure-Spirit.com or phone at (952) 226-2622. Copyright © 2004 Marilyn Tokach |
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