I am writing in response to the article about the dog as a spiritual guide. what a beautiful story! during a period of difficulty for me, when i was srtuggling with mental illness, the only spiritual guide i had was my dog, ruby. through all the analysis, diagnosis and medication (which i refused to take), there was too much confusion to even feel what i was experiencing. my dog gave constant unconditional love and loyalty, which was exactly what i needed to pull me through the difficult time.
only afterwards did i realize that ruby had shown me the gift of the divine spirit -- eternal, unconditional love and loyalty. i came to understand that mental illness, depression and anxiety, stem from a profound space -- the space deep within where we as mortals are connected to the eternal -- a space in which we feel a great disconnect these days, both individually and collectively. it took a dog to show me this, for she could love without ego, without instruction, without reason. this was my own true nature, which i had learned over the years to disregard from being a human.
one day we will realize that god is probably not a man or a woman. then we will see god everywhere. god is that energy inside each and every living being that teaches the principles of eternal and unconditional love. when we've cluttered our space with ego, hate, nonsense and noise to the point where we can no longer hear it within our own selves, it is exactly these other beings of light that will show us the way.
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