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MyspaceHappy New Year! It is time to ask my animals what they aspire to in the new year:
Stormy (11-year-old Aussie):This next year, I would like to go to more spiritual places with my mom (my person). I have noticed that the people at Krotona (Theosophical Society in Ojai) are calm and there are ancient energies thriving there. These energies help me know whom I am deep inside. I have thoughts at Krotona that I have never had before. The other day, I had the thought that my happiness is from lifetimes of experiencing other beings smiling. I usually just think my happiness is from the moment.
Makia (15-year-old cat): I want a butterfly garden planted for me. I would like to learn how to heal other cats from a distance. I don’t like other cats in my space, but I like the idea of them healthy. Sometimes I have anger because of my diabetes and sugar levels. When this happens I want to remember to meditate in my closet.
Joey: (16-year-old cat): I have been struggling with health. I want to get healthy and I want to climb something. I can only hear some music tones. I want to be able to notice when the music is on and go and sit by it everyday. I like Christmas music but the light classical is the best. I don’t like country at all. Light classical helps me meditate on health.
Serafina (10-year-old cat): There is a part of me that wants to learn how to ride a bicycle. Is that possible? Maybe some of the people you meet at Krotona could come over and teach me something wise. Do they do rituals? I think we should give the Buddha statue a flower every day or make sure he has birdseed on his lap. I think he likes our property more when we do that for him.
Bean (four-year-old bunny): I want to learn how to sleep on your bed all night long. Most people who come to our house love animals and want to learn to talk to us. I want to teach one human to hear me completely. Sometimes humans get confused with their own thoughts. That is why my thoughts are extra confusing to them. I also want to learn how to climb a tree like a squirrel.
Maia (wolf-dog in heaven): Time is different here. I think more of what I want to learn in the moment. The thought of time progressing is not the same. I am learning at each moment to be comfortable with myself. I am also learning to trust my instincts. I am learning to be with myself before I make a decision. I am learning that God is soothing only if you let God be.
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I have just had a long conversation with several of the ants on my kitchen counter. Their aspiration for 2011 is learning how to make their own chocolate cake, bypassing me as the middle man. One ant, however, said he finds chocolate makes him too excitable and would prefer yellow cake. His ant buddies just pointed and laughed at him. Moving the ants and the cake outside prompted several birds to speak up in a great debate as to whether or not it was okay to eat chocolate covered ants. One bird wishes to be vegan but is finding it difficult to be true to her ethics. Her bird buddies just pointed and laughed at her. The debate about nutrition and ethics and chocolate became so loud at one point that a gopher popped up out of the lawn to complain that the birds were disturbing his underground yoga routine, interfering with his becoming One with the Universe. Apparently, in his Universe, there is no room for disagreement. One of my cats, watching the row in the yard, said that when she dies she wants to be reincarnated as a dog. I asked her what that had to do with what was happening in our yard and she said, "Nothing. I was just missing the dog we used to have and that made me realize I would like to be a dog." My other cat said she does not believe in reincarnation but that, if there was such a thing, she would like to be reincarnated as herself because, after all, she is perfect. Then she said, "purrfect", and laughed at her own cleverness.
These pet psychic columns, by the way, are utter tripe. :)
MichelleR (anonymous profile)
December 31, 2010 at 12:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Unnecessary quote of 2010:
"These pet psychic columns, by the way, are utter tripe. :)"
-- MichelleR, December 31, 2010 at 12:57 p.m
binky (anonymous profile)
December 31, 2010 at 2:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What can we do to get MichelleR her own column?
Pinatubo (anonymous profile)
December 31, 2010 at 5:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I wonder if any of these critics have ever used Ms. Stinchfield's services? I've met people who have, and they say she's legit.
Moonrunner (anonymous profile)
December 31, 2010 at 6:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
She is legit, you would have to believe that. Considering how much money you just gave her to read your palm, oops i meant talk to your animal. I just had a great spiritual experience with a gopher in my yard. I just introduced him to the bussines end of my 12 guage shotgun. I feel so elightened now. My kitty also talks to me. He is now a small piece of coyote poop, but he said it was fun, and that the digestive system of his capturer is very sophisticated.
Riceman (anonymous profile)
January 1, 2011 at 8:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I think she should date Tam Hunt. These two were made for each other.
rambler (anonymous profile)
January 3, 2011 at 1:19 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't think that's fair to Tam, Rambler, Tam possesses the rudiments of a coherent view of reality while the woman has none at all. Comparing the two is like comparing a cashew to a pistachio which are very different from each other even though they're both nuts...
shibboleth (Wayne Gilbert Myers)
January 3, 2011 at 3:37 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I think one is a filbert and the other a wing nut. Either way, the Independent needs to guard its reputation a little better.
rambler (anonymous profile)
January 3, 2011 at 7:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)