Scott: David just went off on a long riff about cats. (A beautiful orange tabby, named Mango, decided she wanted to live with us during the covid year. She is a sweet, soft, chatty girl that found us just when we needed her. She can be heard on many of our recordings.)
Cindy: Oh, really? Oh, share that, please.
S/4: So what he (David) was saying is that…one thing that is beautiful about them is that cats do what they want to do. They don’t do what they don’t want to do. They don’t do what they don’t like to do. They don’t do it. And we get disappointed by that because we’re judging them and asking for them to behave within our framework, what we desire, what our societal structure defines what love is or what a favor is or what a connection is. So we get disappointed in cats because they’re not meeting our expectations of how they should behave, as opposed to accepting them just for who they are, how they behave. And know that cats are going to do what they like to do and they’re not going to do what they don’t like to do, and it’s not a rejection of you. It’s just that they’re not interested in doing that particular activity. So they’re not rejecting you as much as they are simply not interested. There’s a difference and humans will often judge the cat and get angry with the cat because they experience it as a rejection. The cat doesn’t work that way. He’s only going to focus on what serves his interests. It is just simply not of interest, but it doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you, it just is not of interest at that point.
And the cat will understand as long as you love him and hold intention for his highest good, what best serves his soul, which is basically accepting him for who he is, not judging him for who he is. Simply loving him for who he is and finding the cuteness in his nature, finding the inquisitiveness and the hunter and all those aspects of being an animal on this Earth plane existence, a little bit undomesticated in nature and not fully adhering to a human’s concept of what they should or shouldn’t be. So when you accept them and just love them for who they are and you have no agenda with them, that you’re not putting any framework or context of societal judgment of how they should be, just love them for who they are, they feel that unconditional love. Then they respond to it and then you have a bond and you have a loving, nurturing relationship that is deep and mystical and beautiful to experience. That’s the gift that cats bring to us if you can simply allow them to be who they are.
C: But there are some behaviors that I don’t like, like jumping up on my bed in the middle of the night, so ..
4: In an instance like that or others where you tell the cat “No, we’re not going to do what you want to do”, as long as it sees that you are doing it from a point of the highest good for the collective household, the collective whole, the herd mentality of cats, as long as the cat understands it is for the higher good and it is not a rejection of the cat, it’s not making the cat wrong or bad, it just “We hear what you want to do, but this is of the higher good, this serves the vibration of love alignment in the house better than what you want to do in this moment.” They will then accept that. They may not always like it. You may get a little attitude about it, but they will accept it without rancor, without a need to retaliate to let you know their displeasure.
So it’s all about the intention that you present energetically to the animal. And you do it by holding that vibration of knowing and projecting that knowing to the animal and they will respond to it and align with the verbal vibrations of a similar tone, a similar emotional content. They get the message very clearly. So you project that knowing vibration from your heart. The intention of the moment that is love aligned. Sometimes it serves the needs of the animal and sometimes it doesn’t, but as long as they understand that it’s all love aligned vibration, which is what you project out of your heart to the animal, they will understand and respond lovingly and accordingly.
C: It’s not too unlike us as humans. We like what we like, we prefer what we prefer…
4: That is the lesson that they bring before us, why we have them in our lives
C: …we just want to be accepted for what our preferences are…
4: Precisely. Quite often, it is easier to do that in a less complicated being like a cat, rather than a human that has more complications and nuances and nooks and crannies of light and darkness that an animal like this doesn’t have in that quantity of abundance. So they teach us in a more simplistic manner and we learn to take those same lessons, when you are self-aware, and apply them to human personalities. So they are stepping stones to understanding and they serve a great place in your hearts and do that with love and acceptance.
Quite different than dogs.
C: Yes, tell us about dogs.
4: Well, let’s just say that dogs have unconditional acceptance of you where a cat does not. If a cat feels that there is misalignment, that you are not coming at it with true love vibration, the cat will reject you or pay no mind, but the dog will not. The dog will take responsibility and in this sense would embody a certain codependency. That is not a negative, it is just one aspect of the canine experience and juxtaposed to what we’re talking about with the feline, only in that particular context.
So a dog is much easier, it won’t have the same boundaries that a cat will have. A dog won’t reject the societal constructs that you are placing upon it and your expectation of how it should behave in the same way a cat will. So it’s a different lesson. They are both valuable and beautiful creatures on the Earth and they deserve nothing but complete love and respect, adoration and unconditional love. They both deserve that and bring tremendous gifts to humans. We are just pointing out the particular aspect that’s different in the two animals. Lessons are reflected differently and how you have the relationship you have with the animals and what role they serve in your family life. They are just different lessons, different experiences. We are just pointing out the difference between cats and dogs in this regard, this is where the biggest divide with relationship with the animals exists.
The dog accepts societal constructs; the cat does not.
And different personalities bring different lessons.
C: Right!
4: When you can see both animals have different lessons and which lessons pertain to them with the highest love, then you’ll have a better understanding of both species. Again, with understanding, you drop judgment of the animal that doesn’t align with your preference.
With understanding, you release judgment – yet another lesson (for us all).
C: It does seem that they both bring great comfort to humans, bringing unconditional love. We have such a lack of unconditional love floating around us.
4: Most animals enhance the household in a significant way for the better. As with anything else, there are the pros and cons.
C: Thanks! That’s fun and good to know!
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