Animals = Zen Masters?

My chiropractor, Tony, and I had a great discussion this week about the nature of the relationship between animals and humans. He shows dogs and is passionate about the animal-human connection, performing chiropractic adjustments on both dogs and their owners at the dog shows he attends. He said that dogs and humans mimic the physical aspects of him, so if the human limps a bit in his right leg, the dog will do the same. Tony said that he affects the performance of the dogs in the show; the dog will be lowered for poor gait if he mimics the gait of the owners, so his conclusion is that improving the condition of the human being will improve the gait of the dogs. I’ve seen the same thing with horses and humans, where the human will have a weak side that mimics the weak side of horses. What a sacrifice the animal makes, to show its human that it has a physical problem that needs to be corrected.

So it’s pretty easy to see how physically animals mimic their humans, depending on how much time they spend together and how close they really are. What about emotional problems? Do animals assume human characteristics, and empathize with the pain of their humans, heal the human? I think so. We can all think of examples of pets and how they resemble the attitudes of humans.

My friend Mark holds the view that all animals are ascended masters. These masters no longer have the need to incarnate in a body, they are fully enlightened beings, and these beings have chosen to come into our lives in animal form, because being an animal and giving up free will is their final place of service, they are here to help humans evolve on their way. I agree with Mark. All animals, whether wild or domesticated, are here to work together with humans and the land. For me, this concept offers a completely new way of looking at animals and accepting their place in the world. It helps me understand why animals come to be with us here on Earth.

Tony and I also discussed the fact that animals accept a chiropractic adjustment more easily than humans, and how this is due to the fact that animals have less of an ego structure and will return to their natural way of being whole and healthy more easily. . than humans. If only we could imitate our pets and use less ego… what a great thing!

Perhaps our pets are showing us what to do with our ego and free will, essentially throw it away and follow our intuition and spiritual guidance, exclusively. What do you think about this?