Status Updates From Animals as Teachers and Hea...

Barry Lopez: “When you really want to have wisdom, open all the doors, and listen.”

“We feel that suffering, struggle, and pain are all part of our journey within these bodies. The process is not something to be avoided but, rather, something to be experienced and completed so the soul can move on to other lessons.”

“Carl Jung said that after we pass the age of forty, all of our issues are really about our mortality.”

“Certain tribes of indigenous people believe that dream time is our true reality, and that our ‘waking’ hours are merely a time for studying and enacting our dreams.”

Matthew Fox: “There is a sacred wilderness inside every one of us and it needs our attention. We are out of touch with the sacred wilderness of our passions; that is why we see such devastation all around us.”

“All that is fresh, passionate, and creative within us comes from this wild place”

“Maybe she didn’t ‘heal’ me but she saved me so that with time and strength, I could heal myself.”

Max & Raven for me

Healing Into Life & Death (Stephen Levine): “Healing is what happens when we come to our edge, to the unexplored territory of mind and body, and take a single step beyond into the unknown, the space in which all growth occurs…Healing takes away paralyzing fear and gives back power—a power we can use to mend and build a new life.”

“Subconsciously, I used Annie’s restoration as a mirror for my own recovery: The whole time I was consumed with Annie’s renewal, I was actually healing myself.” - how I felt about rescuing Raven

“Most children know in their hearts what is true—it’s fear that chases that knowingness away.”

Meher Baba: “Things that are real are given and received in silence.”