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Inspiring Conversation–With a Squirrel!
Adapted from Animal Voices, by Dawn Baumann Brunke (Inner Traditions, 2002).
You will never look at an animal in the same way again after you read this gem of a book. Here is one excerpt that may open your eyes as it did Annie’s.
Here is one fascinating conversation a woman named Chrys Long-Ago had with a squirrel.
“When I walked out to the barn, a movement caught my eye. It was a lovely gray tree squirrel who ran up onto a 55-gallon barrel and sat down not far from me with a nut in his paw. I was in a relaxed state of mind, and I turned my attention to the squirrel and spontaneously greeted him in my mind. I don’t know why I did that, because it wasn’t a habit at the time. I said, ‘Greetings, little squirrel.’ He put his nut down and turned his head. He looked straight at me and then turned his body toward me in an open-body posture. This was a wild squirrel! We had direct mind-to-mind contact for at least 20 minutes. I heard everything he was saying.
“I asked him things like how is it to be a squirrel and how old are you and how do you like living at the house barn. The words came into my mind very quickly. He called the horses ‘grass-eaters.’ He said, ‘We call them grass-eaters, grasseaters,’ in an almost sneering kind of way. He said that squirrels considered themselves creatures of the air more than of the ground, that they love to live in the swinging boughs of the trees and leap from branch to branch.
“He told me how they would venture down the tree head first, consciously looking everywhere, because all of their predators are on the ground, except for owls. He also told me how territorial they were, which I didn’t know about squirrels. I later researched it and found out they are very territorial.”
Chyrs Long-Ago had worked hard to make sense of how this thing called animal communication fit from our end. She was intrigued with how the human mind could “translate” thoughts and ideas, even complete sentences, from a variety of species so different from our own.
Carol Gurney, a communicator from California, believes that a first step to opening to telepathy is realizing it’s something we do all the time. “When you are in touch with your feelings, telepathy happens very quickly. … When a friend tells you she is fine, but your gut says something’s not right, how do you know that? It’s telepathy!”
Carol feels that people talk with their animals all the time, though they don’t necessarily recognize it. “The thought of the animal blends with your consciousness,” she told me. “It has to become your own inner thought for that flash of a moment in order to get it. What happens is that we judge it as ours. We don’t know how to tell the difference sometimes. We’re not giving ourselves credit that we’re getting it, nor are we giving the animals credit that they do communicate.”
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add your comment »Ithink some of us are better able to relate and communicate with animals, including wildlife. I live on Rock Creek Park outside DC and I constantly talk to the birds, squirrels, raccoons and possums. I know some of us are able to connect with these magnificent creatures. I have talked to my animals, domestic and wild all my life. I have a Maine Coon who constantly is chirping, groaning, grunting, and talking to me. He looks at me, looks over his shoulder in adoration, it is almost as though he can read me. We have some very interesting discussions. I also hoot back at the owl, he answers, and there is a catbird with whom I converse every year when he returns for the summer. What a great privilege to be able to relate this way!
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I raised a little squirrel, so small her eyes were still closed. She was given to me by my son who knew I would raise her. We had many fun adventures. I raised her to return to her natural living in the woods across the street from our home. She would return every evening by crawling on the screen out side my kitchen window. I would come out & feed her & she would repay me by grooming me. We were sent to Iowa for work one summer, & would return on weekends. She never failed to return & had built a nest in a hollow tree next to our house. One weekend she didn't come home. I found out later that some boys were in the woods hunting. I'm sure she would have walked into that. Too this day I miss her & her antics.
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I have had a dog that so clearly was in rapport with me, and I with him. I got him at about 4 months or so old, I was a psychology student with free time, I needed a friend as did he. He would know what I was going to do (not just walks!) and could instinctively follow hand directions. I always knew when his bowl was empty, when the dog door was stuck or he needed out on a long drive. I could feel his happiness and we were a pair. I got my nickname "Dogdude" when he (Serenity) was about 1 year old. He passed 2 years ago at age 15 and this really left a hole in my heart. But I found out 2 days ago that a friend's son has to give up his 2 year old mix and I was the first consideration. I already anticipate another strong bond as she joins me and Cali (a not to bright, but cute, shelter mix). She (Stella!) may even succeed in teaching Cali to communicate so we all will be a happier 'pack'.
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Lovely article...I think we are born with this ability to communicate, it sort of gets squeezed out of us as we grow up, the only person who doesnt think im crazy is my Mother, although sometimes she apologieses to a dogs owner while Im chatting to it.
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I have a female squirrel that I communicate with and have for the past two years. When I moved to this house two years ago, there was a squirrel feeder which i continued to keep full for all the furry and feathery friends that felt comfortable eating at. One day a squirrel ran across my patio which I could see from my family room, I had some walnuts nearby and I ran to the door and started making a clicking sound to call the squirrel. To my surprise she returned and I have been calling her and feeding her by hand every since. A few blue jays hear my call and I share with them. The squirrel will come to my back patio door and sit on her hindend waiting patiently until I open the door and feed her by hand - this will continue for hours unless I close the shade. We have many conversations too, and she trusts me enough to let me pet her, she comes in the house if I leave the door open. My 15 year old cat, Junebug doesn't mind and my squirrel isn't the least bit afraid of her either. If I'm gone for a week or so I'm always in fear she will find another home. She never disappoints me, she always returns. I was caregiver for my mother for the past year, before she passed away recently at age 92. My mother would always say, "Honey, your squirrel is at the backdoor"! The bond I have with the squirrel keeps me close in hear w/my mother whom I miss tremendously.
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One of the cutest pictures I've ever seen is in The Book of the Cat (yes, that's the title) where an adorable little kitten is playing with a pet squirrel's tail. Awwwww! Also, I think of sweet wonderful Bob Ross with his pet squirrel in his pocket...he's gone but his shows live on. RIP, Bob Ross! The world is sadder without you and the squirrel in your pocket!
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For the last 2 months I have been a doting mother to an orphaned Squirrel I named Pixie. My husband had called and said he had a gift for me. I started looking around for a vase to put daffodils in, ( my favorite) He was going out to the east coast the following week and I thought, 'how sweet!'.. He arrived with his blue cap in hand and I thought, 'I don't wear caps, but what the heck, he means well', then out popped a face, very tiny with ears pulled back and I gasped! The poor thing was about 3 weeks old must have fallen out of her nest and my husband stopped traffic on a busy highway as it tried to crawl on all fours on it's belly to the other side of the highway.. I've never beeen the same since. We have bonded closely and when she sees me preparing to leave for a bit each day? She finds her way into my purse or pockets to come along, and a few times when I've returned, she is curled up in my tea mug. She loves pumpkin seeds and curls her lip at me if I forget to add some to her bowl. She is a joy beyond belief and as she grooms me, she lets me scratch her downy neck in the morning, and then it dawns on her that she is a squirrel and jumps up and straightens herself out. She has never been mean, angry or unkind, and when she goes to her rather large ornate cage at night? She does a swan dive into her furry nest. Had to share.. Thanks.. Lyn M. Kane
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I just returned from germany where i presented a workshop on vocal improvisation and body drumming. While preparing for the body drumming at my host's home in switzerland on Lake Lucerne before the event, I bonded with 2 cats who apparently found torso pounding fascinating and responded with much purring and ankle-rubbing. It became very meditative for all of us and I now use it instead of staring at a candle listening to my mind race. Cats are great teachers.....
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