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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Great article, Perry, starting with humility and reaching out with hope. I've read a lot of Sheldrake's work, including his thoughts on morphic resonance, so I'd like to think you're adding to this in a profound way. I've also studied with Dr Goodall who taught me that animals have messages for us if we learn to listen.

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Perry J. Greenbaum 🇨🇦 🦜's avatar

Wow; so amazing that you were able to study with Dr. Goodall. Yes, morphic resonance. This is something I need to explore more. Thanks for the reference, Heidi and your kind comment.

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Heidi Zawelevsky's avatar

Thank you, Perry, keep up the good work. I studied with her at Schumacher College in England. She's an amazing and lovely person.Sheldrake has also given classes there, but I've only read his work. Dr Goodall's favorite animal is the dog because they have unconditional love.

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Veronika Bond's avatar

I'm totally on the same page as Rupert Sheldrake and Jane Goodall on these topics! Thank you so much for sharing and raising awareness on this important conversation on behalf of all sentient beings 🙏 🐈 🦇🐞🦉🦎 🪲 🦅 🐢 🐝 🦜 🐌 🦂 🐕 🦆

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Perry J. Greenbaum 🇨🇦 🦜's avatar

I sense that there are many who agree with such sentiments; the loudest voices are not necessarily those of the majority. They are often just loud.

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Veronika Bond's avatar

Absolutely, and often that loudness comes from the need to cover up insecurity and fear, no?

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Perry J. Greenbaum 🇨🇦 🦜's avatar

Yes, this is often the case.

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Trudi Nicola's avatar

This is a great article, Perry and I am delighted you have looked into Rupert Sheldrake's incredible research. We have so much to learn from animals. Unconditional love being one of my favourite lessons. Thank you!

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Joshua Bond's avatar

Thanks for the article, Perry. Animals definitely communicate with humans, or at least try to. And they do with each other, certainly. Humans communicating to animals takes more time and tuning in.

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Perry J. Greenbaum 🇨🇦 🦜's avatar

I agree; we humans have a harder time with it, I suggest, because we have not found the right frequency

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Angela Morris's avatar

We absolutely can and should be communing with animals and nature for humanity has forgotten the sacredness of our mutual exchange in the totality of being....I learn from animals every day.

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Perry J. Greenbaum 🇨🇦 🦜's avatar

Yes, as I do; humility being one of the most important behaviours we humans can adopt. This leads to positive changes in our over-all views.

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Greeley Miklashek, MD's avatar

"We need to understand the role they (animals) play in the ecosystem..." is impossible in an ecosystem so grossly overbalanced and decimated by the human swarm, which is now 3,000 times more numerous than were our ancestral migratory Hunter-Gatherers/pastoralist clan/bands of less than 150 members each (Dunbar number) just a few thousands of years ago. Where is this "ecosystem" for which you yearn? Canadians are blessed with proximity to some vestige of that natural environment, un distorted/ravaged by massive human overpopulation. Not so in the lower 48 and, thus, our increasing rampant insanity and loss of contact with the reality of the natural order our ancestors depended on for their ecologically balanced sustenance. I wrote at length of this in my 2018 free e-book PDF, "Stress R Us", which you, my dear Perry, apparently have yet to download and read. Have a blessed day.

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Perry J. Greenbaum 🇨🇦 🦜's avatar

You are right, my friend. Canada is much better than your nation, and we want to keep it this way. What are your thoughts on human-animal communucation? I think Sheldrake is a pioneer in this area. Quite astounding and yet quite accessible to us all. It starts with humility.

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Neil Barker's avatar

Excellent piece, Perry. I completely agree that we have much to learn from animals and Nature in general. Perhaps the first lesson is one of humility. Once we can learn that aspect of Nature, we will be open to truly learning from Nature.

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Jamie Millard's avatar

Beautiful as always Perry! I’m learning from animals every day. 🇨🇦 🐶 ❤️

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Perry J. Greenbaum 🇨🇦 🦜's avatar

Thank you, Jamie. And we are all better for it.

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