To Hear and Be Heard
by
Marta Williams
 People often call
to ask me to tell their animal something using my intuitive communication
skills. They are surprised when I say that they don't have to hire me to talk
to their animal. It is something they can do themselves quite easily, because
animals are masters at intuitive communication, and they will receive every
message sent to them.
If you talk out loud to your animal, your message is
received. If you think thoughts to or about your animal, your animal perceives
those thoughts. Unfortunately, this also means that it's impossible to keep
anything secret from your animal. Think about how many times your cat has
disappeared just as you decided to go get the cat carrier! Even a picture
formed in your mind can be perceived by your animal, such as when your dog
reacts with glee just as you think about going for a walk.
If we had not been
trained and conditioned to suppress our intuition, we would be as good at
intuitive communication as animals are. However, while you can trust that your
animals hear and understand you when you talk to them, or mentally send them
information, what you can't bet on is how they will react to what you say. Just
because they can hear you doesn't mean they will do whatever you ask, any more
than a person would.
You may be a total
animal lover, like I've always been, and you talk to your animals out loud
already, but chances are you don't truly comprehend how much they can
understand of what you are saying. That was true for me, and it is the case for
most people I know. It wasn't until I studied intuitive communication and
started experimenting that it dawned on me that my animals were hearing and
comprehending everything I said to them.
Author and horse
trainer Carolyn Resnick discovered this shortly after reading one of my books.
She saw a dog locked in a car in a parking lot. The dog was not in any danger
or overheated, but he was panicking – barking and racing back and forth between
the front and back seats of the car. Carolyn tried talking to him intuitively.
She sent him the mental thought that his person would be back soon and that he
was perfectly okay. She told him he could stop barking and settle down. To her
amazement he froze in midstride, looked at her, sat down, and did not move or
open his mouth again.
Karen Berke, a
former student who now works professionally as an animal communicator, had a
similar experience one day when she was volunteering at a center that brings
horses and handicapped adults and children together. Karen was taking care of a miniature horse named Buddy,
grooming him and walking him through the rural neighborhood surrounding the
center. On the walk, they passed several properties where dogs would race along
the fence line and bark. That day there was only one barking dog: a yellow Lab.
The dog raced up and down the fence line as Buddy grazed a little. The dog was
going crazy. Karen had asked him to calm down in the past with no results. This
time she had a longer talk with him. She told him that he could relax, because she and Buddy
were not interested in his property and were just there to have some grass. The
dog abruptly stopped barking and running, looked right at Karen, and then
turned around and walked to the back of his yard. He didn't even come back as
she and Buddy were leaving.
When you start
talking to your animals as if they can truly understand you, you may observe
some shifts in their behaviors and attitudes. It's as if they are saying,
"Well, she finally gets it! Okay, let's play this game now."
That was Kelly
Boesel's experience with her horses. Kelly feeds her horses every morning on
her way to work. Her horses are in a large pasture, and in the past Kelly had
to hike over a hill or two to find them and bring them in for their feeding.
One day Kelly decided to try an experiment. She had a talk with her horses out
loud as if she were talking to a group of people. She asked them if they would
be so kind as to meet her at eight every morning at the gate so she wouldn't
have to go on a hike to find them. The next day, like magic, there they were,
waiting for her at the gate. Now she talks to them in the car as she drives to
the pasture, telling them she is on the way. They must be hearing her because
they are at the gate every morning now.
This article was excerpted from the book:
 Ask Your
Animal: Resolving Animal Behavioral Issues through Intuitive Communication
by Marta Williams.
Copyright 2008. Reprinted with permission of New World Library, Novato,
CA. www.newworldlibrary.com
or 800/972-6657 ext. 52.
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About the Author
Marta Williams has
a master's degree in biology and worked for many years as a wildlife biologist
and environmental scientist. The author of two other books, Beyond Words and Learning Their Language, Marta provides intuitive consultations for
all types of animals, working with clients throughout the world by phone and
email. She lives in Northern California and travels internationally to teach. Her
website is www.martawilliams.com.
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