Animal Instinct: Emotions and Energy Unwrapped

Only humans have emotions, right? And only we are affected by other people’s energy (for instance, getting into a negative mood when surrounded by others who are giving off a negative vibe)?

I would have to say 100%, unequivocally, not.

In fact, I think (or rather, FEEL) that our emotions and energies are at a basic animal instinct level… which means, obviously, that our animal friends have those same instincts.

If you’ve spent a lot of time around animals, you probably agree with that. Most people who work or play with animals on a regular basis know these phenomena, and find it even more evident than our day-to-day interactions with people.

But it’s an important lesson that we can observe simply in animals, and apply to our communications with others.

Probably the world’s foremost expert on reading and working with the energies of humans and animals is Cesar Millan, host of the Dog Whisperer.

In this video, he talks more about how our emotions and energies directly affect and are picked up by the animals around us.

He also says that animals teach us an important lesson: how to live in the now.

Have you ever seen an animal feeling regret over the past or worrying about the future? Me neither — let’s take that lesson to heart.

Cesar likes to say, “I train people, and rehabilitate dogs.” That’s because the animals, while they feel our emotions, don’t hold onto them the way we do.

Today Barry and I went to the AdoraBella Alpaca farm for Alpaca Farm Day.

Why? Because I love those kinds of animals. I love the way they look, with their silly mouths and cute little noses, big ears and fluffy hair; I love their curiosity, and the way they look at you like they know what you’re thinking — or would like to.

And I convinced Barry to come experience them with me. The day’s slogan was “meet the Alpacas”, and I wanted to do exactly that.

So what’s an Alpaca?

It’s a smaller cousin to the llama, who are both from the camel family.

Since I haven’t had any lengthy up-close-and-personal experiences with large animals, I wanted to find out if Alpaca farmers had the same experiences with emotions and energies; or whether perhaps they are too focused on doing the farm work to really pick up any vibes from the animals (yes, it goes both ways).

But Larry Vellozzi, the owner of AdoraBella, assured me that yes, when he’s in a bad mood the animals definitely feel it and treat him accordingly.

Here’s a video of me talking about this phenomenon, and what we can learn from it, in front of the AdoraBella Alpacas:

The bottom line is, animals are mirrors of ourselves, just like all our relationships. But animals are easier to figure out and observe what’s going on, because they don’t play games with their emotions; they don’t hide what they’re feeling; and they don’t make things complicated the way we do.I love animals, and always have. I spent years raising orphaned baby squirrels and raccoons for the Toronto Humane Society, and years more breeding and raising cats.

But the lessons we can learn from the animals (including the most powerful, unconditional love) are perhaps among the best reasons to give them our hearts back.

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