Dedications to Our Constant Companions

This space is dedicated to those animal relations who have passed-on.

Although we are no longer actively working with these friends during their illness or transition time, we are still able to offer prayers for their new incarnation. We would ask all those visitors to this site, who feel the call of the Mother Spirit, to also offer up prayers for those whose photos appear here.

From Michael: Nina's Meditation

Because we're Sophian and open to the light in all traditions, I was fully supportive of Nina's pagan sun worship. Being Egyptian in her origin, she kept a very devoted continuum to Ra, god of the sun. Every morning, she would slowly crawl out from her rocky den and bask in the east window terrarium I'd constructed for her. Her morning meditations were deepest in the summer, flawlessly abiding in the spiritual sun of her Being for hours. The extension of the merit of her practice was a consistent and daily dance of quickly chasing her tail three, sometimes four times sunwise. Always sunwise she turned, honoring the source of life shining upon all living things.+

Nina passed on Dec 2009.

Fifty-Seven

This dear little friend of 13 years was a valued and much loved member of our farm's family. She is missed by all, most especially by her constant companion and fellow Cashmere, Sixty-One. Why the funny names? Well we were told by our fellow farmers, when we first moved onto the land, to never give your animals a name. That way you wouldn't become too attached to them and suffer too much when the inevitable time came. So we called them by the numbers on their ear-tags that came with them when they were first delivered to us as 3 month old kids. Goes to show when dealing with other beings, it's not the name, or the label we use that is important. Rather, it's the feeling or the intention within and behind those words that really counts. And it is natural that with some animal relations we will share a special relationship. Fifty-Seven was such an animal friend. We pray your new incarnation be auspicious little friend, may it indeed be luminous! Amen!

Susan, New South Wales, Australia

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Gertie

Little Gertie was our family's first dog member and, as a result, she was like the first child. Completely inexperienced in bringing up dogs we wish we knew then what we know now, but such is life. She was a joy and taught us heaps. She passed from this life suddenly and without time for goodbyes and the sharing of blessings. Her son Dougal is still with us, at 15 years old, constantly reminding us how to live in the moment. We pray that her present incarnation be auspicious, may she be happy and know much love and peace, and may we meet again in bliss.

Helen, New South Wales, Australia