The animal: a wonderful creature from the hand of God ... Learn to understand the animals

Every animal is in itself a wonderful creature from the hand of God – given by God so that we human beings may find our way back into unity, which is the law of life. The behavior of animals will correspond to what the hunters pass on as their expert opinion, or even their "hunter’s jargon," only for as long as animals are hunted, chased, fattened, shot down, butchered as slaughter animals in brutal ways and then placed before you, dear consumer, packaged and ready to be devoured.

One has to learn to understand the animals. It is only then that one really gets to know himself as a creature of God. Every species of animal has a state of development that I would like to call its state of consciousness. Every state of development, or, state of consciousness, has its corresponding language of nature so to speak.

There are very many different degrees of consciousness among the animals. For instance, the animals of the air have a totally different state of consciousness than the animals in the waters. The animals in the waters, in turn, have a totally different state of consciousness than the animals in the forest, on and in the fields, or than the animals of the desert, or of the jungle. And yet, they understand each other because their sounds and tones are reflexes of pictures which open up in the consciousness of the other animals. These see and smell the pictures in themselves. This pictorial transmission of the substance of consciousness is a spiritual process and thus, independent of spatial distances.

A human being can perceive the language of the animals solely with his heart – not with his physical heart, but with the heart of the soul, with the primordial basis of all Being, with the Creator power which we also call the core of being. The language of the heart of the soul is the language of unity.

Animals are not Fall-beings like humans are. They react according to their state of consciousness, unless humans interfere in their life, which happens quite often. Through this, animals do not exactly have a harmonious relationship with human beings. For example, the forest animals take flight when they see humans. The fear of people makes them, in part, aggressive. Animals see in humans their enemy, the hunter, who brings nothing but death to them.

Dear friends, in this letter I would like to report some experiences, which have caused my heart to beat ever more joyfully, because the creatures of life are wonderful beings. The animals have a very special ethic and moral for themselves and their species. Every person could really learn from the animals, if he only wanted to! For almost three years now, I have been going into the woods several times a week – and not just to have a nice walk, but to experience the animals and study those that have their own language. During this time, I have experienced an inner greatness and charm in the animals that often is lacking in human beings. The animals have a very noble and fine character; it corresponds to their respective state of consciousness. One has to learn to understand and get to know them. One cannot force them into something; one has to develop trust with them and above all, one has to let them be free.
 

The home of the forest animals is the woods and the fields. First of all, this has to be respected, and secondly, their freedom, because they not only feel themselves as free creatures – they are this way in their whole behavior. The human being should be a friend of the animals, their big brother or big sister. He, the human, has become, instead, the enemy of the animals. The animals have lost their trust in humans. They are filled with fear and take flight when they see a two-legged creature.
 

So the friendship between human and animals has to be fought for, with a great deal of persistence, love and understanding, well, with the heart. How did "The Little Prince" express it? "It is only with the heart that one can see clearly." In the woods with the animals, I have learned among other things that you can hear and feel clearly only with the heart.
 

When I go into the woods, it is as if I were meeting up with old friends that I have known from the very primordial beginnings of creation. The forest with its trees and bushes, the fields with their grasses and flowers and the whole world of animals has become my home.