Question: A little dog of mine was killed by an auto some
months ago. Was that an accident, or was it the way she was supposed
to go? Do animals live on the astral plane after death, perhaps
in their earthly home, as discarnate human Spirits do? Is it possible
that my little pet is with my dear father, who passed on a short
time ago? And do you think she might be reborn soon and come to
me again?
Answer: When man domesticates animals, he takes over to some
extent the influence of the Group Spirits, and the animals become
able to express a higher intelligence because of their association
with human beings. Thus the animals may have their evolutionary
progress considerably accelerated, and also, man profits by the
service he has rendered. However, unfortunately for the animals
in many cases, man has free will and may determine the manner
of death for his younger brothers with little regard for their
suffering. The majority of people do not yet realize that "there
is only one Life in the universe, which is God's life . . . All
that lives is thus a manifestation of God. We are in time to become
creators, as He is a Creator, but so long as we brutally destroy
the forms of other beings, we are hindering ourselves," as
well as those whose forms we destroy.
Yes, animals live in the Desire World after death until they
are reabsorbed by the Group Spirits, their length of stay there
depending upon their stage of evolution. They are very apt to
remain in their former surroundings as long as they can, and may
associate with former friends who have passed into the Desire
World.
It is possible that your little dog may be reborn in your
lifetime and come to you again as a pet. The Law of Association
would doubtless work in such a case, to the extent that the animal
has evolved under your care. However, we do not think it wise
to allow ourselves to become too attached to any one pet. It is
our duty to cultivate the universal attitude, and the care and
attention we give to an animal will affect all of that species
for good during the reabsorbtion period.
Regaining Health After Death
Question: When dogs or other animals pass away with a painful
sickness, do they regain their health at once? Does it take three
days for the silver cord to break? How can they be reborn soon
if they pass back into the Group Spirit? Or can they leave it
after entering?
Answer: As soon as the dense body is left behind, the animal
is in its higher vehicles, and, under the direction of the Group
Spirit, is no longer subject to sickness or disfigurement. The
Group Spirit is able to change the higher vehicles of its charges
by thought, much as human beings may do for themselves when they
have passed over.
No, we do not think it takes three days for the individual
silver cord of the animal to break in most cases. The time would
depend to a large extent upon the evolutionary stage of the animal.
In the case of a beetle, it is only a few minutes; for the dog
"or any of the higher animals, there is a correspondingly
longer time and more consciousness in the Desire World than in
the case of the lower forms."
"As a man has a body composed of many cells, each with
an individual consciousness, so is a Group Spirit an entity functioning
in the spiritual worlds possessing a spiritual body composed of
many separate animal spirits. The Group Spirit itself cannot function
in the material world, but it evolves by sending the different
animal spirits into a body which it creates, and which then forms
a species or tribe of animals, and the Group Spirit guides all
these animal bodies by means of suggestion which we call instinct."
It can send the animal spirit back into earth life whenever it
sees fit.
Whence the Fierceness
of the Lion?
Question: Where does the lion get its fierce disposition?
Does it come from an unevolved Ego, the desire body, or the Group
Spirit? Compare it with the deer.
Answer: There is no real enmity between animals or their Group
Spirits, either on the visible or the invisible planes. For instance,
the lion does not hate the deer it eats any more than a cow hates
grass. It is simply a question of obtaining food wherewith to
sustain life. The Group Spirit of one species of animal is not
the enemy of any other species. In relation to this subject Max
Heindel makes the following statement: "The main object of
existence is the evolution of consciousness, and the ingenuity
displayed by one class of animals in capturing another, the patient
concentration of the cat watching the mouse-hole, and the many
varied schemes used by other animals to catch the unwary are easily
counterbalanced by the vigilance displayed by the animals preyed
upon in their wild state, when they are totally dependent upon
the Group Spirit to save them from pursuers."
Recognition of Pets
in the Desire World
Question: I am desirous of knowing if the spirits of animals
go to the Desire World between births. Also if they resemble their
earth form after death. Could they be recognized by a former master
in the spirit world? After their death do they ever stay near
the ones they loved on this plane?
Answer: Yes, the spirits of animals go to the Desire World
between births. Here, for a short time, they lead an independent
existence, but soon they become absorbed by the Group Spirit,
and remain so until they are sent out again to reincarnate for
another earth life. For a short time after death they can be seen
and recognized by a trained clairvoyant. If a former master were
conscious in the Desire World, he would be able to recognize his
animal pets there. Sometimes for a very short period they remain
close to the earth plane near their masters. Animals reincarnate
much oftener than human beings.
— Rays from the Rose Cross Magazine, September/October, 1995
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