Dear Rawn: I found your correspondence in respect to this subject very interesting. Is it possible that a psychologist that communicates with animals and provides therapy for them, uses the technique of Transfer of Consciousness, or is another technique used in that case? While we are on the subject of animals, what purpose did the statues of animals serve in early Egyptian days. I suppose that books have been written on this subject. It appears that the Egyptians paid a certain tribute and adoration to certain animals, maybe not all. I have never researched the subject, but thought you might be able to share your wisdom on this subject. Robert Rawn Clark <rawnclark@...> wrote: Dear Olivier, >> Do plants, objects and animals have astral feelings in the same way as humans do? << While *every* physical thing has an astral body, the structure of the astral body itself and its relationship to the mental and physical bodies, is different in each of the three categories you list. The astral body of the average human for example, is very complex and capable of a broad range of experience and expression. The astral bodies of most other animals are not quite as complex and not capable of the same degree of expression and experience as the human. An animal does experience emotion as they interact with their environment but it is significantly different than human emotion. The astral bodies of plants, while quite complex, do not experience "emotion", per se. They do interact with their environment and experience an astral reaction, but these reactions are very simple (unlike "emotions") and are necessitated by nature as opposed to choice. Objects, in general (unless they are infused with an astral charge through magic, worship, etc.), possess very rudimentary astral bodies and while they are capable of storing emotional/astral energies, they are incapable of experiencing emotions or of emotional expression. >> Do plants, objects and animals have thoughts in the same way as humans do? << For physical things, *thinking* requires a physical brain so only animals and insects are capable of *thinking*. However, *every* thing exists within an ocean of ideas, so to speak. The temporal mental body of *every* thing attracts ideas, ingests and expresses ideas, but not all temporal mental bodies are capable of *interpreting*, *comparing* and *choosing* from the ideas that surround them. An object for example, expresses at least one idea by its very nature but is incapable of doing anything other than purely expressing the idea(s). It does not filter those ideas or think about how it might want to express those ideas. A plant, since it has a more complex temporal mental body, experiences and expresses ideas but again, it is not capable thinking (i.e., interpreting, comparing and choosing). Animals, which have rather complex mental bodies AND brains, are indeed capable of thinking. Some species (such as humans, Elephants, Whales and Dolphins, to name a few) have very, very complex mental bodies with brains to match and are capable of profound thinking. In general, insects are capable of thinking but it is probably the most rudimentary type of thinking, except when it comes to hive- or group-minded insects. Some of the most complex insect group-minds are capable of profound thinking. >> Do they have an immortal spirit in the same way humans do? << Yes. *Every* thing has an eternal mental body. Or rather, every *thing* is an expression of an eternal mental body / immortal spirit. I think that you will find great pleasure in the "transference of consciousness" exercises. Using those techniques, you will be able to experience what an object experiences, feel what a plant feels, think an animal's thoughts, etc., for yourself. :) My best to you, :) Rawn Clark 14 Oct 2003 rawnclark@... rawn@... http://www.ABardonCompanion.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BardonPraxis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]