"Lions' " Perspective On Cecil - Can Any Good Come?

As animal lover's, our hearts broke last week as we learned about Cecil the lion who was killed by an American on a hunting trip to Africa. Understandably, we felt anger, especially because this was a lion who was supposed to have been protected and was lured out of a national park.

Anger can sometimes bring about change but the flip side of this is that if we are in the emotion of anger we are not in the space of love. The problem is without love we can't listen to the animals or to each other. It leaves little space for understanding how healing can occur.

After some reflection, I turned to the animals to ask about for their perspective about what happened to Cecil and perhaps, what good can come of it?  How can his death to be in vain? What occurred was a conversation with “lions.” Often with pack animals I will get the “group” point of view, as was the case during this conversation:



Lions: We are a collective so we speak that way to you about this. Cecil is now OK. He is in heaven. Was it OK what happened to him? Of course not. This man should feel shame and regret. However, Cecil's life was a “sacrifice," and there is bigger picture to all of this. 

Me: It feels as though there is a sense of duty when they talk about Cecil's life being a “sacrifice.” They are are saying, “it is what it is,” but not in a cavalier way. Animals often feel that as long as a being fulfills their purpose, that is what is important. Focusing on the events of that individuals passing is not something I find that animals do to the same degree as humans.

Lions: Cecil raises awareness not just about our species going away (extinction) but for humans to feel deeply and passionately about this. It's about the heart. To get back to your hearts. This is what you are missing as humans and have gotten away from.

You must start to feel again. You see how you all have come together about this. You felt something together, collectively, like us. You are living so separately. Of course all factors work together because Americans need to start connecting on this level to each other. So, therefore, the cause of Cecil's death was an American.

Me: Side note: So you might be asking, “they know what an American is?” Animals sense energy in a big way. Here they are speaking about a certain kind of energy that they are connecting to this individual who killed Cecil. Animals are extremely sensitive and not restricted by human thoughts about how we obtain understanding of something or someone. They just “know.” Humans also do this but do not listen to or acknowledge it as much. That is the an essential part of animal communication. You know, that you know, that you know. So the lions understand "American" as a group of people sharing a certain kind of energy. 

Lions: Our planet, it is healed by collective love. You must come together. This can't be done by just a handful of people being a part of it.

Me: Is there any one issue you are referring to?

Lions: You must love one another. Nothing is going go get better until you do this. Love the ugly, the broken, the sick, the dying. The ones you don't want to love. Let go of your masks and your egos. Drop them. Love the man who did this. You can be angry with him but you must also seek to forgive him in order for healing to occur. .

Me: They show me an image of humans grabbing each other's hands. Connecting.

Lions: See how you all connected over this (Cecil)? You need to do this going forward. You must do this, now!

Me: Why now?

Lions: Because our world is getting more sick. Love will change that. Yelling at each won't help. We are powerful beings. We got your attention. If we can be harmed with our beauty and size by anger and greed then imagine how you harm one another with the same?

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