The animal soul E-Book

Laurent Amann

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• Kategorie: Religion und Spiritualität
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

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Beschreibung

What is the mission of animals on earth? Do animals pursue a purpose and fulfilment? What do pets, farm and wild animals wish to experience and share with us humans? And how can we use the wisdom of an animal's soul for our spiritual development? The behavioral biologist and animal whisperer Laurent Amann has explored these questions and more in this book. Combining fascinating facts from science, religion and spirituality, the ethologist and shamanic healer concludes that animals are powerful beings who have come to earth on a very special mission. Each one of them not only preserves our massive ecosystem, but also serves a higher purpose that plays a central part in the spiritual evolution of humanity. Once we understand the deeper meaning of the presence of animals on earth, we will be able to engage with them in a more authentic way and, at the same time, come closer to the purest essence of ourselves.

Leseprobe

Table of contents

Preface by Dr. Steven Farmer

Preface

The goal of this book

1. Animals in the major belief systems

Animals in spirituality

Animals in religions

Animals in Science

2. What is an animal?

Animals have a physical body

Animals have emotions

Animals have thoughts

Animals have souls

3. The purpose of wild animals on earth

Wild animals as role models for humanity

Wild animals and the balance on earth

Wild animals let the flow carry them softly

4. The purpose of captive wild animals on earth

Captive wild animals as ambassadors of their species.

Captive wild captive animals as emotional boosters

Captive wild animals mirror our controlling society

5. The purpose of farm animals on earth

Farm animals and humans’ fears

Farm animals and humans’ failures

Farm animals reflect our “civilized” society

The end of farm animals?

6. The purpose of pets on earth

Pets are the link between wild animals and humans

Pets are top life coaches

The pet you live with says a lot about your personality

Pets wish to learn from humans

Pets’ biggest fear is being rejected

7. The purpose of animal kingdom on earth – a summary

The individual’s purpose

8. Sharing the earth with the animal kingdom

We are one

Giving back to the animal kingdom

Ethical consideration

9. How to use this information

10. Final notes

Why I wrote this book

Lokah samasta sukhino bhavantu

Afterword by Asim Aliloski

About the author

OM Pashupatayei Namaha

Salutations and praise to the Lord of Animals

Thanks to my beloved dog, Rio, my majestic mare, Viona, and all the animals I have ever encountered which together inspired me to write this book.

Thanks to the songbirds that are present in my life every single day, helping me connect with and channel information from Animal Spirits and other Divine Beings.

Thanks to the healing snakes and profound wisdom of the trees for keeping me grounded and connected to Mother Earth in order to translate the divine messages of animal spirits to an understandable language.

Preface by Dr. Steven Farmer

The agricultural revolution that took place about 12,000 years ago was a gradual transition from the nomadic life as hunter gatherers to the more stable and predictable life provided by settlements. Instead of hunting and gathering for their food supplies, humans learned to grow their own fruits and vegetables and domesticate certain animal species that could then be tapped for their milk or “harvested” for their flesh. Increasingly many of these animals were objectified and viewed solely as sources of food, as we became intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually detached from the more intimate connectedness familiar to our earlier ancestors.

Fortunately, today many indigenous communities continue to recognize that everything that exists in this world is related. The animals are treated as relatives, as are all other beings in the world. It was unquestionable that animals had a soul, an animating principle that expressed through and as the physical being, sourced by Great Spirit. Most native languages do not have a word for “object,” but instead are accorded an equal status, with humans being no better or worse than anything else in the world.

From the Lakota community a statement, Mi take Oyasun (mi-TOCK-ay-oh -OSSUN), is pronounced before entering into the sweat lodge, a sacred ceremony of purification and prayers. Mi take Oyasun translated means, “all my relations,” an acknowledgment of the fact that we are all connected in the web of life. If you were killing an animal for food, the animal was viewed as a brother or sister, one that has come to the hunter in some implicit agreement to sacrifice itself. That concept is almost impossible for most of us westerners to comprehend, thinking perhaps that this was simply a way to justify the killing of the animal for food.

It’s challenging in the larger western culture to consider that farm animals and even your pets are relatives! To do so would present an entirely different way of treating the animals, especially the factory farmed animals that are sorely mistreated and viewed as a commodity to be slaughtered and sold in the marketplace. For our long-ago ancestors and indigenous peoples today, animals in the wild would not be killed for sport or as a trophy, but instead treated as “animal people.” What has naturally followed with the increasing detachment that has evolved in the last several millennia is the belief that animals, unlike humans, must not have a soul.

I’m pleased to tell you that they do. If you aren’t convinced or want to explore this further, then you need to read this book. In Animals’ Souls, a remarkable piece of work that includes yet goes beyond the question of whether animals have souls, Laurent Amann goes into considerable detail as to how their souls express through their physical body, emotions, thoughts, and the energetic field that surrounds all physical beings. He states:

All the things we have talked about till now, physical body, emotions, thoughts and even the aura, are things the animal HAS. It is not what the animal IS. There is an even bigger force, or entity or energy or however you want to call it housing in each living being. It is that force that makes you think and feel and keep your body together, functioning and moving, exchanging with others and reacting to the world, wanting to get up in the morning and go to sleep in the evening, making you look for joy and the best possible life, motivating you, inspiring you, pushing you further and further to fulfil your dreams and first of all putting these dreams in your head and heart. It is the lifeforce flowing through the meridians, as traditional Chinese medicines defines it. But what is this lifeforce exactly? It is the soul.

Well-written, descriptive, and inviting, Amann includes anecdotes and exercises that will allow the reader to experience a greater depth of appreciation for how animals permeate our consciousness and our lives. Read it slowly and savor it. No matter your degree of appreciation for animals, after you’ve read it, you’ll truly feel a kinship that goes beyond the way the larger society views animals.

If I ever doubt it or waver in my conviction, my good friend and brother Sampson, a four-year-old yellow lab, continues to remind me that he and all other animals have souls.

Dr. Steven Farmer, author of Animal Spirit Guides and Power Animal Oracle Cards.

Website: DrStevenFarmer.com

Preface

Everywhere you go, you are surrounded by animals. From the hottest and driest desert to the cold Antarctic, in crowded cities or evergreen landscapes, animals escort you. Every person on this earth has the possibility of being in contact with animals, be it directly in the wild, zoos, aquariums, parks, or at home. Some animals are so small and discreet you can hardly see them, like bugs, spiders and mites. Others are so powerful, large and charismatic you notice them immediately, like horses, giraffes and dolphins. Some you will hear rather than see, like wolves and owls calling at night or exotic birds singing praise in the trees; you can smell that others were there a short time ago, like the intense smell of foxes or wild boar.

Whether you notice them or not, animals are always around you and they know that you are there. They feel your presence and are ready to get in touch with you, to enchant you and to guide you. All you have to do is allow it to happen.

Animals are part of human life. We need them to live: bees pollinate the trees so that we get fruit, earth worms keep the ground fertile so that our vegetables can grow, dogs give us the unconditional love we often miss from others and ourselves, and whales bring massive amounts of water into movement, helping stabilize the climate we live in.

We choose to keep some of these animals as pets because we want to love and cherish them and keep close persistent contact with them. Some are trained to assist us in everyday tasks, like signal dogs or therapy horses. We choose to protect beautiful or majestic wild animals that are injured, orphaned or endangered - and we choose to kill and eat other animals, using their body parts for clothes, furniture or even perfume. Finally, there seem to be some animals we simply hate, like mosquitos, ticks and spiders. Animals like deer, lion, buffalo, pheasants and rabbits are seen as objects and are hunted for pleasure. And there are also animals we try to eradicate for no reason other than human comfort, like crows and pigeons.

Animals can make us feel happy, sad, angry, fearful, hysterical, or nervous. They can also give us the feeling that we are lovable, worthy and connected to the world, or contrarily, the feeling that we are the cruelest being on earth, separated from everything and profiting from all that surrounds us without respect or compassion. Animals have the power to bring our deepest feelings to the surface and force us in one way or another to deal with our emotions, habits and ways of thinking in order to heal. Our aim is to return to our true self by looking in a mirror, by staring at our reflection.

You feel disgusted when you see a rat in your kitchen and you scream. You feel nervous when you hear a mosquito in your bedroom but cannot find it. You feel at peace when you watch your fish swim in the tank; they calm you down after a stressful situation. You feel loved when your dog runs to greet you after a long work day. You feel free when your horse takes you for a long gallop over a sandy beach - it can bring your tears of joy and release.

You feel revolted when you see how humans treat farm animals. You feel helpless driving past a truck bringing pigs to the slaughterhouse. You feel guilty leaving your dog alone for hours. You feel embarrassed having to ask for help for your horse. And you have mixed feelings when you see a dolphin in a tank at the zoo, fascination but also sadness.

Animals have an important impact on our lives; they connect us to our emotions and feelings. You cannot not react to animals. As soon as you get in touch with an animal, your feelings change, your emotions change, and your body responds by changing too. Even your thoughts are influenced by each and every encounter, at least by bringing you back in the moment and making you notice what is here right now in the present moment. When nine majestic white swans fly right above your head - so close that you can see their eyes, hear their feathers in the wind and even feel the air they bring into movement - you cannot resist glancing at them, forgetting about your doubts, your struggles, your pain, the to-do list of the day. They give you the most precious gift of all: being present, in the moment, captivated by the beauty of life.

You cannot deny that contact with an animal - even thinking about it - makes you react. Think about a giant hairy spider, sitting just behind your head, staring at you. Do you feel the tension in your body, the acceleration of your heart rate, your mind telling you it cannot be true but at the same time imagining the worst scenario? And what if that spider really were behind you? Your whole body would move, trying to escape from it. Animals make us react to them. But what explains the specific reaction to a specific animal? If I told you that a puppy is waiting for you outside your door, you would have a different experience then if I told you a baboon had just escaped from the zoo, and according to the police, is very close to your house.

Why is your reaction to one animal is different than your reaction to another? You can argue that it is instincts. That it is written in your cells that lions are dangerous, cats are not. While I see the point, the explanation is too easy for me. Why do you feel more attracted to the black panther in the zoo than to a white wolf living in the enclosure right next to it? Both are majestic but also potential predators. And still, you are fascinated by them, certainly more by one than by the other. So what is it that explains your reaction to a specific animal?

Perhaps you heard stories about them. Your reactions could come from fairy tales your mother read to you when you were young: ravens were always associated with evil people, a white dove with peace and a goose with good fortune. You simply learned to associate a particular animal with a certain feeling and that is why you have various reactions when you are in contact with a specific animal.

Or you can argue that the effect an animal has on you fully depends on an experience you personally had with that animal. If you got hurt by a cat when you were young, you are likely to be afraid of them and not like them as an adult. And if you are traumatized after hitting a dog with your car, you might end up avoiding contact with dogs in order to not be confronted with your feelings of deep sorrow and guilt. You even might develop an allergy to dogs, which can be understood as a safety mechanism to keep you away from remembering this dramatic episode you are not ready to proceed yet.

All these explanations might contribute to your reactions to specific animal encounters. But still, why is it so? Why do you recollect some stories but forget hundreds of other books you read? Why did you hit that deer with your car? Why, as a child, did the cat attack you when you were playing in the sand but seemed to love the rest of the family? Why is it that certain animals in the stories you heard were always associated with a specific quality or mindset? There must be a reason behind all this. The rabbit you think appears in your garden randomly isn’t there at the exact time you look out the window by chance. There is a reason for this: an entity, energy, or something even bigger that induces it. You cannot simply state that an encounter with an animal is just random. Nor the fact that animals are here on Earth is random. You simply can’t.

Look at the variety of birds’ absolutely amazing plumage. The many different senses that the animal kingdom invented in order to analyze the world. Whales are able to dive thousands of meters into the darkest depth of the oceans and are responsible for some great ocean currents, which play an important role in earth’s climate regulation. Millions of dogs are kept as pets; we are attracted to their unconditional love, a quality we miss so much in humankind. Hummingbirds have perfectly suited beaks to reach the rich nectar of specific plants. Can you really believe that all this variety simply appeared because one DNA branch endured a mutation, called “random” in science, which created a new animal species? Where can all this beauty come from, if not from a higher source? There is too much magic in the world to believe that everything was created by chance.

Each contact with an animal is a gift from God. The universe brought you together. This encounter carries the experience you need right now. When I was a child, I was very shy. I have always felt different. I was never interested in soccer, martial arts or video games, as is common for boys in Europe. I was never interested in ballet, singing or reading, like all the girls I knew. I wasn’t even interested in playing with other kids. The only thing I really enjoyed was being in nature. Planting seeds and wondering if and how they would grow. Taking frog eggs home, putting them in a big tank and watching the frog slowly metamorphosing from one stage to another. Those were my hobbies. I observed nature and saw everything it put in front of me as a gift to be admired. What was at first an escape is now my blessing. Right now, the moment in which I feel most at peace with myself and humbly connected to the world is when I sit on the balcony with a glass of wine and simply gaze at the birds that are flying, parading, singing and being free.

Birds have always inspired me. I have always known that they connect me with something bigger than myself, that it is important for me to listen to their songs. Now I know why this is: birds are the mediators of the spiritual world. Birds connect you with your higher self. And this higher self, soul, or the divine within you, is what keeps you alive, active, creative. Without the connection to this divine part of yourself, you feel lost, tired, bored, frustrated. But if you feel your soul, if you let it talk to you, if you let God/the Divine/Nature/Life act through you, as you, you will have the most extraordinary life. I have made it part of my job to help people like you connect to this divine part of themselves, to find healing through consciousness. And animals are my helpers to bring you there.

When I was nine, I convinced my parents to let me take horseback riding classes. I was amazed by the beautiful, powerful large animals. Although I was a little over one meter and only 20 kilos, and the horses were nearly twice my size and weighed at least half a ton, I have never been afraid of a horse. Even the ones that tried to attack me. I simply gazed and their beauty, strength and will to fight for their freedom. Through riding these powerful creatures, I learned that I have a force within me with which I can do whatever I want. I am somebody. I have strength. Not physical strength, but mental and emotional strength. And a strength I wasn’t able to describe as a child. I simply felt connected to the horse and that gave me the feeling that I was a great person, no matter what other people thought about me.

Horses came in my life at the time I needed them the most, or more precisely, at the time I needed the feeling they induced in me most: believing in myself when interacting with other children at school was becoming more and more difficult. After only one year, I was already such a good rider that I was given the worst-educated, most feared and so called “possessed” horses to ride - at the age of ten! And it was pure joy for me. I used the part of myself that I know now is my soul to connect with the horse, with the soul of the horse. And we flew together, through time and space, but this is of course just an image… or is it?

I never knew the history of the horses I rode. I just approached them, looked at them, gazed at their beauty and remembered that it was a gift to be able to be in contact with these magical beings. Then I groomed them, had somebody lift me on their backs and just rode them, with ease, harmony and joy. It was only afterwards that I heard how dangerous and unpredictable these horses typically were. But they weren’t when I was with them. I was in a different world, together with these horses. Both of us saw it as an opportunity to escape the human world and be our true selves. An opportunity to escape from the traumas we had endured and simply be in the present moment. Deep inside, I am convinced that every animal and every human being is pure kindness, love and compassion. This is what horses showed me about myself, and it is also what I awoke in those abused horses. Now, my aim is to enable them show this peace in the physical world and not only in their dream world, reconnecting to people who love and respect them.

When I was fifteen, I finally got my very own horse. A beautiful chestnut mare, an Arabian-English Warmblood mixed with something else that gave her her 1m80 height. She was aggressive and had already bitten and stepped on numerous children. But I wasn’t afraid. My inner voice said that this horse had to come with me. It would be good - even essential - for us to spend as much time together as possible. My inner voice told me that the horse needed me and I needed her. And so it was. My horse taught me to see my sensitivity as a gift, to trust my gut instead of the rules of traditional education and to experience personal growth. You can grow out of anything if you decide to. This horse was severely abused in her early years. And it took me many years to restore her trust in human kind. But I did. No matter how awful humans had been to her, she decided to heal from that wound and try it again – because I gave her the room and opportunity to. And if she had decided to trust humans again, with all that she went through, then I should give it a shot too. So I began to trust humans again, and most of all, to trust myself again. I realized that the more an animal has endured, the more aggressive or mean it is, which seems to be the only way out of suffering. The same is true for people. The worst people are simply broken hearts that need healing. My horse and I healed each other. Both of us had suffered but also had to experience that pain in order to get to know ourselves and then use this self-knowledge to grow even brighter. Remember, the most beautiful and mystical flower in the world, the lotus, grows and can only grow in the deepest and most repulsive swamps. We need to see our dark side in order to bring out our bright side. And we are both living proof that everybody is the master of their own life. We can make things happen simply by deciding to heal and taking the necessary steps. I would never have experienced this with another horse. Were we meant to meet?

My next life-changing encounter with an animal was an African grey parrot that lived with me for six years. When she entered puberty, she began to feel discomfort and anxiety as soon as I left the room. She screamed and even tore her feathers off, a sign of stress. And even though I loved her so much, I felt that I had to find her a new family with other parrots that she could bond with. This was an important step in my life; from giving up the most precious thing I had, I learned to find balance between holding on and letting go. The balance between selfish love and unconditional love. And the balance between my heart’s voice and my mind’s voice. Once again, I felt deep pain but also found healing. Both induced by my pet. If the parrot hadn’t confronted me with this dilemma, I wouldn’t have been prepared to let go in intense situations in which I was required to fight for what I know that deep in my heart is the right thing to do.

But the most obvious sign that there is a higher source governing which animal comes into your life, was my standard poodle, “Rio”. He was the key that opened the bright door of spirituality, to understand the deep connection between humans and animals and the purpose of my and animals’ lives on earth. Rio chose me. The first time I visited his breeder, after all his siblings had finished playing with me and fell asleep, he appeared from behind a box, slowly crawled into my lap, licked my hand twice, and fell asleep on me. At that moment I felt an enormous warmth in my heart. I had no idea what was happening, but I felt something changing in me. I looked up at the breeder, who was in tears. I asked her why and she told me “you are the first person this puppy has gone to. I knew since his birth that he was meant to live with you. And I am so happy that he shows it so clearly now.”

So that dog had chosen me and I had no other choice than to take him with me. But as soon as we were home, the problem began. My dog wouldn’t eat. I tried everything: eating with him, putting more delicious food on his plate, dry food, fresh meat, … he didn’t want to eat. It was traumatic for me; I could hardly sleep knowing that my dog didn’t want to eat, but I found no solution to the problem until I surrendered. At that moment, my partner asked me, “don’t you recognize yourself in your dog? You have an eating disorder too.” It was a shock for me. But very soon I realized that it was true. I had an eating disorder. I also didn’t want to eat, no matter how tasty the food looked. So I decided to get help. And as soon as I began to eat normally, my dog started to eat normally too. For who else than my beloved dog would I have had the courage to face my dark side, go through the process of selfrecognition and heal the illness that was slowly breaking me? If Rio hadn’t come to me with the same eating disorder would I have had the courage to do all this?

I don’t have many animals, contrary to what some might imagine. I didn’t grow up on a farm and my family didn’t have animals. But the few animals that came into my life were hugely influential. My dog taught me to appreciate life. My parrot showed me what unconditional love is and my horse taught me to stick to my own path, no matter what. Rio was also very important for me to build my self-esteem about my job. And he proudly assists me during any interview, livefilming or TV show I go to, reminding me why I do what I do: because I love animals, am passionate about them, and want everyone to see what I see in them - the best possible healer, life coach and mentor imaginable.

I believe that animals are a gift from the Universe. They help us to be better people, to live healthier, happier and more fulfilled lives. They often have to drag us to and through darkness so that we begin to reflect on our lives. But then they also pull us out of the darkness and into a light even brighter than the one we used to live in.

I want to share my vision with you. If it resonates with you, perfect! If it doesn’t, that’s perfect too! Find your own truth. I don’t want you to simply copy my ideas and personal views on the subject. Nourish yourself with knowledge, feelings and experiences, and create a life in which you are the best version of yourself. My only wish is that you respect and cherish all animals, because they deserve it. If I can help you feel this with this book, and explain why they deserve our respect, it will make me the happiest person on earth, because this is my purpose on earth and is the reason for my existence: to bring healing through consciousness.

Now enough about me. I want you to experience the same things I do with animals, with your pets and with every animal that crosses your path.

I wish you a fantastic journey together with me and all the animals you know, into the amazing world of animals’ souls.

With love and respect,

Laurent Amann

The goal of this book

What is the mission of animals on earth? Do animals strive for purpose and fulfilment? What do pets, farm and wild animals wish to experience and share with humans? And how can we use the wisdom of an animal’s soul for our spiritual development? I explore these and many other questions in this book. Combining fascinating facts from science, religion and spirituality, I conclude that animals are powerful beings who have come to earth on a very special mission. Each one of them not only preserves a giant ecosystem, but also serves a higher purpose that plays a central part in the spiritual evolution of humanity. Once we understand the deeper meaning of animals on earth, we can meet them in a more authentic way and at the same time come closer to the purest essence of ourselves. May this book inspire you and reveal the best in you.

1. Animals in the major belief systems

As humans, we have the urge and the ability to observe, analyze and describe the world around us. Visionaries have constructed belief systems to assist people in understanding the world and allow them to address different topics. Once you have accepted a belief system, you no longer question it; you simply follow and trust its rules. This allows you to focus your and energy on other important things, like your private life, your career, or your health. But the problem is, belief systems blind us. We adopt most of them as children, when we don’t have the capacity to discriminate between truth and lies. We believe everything we’re told and that it is the one and only reality and truth. The problem is that we blindly trust belief systems without question. Why? Because it is easier to stay blind than to question everything.

The same is true for our perception of animals. We can see an animal through the lens of a scientist, like Descartes imagined them: simply some physical parts gathered together, functioning as a complex machine. Or we see animals through the lens of our personal experiences; we don’t like dogs because one barked and frightened us when we were young, we love horses because our parents love them, or we are fascinated by elephants because of the film Dumbo. Or we can see animals through a religious or spiritual lens, as creatures of God, just as humans are.

In the western world, we believe that dogs and cats are better than cows and chickens, therefore we give our cats and dogs the best possible life and pay as little as possible for meat, having no concern at all on how farm animals are treated. But in India the cow – not the dog – is holy. And some African tribes believe God acts through roosters the same way he acts through lions. If you are born into such a belief system, you stick to it by convenience. There is nothing bad about belief systems, per se. The problem arises when you begin to unconsciously follow them without question and pass them on to the next generation, to friends, to family members and so on. Culture, religion and habits are the main building blocks of belief systems.

Hinduism recognizes God in every single living creature. Buddhism honors animals because they could be the reincarnation of a family member. Islam, Judaism and Christianity also teaches the importance of respecting animals as creatures of God, and ancient Shamanism channels the immense power of spirit animals in order to heal. Science simply states that animals are living beings, functioning in their environment.

In Latin, the world animalis which “animal” derives from, means having breath, having a soul or living being . Let’s explore together how different belief systems use this term and idea.

a. Animals in spirituality

Shamanism is at the root of every spiritual belief system and is considered to have been human kind’s first method of healing. It was and is used to heal the body, mind and soul. Every indigenous tribe and nature-related culture has shamans or medicine men. The shaman is feared and loved at the same time. Feared because he is an empath and telepath- he knows exactly what you are thinking and feeling; you cannot lie to him. Also feared because he can communicate with your soul, people who have died, and entities of different worlds. But this is also what makes him loved. He has the capacity to travel through different realities and through such ceremonies, to heal.

According to shamanism, everything that exists has a spirit and consciousness. Humans, animals, plants, and also houses, mountains, forests, the sea, all have a force inside of them, all are alive, all can talk and have messages for humans. And everything is connected. The basic work of a shaman is to maintain the balance on earth; and when it is out of balance, he is the one to reinstall it through rituals, ceremonies and healing work. To do so, he connects with the spirit. And animal spirits play a very important role in this work.

You have certainly seen pictures or videos of Native Americans gathering together and dancing for days on end, with bison fur on their back, a bison head on theirs, and feathers or other animal parts in their hair or on their body. What is happening is that they are calling on the spirit of bison - the mother soul of all bison, you could say. They are asking her for help because they are hungry. Instead of simply killing a bison, they ask for permission and guidance. They will only go hunting after the animal spirit has given its blessing and guides them. And once they have killed the animal they will pray to its soul and thank its body for nourishing them. Everything is done with deep respect, with the knowledge that we are all together on this planet and the planet will only survive if we are kind and respectful to one another. That is part of shamanism.

If needed, shamans connect to animal spirit guides and ask them for guidance and healing. Each animal spirit guide has a different energy. For example, the spirit of the tortoise imparts calm, reflected energy, whereas the energy of the hummingbird’s spirit is faster, more explosive and nervous. Depending on what you need right now in your life, you can connect to the animal spirit that embodies a certain type of energy, thinking pattern or emotional state. They can share their energy with you, guide you and heal you with it.