The dilemma of helping pets to pass over

Are we doing the animals a favour when we help them pass over, or are we just making it easier on ourselves?

Think of it this way my dear, you love this creature very much and they are suffering terribly. You know the outcome, you have accepted that. It is the same as saying, alright, I have been shot in the heart with an arrow. Now, do I pull the arrow out, or do I shove it in all of the way? Do I suffer through pulling it right through my body more, or do I pull it out and feel? For you, you must feel. The choice lies within each individual action and the being where they be in their evolutionary path. If you have the ability to lessen pain, is it right? It all depends upon how evolved you are? It is a dilemma that is great in your world.

Yes, because we do have these abilities and really the question applies to people as well...

You’ve always had these abilities. The power of strength over the power of weak. Nothing new. Suffering is a part of the physical world. Pain is a part of the physical world. Choices, as to how much, is up to you. I am not making light of something that is very difficult.

But can we make that choice for another being?

The best choice. Is it right or wrong? I cannot answer that.

Then it depends on...?

It depends upon where you are in your circle.

And the others as well? It is easier to do when it is a person and you can discuss it. I guess with our animal companions.... Well, we discuss it through our heart. I guess.

Yes, and if you understand their purpose is to teach you about unconditional love, it will help you. Be not afraid of the transition. I think if you understand that, you will make the right choice. There always are going to be certain things we will not answer for you because the element of growth is at hand.

Thank you.

I had so hoped to have a definitive answer on this because it is a dilemma faced by many people who love their pets and hate to see them suffer. The guides refer to the "element of growth" and I take this to mean that through our choices in the moment we grow and evolve spiritually. It's not always easy.
Joanna

Choosing the right path

Darcy has worries about the path she has chosen. She wants to know if she is on the correct path for her life.

This one is weary. This one feels very weary and wonders if there is some path she has been walking beside and missing something great and important. No, this dear one is not missing anything. There are certain things that have occurred in this one’s life that she now needs to take time to understand. And to understand that the choices she makes now would be different from the ones that she made before. For she has grown, grown through these elements and learned through these things that happened in the most recent past. She needs to look at them, to take time to truly see all that is, hear all that is, to be the growth that has taken place. And to understand that her truth and the choices she will make now will be different. That she is not going to repeat old patterns. That it is time, most definitely, for some new things. And there are some very new things on her path. She will not feel so weary and so tired in time. It’s appropriate now. It’s not unusual that certain things will weigh heavy on a being. But there is joy ahead when she truly sees her path and what it offers her. Every lifetime has a time when you look at your path and go, “Oh what am I doing here?” And the truth is, it is only a very small fraction of the true path that you be on.

Sometimes it feels impossible to change; we feel stuck on a path, or imprisoned on a path.

But it is never impossible to change anything. For you simply look at it a different way and you’ve changed it. You open a new understanding and you’ve changed it.

Yeah, sometimes it just takes a shift in the way you look at it.

You know many people who might view their life as nothing and yet you would see their accomplishments as huge. And others you might think “Oh that doesn’t seem to be much” and in there they are just filled with light and love and perfectly happy.

It’s not the external trappings, I know that. Any other words for Darcy?

Dear, dear Darcy. There is light, there is love, and there is wonder for you.