Zorra has separated herself from the herd. She stands motionless and silent and doesn’t eat for days. The herd responds in a puzzling manner.
What is going on and is Zo contemplating or preparing to transition?
Note: From the time Zorra first separated from the herd, to the time she was back fully integrated with them, was 17 days.
It’s interesting to hear different peoples’ feelings and viewpoints on death – or as some prefer to call it, ‘transitioning’.
Even before my NDE (death-return experience) in my thirties, I had never been in fear of dying. In fact, in my twenties I tried to surrender my soul to god and leave this dimension, but I was not allowed to.
Recently, I helped to midwife the death of my father – who chose to leave via medically assisted suicide (MAID). I hope to write about that journey later on. But for now, all I will say is that it was a truly beautiful death and we sang his soul home – who knew you could sob & sing simultaneously?
So with both animals and people, I hold no fear or resistance to death.
I’m more concerned with whether now is their time to go? Why do they wish to leave? Is it in their highest good and in alignment with their soul’s journey? And lastly, how can I assist you to have a good death?
I believe that death is as important as birth. Both are transitions that have a huge impact on our soul.
If we spend our days, or our time leading up to death, in fear, panic, or resistance, we will not have the capacity, nor be able to create the space to resource a good death.
This is the number one regret I hear from horse owners: their fear caused them to give their power away to the vet, when their gut knew what their horse wanted/needed. They spent all their time throwing medical interventions at their horse who they knew just wanted their presence and support and love in their final days/hours.
Fear of death is the number one factor that keeps us from living well and dying well. Ironically it is also the one thing we all know is guaranteed to occur. If you can navigate the pathway to releasing your fear of death – yours and others – then instead of “raging against the dying of the light” you will realize the exact opposite is true.
When we die, we transition from the heavy density and darkness of third dimension into the glorious light-love of Creator Source.
And so it is.
Jini Patel Thompson is a natural health writer and Lazer Tapping instructor. She began riding at age 2 in Kenya, and got her first horse at age 8 in Alberta, and so continues a life-long journey and love affair with these amazing creatures.
Your video sharing what happened with your mare, Zorra, was so interesting. I appreciate you sharing it out.
I’m not sure that I agree with you that the horses “choose” to die in every instance. Frankly, this hasn’t occured to me as a sensible idea or concept as I look through my life experiences with horses over many years.
For example, this past August, a dear horse-friend of 21 years passed away. I do think of him as my horse, although I recognize him as a gift from our Creator first and foremost. And yes, also that I had a responsibility of stewardship over him and our other two horses.
The morning of the day he passed, he was trotting across the pasture looking so beautiful and well at the age of 26, only to become very ill later that same day in the late afternoon. The vet diagnosed him as having a fatty tumor type of blockage in his small intestine that I was told is common in older horses. The only option to prevent further suffering is euthanasia or surgery. Surgery of this sort I do not believe is kind or fair to horses, especially at an advanced age. So, after sedating him to remove the edge off the pain, I had some precious moments with him to say goodbye. And he did have a peaceful and quick passing with the aid of the vet.
It is hard for me to see how this sort of ending could have been his choice. A good friend suggested that he chose this time to leave. So I have pondered about this possibility. I also recognize that he was at peace with saying goodbye and he let me know this in a way that is hard to put into words. He was a lovely gift of a horse in every sense of those words and I am so grateful to have had him in my life all of those years. I believe that he still lives on in a higher dimension, in the Christian perspective.
Watching your mare through the lense of video and with your shared thoughts unfolding, I tried to put myself in your shoes and evaluate what I might have done. She definitely looked “off” when considering normal horse behavior and I found it strange the way the other horses ran her off too. Perhaps her unwellness was viewed by them as a threat to the herd as she might attract predators.
And yet she didn’t appear to be suffering to any extemity either. Many horses are very stoic too as part of their hard-wired prey animal survival instinct, but with that said, her “crisis” did seem manageable by her.
I noticed she did look at her side once during the video footage, which could indicate discomfort in her belly, but to the point you mentioned, she did not seek your help as offered. So, I completely respect how you handled the situation and was delighted to see her come back around to feeling able to join her herd.
You have a wonderful way of provoking thought and stretch of accepted thought. Thank you for all that you share, Jini.
Warmly,
Michelle from Colorado
Hi Michelle, thanks so much for sharing your beautiful story. My perspective on death being something we have a choice about comes from my own personal experience. The first time, I was still firmly in the Christian church and had hemorrhaged for 3 days. I told God I was ready to go, and God told me it was not my time. So when I say we have a choice, I don’t mean our incarnated/personality self. I mean our higher/soul self that is connected to God. But that is my experience/truth and I am certainly open to other experiences and truths.
I was also recognized by my church at age 8 of having the ‘gift of healing’ so when I tune into someone’s body – human or animal – I am also seeing from an energetic/spiritual perspective. I believe Zorra has had a tumor for a few years now, but every time I checked it, she told me to leave it alone. She didn’t wish to have any kind of healing assistance. So I respect her wisdom over her body and whatever journey she is on. So when this happened, I wondered if she had decided to use the tumor as her way to exit. At the same time, I held the space/container for her to heal herself if that was her wish/path.
Recently, Cobra has had a swelling on one side of his sheath. I asked if he wanted the vet – No. I asked if I could put a mixture of DMSO, wild oregano, colloidal silver on it and he agreed. Even though it stung a lot (I know as I’ve used it on myself) he did not strike at me or run away, but stood there as I applied it all over. I told him to let me know when/if he wanted another application. A few days later he came by the house with just Kaliah. Kaliah stood there not moving or eating, as he stood opposite the porch where I could see, and showed me him eating thistle after thistle. Ah good, I told him, detoxing and draining. Perfect. Ok. He did not want any more topical and showed me that he was now treating it himself. It has reduced by half.
And so it goes on. Zorra continues to do well, and has not come down for extra alfalfa either. But we will keep an eye on her through the winter in case she needs anything extra.
Sending you and your horses big hugs from all of us xo