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Cassie (2008-2018)

Tribute to Cassandra (Cassie, Dec 7, 2018)

It’s so sad when a dearly loved pet passes. After all, they are family.

Today is that day; we lost our beautiful Cassie and my tears are flowing out of a place of such sadness as I write this post for her.

When my wife told me this terrible news, I frantically searched for her pictures; my Desktop and all the folders, various flash drives, and the archives of Facebook.

Fortunately, there were many that spanned over the decade she shared with our family.

Ah, to see how she grew from a little ball of fur to a majestic adult.

Cassie decided upon us as her new family

My wife and I visited a friend whose Persian just had a new litter a few weeks prior to our visit. Before us, a handful to choose from; all white kittens, some with blue eyes and others with brown.

Then there was the runt of the litter; a tiny thing, significantly smaller then her siblings. Perhaps, that’s what attracted us to her. Besides, she stuck out from the rest of the litter due to her coloring; white, grey, and ginger…a wonderful calico coat.

She was a multi-colored jewel in the freshly fallen snow.

And it was her demeanor…she sat quietly, patiently waiting for us to decide upon her. She knew we were her new family. She hooked us, and were all in…we’d be her new family.

When we brought her home, she was so small, the size of a remote.  

However, she had big feet and her paternal grandfather was a large cat. We suspected she’d grow to substantial proportions as well, and she did.

Sweet memories 

Between the tears, memories flood my mind about the numerous fun times we spent together over the years.

She thought she was a dog and enjoyed retrieving a ball; she liked kneading bare skin with those sharp claws of hers; and she enjoyed sitting like a regal princess in the warm morning sun.

When she ran around on our polished wood floors, our laughter broke the silence as she would often slide around out of control like a novice skater on ice.

And if she was stressed, she would go and eat; as a result, we affectionately called her ‘Piggie‘ since she would visit her food bowl many times a day. Still, she never became obese and we wondered why.

We needed to stay one step ahead of her because she was an intelligent feline. She learned how to push open our patio door, if unlocked, and escape into the garden. Prison break! With the door opened a crack, and no sign of our two cats, we knew that they, or rather, she, was at it again.

We’d search high and low amongst the bushes, and much to her disapproval, bring her back into the house. A good brushing followed since dried leaves loved to cling to her thick coat of fur.

Cassie and Muffy

They were terrors together! They’d run after each other as we slept, and in the morning our bedroom floor would be covered with fur from their playful frolicking in the darkness of the night.

Cassie, who was laid-back most of the time, surely wondered why Muffy acted as she did. High-strung and vocal and just nasty at times, Cass couldn’t understand or condone that type of behavior. She would sit quietly, regal looking while in the midst of drama.

However, there were many moments when they snuggled and licked each other’s heads as they showed their love for each other.

Do animals mourn?

Now, we just have Muffy left. I wonder if she feels a sense of loss with Cassie’s passing. They were together since they were kittens, that’s ten years sharing the same space, not missing a day spent together.

Does Muffy feel sadness as we do about Cassie’s passing?

My regret; I was there to bring you home as a kitten and wished I’d been there to comfort you as you moved on to your new home as an adult.

If there is a kitty heaven, then you just entered there this morning, and now you’re looking upon us in our grief and missing you so much.

 

Rest In Peace, our dear Cassie.

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Your habits manifested your life in the past and now they manifest your life in the present, however, your habits are malleable which allows you to manifest a change in the future.

Success begins by forming habits of success

Success in life, be it spiritual, physical, or material begins by forming the habit of success. And there’s a wise saying which encapsulates the paths we end-up taking in life, “At first you make your habits and then your habits make you.There is absolutely no one who would deny that your day-to-day habits will not manifest a life of success or failure.

Create your habits, don’t let them create you

If you want to pass a course that will earn you more money at work but watch television and never do your assigned homework, your lackadaisical habits form your present and future failure. If you want to purchase a larger home for a growing family and work overtime to start a home-based business, by saving the extra money, your saving habits will insure that your family will live in a larger home in the present and in the future. Naturally, you may not have the money, or automobile, or peace of mind that you want today. Still, you must see, believe, and say that success is yours due to the good habits that you have formed in the past, the present, and the future.

Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world 

Years ago, perhaps you started a new job and at first worked diligently, but, somewhere along the way you became disinterested or unhappy with your employer, job conditions, or monthly income. As a result, you reacted accordingly; your thoughts, words, and actions reflected your inner world. On the other hand, a friend began the same job, however, this person excelled and enjoyed the job and as a result of their thoughts, words, and actions, they became a leader in the company. Both of you were conditioned by your inner and outer environment – both created and lived by habits that conditioned success or conditioned failure.

Your past can shackle your future 

The past then manifests your freedom or shackles your present in chains. Your old habits either support your thoughts, words, and actions towards your goals or your thoughts, words, and actions haunt you and lead you away from your goals. We are unable to relive our life in the past, nevertheless, we can act accordingly in the present to change the future.

We are given a gift to change what is to what will be 

The Source has provided a temporal gift to change our Self. Every new day presents itself to us to make the changes necessary to alter the paths we take and the destinations where we eventually end-up. And along with this gift, we have received the spiritual gift of choice.  Each of us has an equal opportunity to create a new Self which in the end depends upon our focus and our awareness in and of life.

The only constant is change…control this inevitable truth for the betterment of all

The Source has also freely provided an infinite physiological gift. Our present human forms are created in such a miraculous way that they allow us to maintain old habits or create new ones. When we look at our loved ones, we identify them by the physical forms that they have: hence, we see black eyes, we see black hair, and we see a body 165 cm. tall. While our physical bodies appear to be solid objects, they are as ephemeral as the waters that flow in a stream. It is this constancy of change which is one of the greatest gifts provided to us by a benevolent Source.

 

Our cells are the pathways to change and success

Scientists have estimated that the human body has somewhere between 50 and 100 trillion cells. Since each cell has 24 pairs of chromosomes, this translates into roughly 2,300 to 4,600 trillion pairs of DNA. It is well documented that each cell reacts to situations and feelings by a chemical change. This chemical change occurs in waves throughout our bodies as we instantly react in fear or love, hence, there is a corresponding chemical elixir that mirrors our feelings and attitude. While this is fascinating, even more intriguing was an experiment completed by the US Army.

Our emotions live on in our DNA, even IF separated by 350 miles

In 1993, the US Army questioned if a cell (DNA) responded to emotions once separated from a human donor. A subject’s DNA sample was taken, isolated, and measured to see if it responded to emotions. The donor watched a number of movies that resulted in a variety of emotions. When the donor was watching the videos, the DNA responded in electrical currents that mirrored the emotions which occurred when the subject viewed the different videos. Miraculously, the DNA was separated not only by a room, but, by as much as 350 miles away. At this distance, an atomic clock gauged that the person’s emotions and the response of the cells were simultaneous – there was no time lag between the two even separated by such a great distance. This is indeed a primordial gift which helps us survive in the physical world.

Our body changes but remains the same as new cells replace old cells

While we have such a large number cells, our bodies are not the same since our cells reproduce new cells which replace the old cells and so on and so on as long as you occupy your present human form. We may appear to be the same person, when in reality we not the same person as we were in the past. Although we may appear to be the same, nonetheless, we are ‘different’ persons since our old cells have been replaced by new cells.

The shamans of Peru and indigenous tribes of Australia knew what science has just discovered

Scientists have been able to measure the rate of change in the human body and many of our major organs, and as such, it is estimated that the cells in our liver change completely about every 6 weeks; our skin in roughly 7 days; our skeleton replaces every cell in around 7 years; and our heart cells 1% per year. At one time scientists believed that our brain did not grow new cells over time, nevertheless, the experts now refute this claim as they have discovered that the human brain can in fact grow over time. Even though these facts are supported by scientific findings, they are not new since the shamans of Peru and the indigenous people of Australia have known and practiced this since time immortal. Once again, ancient knowledge is being proven by modern technology.

Our cells have memories

The fact that our bodies’ cells change over time is invaluable when we apply this knowledge to changing our old, poor habits to new, good habits. As miraculous as the constant changes that occur within our bodies, is the fact that our cells have a ‘memory.’ This may sound like science fiction, yet, this idea has been supported by many experiments. For example, there was a great plague in the early 1900’s which killed a large number of people. The survivors of that pandemic illness, which cut short the lives of so many, even after 50 years their cells kept the memory and they were immune to a future tragic illness.

Our cells are pre-programmed for success

While our cells change, there appears to be an exchange of information – the primordial universal information which helped to keep these survivors safe from a future outbreak. Furthermore, a liver remains as a liver and your skin remains as skin, and do not morph into some other major organ due to memory. If our cells and our DNA can save us from future illnesses and reproduce an exact organ due to having a memory, then it is entirely consistent there can be an exchange of our wants, our needs, and our desires with our DNA molecules as well.

Our habits are encoded on our miraculous cells 

Our cells change over time and since our habits are encoded in our old cells, the new cells must unquestionably ‘accept’ the encoded memory of those habits whether they are good or poor. Your habits remain the same and do not become discarded with the replacement of an entire organ over time. The key then is to encode good habits at the cellular level at the expense of poor habits to receive what you want and desire in this life. You can start the process of replacing old habits with new habits by visualizing the encoded change upon each of the trillions of cells in your body. Sit quietly and ‘see’ the new habit replacing the old habit – make this a habit for 21 days and then you will ‘see’ the difference in the way that you think, act, and talk about your life and the goals that you have set for your Self.

Live FROM the future and not FOR the future

Most live FOR the future and not FROM the future, there is a big difference in your thoughts, words, and actions when you live FROM the future rather than FOR the future. When you live FROM the future, you are already experiencing the achievement of your goal. Hence, you are already experiencing a live of spiritual enjoyment; you are already experiencing a beautiful relationship with your soul mate; and you are already experiencing a life of abundance on the spiritual plane of existence although you have not achieved what you want on the physical plane.

Think, believe, and act I AM and not I WILL 

And when thinking about your new habits, think I AM and not I WILL, there is a great deal of difference between these two words and how they interface with your Self. I am not just playing with semantics here, I AM is right now while I WILL is somewhere in the future. These few simple suggestions will help you to remove old, poor habits and replace them with a set of new, good habits.

We have the spiritual and physiological means to achieve success 

Each of us in our present human form has been provided with spiritual and physiological means to achieve our goals and also make long lasting changes in our lives. These are the miracles that the wise ancients wrote about, spoke of, and practiced in their daily lives. When we fully understand and accept the miracles freely given to us by the benevolent Source, we are fully capable of creating our new realities as we rid our Self of our past and present negative habits. By the same processes, we can reinforce our past and present positive habits as well.