I'm Lizanne Flynn. I'm a master healer who works with both Animals and humans, individually and together in reuniting body and soul. I am
the bridge for relationships between Earthlings of all species so that the ripple effect of energetic shifts by each is honored and valued.
I'm an animal communicator, medium, and medical intuitive, and I use the tools of shamanic journeying and soul retrieval
to support all Earthlings in their recovery from past trauma. I'm certified as a Reiki Master Teacher and as a canine massage therapist. This is the Animals' iView
podcast.
Maybe with this podcast I can continue to pull back the curtains on what it feels like to me - key words, to me - when an Animal communicates with me. And further, maybe I can help you
all out there in
listener and downloader land (and thank you so much for that by the way!) to feel what that might be like for you. It does vary - for me and we'll go with that caveat for now throughout this
podcast when I say "I" - it does vary by species and interestingly enough by elemental association meaning, Earth, Air and Water. The element of Fire although occurring on this planet
tends to be representative of what Animals describe as soul energy. So that every Earthling has by way of their incarnation on a living planet, the element of Fire throughout their life
experience here. And - of course - here come some mythical creatures such as Dragon and Phoenix wanting to have their say about being "of fire" and I'm hoping to ask them to step back
just a wee bit by reminding them that we're talking about this 3rd dimension aka Earth. There's a bit of a disappointment on their part and yet they know that merely by recognizing them and
giving them their voice with all of you that it's the same as a gilt-edged invitation to engage with them and perhaps as well a reminder to do a podcast on what we call "mythical"
creatures. Because even with that spelling it's important to acknowledge their existence in reality by defining that it's only our species who call them mythical. So, I'll nod my head yes
for now, which makes them very happy and I'm feeling more than a bit warm with my closer than normal proximity to actual creatures of Fire which makes me giggle because it's just so
dang much fun. Enough on them for now anyway.
Back to the elements and the varying by species of what they share with me in order for me to partner with them. Remember, their body communicates with my body via my nervous system
as their bodies communicate with all other animal, plant and crystal bodies - heck the whole planet - via whatever nervous system is available. And that of course is going to vary by species
and by the physical form in which lies the essence and I'm hearing parameters of this telepathic communion. For instance, Bat is going to communicate differently than say Rabbit who is
going to communicate differently than say Snake and so on. At this point it might be helpful to visualize or even start writing down a flow chart based on physical form to see more clearly
how they commune with me and others who would listen. I think we'd all agree that a Bat is not a Rabbit is not a Snake, right? Taking that even further, Bat is an Animal based both on
the elements of Earth and of Air, Rabbit is of Earth and Snake is also of Earth. Let's add in Fish to make sure we've got all our bases covered with the element of Water. Because each of the
aforementioned species have different physical forms and use the language of Energy somewhat differently - you might think dialect here although even that would be going too far, I think -
let's keep it simple and just say the language of Energy period - because it's a different internal translation for each of them because they're well, different, anatomically, that flavor, that
wash of being Bat or Rabbit or Snake won't be separate from the groundedness of what I'd feel when partnering with an Animal of an Earth element association. If we add in Air as with
Bat or even Bird - our Animal Ambassador of the day, after all - there may be a lightness your body just now is feeling coming in to match that of the groundedness of Earth. Certainly Bat
uses caves and trees and other Earth structures differently than does Rabbit or Snake, adding in the Air element will translate itself differently into my nervous system. Because my nervous
system is also of Earth and Air and non-coincidentally, 80 percent water, right? What a coincidence, not! So, each time that these elements are pinged, if you will, by my nervous system via
a message from the Animal, it is akin to a dialect although when we say dialect, we mean a variety of a language. And even that doesn't really fit because it's not overly prevalent in the
message. It really does translate more, if you will, to flavor because the original substance that's being used as if in a recipe will be language. It will just feel flavored differently.
Getting back to Fish with the element of Water along with Air and Earth - because they are bound to Earth via Water and breathe Air, there's an interesting crossover with Bird whose base
elements are Earth and Air unless it happens to be a Kingfisher which is even though it's a meat eater of Fish is different than a Raptor who use talons to catch prey. Back to the flowchart so
that I don't get you all too confused and you end up with a squiggly lined flowchart that is of no help whatsoever! I've often thought that of all the species who have companion Animal
relationships with humans, Bird and Fish are the two about whom I feel a bit of a pang when I commune with them. Because from my perspective they're the two species when we have
them in our lives, we also directly impact their freedom. Birds are usually housed in a cage that restricts their movements overall and Fish are usually housed in a container that likewise
restricts their freedom and movements overall. If you have a different opinion, I'd welcome it because I always want to remain curious and open. I'm hearing Parrots chiming in now because
they can be captive bred as well as taken from the wild as young ones and then made part of a human family. I've interacted with several Parrots in my career and naturally have a story or
two to tell. Once was at a psychic fair held here in Colorado and it was an African Grey parrot - come to think of it, both stories involved African Grey Parrots. In the first instance at the
psychic fair, what I remember most was the response by the Parrot after the session was over as I came from around my exhibit table to give the woman a hug, gingerly because the
Parrot was good-sized and they emotionally bond with their human. So, I didn't want to transgress on that relationship. The Parrot, after the hug, began to nod his head up and down as if
in a greeting motion accompanied by a deep cooing sound and when I moved a bit in front of the Parrot he began to move more energetically. The woman seemed quite surprised and said
"he usually only does this with me, it seems that he likes you quite a bit!" which, deliberately tooting my own horn, happens quite a bit with Animals with whom I commune. It's the language
of energy, y'all, not me that's the real excitement. Because there was a shift in Energy and the parrot was truly "heard", he understood the assignment if you will, and wanted to tell me
"thanks" in his own way. And of course, we've talked before about not going just by what the Animal does - I felt the shift and so also felt the parrot's gratitude at having had their
relationship with their guardian made better and more joyful. That's really the only thing in which they're interested, right - just like anyone else. To be understood as to understand or so
goes the song I used to sing in my church choir days from the aptly named Prayer of St. Francis.
Before I start the second Bird story of Mr. Zazu, let me add to the flow chart of what you may be feeling as we move closer to our Animal Ambassador of Bird and their message this week of
Sing. Communing with birds for me initially took more concentration than most other companion Animal species because I perceived their energetic fingerprint to be of a frequency that
needed me to be more "with them" if you will 98% of the time. It seemed and still does to require a more complete partnership than say an Animal of Earth or Water. I've worked with a fair
number of companion Birds who feel the effects of captivity, i.e., a cage who pull out their feathers because of stress. I remember one such parakeet whose eyes would close and they
would drift off into Reiki-land as I like to call it and become quite relaxed and the very nanosecond that I had an errant thought come through of oh - I wonder how much time is left in the
session - so I can be respectful of all involved, those eyes would snap open, the head would turn and I would get a rather indignant look of - "hey! What just happened?!" Then I would
come back into the shared sacred space as I like to call it of Reiki and the cycle would start again although it only took once a session for this to happen because hey, I'm in human
experience, too! Mr. Zazu was the African Grey Parrot who lived with a close friend and she would regale me with stories about when she traveled alone and her husband and son would be
the ones charged with taking care of Zazu who would not be happy that my friend had gone anywhere of any length of time without him because they were bonded in that way. At least, in
his eyes. Zazu would need to be put back in his cage or need his talons or beak trimmed and his feathers would get so ruffled - literally - that the husband and son had to herd him with
pillows in front of their bodies into a room so as to prevent any attacks! Zazu was such a character and when he flew the coop so to speak - he escaped one day by through an open window -
my friend was bereft and very sad for quite some time. I saw Zazu through remote viewing at the top of a pine tree that was close to their home and like Cat, the feral in captive birds
tends to run very close to the surface. So that perhaps like indoor/outdoor Cats, Birds perhaps struggle a bit with different facets of their nature - the domestic bonds they create with
us and the call of the wild, if you will, that is always present for them. And I daresay that with Bird the feral is stronger even than Cat as captivity is always necessary with Bird and the
clipping of their feathers is also necessary if we are to prevent them from harm. I'll put a link in the podcast notes about the purpose of clipping what's referred to as flight feathers - it's not
about flight, per se - it's about achieving and sustaining upward flight. And therein lies the rub, right? Yes, as guardians once they are with us, they are dependent upon us for all of
their survival needs - food, shelter, etc. It's always a weighty responsibility to have for another of Earth's beings and one that should be entered into not lightly, I think - nor do the
Animals. So very much soul path awareness is possible when this is accomplished in the highest and best good of everyone involved and so many soul songs to sing as the message from
our Animal Ambassador - Bird - comes through with one word - sing.
I mentioned at the end of the podcast two weeks ago that Bird thought we might be able to elaborate on the initial sounds or vocalizations they make when teaching our young humans what
a bird sounds like. And truly, Bird recommends that we take walks in Nature so that they may be able to greet our young and let them hear with their own ears the incredible variety that just
this morning I was treated to when black capped chickadee and a house finch took turns nibbling from the bird feeder right outside my kitchen window. And much to the enjoyment and
rapt fascination of both Hunter and Lil D, crouched as they were by the sliding glass door. It's so interesting that the birds don't seem to be bothered by the cats and my hunch is that - as
I'm hearing - well, they're not likely to break through the glass and we're all about peaceful coexistence after all. There's also just a slight flavor - a wash - of the birds liking just a bit being
the tease to the cats knowing full well that they are teasing their very own predators! This last is a bit of a surprise because I wouldn't have thought that Bird was so mischievous - then
again, as science would say about the changing patterns of migration and why it's happening as it is - "there's just so much that we don't know". Indeed, science - indeed. And rather than
get distracted by those again intrusive - at least to Bird - thoughts, we'll take a look again at their songs. Because it is about the singing that they want us to direct our collective attention,
rather than what we sometimes refer to as a cacophony of early morning birds who wake us up in the morning. "Oh yes", they say - "we've heard your lamenting about our songs and about
how to silence us both out loud to others and silently to yourselves. It is this latter that holds the darkest of your contrasts as you tend to communicate to use in terms of weapons that you
seem to freely use against each other as well as substances that would cause us and our whole families to become ill and fall from the very boughs of the trees we call home. Yes, we see
and hear all of you including those who revel in the distinct vocalizations that each of our species call our own." I'll insert here a bit of human-centric information about what we know of
their ability to vocalization - and notice that I'm calling it vocalization much in the same way that they would call our spoken "language" vocalization because underneath it all is the
language of Energy. Nearly all birds have what we call a syrinx that helps them to make the vocalizations that they do which comes from the Greek word for pan pipes which is lovely, right?
"When air passes over this syrinx which is not much bigger than a raindrop nearly it is nevertheless extremely efficient, because it uses nearly all the air that passes through it.
By contrast, a human creates sound using only 2% of the air exhaled through the larynx.” And like feathers the syrinx is only found in birds and as you might imagine it varies an extraordinary
amount between species as some have no syrinx and among songbirds there is even more variation according to gender. And it is with this last note about how much air we use when
vocalizing ourselves, that Bird flies in with many colored feathers and sounds to gather round and give voice to their message of sing. As an aside I'll put a link into the podcast notes
for bird-sounds.net to which you can listen and learn to tell the difference between the songs of various birds in your area. You can use the Merlin app and one that's on my phone is from the
Cornell Lab for Ornithology and it's basically a point and record feature so that you can identify the often hidden bird by its song. You'll notice that there are differences in their vocalizations
between their song, their call and even an alarm call. "So", Bird begins - "it's not just noise as you sometimes unkindly refer to our vocalizations. Your own vocalizations are often harsh
and hateful sounds against each other and even the word love that you cast about so easily as if it would fix everything is not rooted in the energy of compassion and tolerance.
They continue - "what's missing from your language, from your vocalizations is song which we define as a celebration of whatever your experience is here on this planet. And this song while
it is released through your physical apparatus nevertheless originates - or can originate - in your soul. It mingles with notes added from your planetary life path so that all may know who
you are during your lifetime and so that all may rejoice with you as you celebrate. When another Bird sings with us we do not look for harmony because that isn't the point at all! The point
if there must be one is about all voices being raised, all voices being held in mutual celebration of each other and of our partnership and balance with each other on this planet you call
Earth. We refer to her as Mother and it is upon her breath that some of us soar great distances as that is part of our life path. Some of us stay Earth-bound yet we do not consider ourselves
confined - the only time we are confined is when we are with you in your homes. Yes, there can be great satisfaction from that, yes there can be great compassion and love between us and
at the same time, we miss the Air beneath our wings. That is not to say we love you less, it's that we love in equal amounts our freedom. And it is about our freedom that we sing and yet we
are also held within the same span of gravity as the species you call human. We are held within the same dynamic of soulful beings here for the blink of an eye or longer. We would love
to have you revel in our songs as well as release your own creation of what makes you sing with joy. It could be something that you make with your hands, it could be something that
you support in another human's effort of creation, it could be anything of the song of joy that we all need from you so desparately." And at least, that's how Bird sees it.
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Tune in in two weeks time where we'll talk about what we see as reactive/aggressive behavior in Dog. I think you may be surprised at what can also be reactive behavior and why it's
important to know the difference in choosing their environment for play. This has been the Animals' iView podcast - see you next time.