Animal Health - Editorial April

Editorial

As I write this Editorial a young male Fantail sits on my desk. He comes into my house ostensibly to catch flies and small creepy things, but over the weeks that population has diminished considerably; he now just sits and eyeballs me. I am beginning to get the message. Visually he is a very striking little bird, colourful without being gaudy, inquisitive and vocal, with the agility of a helicopter. I wonder how his tiny frame can withstand the squalls of rain and wind, even his tiny black feet seem immune to the hard frosts of winter.

He rages at the mirrored image of himself in the bathroom and dive bombs every fly that dare land on my computer screen.

We discuss the day’s events, how to solve a particularly difficult case, why my glass rims are not a landing pad and the merits of toilet training. I would not trade any office anywhere in the world, no breathtaking view, no luxurious appointment for the heart-warming presence of my little companion.

Piwakawaka (his Maori name) is a bird of power in Maori lore. He is laughter in motion and that is the gift he brings. He is also the messenger of spirit, the one who dances across the realms to reach into the 'Above and Beyond'. This is why Fantail often visits when death gathers, not because of the passing but as the guardian of the spirit that has decided to move on. He offers reassurance, a reminder that we let go of the old again and again to give birth to the new. He speaks of beginnings that are without end, of constant renewal, that nothing is lost to us forever.

Laughter is a friend of the wise and the antidote to ego running wild. Laughter helps us forgive ourselves and forgive others. It is good to look at our actions and laugh, to enjoy our frailties, to see them for what they are, and then move on.

To stay forever in one place means there is no journey, all we might be is incomplete.

And so to this (overdue) issue of our animal magazine. There are issues raised that do not appear to be directly connected with animals, birds or other critters and creatures but are ones that will provide an (perhaps new) avenue of mind exploration.

Recent attacks of the merits of homeopathy by Doctors and Educationalists have promoted the appearance of some material in this issue.

Complementary Medicine, Alternative Therapies, the Holistic Approach are terms that often strike a derisive chord in followers of the conventional medical paradigm, yet offer hope and new horizons to those who choose this pathway.

Homeopathy, radioesthesia, chiropractic and other non-mainstream modalities are based on energy rather than drugs to effect a change in the patient. Energy is of course what quantum physics is all about; the TV, computers cell phones and lasers are all applications of quantum physics. That we should apply this knowledge to gaining and retaining healthy strategies is sacrilege in mainstream medicine, whose linear Isaac Newton ‘thinking’ still holds sway. It is ironical that the very people who scorn energy, or multi dimensional thinking, actually use the principles themselves in the form of CAT and PET Scans, Laser and Keyhole Surgery etc.

If YOU need convincing that there are off-the-planet discoveries still to be made about our inner self, have a read of our book reviews 'The Biology of Belief' and Eckart Tolle’s 'The New Earth'.

To borrow a little mis-quote from Lobsang Rampa, “The work we do on ourselves is our gift to the planet.”

I leave you with this thought…
‘Civilisation is created by Ego, life is created by Being'.

Cheers to you and your animal friends,

Sandy Urwin
Ed.

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