Yesterday, I passed four double-decker cattle trucks on my way home. I am always very moved by the faces sticking out of the trucks. I know that even though I want to look away to spare my feelings, the most honourable thing to do is to look them in the eye and bless them and give them thanks.
As an animal communicator, I have often thought that I should ask the animals for their thoughts on meat production. To be honest, I’ve always been nervous about doing this, knowing that I could be the recipient of all manner of information. Today, I decided to start a series of animal communications with animals in service in the world. This brought up a lot of emotion for me so I had to work hard to really ground myself and let go of expectations for this communication and remain neutral. This is what they had to say. The cows I contacted were local cows around me that live in grass paddocks, who are destined for slaughter at some stage.
(For the record, I never eat beef.)
What do you want people to know about cow slaughter?
The cows gave me the image of them standing out in the field, with a gentle breeze on their cheeks and the sun on their backs and the birds singing in the trees. Then the image changed to when they enter the slaughterhouse. Everything was very dark, mechanical, noisy, rough and scary. They emphasised that it was ‘very unnatural’ and that it was ‘very frightening’.
What do you want people to know about being killed in the paddock?
The cows said that they were much more at peace with this, but they wanted to be given the opportunity ‘to say goodbye’ to all their friends. A sense of closure to them was very important, which is where considered actions were much appreciated. Rituals and a space to ‘close out’ their life was important because it helped the cows move on as a whole spirit.
What do you want people to know about eating meat?
The cows gave the phrase ‘like cures like’ and showed muscle meat as being the same as human muscle meat. My interpretation of this was that there were some instances in which eating meat can be beneficial for people. But, they also stressed that there was ‘no life force’ in meat and that if people were consuming meat it was very important to also eat good quality life force foods at the same time, such as fresh salads. The last thing they had to share about this was how important it was to bless the meat and give thanks. They gave the image of a person blessing their food, and a spark of light rising from the food and travelling to the soul of the animal that had given its life for it. They suggested that many cows had ‘shattered souls’ from the slaughter, but that each time someone gave thanks and blessings a piece of that soul returned to them and helped to make them whole once more.
I would like to say thank you to cows that came to talk to me today. I only asked for one, ‘a representative’, to come forward but they came as a herd, showing how strong their collective consciousness is. I would like to ask the cows many more questions and I will post these as they occur.
