By Yvonne Perry, author of More Than Meets the Eye About Death, Dying, and Afterlife
Java was our dog for 13 years, but at the beginning of the
Star Knowledge Conference in late September her health began to swiftly
decline. She had been suffering with arthritis pain and hip dysplasia, but the
pain meds were helping her stay relatively comfortable for most of this year. The
tumors that one vet told us were fatty cysts started growing to the point that
they were restricting movement in her front legs and pressing on her throat and
lungs. She would get out of breath just walking from the living room to the
kitchen. The week after the conference, she could hardly get up or down the
steps to go outside for potty. At 71 pounds, our chocolate lab was too heavy
for me to lift.
My faithful companion sat at my feet trembling and looking
at me so pitifully, I could hardly bear it. I took my drum to the medicine
wheel and asked for instructions. I learned that many animal souls would be
crossing over with Java so I opened a portal and invited them in. The grief
started almost immediately and I cried most of the day.
We knew it was just a matter of time before Java died on her
own, but my husband and I decided not to let her suffer any longer. We had her gently
put to sleep the morning of September 27 and she died in our arms at 11:11. Since
she had partnered with me to cross over animal souls when I did sessions to
cross over human souls, her ashes are often used on one of the four altars in
our home.
I dreamed of Java the night she died. I saw her with a
blue-eyed husky, a border collie, a pygmy goat, and a white Shetland pony that
had a horn in its center forehead like a unicorn. The goat kept brushing up
against Java and rubbing on her the way she used to rub on our sofa when she
thought we were not watching. The animals were playing hide-n-seek and having
fun in a grassy meadow. They would run in a big circle chasing Java, who was
running as fast as she could like she used to do when we would clap our hands
and say “Go, dog, go!” Then she would stop suddenly and her followers would
have a rear end collision and pileup, rolling on top of each other before they
got up and ran after her again. She had on her “happy face” and she was young—about
two or three years old—and healthy. When the unicorn would prance, the ground
would shake and become flexible like a trampoline; and all the dogs and the
goat would start bouncing and jumping and turning flips on the
trampoline/ground. It was funny and quite a comfort to me! I knew she was
fine, but I was grieving—hard! Everything reminded me of her and made me burst
into sobbing.
I walked up the street to the smoke shop the next day. I
wanted to use loose organic tobacco in a ceremony to thank the ancestors and
the bird tribe for helping Java and all of the animal spirits that were
crossing over with her. About 10 steps after I touched my foot to the
sidewalk a car came zooming by at about 50 mph. If my footsteps had been any slower
the car would have hit me—there's no way he could've stopped. Inside the store,
“Don't Fear the Reaper” by Blue Oyster Cult, was playing. It was a message from
heaven. Here are the lyrics.
All our times have come
Here but now they're gone
Seasons don't fear the reaper
Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain... we can be like
they are
Come on baby... don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand... don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly... don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
La la la la la
La la la la la
Valentine is done
Here but now they're gone
Romeo and Juliet
Are together in eternity... Romeo and Juliet
40, 000 men and women everyday... Like Romeo and Juliet
40, 000 men and women everyday... Redefine happiness
Another 40, 000 coming everyday... We can be like they
are
Come on baby... don't fear the reaper
Baby take my hand... don't fear the reaper
We'll be able to fly... don't fear the reaper
Baby I'm your man...
La la la la la
La la la la la
Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear she couldn't go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew then disappeared
The curtains flew then he appeared... saying don't be
afraid
Come on baby... and she had no fear
And she ran to him... then they started to fly
They looked backward and said goodbye... she had become
like they are
She had taken his hand... she had become like they are
Come on baby... don't fear the reaper
That song was a reminder that there is nothing to fear about
death—it is one of the ways that a releases a soul to soar in the afterlife! I
had been asking how many souls were crossing with Java. The song led me to
believe that at least 40,000 souls of animals (pets and slaughtered food
sources) had crossed over at that point and more were coming. Crying in waves
that would hit without warning in the middle of whatever I was doing, I was
processing and transmuting sorrow and grief for all of the animals and the
pets’ owners. Intense work to say the least.
I was still grieving on Monday when at 5AM the dogs next
door started barking like they did whenever they saw Java outside. (They liked
to play together through the fence.) Once the ruckus ended, I was drifting back
to sleep when I saw an image of Java standing right outside my bedroom window—the
exact place where she would play with the dogs next door. Is that what the dogs
were barking about? Could they see her?
My grief for my beloved companion only lasted four days,
which I thought was very unusual. On Tuesday, I got up as if nothing out of the
ordinary had happened. I had somehow shifted and felt that Java’s energy had
merged with mine—she is an aspect of my soul, a member of my guidance team who
had been incarnated as an animal. I still miss seeing her frosty grey-haired
face and giving her a bite of whatever food I prepared, but I no longer feel
the sadness of losing her. I didn’t lose her—she is me and I am her. We are one in Spirit.
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For more information, you might enjoy reading my book, More Than Meets the Eye True Stories about Death, Dying, and Afterlife. Purchase paperback on Amazon.com. It's also on Amazon as an e-book for those who have Kindle or Sony Readers. The audio book is now available!
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