It was like a wave
- I had a very sweet cat for 16 years. He got cancer I did everything I could for him. I loved him so much and he loved me. He wanted to live so bad, I did not put him down. He fought death I couldn't not believe it, I knew he didnt want me to do such a thing. He really only had 3 really bad days. He died twice on a Thurs night fell over not breathing stiff then sat right up 5 mins later! On that Sat he died again but fought it. Then that Sat night at 1130pm he cried and cried I knew he could no longer fight. I layed on the floor and held him. 1 hour later he gasped for breath but it was over. I told him it was ok to go now. I stood in the door way and looked at his body relieved he was no longer in pain. Then a HUGE wave of LOVE rushed over me! It was his spirit! I felt a message as it rolled through me. He said "I didnt want to die because I loved you so much". I will never forget that. That is truly love. Wow it was 6 months ago and I miss him every single day!
- —Guest Ambrose16
Poosie had a Soul
- Poosie was a gentle, half-starved street cat from Bar Harbor. Elaine adopted him in May of 1988. Elaine transformed him from a skinny ugly duckling into a graceful swan. He had very striking markings—a lovely gray mackerel tabby with a nice white bib and chest with a lovely deep gray stripe around his neck that resembled a collar. He had a very mellow disposition and a soft alto purr. He was her constant companion until December 1988, when Moses joined him. He became Moses’ mentor—sleeping with him, grooming him, and teaching him hunting skills in Elaine’s attic as well as kitty etiquette. He loved the out of doors—hunting, fishing and gymnastics in the front yard. He loved his home, inside and outside. Although he was shy, he did not forget the people he liked. He had a passion for chicken and Italian food, which earned him the nickname, “ Poosirino”! His significant other, Elaine; his soulmate, Moses and stepsisters, Molly and Crystal, survive him. Poosie had a soul!
- —Guest Elaine Dunbar
Souls
- We are in great pain coz our one year old little cat named Pinku passed away 3 weeks ago. We are in great sadness, I cannot explain the pain when she goes. She is like a little baby to us. Three weeks before 2 stray dogs attacked her and killed her. She was sitting outside in our compound waiting for me and my wife, coz every time we go out in the evening she will sit there and wait for us.Every day we miss her. The love of pinku which she give to us.
- —Guest Sibi
Souls?
- It's nice to think so but there is actually no compelling evidence that anything has what we call a soul. Consciousness is tied to the brain. We know this. Our bodies manufacture energy from nutrients and when it is no longer able to do so the body dies. There is nothing wrong or sad about this it just is. Enjoy your pets while they are alive. Enjoy your memories of them when they are gone.
- —Guest Ernie
Of Course Cats and also Dogs have Souls.
- I would say that I have always been a "dog" person but now define myself as an "animal" person. When my dogs, I had 4 of them, died they would somehow communicate that they were still there with me. I find you can't listen or wait for them but just have your heart open and they let you know. I heard all 4 of them in different ways. I now have cats and had to have one put down just 2 days ago. She was almost 17 and I can say it broke my heart. I wasn't sure if I would have any of the same experience as I have had previously with my dogs who had died. Let me explain as best I can. Saturday morning I have breakfast with my son and I would have 2 cats that would partake as if it was a ritual. This morning I was dreading breakfast Just as we were beginning the 1 cat who was left was there - the cat door opened and in came another cat who became a part of this ritual. After about 10 minutes she took a look at me and left as she had came without looking back. Enough proof for me.
- —Guest Darlene
yes they certainly do.
- My cat passed away 3 years ago, and there was clearly love between us. We even had rows! Occasionally I will be woken up at night by the feeling of a cat jumping on the bed and walking across my face. As with all things spiritual - if you treat animals as creatures with intelligence and feelings - the true essence of what a soul is - then they will respond to you likewise. In addition 20 years ago I was having similar dreams and other experiences such as occasional heart murmurs - one side of the heart double beating - this was eventually resolved through acupuncture and it turned out I had in fact briefly died as a small child, and part of my soul had been left on the other side - the dreams etc.. was that part of me trying to reunite with the rest of my soul. Afterwards my personality, likes and dislikes, speaking voice, talents etc.all gradually changed. Thus we all have souls, and the experiences I've had with my dead cat are similar to those I had.
- —Guest tinkerbell
My cat is a medium
- When my cat Karma passed away recently, my younger cat Cheetah began having conversations with the cremains that were in velvet pouch on my lanai. When Karma was younger she used to jump on the bed in the morning and purr into my pillow until I got up and fed her. She'd often bury her head in my head. Cheetah has never done this yet the night that Karma passed, Cheetah slept on my head the whole night. She spent the next two nights on the lanai with Karma's remains and then last night woke me up at midnight by burying her head in my hair and purring the loudest I've ever heard her purr. i've had Cheetah for seven years and never once has she done this. When she was done she got up and went back to the foot of the bed where she always sleeps. I had the feeling that Karma was with me in the bed. Karma had diabetes and hadn't been able to jump up on the bed for several years. Now it seems she can again!
- —Guest Bonnie Nelson
Definitely have souls
- They love unconditionally and don't care what we look like as long as we love them. That is a truly spiritual being.
- —Guest Dominique
My Cat Just Died
- The vet put my cat to sleep this morning. I cannot stop crying, or calling his name... I live alone, I hope to hear a meow to know he is ok, or feel his paw against me when I sleep, just one more time. I have been been crying all day, I cannot stop, I was in love with my cat... I took care of him like a son until today, when he passed away. I wish I had died with him, I cannot find peace, I hope he is watching me.... my precious George.
- —Guest Martino68
Why Not?
- Why not?? Every time I think of my precious passed on babies, I feel better. I know they brush by me, kiss me and play with my living, breathing still-here babies. Why not believe? It makes me feel better. My Bear went to rainbow bridge on Friday, and as I type this, I feel him on my lap. . .believe...It's what makes us keep on keeping on.
- —mirrellgrimes
Miss You
- We just had to put my cat to sleep today... I know he has a soul because after he died I heard him purr. Then when I came home I took a bath out of sadness. When I heard a meow I felt reassured that he was in heaven then with God and was very happy. He had a wonderful 15 years of life right up to the last few days but I did it for him... so that he felt no pain and his soul would wait for me in heaven.
- —Guest rachel
Without a Doubt
- Cats do have souls. The night before Amber left. She was so lovely and happy to see and be with me. She curled up in a ball and purred beside me while I slept. The morning came and she was gone. Weeks passed and so did Amber's soul. She had left me to die by herself, to spare me the grief of putting her down. She was always kind of sickly thin but my family and I never thought more about it. She was a farm cat. I know she is up there in Heaven. I am even more blessesd to have my new little angel: Gizmoe. We rescued him. He is only 9 months old but he is the most loving cat I have ever met. He gives kisses and he is always purring. He greets me when I come home and wake up in the morning. I have so blessed to have had Amber and to have Gizmoe now.
- —Guest Bear
Cats Don't Need Souls
- Cats don't need souls. Cats are born perfect and just as they should be (like all animals) so they have nothing to atone to when they die and go to heaven. Unlike humanity which is flawed and has to account for its actions in this life, what did a cat do but be a cat? What did a dog do but be a dog? So, no, animals don't have souls because they die in the state of grace they were born into - perfection. My brother is a priest and consummate animal lover - prefers them to people - this is how he explained it to my daughter when our cat died from FIP . I kind of get it and it makes sense.
- —Guest Karry Gardner
The Night my Cat Drachma Came Visiting
- I was living in NYC when my sister, then pregnant with her first in New Orleans, gave away our then 8-year-old gray cat Drachma to an elderly couple because some mightily uninformed person told her that she could get toxoplasmosis from her cat. She was torn up about having to do it - and about not telling me first but she know how I would react - but she was really scared. Anyway, my brother Mike convinced her that Drachma was in very good hands and would be loved and cared for even better than she could care for him. Fast-forward to three years later, my sister called me in New York at about 3 in the morning with a panicked voice because she was convinced that Drachma had passed on (he was already a senior cat 3 years earlier) and that his spirit visited her. She claimed that she was awakened by something that jumped up on her bed and that walked around her head on her pillow and sniffed her before jumping off, just like Drachma used to do every night when he was still with her!
- —OleBrumm
Agree with the Bible told me so
- If Jesus is coming back on a white horse, then there are animals in Heaven. God said to man...to take care of the beast of the earth.He loved his creation, in as much as he put 2 of every kind in the ark with Noah. I believe in rainbow's bridge . I lost my beloved Burdi and we had to help her cross over. She let me know to let her go. I believe that anything that has the sense to love, bond, feel pain, feel love...that is a soul. I do not put animals over humans however, the souls of men are most important. But I believe even little children who are with the Lord, have little animals to run and play with. afterall, Heaven is a place of beauty, color, magnificent love..they are there.
- —linda9300
