Mimi, come home!
Teachers come in all shapes and sizes and… places. I’ve been studying Animal Communication for quite some time with a variety of very good teachers. But some of my most interesting and rewarding experiences have come from studying with Mimi.
Mimi lives in Malaysia and I “met” her when I was enrolled in an animal communication practice group. I struck up an online friendship with Mimi’s human mom, Elena. She would contact me with questions such as whether Mimi would like another cat friend from the local rescue and which one it should be. Mimi was happy to confide in me, and does a good job getting through. When she was feeling poorly I sent her some healing energy to boost her up.
Mimi’s people have had some scares when Mimi snuck out of the house or yard and disappeared for several hours. This was especially concerning right after they moved into a new home, in a new neighborhood. Elena and her husband would search until late into the night or early morning hours with no luck. After we became friends, she began emailing me about this, worried that Mimi wouldn’t return.
Fortunately for me, Malaysia is 12 hours different from my time zone, so I always heard from Elena in the middle of my day. I would find a quiet place to try to connect with Mimi. “Mimi, go home. Your people are worried!” Nearly every time I would soon receive the eagerly awaited email: Mimi is back home.
Excited by Mimi’s responsiveness to my directive, I decided to try this with other animals who weren’t returning home as asked or expected. These animals weren’t lost. They just didn’t feel like coming home at the time. Sometimes they were having fun, enjoying spying on the world (cats) or meeting new friends. My next attempt was with a dog belonging to a good friend. Recently he had taken up with a hunting buddy and set off from the barn where we keep our horses. My friend looked and waited and called him for FOUR HOURS with no dog in sight. I checked in to see where he might be and got the sense that he really wasn’t sure. Since I knew the territory well, I had a vague idea that he had run through the woods to the other side where a soccer park was under construction. Feeling his confusion and his hesitation at what to do next, I directed him to listen for sounds of traffic, to find the road and to follow it—staying on the grassy shoulder—back to the barn. Sure enough, not much later, the dog was spotted trotting down the driveway coming from the road. Since then I’ve tried this technique many more times with other animals and had some happy successes.
Meanwhile, Mimi shows me where she likes to go on her escape adventures: down a sewer drain or crouching under a bush. She loves to hide in the seclusion and watch the world go by for hours. It’s like you or me watching TV. She shares her feeling of exhilaration as she watches life go by and feels safely plugged into the world. Nobody sees Mimi but she knows exactly when the neighbors start their cars in the morning, or the kids across the street come out to ride their bikes. She is a friendly little ninja who sees all and knows all.
Oh Mimi, I am so grateful to you for sharing yourself with me!