Reading this to my wife, she said, "well, he has a point, but it is not our ability to summon the cat - it is entirely the other way around. Charlotte merely summons you....you put a book down, go make her food and take it back to the bedroom where she's resting. Most of the time you are not even aware of what has just happened."
Reminds me of the great line Hotspur speaks in reply to his father-in-law, Glendower, who has just claimed he can summon vasty spirits from the mighty deep. To which Hotspur replies, “Ay, and so can I. But will they come?”
Funny cat behaviour I know. , my cat comes to me when I feel where is my lovely cat 🐈⬛ as if he knows by his 6th sense that he is needed if I explain it’s a in the mind question hey where are you Tom. And he’s there. Just like that. Magic. ✨ I love the connection and love 🧡
I used play "chase me" with my cat. He'd give me a look & I knew that meant...Lets go! I'd chase him around the house then he'd stop & stare at me & I'd run & he'd chase me!
I would like to take this thesis a step further. I believe that this can also apply to insects. Let me explain this with a personal example. A few years ago I sat in the train and saw that an insect (I saddly don't remember which kind) was stuck in the train. So I internally said to the insect that he could climb on my bag so I could take it outside at the station. To my surprise I saw a few moments later that the insect had indeed climbed on my bag and I took it outside the train. This made me believe that there is some sort of communication between humans and insects. I wonder if more people had some kind of telepathic experience with insects.
The majority of insects seems to be rather immune to my rescue attempts unfortunately. I am however quite confident in the communicative abilities of bees. They seem to understand when one shows them the way out. Usually pointing was involved, but I shall experiment with internal images/communication in the future.
Within last 12 months. A fly, caught in the house, kept biting me. I told it that I would help it to get outside. It landed on my leg .I laid my hand 3 inches away. It took a step toward it. I continued to move toward it. Once, close to it, the fly walked up on to my hand. I then carried it 15 ft, thru one door and another. It flew away.I have another story about a spider with an egg sack on it’s head. I was working and it appeared in middle of the aisle. I blew it toward a nearby area. I came back and it was in the same place. Told it to go somewhere safer, helped it do so. When it returned, again,I coaxed it into a paper towel and released it outside.
Well ... I actually have a different experience. I've spent some time living in the jungle. In the beginning, the local ants went absolutely crazy over every accessible bit of food. We'd wake up in the morning to dishes and storage vessels that were black, covered in ants. We used small quantities of ant powder, not to kill then, but to draw lines and get the message across. (Yes, sadly a few ants died in the process, and I don't mean that in a sarcastic way). Over time, the behaviour changed. It was like they chose a different strategy and learned that they will be left in peace if they only clean up what has been dropped on the floor before the broom comes, but that they will face problems if they attack bigger items or show up in big numbers. So I do think that ant colonies have an ability to learn and adjust, and that there is some form of communication possible. But I also noticed that different types of ants are quite different. (For example, I have no desire to communicate with red ants, and their communication is rather clear ... and painful. "We don't like you folks around here, go away".)
The only time I try to telepathically summon the cat is when she needs to take her meds before going to the groomer. Naturally, she hides under the bed. I've tried reciting nursery rhymes in my head to confuse her, but she knows every time.
And to be clear, it’s not by ‘calling him’ in my mind exactly. It’s by fully feeling loving for him as I imagined kissing his head as the cat ‘sent’ as kitten to my mom just after my dad passed away. I then found that all I needed to do was smile and feel deep love for either the cat or my dad, and my mom’s cat , Winston, would come running from wherever he was. It’s not calling so much targeting in mind the physical as loving him in a loving world.
LOL - I do 😃…but not with expectations or desire to influence their behaviour. Do you?
Rather than calling people, I use my sense of loving someone in advance of a chance meeting with them when they pop in mind and I quit thinking of them so I can just let myself enjoy - without words - my heartfelt sense of their presence:
For example, if I walk new paths in a new neighborhood rather than going along with routine everyday habits, my loving sense without self judgement has allowed me to think of someone, then adore them, and blindly navigate until I cross paths with them. With forethought of the person, and feeling my love for their presence/being in situations and locations I did not intend to be in, we are delighted I ‘find them’ on my ‘random’ path.
I find them rather than call them.
People who know me, sense it’s not some random coincidence… and neither are they, you or me ☀️💝🙏🏻
I don't know whether to call this telepathy, but -
One night I was tidying the kitchen before bed, opened the back door to set something outside, and my cat, Patch, streaked out. I went to fetch her back but she dodged me all up and down the paths, so I gave up, but kept going to open the door and call. She wouldn’t come in. I went to bed but was worried thinking of her out all night and couldn’t sleep. Went on like that till about 4am, lying on my right side, lying on my left, almost dozing, startling awake. Then a sudden quiet single frame of vision: Patch standing in moonlight at the front door. I'd never seen her at the front door but it was the kind of rare sudden image - image with a clear particular quality like black velvet painting - that I’ve learned is a message. I thought I should get up and check. Held out, didn’t want to get out of bed. Then did. Through the door’s glass, moonlight on the concrete stoop. There she was.
Reading this to my wife, she said, "well, he has a point, but it is not our ability to summon the cat - it is entirely the other way around. Charlotte merely summons you....you put a book down, go make her food and take it back to the bedroom where she's resting. Most of the time you are not even aware of what has just happened."
I can. But of course, he doesn't come
Reminds me of the great line Hotspur speaks in reply to his father-in-law, Glendower, who has just claimed he can summon vasty spirits from the mighty deep. To which Hotspur replies, “Ay, and so can I. But will they come?”
Funny cat behaviour I know. , my cat comes to me when I feel where is my lovely cat 🐈⬛ as if he knows by his 6th sense that he is needed if I explain it’s a in the mind question hey where are you Tom. And he’s there. Just like that. Magic. ✨ I love the connection and love 🧡
🤘
I used play "chase me" with my cat. He'd give me a look & I knew that meant...Lets go! I'd chase him around the house then he'd stop & stare at me & I'd run & he'd chase me!
I miss him dearly.
I would like to take this thesis a step further. I believe that this can also apply to insects. Let me explain this with a personal example. A few years ago I sat in the train and saw that an insect (I saddly don't remember which kind) was stuck in the train. So I internally said to the insect that he could climb on my bag so I could take it outside at the station. To my surprise I saw a few moments later that the insect had indeed climbed on my bag and I took it outside the train. This made me believe that there is some sort of communication between humans and insects. I wonder if more people had some kind of telepathic experience with insects.
The majority of insects seems to be rather immune to my rescue attempts unfortunately. I am however quite confident in the communicative abilities of bees. They seem to understand when one shows them the way out. Usually pointing was involved, but I shall experiment with internal images/communication in the future.
I think bees show sentience too.
Within last 12 months. A fly, caught in the house, kept biting me. I told it that I would help it to get outside. It landed on my leg .I laid my hand 3 inches away. It took a step toward it. I continued to move toward it. Once, close to it, the fly walked up on to my hand. I then carried it 15 ft, thru one door and another. It flew away.I have another story about a spider with an egg sack on it’s head. I was working and it appeared in middle of the aisle. I blew it toward a nearby area. I came back and it was in the same place. Told it to go somewhere safer, helped it do so. When it returned, again,I coaxed it into a paper towel and released it outside.
Well, House Ants aren't getting the message!
Well ... I actually have a different experience. I've spent some time living in the jungle. In the beginning, the local ants went absolutely crazy over every accessible bit of food. We'd wake up in the morning to dishes and storage vessels that were black, covered in ants. We used small quantities of ant powder, not to kill then, but to draw lines and get the message across. (Yes, sadly a few ants died in the process, and I don't mean that in a sarcastic way). Over time, the behaviour changed. It was like they chose a different strategy and learned that they will be left in peace if they only clean up what has been dropped on the floor before the broom comes, but that they will face problems if they attack bigger items or show up in big numbers. So I do think that ant colonies have an ability to learn and adjust, and that there is some form of communication possible. But I also noticed that different types of ants are quite different. (For example, I have no desire to communicate with red ants, and their communication is rather clear ... and painful. "We don't like you folks around here, go away".)
Yes, the ant colony seems to be quite intelligent. And persistent...
The only time I try to telepathically summon the cat is when she needs to take her meds before going to the groomer. Naturally, she hides under the bed. I've tried reciting nursery rhymes in my head to confuse her, but she knows every time.
Yes - I have done that.
And to be clear, it’s not by ‘calling him’ in my mind exactly. It’s by fully feeling loving for him as I imagined kissing his head as the cat ‘sent’ as kitten to my mom just after my dad passed away. I then found that all I needed to do was smile and feel deep love for either the cat or my dad, and my mom’s cat , Winston, would come running from wherever he was. It’s not calling so much targeting in mind the physical as loving him in a loving world.
Leslie, Perhaps we should be trying that same technique with people...it could help make the world a better place.
LOL - I do 😃…but not with expectations or desire to influence their behaviour. Do you?
Rather than calling people, I use my sense of loving someone in advance of a chance meeting with them when they pop in mind and I quit thinking of them so I can just let myself enjoy - without words - my heartfelt sense of their presence:
For example, if I walk new paths in a new neighborhood rather than going along with routine everyday habits, my loving sense without self judgement has allowed me to think of someone, then adore them, and blindly navigate until I cross paths with them. With forethought of the person, and feeling my love for their presence/being in situations and locations I did not intend to be in, we are delighted I ‘find them’ on my ‘random’ path.
I find them rather than call them.
People who know me, sense it’s not some random coincidence… and neither are they, you or me ☀️💝🙏🏻
Cats, like wizards, arrive exactly when they mean to.
This may be a problem for your research 😂
I forwarded this email to cat friends who wrote back,
"If our cats hear the summon, they ignore that just as much as when I say it out loud."
Rupert asking all the important questions here 👏👏👏
you can telepathically summon you heart horse, your dog, so why not your cat?
I can’t. But he can me
Rupert. I wrote you a note some time back about your.” A glorious accident “ special on pbs years ago. That’s when I first heard of you
Where can I read the research on dogs?
It’s in his book aptly titled “Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home”
Thanks!
I don't know whether to call this telepathy, but -
One night I was tidying the kitchen before bed, opened the back door to set something outside, and my cat, Patch, streaked out. I went to fetch her back but she dodged me all up and down the paths, so I gave up, but kept going to open the door and call. She wouldn’t come in. I went to bed but was worried thinking of her out all night and couldn’t sleep. Went on like that till about 4am, lying on my right side, lying on my left, almost dozing, startling awake. Then a sudden quiet single frame of vision: Patch standing in moonlight at the front door. I'd never seen her at the front door but it was the kind of rare sudden image - image with a clear particular quality like black velvet painting - that I’ve learned is a message. I thought I should get up and check. Held out, didn’t want to get out of bed. Then did. Through the door’s glass, moonlight on the concrete stoop. There she was.
My cat successfully summoned me from sleep at 3.30 in the morning to go outside and open the campervan door where she had been shut in.
🍄😉
a Faraday cage for the owner would settle more than half the mystery. bonus points if you’re a cat owner working around an MRI room