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my rule of thumb: do not go there (ER) unless you can't stop the bleeding or you broke a bone.

Thank you for this conversation, very helpful. I also took care of my mom 15 years ago, having this information was very important and valuable for me. Hope more people get to learn this. Thank you

My daughter's husband died suddenly a month ago. I am heartbroken to have lost my beloved son in law, and of course, there are overwhelming feelings of sadness for her. A sudden death is devastating. My son in law and I had a very close relationship. He was the son I always wished for, and more importantly, the love of my daughter's life. I would like to see even one video about someone in this very sad, very difficult situation. It would be nice to see this situation discussed.

Offering people an instrument to talk to their loved ones on the Other Side somehow makes it easier to have a conversation that otherwise seems impossible.... Of course, that's what mediums do--and what everyone can do, should we choose to open that door.

Hola, buenas tardes, podrían ponerlo en español por favor? Infinitas gracias❤

I believe all of it but the planning of a car accident kill etc .. I don’t believe our beloved pets were there to teach us any other lesson other than love .. we have enough horror and grief

What about when the dog re-incarnates again? How do we remain in contact?

I hate the Idea that every animal is in service of us. What makes us so important for the whole universe evolves around us? Also how does it work with animals that get abused? I hate the idea that they come to teach us a lesson even if it means pain.

So your telling me my cat knew he was going to be hit by a car. 😢

Loved this book!

Courageous Friendship & Compassion ❤️‍🩹🙏🏻

"Student: During the process of cultivation, many tribulations are easy to pass. I have been able to overcome them by bearing down. But emotion is a test that’s very difficult to pass. I’ve been unable to pass it in several tries, especially since I’m fairly meek and easily moved. I have cultivated for close to two years now. But during this time, because of problems with my feelings toward my boyfriend, I stopped practicing for several months. Now I want to start practicing again. Will Teacher still take care of me? Master: The door to Dafa is still left wide open. There are still new students constantly coming in to study it. New students are still stepping in the door. As long as you cultivate, everything depends on you. But you can’t behave like that all the time. It’s enough to learn a lesson once. Emotion is something that’s very difficult to let go of. Let me tell you this: Human beings all think that their thoughts and emotions are parts of their own bodies and are products of their thoughts. That’s not the case at all. Emotion is precisely the display of the most irrational things. Whenever you are stirred up by emotion, you aren’t able to act rationally at all. Think about it carefully, when you can’t get certain things off your mind, when you feel angry and feel that you have been treated unjustly, at those moments you are being led by emotion. And there are others who are totally unable to control themselves and become overly giddy. When one’s emotions become abnormal, it means that he is being led by emotion to the point of becoming irrational. There are people who have a hard time letting go of emotion, even to the point of feeling a heart-wrenching loss when trying to, and they are dragged along so passively by emotion. Emotion is at work in everything. In reality, emotion is a higher being within our dimension of the Three Realms. He was created for human beings, and exists for the sake of human beings and all sentient beings within the Three Realms. Without emotion, human beings would become cold and indifferent. If human beings had no emotion, they would be even viler. Then for mankind life wouldn’t be meaningful. Precisely because there is emotion, people have learned to feel happy, angry, sad, and elated. Precisely because there’s emotion, there is a special bond between parents and children. Precisely because there’s emotion, people are able to form families. Precisely because there’s emotion, people can love and protect their children. Emotion is able to play these roles for human beings. But because of misguided thoughts, emotion can also bring about incorrect behavior in human beings or incorrect ways of thinking. From the moment a person is born he is immersed in emotion. It has saturated all of your cells. All of the molecules and cells within the Three Realms are saturated by it. So it’s very difficult to escape from it during cultivation. As a cultivator, if you can’t let go of emotion, all of your behavior is human behavior. Valuing emotion is in fact defending emotion. And in that case, you are just an ordinary human being. If you can let go of it, then you are no longer a part of it, and are divine. That’s the principle. Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and Gods are outside of this emotion. Gods outside of the Three Realms don’t have human emotion. But not having human emotion doesn’t equate to not caring for and protecting others. They possess something higher, called compassion (cibei), which is nobler, broader, and more wonderful. Emotion is an element within the Three Realms." (Teachings at the Conference in Australia Hongzhi Li May 2-3, 1999 ~ Sydney, Australia, from Falun Dafa teachings)

"Student: Are notions mixed in with emotion (qing)? Master: Your concept isn’t correct. Any living being, as long as it exists in the environment of the Three Realms, is permeated with emotion. This permeation is different from a person being submerged in water, where only his skin makes contact with the water. Everything in the cells of his entire body, as long as they’re at the level of molecules, is permeated with emotion. Student: Which comes first among everyday people: emotion or notions? Master: As soon as you are born you’re amidst emotion. Even before you were born you were amidst emotion. When you were in your mother’s womb you were already amidst emotion, only you didn’t know it. But you knew that mommy was dear. Notions are acquired postnatally. They’re formed gradually as a person ages. A four- or five-year-old child doesn’t have any notions. He hasn’t formed any notions yet." (Teachings at the Conference of Changchun Assistants Hongzhi Li July 26, 1998 ~ Changchun, China, from Falun Dafa teachings)

"...Cultivation must take place through tribulations so as to test whether you can part with and care less about different kinds of human qing and desires. If you are attached to these things, you will not succeed in cultivation. Everything has its karmic relationship. Why can human beings be human? It is because human beings have qing. They live just for this qing. Affection among family members, love between a man and a woman, love for parents, feelings, friendship, doing things for the sake of friendship, and everything else all relate to this qing. Whether a person likes to do something or not, is happy or unhappy, loves or hates something, and everything in the entire human society comes from this qing. If this qing is not relinquished, you will be unable to cultivate. If you break free from this qing, nobody can affect you. An everyday person’s mind will be unable to sway you. What comes and replaces it is benevolence, which is a nobler thing. Of course, it is not easy to cut off this qing right away. Cultivation is a long process and a process of gradually giving up your attachments. Nonetheless, you must be strict with yourself." ("Zhuan Falun", Chapter Four, from Falun Dafa teachings)

Letting go of love is very difficult for us, human beings, because the dimension we are in is soaked and permeated with this substance, called "qing" (or emotion, sentiment). Gods outside of the Three Realms don't have it. "Student: How should we understand the difference between love and attachment? Master: They’re two different concepts. Love can breed attachments, it can cause attachments during cultivation, but among everyday people and in society, it’s still something essential. Without love, human beings would be even more likely to do bad things, and their demon-nature would be even stronger. So humans can’t live without love or emotion. That’s because emotion is a human thing-it’s a necessary element of the living environment provided to human beings, but it’s not for gods. As cultivators, you have to rise above it, and cultivate away the attachments that result from love and emotion. That’s the relationship among these things. If you want to be able to love without getting attached, that’s impossible. But in your process of cultivation, you can’t possibly take everything lightly, let go of everything, and not be so attached right away. So in your current phase, whatever state you’re in, you can just be in that state. Don’t force yourself: “Deep inside I do love, I do love my family members, but I’ll force myself to stop loving them.” That would be wrong, because your realm hasn’t risen and you’re only trying to do it forcibly. If you do that, it will actually cause people to misunderstand Dafa, and damage the image of Dafa. As love is diminished in your cultivation, it will be replaced by the compassion (cibei) that emerges. You know, I’m sitting here and-using your words-loving and caring for every one of you. Actually, it’s a type of compassion (applause), but it’s totally different from the kind of personal feelings of yours. I’m sure you can differentiate the love among yourselves and that which I have. (Applause)" (Teachings at the Conference in the Eastern U.S. Hongzhi Li March 27-28, 1999 ~ New York)

I love this podcast with Emily Cavanagh... I belong to a group who sing to hospice patients. Truly a heart opening experience. I don't see the thumbs up symbol next to the thumbs down symbol. I think you would have far more "likes" if the thumbs up symbol was showing for your inspiring interviews. Thank you for having this podcast through end of life University. I am going to share this with the hospice organization I'm affiliated with.

Thank you for this video I just came across it in my live TH-cam feed it was excellent timing for me the animals that have all accompanied me in my life all found me and I am very familiar with the communication language of animals being as evident as any other communication not just a man's very frustrating to live in a culture without animals we live much more with robots and machines then we do with animals like when the roads were all dirt for example anyways thank you for this video I wanted to comment because I would love to see Danielle do interview with a bear it could be any bear it doesn't have to be a wild one I guess you could do an interview with a bear in a zoo if she hasn't done this yet I think this would be one of the coolest things for a person able to communicate as literally as she does with animals would be to talk to a bear because in doing so I believe that the huminine species would learn much of what they do not see or understanding about themselves and animals and as I write this down and think about it if she could get more interviews of animals in zoos maybe we could learn something about how we culture thank you ❤GEM❤

thank you both

Ibogain We are all connected. I begin again

Totally fascinating talk, thank you so much for this ❤ Deep down I had felt I knew about how pets can teach me on some deep level because my dog and I are very connected. Definitely we communicate looking into each others eyes without saying a single word.

I wish you also addressed having to rehome a pet. It's almost as painful as losing a pet to dying. It's all so devastating 💔

Thank you ❤

Very enjoyable lesson!

If we can’t communicate with our pet isn’t it a stretch to figure out what they want from us? I’d love to know what they want … maybe it will come to me.. maybe my schnauzer barks at people when we walk because she wants me to be social ?

My KitKat Died then a month later my Puffy died. I was devastated losing my fur soulmates. A friend had a cat who the moment I saw two yrs before felt she belonged with me, and two months after losing my kit and puffy, Princess was given to me by my friend. She said that my cat loves you so much and I feel she will be good therapy for you. I knew my Puffy and Kit set that up, because princess reminds me of both of them in my little package Princess. My heart told me she belonged with me and she was given to me when I needed her the most.

Thank you, Karen. I adore your podcast and all that you do! Huge fan. Your listeners are so fortunate.

So animal abuse? They chose that beforehand too? I really struggle with that subject 😢

Thank you Christina and Walker for your amazing stories of health crises, survival, and the power of your creative force that has gifted you with a life of fullness and joy. Thank you for inspiring my muses to hang in there as I struggle to write my memoir of identity, crisis and transformation. Congratulations on you successes as authors and humans. Peace be with you.

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I've always loved all animals and I always was more of a dog person than a cat person until the last few years when I started my healing journey. And it came to me that before dogs kind of represented the neediness in me whereas cats now represent the confidence and independency and boundaries I have after all my inner work..😊🙏💖

I got some gems of wisdom from this podcast: When I was about 13 or 14, my grandmother died. She was the only grandparent I ever knew. I recall being in the temple or wherever the funeral was being conducted, and it seemed like I was the only one who was crying. I was weeping almost uncontrollably. No one else was shedding a tear....or so it seemed. I recall someone making a comment about my crying (or was it my inner voice...I could swear it was another funeral attendee?). I was being derided for my show of tears, I didn't even know her that well... That was the gist of the put down. I felt ashamed. I don't if my memory is accurately accessing the event, but it's how I remember it. I did know her a little. We used to go to the city to visit her; I don't remember how often. She lived alone in an apartment in Knickerbocker Village in NYC and it was the first time I had ever seen antimacassars. (My memory serves me well on this one.) So was I experiencing the same heart/soul feeling as those whom you referred to in the podcast? The sensitive, heart-driven clerics etc al. who were feeling deeply the death of these people? I was always being criticized for being "too sensitive". I always felt wrong, stupid, embarrassed. But now I know my pain and tears were true expressions of loss and grief for which there need no explanation or apology. Now I know it. I wish I had then.

This was a very worthwhile instructional session! Thank you!

My Roxy girl passed last night she was only 5 years old. She was rescued at 8 months old so I didn't get the full 5 years with her or more. It was traumatic and unexpected. She was fine eating and drinking etc her daily activities. Wednesday she threw up purplish but my thought was mulberries since she loved eating them and maybe a few were bad. She stopped vomiting and the next day full of energy. Friday we cuddled she ate we walked. When I took her out for her evening walk we played Frisbee which is her favorite. We did one round and the second time I threw her Frisbee she seizured and collapsed. I did compressions and mouth to nose but she was gone. My only consolation is that she left playing her favorite game and she was not alone. I am heartbroken but I know I gave her all I could.

This was so interesting!

I was beyond grateful for my doula for birth so even tho I had no idea this is a thing I’d sign up immediately.

Dr Karen your channel is great I’m sharing with all my eol doula communities. Keep up the good work!

I just went through the hospice journey with a very special loved one and a “death” doula would have been amazing to have with us. I feel like it would have made the whole transition easier on our loved one and for us. Nursing homes, adult care homes, assisted living facilities are not only beyond short staffed but our laws need to change on what is safe ratios from caregivers to patients. We need to do better for those that cannot advocate for themselves!

I was a social worker in hospice and a doula would have been an asset because social workers have to stay with boundaries.

I LOVE THIS IT WARMS MY HEART

I'm really struggling with the idea that our animals choose when to go. I just lost my mother in February. Last week, a few days before the 3 month mark of losing my mom, our dog Holly started having tummy issues, then ultimately stopped having bowel movements. I brought her to the vet, and they found an inoperable mass in her colon. We tried lactulose to make things as liquid as possible in hopes she could still have bowel movements for at least a little while. It did absolutely nothing. We had to put her to sleep last Friday. She was the one that helped me navigate the grief of losing my mom, especially when I felt like I had already asked my husband to shoulder too much of that emotional load. If that's true, how could she "choose" to go when I still need her so much? The pain of losing my mom is still fresh, and now I'm grieving the loss of my best furry friend. I don't know what to do with myself. My heart is utterly broken. 💔

Thank you Such a blessing and encouraged by this discussion, ladies. So grateful I am drawn to this work.

My Sooty died in 2020, My Domino who was Sootys sister died in 2022. They were the best fur babies in the universe, love them so much. Thank you both for the unconditional love, fun, companionship you shared with me. ❤❤xxx

Absolutly , I have teacup 3lb Yorkie his now 18 months old his name is Chewy. I also have 8 months old female Yorkie she is regular size Yorkie . Her name is Leia. I can tell you I love them as if they were my own children. Chewy is very special because he's only 3lb . He's really is a dog that needs a special car because he's so tiny . Not recommended for family with kids , the kids will most likely kill it. Very fragile, with a huge heart ❤️. Very lovely doggis . My babis are just the best what happened . Every time im upset , once you hug them , everything goes away . They teach you unconditional love ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️

Animals are gifts from the Angels💐🦋🌼🐞🌿🍁🍂🌱⚘🐌🌾🌺🍀🌹🌻🌷🌸

Animals, pets, have pure souls. The love they give us is unconditional. There is much to learn from them!

I am thankful for your passion. Are there many men in this field

i love the laughing of Danielle is so pure and fun, spontaneus and free...like coming out from her soul.

I have 5 dogs, 3 cats, 10 chickens, 2 bunnies, and a handful of feral kitties that I can’t even touch. I’d like to say I’m here to care for them but I think they are here to provide for me and that’s just the size of support team I need!

Ever know anyone directly ask for money,suppose if you dont ask you dont get.I feel this asking put me off watching this vid even tjough i wanted to know of yhe content

Why would you go to a pet psychic to figure out the fights are scaring the dog if she's psychic? Seems more like oblivious.