When you begin caring for a dog, a special chamber of your heart is opened – like a third eye. I call it the divine chamber, which opens the divine channel.
MYTHILY RAMACHANDRAN: In the new book, The DOGtrine of Peace, Manjiri Prabhu, an award-winning author of mystery thrillers, writes about her dogs and how they triggered her spiritual journey. Departing from her usual Agatha Christie-like style, she moves from fiction to reality to advocate benevolence towards street dogs as a key step towards finding peace and enlightenment… The book outlines what Prabhu sees as an alternative path to spirituality…
Spending time with dogs raises your “vibrations” (the concept of energy fields in the body), she says, and “the more your vibrations rise, the higher your frequency. Your aura becomes brighter, your consciousness increases, and your spiritual state is heightened”…
“When you begin caring for a dog, a special chamber of your heart is opened – like a third eye. I call it the divine chamber, which opens the divine channel. Love flows through the chamber into the channel, then through the channel into your dog,” Prabhu writes…
It could all sound rather Zen, but Prabhu injects her work with anecdotes about dogs and interviews with animal-behaviour experts and animal communicators who share her views. These include British conservationist Jane Goodall, who spent 50 years living among chimpanzees, and Dr Stanley Coren, a Canadian professor of dog psychology from the University of British Columbia…
“Children and dogs in their natural states are spiritual,” Prabhu says. “They live in the moment – content and innocent – untouched by man-made conflicts. For me, spirituality is all about bringing this childlike innocence back into our lives – the understanding that everything is connected, everything is energy, and what each one of us does influences the lives of others”…
The American non-profit Human Animal Bond Research Institute (Habri) in Washington also lends credence to Prahbu’s thesis… Studies show owning a pet may improve heart health, alleviate depression, increase well-being, support child health and development, and contribute to healthy ageing…
Stroking a pet can activate the release of oxytocin in the brain, which contributes to well-being and ability to handle stress. Studies show that those with dogs or cats laughed more in their daily lives than people without pets…
“The DOGtrine of Peace propagates a new way of thinking,” Prabhu says. As more people respect and care for other animals in need, “love will keep growing and multiplying, eliminating hate and eventually, peace will reign”. SOURCE…
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