You, the Animal - You, the Human Being
Which Has Higher Values?
Young animals at a turbulent and impetuous age:
The human being—A good example for his second neighbor.
Advice on nutrition, a daily routine
The second neighbors, too, have their period of turbulence and impetuosity, similar to human children.
During this time, the second neighbors know very well what they should
do—but they do not always do it. In the young animals there is a little imp,
in a positive sense, that often urges them to do something that should not
be done. This little imp develops with their growth spurts. Just before a
growth spurt, the young animals are calmer; they are in a waiting phase.
When their growth spurt is past, they feel increased energy. They want to
show this increased energy to themselves and to their big human brothers and
sisters. It is similar to a child; when it has learned to ride a bicycle,
then it wants to show to itself and to its parents how big and strong it is
and how it can keep its balance. But often things go wrong. For example, the
second neighbor will suddenly get a shoe and tear it to pieces or rip up a
garment or bite some other thing to pieces or it will ignore the call of its
big human brother or sister who wants to call it back to his or her side.
And so, the little energy-imp cuts capers.
So, bring up the second neighbor that you have taken to yourself with much
patience, for it has to first find its way in this world and form its scent
pictures.
The world-oriented person who is woven into his own world thinks that his
measure is the right one. However, if he looks into this world and observes
the violated nature kingdoms with open eyes, then he must recognize that
what takes place in the world and in nature is a mirror of his cast of mind,
of his standards. One recognizes the perpetrator by his deeds, by his fruit.
Whatever man sows he will reap. This is true on a small as well as on a large scale. It holds true for humans and for the second neighbor. Whatever the big brother or sister can get away with, so will the little brother or sister, the second neighbor; for the person transmits his standards to animals, plants and minerals, to the nature kingdoms. For this reason, it does little good if the person, for example, tries to instill in the second neighbor to be good and self-possessed toward people, that it should not scratch or bite them, or, for example, bark loudly at another dog brother or sister. If the person is an example to it for scratching, barking and biting, then the second neighbor will become neither good nor self-possessed.
It is similar with eating. If a person never learned to dine, then the
second neighbor will wolf down its food. If a person eats a great amount of
meat, then the dog brother or sister will also want a corresponding amount
of meat. If the person cannot curb and ennoble himself, then he will not be
able to curb and ennoble his second neighbor either.
The following advice is for those human brothers and sisters who have second
neighbors living with them:
During the animal’s puberty, it is not recommended to give them raw meat as
their main nourishment. A small piece every now and then is not harmful for
the second neighbor that is being programmed correspondingly by the person;
fanaticism should not be applied.
Generally one can say that substances in raw meat have an effect on the hormones stirred up during puberty, and provoke an over-excitability in the second neighbor.
It is similar with a young person in puberty. He craves meat or strong drinks or cigarettes or drugs—when he has stored the same or similar things in his soul, and also when his problems become too big. If the young person does not have a good role model and if he was not brought up to be disciplined and consistent and to have the right inner and outer bearing, then he often just lets the days slip by—without any great interest in a specific task that he can carry out in a consistent and concentrated manner. Such a person then breaks out of the social norms and reacts like the second neighbor: He scratches, bites, rants and raves.
For this reason, one’s own standards must be looked at, that is, how the individual person himself thinks, speaks and acts, what his deeds are—before wanting to raise human beings or animals.
The food that is fed to the second neighbor should be given in moderate amounts; however, no slimming cures should be carried out, as people do in a way that is contrary to the laws of nature. The second neighbor should be offered an amount of food that does not overstrain its digestive organs and body. In the morning, at noon and in the evening, it should receive enough to make it satisfied, but not full. The portion should be adjusted to the size of the second neighbor and its activity. In its dish put only as much food as is meant for this meal. If it does not want to eat right then, it can eat later. Between meals, restorative substances or gifts of love are not inappropriate. The dog brothers and sisters can also be given a bone now and then, for its substances are conducive to the growth of their body. However, the second neighbor should not be spoiled.
Decisive for everything is that the person or persons whom the animal relates to are of a mostly even temperament, because the person transmits everything that he is to the second neighbor. Especially during puberty, when the second neighbor cannot quite cope with its body, it absorbs people’s vibrations very sensitively, particularly those of the people who care for it. It takes in the positive as well as the negative, and also the peculiarities of the person.
A person should always judge his second neighbor by his own standards. What he does not want to have done to himself he should not do to his fellow man or the animals either. This also holds true concerning sleep. When you are in deep sleep, you do not want to be roughly roused and urged on, because you feel that this shock is not good for your nervous system. The same is true for the second neighbor. Do not rouse them when they are sleeping; by doing so, you are merely driving them on and stirring up their nervous system.
If they are supposed to get up because you intend to do something and plan to take them with you, then wake them up gently and behave in the way already revealed.
If they can sleep, do not disturb them. Especially the young second
neighbors in puberty still need a regular daily routine. Long walks should
be made only after they have had a good sleep. Always start from yourself:
What applies to human beings should, figuratively speaking, also apply to
the second neighbor. When you are tired and should then go for a long
walk—how do you react? Your second neighbor reacts similarly—aggressively!
Normally, a time of rest should be planned for people around noon. This
holds true for the second neighbor, as well.
The one who recognizes the second neighbor as a part of himself will feel
into the respective situation of the animal brother or sister. For example,
when he wants to take the sleeping second neighbor, the dog, with him,
because there is no other possibility, then he will first stroke gently
several times over its coat. As soon as the second neighbor moves, he will
tell it in a calm voice, using pictorial words, what his lawful intentions
are, thus giving it an idea of where he is going and to where the second
neighbor should accompany him and what will be done there.
Whenever you address the animal brothers and sisters, link your words with a picture, in which the course of action is shown pictorially. The second neighbor, for example, the dog brother or sister, then scents the pictorial words. From this a scent picture then develops for the second neighbor, to which it then orients itself. It will gladly get up then and accompany its big fellow brother or sister.
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