Sheep have told me that
they’re better herbalists
than any human being
who’s studied it.
And they’ve actually
taken me
through the experience
of how they choose plants,
and how they experience
that in their body, and
what actually happens
in terms of balance.
And that’s really
quite incredible.
Halo, precious viewers,
and welcome to today’s
Animal World:
Our Co-Inhabitants
featuring Australian
animal advocate
and telepathic
animal communicator
Jodi Ruckley, founder of
“Our Place on Earth,”
a non-profit group
that promotes
the vegan lifestyle, works
to close factory farms
and encourages
a symbiotic relationship
between humans
and animals.
Ms. Ruckley is also
a producer and director
having released in 2010
her first-ever film entitled
“The Animals You Eat”
on factory-farmed animals.
In February 2011, she
published her first book
called “Through the Eyes
of a Cow,” where
she shares with readers
her experiences
of telepathically
communicating
with bovines during her
travels around the world.
On today’s program
Jodi Ruckley discusses
some of her extraordinary
dialogues with animals.
Do you find that animals
are naturally telepathic?
Absolutely.
I feel like the whole world
is naturally telepathic
and there’re
interactions going
on a non-physical level,
on an energetic level
between all of us.
People often comment
to me, “But how do I
tell my dog something,
or how can I make sure
he’s getting my messages?”
And I often explain that
they’re already hearing
everything from you.
While Ms. Ruckley
was producing
“The Animals You Eat,”
she communicated
on a heart-to-heart level
with a number of
factory-farmed animals.
I really see no difference
between the dogs
and cats that I’ve had
close encounters with
and the pigs
and the chickens and
the cows that I’ve met
inside factory farms.
When I
go into these places,
I actually go in with
the awareness of wanting
to connect with them.
And I want to find out
who they really are,
and what they’re about.
And it’s been
really beautiful
to share with them.
It’s also very sad,
of course, because
the conditions they live in
are absolutely appalling.
And you know
what I have found,
like for example
with broiler chickens,
the general sense is
that a lot of them really
don’t feel anything at all.
They’re actually
quite dead.
I mean, they only live there
for a period of six weeks.
They’re only babies
when they are at the point
when they’re actually
sent to an abattoir.
And they’re living
in a large shed in
very crowded conditions.
They’re given
a lot of unnatural things,
like antibiotics, which
are really contributing
to them not being able to
really feel who they are.
But what I’ve also noticed
is really incredible.
When I’ve taken a chicken
from a broiler farm,
who’s at six weeks
the day before
going to an abattoir,
and then he goes to
a sanctuary and a refuge,
on the first day
he already is starting to
peck at the ground and
do all these natural things.
And you know,
it’s only going to take
a short period of time
before he can
get in touch with
who he really is again.
And that’s the sense
that I get.
They just want to be.
They just want to be free.
It’s just a basic life
that they’re craving,
just like all of us, really.
And just to be able to
express their
natural behaviors, and
have close relationships
with those that they want to,
and be in a social
kind of hierarchy, and
to be able to search for
their own food and water.
Those are the things
that are
really, really important.
Jodi Ruckley has had
many inner conversations
with cows raised
for the sole purpose
of being slaughtered.
You know,
I’ve met cows who were
just really quite angry
with the situation
and they actually
don’t even interact
with other cows anymore.
And they don’t really
enjoy the circumstances.
There are others
that get on with it
and just don’t mind.
There are others
that care deeply
about the farmers
regardless of
how they’re treated.
They’re just like us.
They have distinguishing
personalities and
different things to say.
And that’s what makes it
so incredible to be able
to interact with them,
just to learn
how different they all are,
and just to get to know
a wider variety of types.
It’s quite amazing.
Humanity can learn
a number of lessons
from the way bovines
take care of each
at the community-level.
In their societies,
members live peacefully
and civilly together and
look out for one another.
It’s really given me
far greater insights into
how to live in a beautiful,
community environment
with a really nice
social structure.
Like cows, there’ll be one
who is a nominated leader.
But she doesn’t really
call herself a leader.
She’s just there on level,
on par with everybody else.
But if there’s any need or
any trouble, she comes in
as the one that’s always
got the responsibility,
for example.
They’re incredible
how they’ll look after
each other’s calves.
And there’s a real
community atmosphere.
You know, your mother
is your auntie as well as
your grandmother.
Everyone takes shared
care, often like they do
in African cultures
and other cultures
around the world.
They just have
all this knowledge
they can share with us
on how to
really live in harmony
with each other
and with the Earth, and
how to be very peaceful
and compassionate beings.
The wisdom
that they have to share
I would recommend
as something everybody
go out of their way
to find out, because
it’s just incredible.
Ms. Ruckley recalls
a profound conversation
with one cow
that touched her deeply
and gave her
greater perspective
on the beautiful nature of
these benevolent beings.
I’ve had
a couple of incredible,
incredible experiences,
probably mostly with cows.
One particular cow
in Switzerland
shared with me
what it was like for her
when she gave birth
for the first time, that
feeling of being a mother,
and being completely
devoted to her calf.
And she also
shared with me
how terrified she was
the first time she
went into a milking shed.
And one of
the most incredible things
she shared with me was,
right from the beginning
when she got in contact
with me, she was saying,
“I chose to have five
daughters because I knew
there’s more chance
that they’ll be with me.”
And the reason for that,
of course, is because
male calves don’t get
to stay at a dairy farm
because they won’t
ever produce milk,
so they’re taken away.
So I was
really quite fascinated
and said, “Well,
how did you just choose
to have five daughters?”
And the way
she explained it to me
was just simply through
intention, in terms of
a very simple, simple way.
I got that information
before I arrived
in Switzerland.
I went searching for her.
And then I confirmed that
when I went through
the farmer’s records and
I found a record of her.
And she actually
had five daughters.
So it was really quite
an incredible situation.
Wayne is Jodi Ruckley’s
canine companion
and he enjoys
such plant-based dishes
as vegan hot dogs
with tomato sauce!
Ms. Ruckley
has had talks with Wayne
on a variety of subjects
including on health
and healing.
One of the experiences
that is most prominent
for me is one with
the dog that lives with me
called Wayne.
He came to me when he
was about nine years old.
That was
about six years ago.
And he always had a limp
on his right leg.
And I tried doing things
like swimming
and a bit of massage,
but nothing was working.
And one day
it just dawned on me,
“Why don’t I just ask him
what can I do for his leg?
Is there anything
I can do to help?”
So I asked him the question
and he simply said,
“I need an herb.”
I said, “Well, which one?”
And he said, “Don’t
worry, we’ll find it.”
And that was it.
And I thought, “Okay.”
And then the next day
I was in Adelaide and
I was at some markets
buying some fruit
and veggie seedlings for
a garden that I was doing.
I kept being drawn
to this one guy who was
selling decorative plants.
And I kept discounting that,
thinking,
“What do I want
with decorative plants?
It’s not what I’m here for.”
But after I walked past
for the third time,
I thought finally,
“I’ll go over, and I’ll
just chat to him and ask.”
And I said, “Do you sell
any medicinal herbs?”
And he said,
“Well, actually, just one.
It’s for arthritis.”
I thought, “Oh great!”
So I bought it and
it was like three dollars,
and took it home.
And I said to Wayne,
“What do I do with this?”
because I’d never done
anything with herbs before.
And he said, “You need
to steam it on my leg.”
So I started boiling up
some water in a saucepan
and added a few leaves,
and then
when it all started,
all the steam coming up,
I took Wayne and I
held him above the steam,
and I was trying
to sort of balance him
so that all the steam
would go on his leg.
And he said to me,
“That was
really quite amusing,
but next time you might
want to try a tea towel,
and then
wrap it around my leg.”
And I thought, “Okay.”
So anyway, I did this
for two or three days,
and then he just
never limped again.
And it was an incredibly
prominent limp
that you always saw.
It was every
third kind of step, and
it’s just never come back
in all that time, and that
was really quite amazing.
Wow Wayne you are
a truly special canine
and a wonderful doctor!
We are grateful
Jodi Ruckley
for your providing
intriguing revelations
about the deep,
inner nature of animals
and the wisdom they wish
to share with humanity.
Your communications
help us better understand
and appreciate our
splendid animal friends
and may you continue
acting as a bridge
between humankind
and the animal kingdom
for years to come.
For more details
on Jodi Ruckley and
Our Place on Earth,
please visit
www.OurPlaceOnEarth.com
The book
“Through the Eyes
of a Cow” and
“The Animals You Eat”
DVD are available
at the same website
Thank you for joining us
today on Animal World:
Our Co-Inhabitants.
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May we all be blessed
with many close
and loving relationships
with animals.