highmystica said:
It is my understanding that the choice to be STS or STO exists at every level.
I think this is strictly related to the level of consciousness,
The fact that we are not able to determine weteher or not animals have conciousness doesnt mean they dont have it, at least in some form. So far none of the zoologists who were studing this problem maneged to prove anything. The biggest let down was the case of Koko The gorilla who was heavily studied for years.
I dont think that you have to have individual soul in order to make STO choice.
But we are coming to very thin ice now, for example
mother quail will do antyhing to protect her chicks, she will even risk her life pretending to be hurt in order to distract the predator
now can we really call this STO behaviour , or just an instint for continuation of the species?!
Same with your cats mystica, to me it is very difficult to beleive that your cats could have any more grasp of the concept where meat comes from then we have grasp of the concepts that rule 4th density
therefore I find it a bit strange that you readily declared them as being on STO path just because of tehir food preference. The case is strange indeed given the extraordinary high requiremnt for protein whic felines exibit compared to other carnivors
On the other hand I am sure you are biased like evry other cat person. Being a dog person I could give you many more examples from canine world which could be accounted for STO choice. :)
Joking aside the human history is full of cases of wierd and unexplained animal behaviour which indicates that the whole area requires further study.
I have been working with animals for years and one thing I am certain of, animals do have telepathic abilities, and they can read our thoughts - of course one shouldnt take this literally, this hapens on basic or if I may say primeval level (as I said before the main problem inability to grasp certain concepts from diferent density). Also I noticed that some animal individuals are better at this then other.