The Spiritual Nature of Animals

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Karlene Stange. The Spiritual Nature of Animals

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Praise for The Spiritual Nature of Animals

“Dr. Karlene Stange weaves a heartwarming web composed of her personal experiences as a veterinarian caring for all our kindred spirits, along with insights from ancient wisdom traditions and perspectives on our boundless interconnectedness with all beings. As a veterinarian who has shared my own journey of awakening through caring for our animal friends, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Stange’s story and know that it will benefit countless beings! Allow it to touch your heart and spirit, and enjoy!”

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Other colleagues seemed to be struggling as well. One of my veterinary school classmates and friends killed herself by drinking euthanasia solution in her Diet Pepsi. Another died when he rolled his truck on a late-night emergency call. In the neighboring county, a horse doctor committed suicide by shooting himself.

A turning point came for me about ten years later, at the funeral of a veterinary friend who died of cancer in a nearby town. She and I had planned to work together so we could have more time off. At the funeral, her two young children cried, while one person after another stood to tell stories about how this woman had come out at midnight, or on Christmas Eve, or 10 PM on the fourth of July, or 5 AM on a Sunday morning with her children sleeping in the truck. My friend lived with the stress that a large-animal veterinarian works under day and night. She used all her energy to help other people and their animals, but this meant she didn’t have enough left to stay healthy herself. It hit me like a bullet. I was doing the same thing, killing myself by working nonstop. The challenge was to find a way to change.

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