A UNIQUE QUESTION AND ANSWER FORUM
Each month, we will select at least 2 questions from you, and Amber will answer them. You can email your questions for Amber Donkey at this address: dawn@springfarmcares.org Please notate in the subject line that it is for Amber Donkey. Your questions can be about any topic. Believe us when we tell you that Amber has not just vast knowledge, but many opinions, about many things. We are sure her answers will not just be informative but will be answered with her unique wit and humor as well. So, go ahead, Ask Amber Donkey! (Note: All answers are being given through Animal Communicator Dawn Hayman, co-founder of Spring Farm CARES.)
December 2007
The following are questions submitted by readers, answers by Amber Donkey or others when noted:
1. Amber, Do you dream? What do you dream about? -A.W.
This is such a favorite question of mine. I very much dream and I dream a lot. Sometimes I can catch a little dream in a good nap during the day, but mostly I dream deeply when it is most quiet in the barn, which is generally at night. I dream about so many things. Since I was young, I have had a dream about a place which has now become a favorite place of mine to go to in dreams. I go to a big field with lots of green grass and a huge rock. The rock is like a big boulder really. Almost a rock wall, it is so large. I call it the donkey rock. On that rock, I can find the history and memories of all donkeys. It is like a sacred donkey place. I love the donkey rock dream.
I also dream of old friends who are not with me anymore. Friends who I knew and who have died. Most of them animals but a human who I cared about as well. And, of course, I dream about food. Lots of food. I love to eat.
There are many ducks in our barn that sleep with me in my stall at night. They can come and go but they like to sleep with me. Sometimes we all dream together too. But their dreams are very busy. Too busy for me!
2. Amber, I have heard conflicting things about what animals are currently experiencing and perceiving regarding current circumstances and energies. I want to know your perspective on the "Great Shift" or earth changes we are in the midst of. - J.B.
I'm glad to hear you ask about the changes we are in the midst of. Many people keep asking me when the shift is going to start. I say, whoa! Hello there, where have you been? Things are changing and shifting all around us. Nothing is the way it used to be and it is going to be like nothing we've known before. The problem that I notice is that people are really frightened by the global changes and shifting of consciousness. It is because the picture is scary.
The picture you conjure up is scary. And for some people, it will be wrought with peril, if that is what they so choose. You cannot possibly picture what this will be like, because none of us have experienced anything like this before. Its all new. New to you, new to me, new to the Earth herself. Don't bog yourself down with worrying about what will happen. Just start being a part of the hope and wonder of the most magnificent healing to ever occur. Focus on the healing. Focus on the joy. Focus on the hope of a new day. That is what we animals are doing. Its not just wishful thinking. It is understanding the shift at its very core.
A river moves very fast. If all you concentrate on is the whirling current then you will get bounced around. But if you concentrate on the fact that you can float in water, then you will float. If you fight it, you will drown. In that same river, it is good to note that if you go with the flow of the river, you simply float along. But if you try to cling to the bank, you will get slammed into the rocks and the current will rip you apart. All good things for you to remember about the shift we are in. Its kind of funny really because all of us are really always shifting. The Earth in her billions of years has never known stagnation. If she did, she would have died. Growth always involves movement. Healing always involves movement. Nothing ever stays still or it withers in its own lack of motion.
3. Dear Amber, We are five cats and we live with two humans. They communicate with us very well, but not with each other -- at least not all the time. Can you give our humans some tips for communicating on the deep level that we animals are used to? I feel as if they are missing out on some good stuff! -Cherry Pie, Ziggy Stardust, Romeow, Ginsberg, and Iris
I love cats and am grateful for your question. Yes, I understand your dilemma completely. I live with 2 cats and a whole lot of humans. I must tell you that the cats listen a whole lot better. What I notice about humans is that they miss the best part of the conversation with each other. That is the part that is within the silences. Have you noticed that too? They jabber so much sometimes that they don't even hear what they are saying let alone what the other person is communicating. The thing is that people confuse hearing with listening. And they confuse listening with understanding. To truly understand each other, they need to just be quiet with one another and just be together. When two humans just sit together, no words said, just sitting and being and being aware of one another.... now that is communication. As cats, I know you understand this. And I'll bet you've had the experience that just as you get quiet and get your humans quiet too, and you sit there and connect with them, they immediately think something is wrong. I'll bet the human suddenly gets up and asks you what's wrong. Do you want something? Are you hungry again? What could it be?
Dawn gets a lot of calls like that from people. They want to know what their animal is trying so hard to tell them and, when she checks with the animal, they tell her they are simply connecting and being. People don't easily understand that concept though. They are too used to motion, movement, and confusion. When they feel something pure, simple, and quiet.... it freaks them out. You five cats just keep showing them how its done and hopefully they will get it. Good luck!
November 2007
To start the ball rolling, I asked my two co-directors to ask Amber D the first two questions.
1. Amber, are animals aware of Christmas and, if so, what does it mean to you? (submitted by Margot.)
Answer: This is a wonderful question because as you know, I have been the Santa Donkey here at the farm for the past several years. Children in particular get a kick out of me in my santa outfit. Then, of course, every year someone manages to call here to see if I can be rented for a live nativity scene. This donkey, however, is not for rent.
Yes, we animals are completely aware of Christmas but not for the reasons you might think. Christmas to us is more than the carrots and apples we get as gifts, (although that is a very nice tradition indeed!). It is certainly not about being the Santa Donkey. And it is not about shopping which is what we hear you all stress about every season.
Christmas to us is about an energy of peace, love, and giving. That energy is universal around the planet. In spite of all the Santa regalia, the lights and decorations, and the shopping, humans deep down do feel the energy of the Christmas season much like we animals do. But I don't think they are so aware of it as we are. Christmas Eve is a special time. Its a very special night energetically on this planet. Same is said for New Year's Eve by the way. On those two nights, there is much focus on a common event or moment on this planet by the vast majority of humans. It is not a religious event necessarily but it is an event of great focus. I might like to suggest to you that if large numbers of humans got together on those two nights of the year to pray for a common event, you would not believe the outcome. There is great power in the energy of all that focus. We feel it. We feel the lead up to Christmas as well because its all many of you humans think about. But its time for you to think about how you think about it.
Are you just stressing about the family obligations? Worrying about the shopping and buying just the right thing? Worrying about the money to pay for the shopping? Worrying about if you were naughty or nice? Notice the common theme of worry? That is how we animals know every year when Christmas is coming. The stress level increases dramatically of humans everywhere. Now if you all approached it knowing that you were sitting on an opportunity of love, peace, and unity.... you'd never get worried or stressed. And the world would change in an instant. We animals believe in the miracle of Christmas. Why? Because on that day, we feel so many of you unite for a common cause and we realize that you truly can do that.... and it fills us all with hope.
2. Amber, somehow mice have gotten into Bonnie's room and she live traps them and releases them in the barn next to your stall. She worries for their welfare. Have you ever met any of them and how are they doing? (submitted by Bonnie)
Answer: Have I ever met them? Let me tell you.... these are some well educated mice you have there. I have been chatting with them. You do realize don't you that you keep catching some of the same ones over and over again? We laugh about it when they come down for the third or fourth time and you let them out and wish them well.... again. They hang out in the barn for awhile and then find their way back to your place. They actually have something for you. They are coming in droves to help you. They tell me that you have been trying to call in some good help for yourself and they have answered the call. They are not your average mice either. They come with data. Now you will think I'm making this up but I assure you its true. Some of them are true philosophers. When they are down here with me, I warn them about the cats during the day. But they don't stay long down here because they want to get back up there to help you. If you don't want them in your room, you really must focus more on what kind of help you need. If you need it in human form, then request that specifically. But you sure have called in some highly specialized mice.
Always remember, if you call them, they will come.
