I don't know what vegemite is, but I have rarely been bitten by mosquitos. They can be all around biting everyone else, but leave me alone. I have also noticed that the deer are less afraid of me, and always were from the beginning of them coming by.
My theory is that 1) I have been vegetarian for a long time. It's logical that the deer can "smell" this (smell predator); as for mosquitos, I think my blood must "smell" differently to them as well. And 2) vibration or essence: I don't kill anything consciously, as Monica said, not even cockroaches or scorpions. I think somehow this is sensed by animals.
Like Ahktu, I have been at client's businesses and taken spiders and other creatures outside among "eeewwuuuus!" but at the same time I could see it changed their paradigm a little to see it (that's not why I ever do it though; I do it to get the little creatures out of the human space where they would surely get squashed).
The other thing I do is talk to insects. I don't think they know the words I say, but I do think they understand the feeling and intention. Example of the message flowing the other way: We used to live in an area that was the highest for scorpion nests. You could count at any time (at night) over 30 perched on our back yard wall in the summer. We discovered that they phosphoresce under a black light. We started shining the black light on them, and my avatar is a photo taken this way (scorpions are just so beautiful). Shortly after we started doing this, scorpions began showing up in the bedroom, right over the bed on the wall. One night, my boyfriend and I both got stung (I took the scorpion outside of course). But it came to me that they did not like the black light. So we stopped shining it on them. The bedroom visits stopped.
Humans are insular, and have closed themselves off from nature in general (aside from indigenous peoples). We build walls, pour concrete, live in cities, etc., and this causes a barrier between us and animals/plants/insects/all other life. It also causes separation, and therefore fear. Fear causes more separation. Wildlife is out there just trying to survive. Right now there is a rattlesnake sometimes visiting our front yard. They sleep mostly in the day and become active at night. Living in the desert, it is smart to be aware in the summer of rattlesnakes. They will always warn you with their rattles; they won't attack--unless you inadvertently corner them or step on them (or try to kill them). With mutual respect, we can all (all life forms) live in harmony. I don't mean to sound cavalier or stupid about this; if someone has children playing in a yard, one doesn't want a rattlesnake there. I just feel that killing is not the answer; and as for me, an adult, I can certainly live in peace with the wildlife in my area.
I provide water for the wildlife. I recently found out that the end of a large development which ends on the mountainside I'm on, built over the local watering hole. So I get a lot of wildlife coming to drink. Bees hang out especially in the bird bath. I love to watch them. They will fly around and sometimes land on me. Most people have been taught to be afraid of bees (and if one is allergic, it makes sense). But bees have great energy. They "feel" good. When one starts to open the doors to nature, and ceases to hide behind the barriers erected by humankind, a very different world emerges.
Being with nature, and wildlife, is a sure way to bring yourself into the now.
My theory is that 1) I have been vegetarian for a long time. It's logical that the deer can "smell" this (smell predator); as for mosquitos, I think my blood must "smell" differently to them as well. And 2) vibration or essence: I don't kill anything consciously, as Monica said, not even cockroaches or scorpions. I think somehow this is sensed by animals.
Like Ahktu, I have been at client's businesses and taken spiders and other creatures outside among "eeewwuuuus!" but at the same time I could see it changed their paradigm a little to see it (that's not why I ever do it though; I do it to get the little creatures out of the human space where they would surely get squashed).
The other thing I do is talk to insects. I don't think they know the words I say, but I do think they understand the feeling and intention. Example of the message flowing the other way: We used to live in an area that was the highest for scorpion nests. You could count at any time (at night) over 30 perched on our back yard wall in the summer. We discovered that they phosphoresce under a black light. We started shining the black light on them, and my avatar is a photo taken this way (scorpions are just so beautiful). Shortly after we started doing this, scorpions began showing up in the bedroom, right over the bed on the wall. One night, my boyfriend and I both got stung (I took the scorpion outside of course). But it came to me that they did not like the black light. So we stopped shining it on them. The bedroom visits stopped.
Humans are insular, and have closed themselves off from nature in general (aside from indigenous peoples). We build walls, pour concrete, live in cities, etc., and this causes a barrier between us and animals/plants/insects/all other life. It also causes separation, and therefore fear. Fear causes more separation. Wildlife is out there just trying to survive. Right now there is a rattlesnake sometimes visiting our front yard. They sleep mostly in the day and become active at night. Living in the desert, it is smart to be aware in the summer of rattlesnakes. They will always warn you with their rattles; they won't attack--unless you inadvertently corner them or step on them (or try to kill them). With mutual respect, we can all (all life forms) live in harmony. I don't mean to sound cavalier or stupid about this; if someone has children playing in a yard, one doesn't want a rattlesnake there. I just feel that killing is not the answer; and as for me, an adult, I can certainly live in peace with the wildlife in my area.
I provide water for the wildlife. I recently found out that the end of a large development which ends on the mountainside I'm on, built over the local watering hole. So I get a lot of wildlife coming to drink. Bees hang out especially in the bird bath. I love to watch them. They will fly around and sometimes land on me. Most people have been taught to be afraid of bees (and if one is allergic, it makes sense). But bees have great energy. They "feel" good. When one starts to open the doors to nature, and ceases to hide behind the barriers erected by humankind, a very different world emerges.
Being with nature, and wildlife, is a sure way to bring yourself into the now.
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