Author: dthomas

In many far east countries, people hang bells on doors in their homes so that when someone opens the door, the bells ring.  They call these “mindful bells” and their purpose is to remind them to return to the present moment and be mindful. We humans have become so thought-focused that we spend very little…

Imagine waking up one morning and noticing that your cat is ill.  He has vomited a couple of times during the night and he is listless and has no interest in his food or water.  You gather him up and rush him to the veterinary clinic.  The veterinarian examines him, takes some blood for analysis…

“In acceptance, there is a decreased preoccupation with “doingness,” a growing focus on the quality of beingness itself,”  ― David R. Hawkins, Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender For many years now, I have focused on helping people empower themselves to take charge of health care for themselves and their pets.  This mantra seems to…

We are all familiar with the statement, “The squeaky wheel get the grease.”  It is an American saying that conveys the idea that the loudest problems are the ones most likely to get attention.  Whether it is the screaming child or the painful knee, whatever is making the largest ruckus will get our attention.  This…

Nothing can take us to the depths of despair than losing a loved one.  It is one of our greatest fears and one that we seem to believe that we can never escape.  It is such a complex of hurtful emotions and painful thoughts and it weighs us down until we can hardly function. As…

During my father and his father’s generation, it was common that they kept the same name for each subsequent dog that they had.  At that time, it was usually the father that initiated getting a dog and usually that dog had a purpose.  It might be a hunting dog, herding dog or just a family…

There is an ancient prophecy that originated by the tribes of the Amazon.  It seems very appropriate today.  According to the prophecy, human societies would split into two pathways; that of the Eagle and that of the Condor.  The Eagle is the pathway of the mind, the industrial and the male.  The Condor is the…

When you or your pet goes to the conventional western medicine doctor, the doctor will use intellectual medicine to try to resolve the problem.  There is nothing wrong with this, up to a point.  Western practitioners, from the time they enter medical/vet school and into their practice, intellectual medicine is their mindset. The intellectual mind,…

Socrates, considered the father of medicine, once said, “Everything in moderation.”  This is pretty good insight and something that many of us have forgotten.  Health care is no exception, for ourselves and our pets. Most of us are aware of an enormous movement from the conditioned, conventional approach to health care using drugs to a…

I was just reading an article about a new drug that is now being used to treat depression.  I thought to myself, “Oh no, some drug company has found another way to make a bunch of money by not resolving the problem.”  Then I found out the drug that was being used and I almost…