Earth animals
QUESTION: Masters, I have lived my life with many beloved animals; cats, dogs and others that I have loved. Do animals have souls? Does their consciousness continue on into the afterlife? Do they reincarnate as humans do? Will they be with me when I return Home when this lifetime is done? ~Renee, USA
ANSWER: Some animals are souls who have chosen to experience being an animal, so yes, they have a soul. The percentage is very low. Only about 1 to 2 percent of souls choose to live a life as an animal. All other animals are animated by a spark of life from the Creator.
The purpose of animals in a human life is to allow the person to experience emotions, interactive relationships, and human love. Energy never dies, so the animating energy continues on as an expression of the animal it has just left until it decides to animate another object. What has happened remains in the universal record of occurrences (akashic records) for all time.
If the soul that has chosen to be an animal passes out of its animal form (dies), it has the freedom of choice to decide to inhabit another animal, to return to human cycles of life, or to explore some of the various extraterrestrial life forms. It is a soul, after all, and souls always have total freedom of choice.
Animals who contained souls will always be available to you when you return Home. Sparks of energy may become known to you at will by recreating the lifetime in which you both were together. This can also be done now by experiencing past lives or particular facets of your current life in meditation, dreams, or hypnosis.