Tigerlilly - Lobsang Rampa
Tigerlilly - Lobsang Rampa
Tigerlilly - Lobsang Rampa
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pay to go to a theatre or a cinema. They'd pay to get them-<br />
selves drunk. They'll pay for any entertainment, but when it<br />
comes to paying something for a poor, harmless, defenseless<br />
little animal who can't look after itself, well they take on the<br />
mantle of the miser. They begrudge anything, they begrudge<br />
food. Such people should be put in a cage themselves; they<br />
should be put in prison for cruelty to animals.<br />
If you are going away, then why not go and ask your<br />
veterinary surgeon if he could take your pet for such and such<br />
a time. If he cannot, then he can always recommend someone<br />
who will. During that time your pet will be well looked after.<br />
He or she will have plenty of company and will welcome you<br />
with gratitude and joy when you return.<br />
Why do you have a pet anyway? For an ornament? Well, if<br />
it's an ornament, then surely you give that ornament some<br />
elementary care. You look after it. You make sure it is clean.<br />
You make sure it is put in a safe place and an ornament, no<br />
matter how ornamental, is only an inanimate lump of material<br />
which someone has pummeled or carved into shape. Animals<br />
are one of the wonders of the world with senses far beyond<br />
those possessed by humans. Could you, for instance, sniff<br />
along a carpet and tell who'd walked that way three or four<br />
days before? Cleo can, Taddy can—all our cats have been<br />
able to. If you do not communicate with your cat, that is your<br />
ignorance, your loss. Your cat knows what you are thinking—<br />
if you think love, that cat will respond. If you think hate, you<br />
will find the cat disappears.<br />
And then there is the question of constipation. Not only<br />
humans suffer from constipation, cats do also, but only<br />
through the neglect of humans. They are given wrong food,<br />
they are given scraps, anything that is not good enough for<br />
humans is usually tossed out for the cat or the dog. Well, why?<br />
If your pet is a loved member of the family, surely he or she is<br />
entitled to the perfect rudimentary courtesy of being properly<br />
fed.<br />
There are many cat foods or dog foods on the market. Cat<br />
food is suitable for cats, not for dogs. Dog food is suitable for<br />
dogs and not necessarily for cats, but no matter how good the<br />
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