kkrell wrote:
Tuning energy field frequencies to induce Theta states optional. Psychic or no, cats - and other animals, mammals in particular - do read emotions. If you're not so in touch with your chakras, being genuinely calm and behaving pleasantly in detached and nonthreatening ways can go a long way to keep the peace and sometimes even encourage trust. Best to trust a cougar only so far, though.
There's no question in my mind that cats (and other animals) are sensitive to unspoken communication, far moreso than your average human. When I'm in the right frame of mind, some of the less skittish local rabbits will sit a reasonable (to them) distance from me - some have even sat as close as maybe 7 feet away, which is very unusual - and they'll stare, as if trying to figure out what's going on with this human, here. I've noticed this is far more likely to happen when I'm running a tune through my head, so I wonder if, with those big ears, they can hear me unconsciously subvocalizing. Who knows; if it's true and I'm a living media player to them, could be they find trad tunes fascinating. In any case, I'll stop and talk to them in a friendly way at such times, but they can hardly be expected to trust implicitly that they're not on the menu; they're genetically imprinted from ancestors who have seen it all. So I move on (and away) to other things. That's the only way they can know for sure that I don't intend to eat them. I don't discount the psychic stuff outright, but I lean toward the behavioral first. Attuned you may be, but not every animal will let you go up and pet them, least of all the wild ones. I may ooze peace and love, but no matter how close it dares to be, a wild rabbit will bolt every time I move toward it, nor to date have any ever accepted my invitations to come closer. This is to be expected from a small prey animal. A cat, on the other hand, has much reason to be far more confident.
I was fascinated to learn that the mountain lion not only responded in a positive way to the renowned Slow Blink, but also reciprocated in kind, as well. Those who know and understand housecats well will be very familiar with this reassuring gesture, and probably have done the slow blink themselves to their cats - I certainly have, many's the time - but up to now I hadn't considered that it could apply to cougars, too. Very interesting indeed.