A friend of mine once lost her pet and was deeply upset, mourning its loss for weeks. Some people cannot fathom the attachment she had to her beloved furry friend. While most people cannot understand why pet owners can love their animals more than human beings, those who love their pets find it challenging to accept that their bond is not comprehended.
Today, let us examine this issue from a different perspective.
Animals have souls like humans. However, animal souls are fluid and not individualistic like human souls. Similarly, even trees and rocks have their souls, but they are forces of nature that dwell in trees as their abode. There are tales of trees that refuse to fall and cannot be knocked down, even with bulldozers. Such stories are not limited to superstitious Africa but also exist in Scandinavian countries where the locals still have connections with the forces of nature. Rocks have their beings inhabiting them, just as flower elves reside in flowers, far from human habitation, undisturbed.
However, animal souls are unique in that they possess independent movement. For instance, all elephants have souls that flow back into the common pool after death, similar to a river, only to reincarnate by a small portion of the pool flowing into the animal in the middle of pregnancy. Therefore, in principle, no animal is meant to be the reincarnation of another, except under special circumstances.
These special circumstances can be of two types. The first involves the most potent force on earth, Love. When an owner loves their pet, the love energy can bind the pet's soul together, making it individualistic. Thus, if the pet passes away, the soul does not flow back to the group soul. Under this condition, the animal can reincarnate, and its soul can still seek out the former owner if they are intuitively alert enough to recognize it.