Soul 101: What is a Soul? Animals and People Have Souls

It seems that some people really don't have a good idea about what a "soul" really is - so today's blog will explain a "Soul 101" and help you understand what it means, and that every living thing has one as I describe in my books.   

WHAT IS A SOUL? In many societies and religions it is the immortal essence of a living thing. A soul is actually the energy in EVERY living thing that combines memories and personalities.
DO ANIMALS HAVE SOULS?  Of course. Every living thing has a soul. To think otherwise is crazy. Animals (and dinosaurs) lived and died on Earth long before humans ever showed up. They survived because they had intelligence, instinct, emotions, memories, and their own personalities. After all, what makes one animal a pack leader and not all of them? Why are some animals shy? easily frightened? bold? challenging? That's personality. They all have it, just as humans do. 
WHO QUESTIONS IT AND WHERE DID THE CRAZY IDEA COME FROM? According to most of the Abrahamic religions, only human beings have immortal souls. Evangelical-Biblical Literalist, Baptists and Church of Christ churches believe animals have no soul.

All living things have souls

Recently, the catholic faith even proclaimed that "Animals and plants" have souls  - but they put a "limit" on their statement thinking pets don't have conceptual intelligence, which I assure you, THEY DO. 
Why the Catholic faith (the one I grew up in and out of) thinks anything but people can be spirit is non-sensical. A spirit is a spirit. Period. That's like thinking because you have a college degree you'll be a spirit, but your neighbor who didn't go to college isn't smart enough to be a spirit in the afterlife. Do you see why it is a ridiculous argument? 

I'm unsure where that belief came from but as you can see from the logic above, it's absolutely untrue. Any living thing that can figure out how to survive, from a bird to an ant to wild boar has a soul. They have intelligence and a soul. Only ZOMBIES are soul-less. :)

DOES ANY  RELIGION BELIEVE ANIMALS HAVE SOULS?  Yes. Sikhism, Hinduism, Orthodox, Mormonism believe (and understand that animals have souls.  Islam and Judaism have conflicting beliefs- some sects believe it, others do not.  But religions were developed to help explain the afterlife, and some get bits and pieces correct, while others do not. There is no "correct" religion. Just remember it's all about energy and spirituality.

BOTTOM LINE: For anyone who loses a pet and says "Animals don't have souls" please assure them they do, and they will be with us in paradise/other side/heaven/Valhalla, whatever you want to call it where all of the energies reside after the physical life is over. To think that any living thing doesn't have a soul is truly ridiculous. Animals have lived eons before mankind ever walked the Earth and they would never have survived if they couldn't think, feel and learn. 

For Rob Gutro's books: "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," "Pets and the Afterlife,"  "Pets and the Afterlife 2" and "Ghostso f England on a Medium's Vacation -  visit Amazon.com   (or click this link)

Soul 101: What is a Soul? Animals, people

One of the questions I get asked often is whether animals have souls.  Of course they do. All living things have souls. 

Consider this a lesson in "SOUL 101" ."

WHAT IS A SOUL? In many societies (and religions) it is the immortal essence of a living thing. A soul is actually the energy in EVERY living thing that combines memories and personalities and knowledge.

DO ANIMALS HAVE SOULS?  Of course. Every living thing has a soul. To think otherwise is crazy.  To think something could live and function without knowledge, memories or personalities is foolish. Living things are not mindless zombies.

Animals (and dinosaurs) lived and died on Earth long before humans ever showed up. They survived because they had intelligence, instinct, emotions, memories, and their own personalities. After all, what makes one animal a pack leader and not all of them? Why are some animals shy? easily frightened? bold? challenging? That's personality. They all have it, just as humans do. 

WHO QUESTIONS IT AND WHERE DID THE CRAZY IDEA COME FROM? According to most of the Abrahamic religions, only human beings have immortal souls. Evangelical-Biblical Literalist, Baptists and Church of Christ churches believe animals have no soul.

Recently, the catholic faith even proclaimed that "Animals and plants" have souls  - but they put a "limit" on their statement thinking pets don't have conceptual intelligence, which I assure you, THEY DO. 
Why the Catholic faith (the one I grew up in and out of) thinks anything but people can be spirit is non-sensical. A spirit is a spirit. Period. That's like thinking because you have a college degree you'll be a spirit, but your neighbor who didn't go to college isn't smart enough to be a spirit in the afterlife. Do you see why it is a ridiculous argument? 

I'm unsure where that belief came from but as you can see from the logic above, it's absolutely untrue. Any living thing that can figure out how to survive, from a bird to an ant to wild boar has a soul. They have intelligence and a soul. Only ZOMBIES are soul-less. :)

DOES ANY MAN-MADE RELIGION BELIEVE ANIMALS HAVE SOULS?  Yes. Sikhism, Hinduism, Orthodox, Mormonism believe (and understand that animals have souls.  Islam and Judaism have conflicting beliefs- some sects believe it, others do not. 


BOTTOM LINE: For anyone who loses a pet and says "Animals don't have souls" please assure them they do, and they will be with us in paradise/other side/heaven/Valhalla, whatever you want to call it where all of the energies reside after the physical life is over. To think that any living thing doesn't have a soul is truly ridiculous. Animals have lived eons before mankind ever walked the Earth and they would never have survived if they couldn't think, feel and learn. 

Lessons Learned, Ghosts and Spirits

For Rob Gutro's books: "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," "Pets and the Afterlife" and the new book "Pets and the Afterlife 2" -  visit Amazon.com   (or click this link) 

Pets and the Afterlife 2, Pets and the Afterlife

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You Tube Videos/Interviews: Rob Gutro, Author / Medium / Pets and the Afterlife

If you'd like to hear some of my talks or radio interviews you can find all of these on my YOU TUBE channel. Just added a couple of them! 

You Tube videos and interviews of Author/Medium Rob Gutro about a variety of  topics including: what is a ghost vs. a spirit, how spirits communicate from the afterlife, to pets and the afterlife, signs from loved ones, demons, poltergeists and dark entities, and meet the Inspired Ghost Tracking Team.

(You can find the channel here: http://tinyurl.com/gtnnkak) 

Rob Gutro, Author / Medium

On August 21, I had a great one hour TV interview with Host Steve Thoth of Conscious Evolution Media talking about ghosts, spirits, pets, more!

SOLVING A DOUBLE MURDER: Guest Rob Gutro - From a Medium's Perspective

by Medium Tracey Lockwood 53:06

                       

Saying Goodbye | Dealing With The Loss of A Pet

by ParanormalZoneTV - Do You Believe Web Series  2:11:38

                       

Rob Gutro Pets in the Afterlife by Julie Sav, Medium in the United Kingdom 56:22

                       

Demons, Ghosts, Poltergeist and Paranormal Dark Activity

by ParanormalZoneTV - Do You Believe Web Series  2:04:11

                       

How Ghosts and Spirits Communicate with Us  by Conscious Evolution Media

1:01:42

                       

Slide show:  Inspired Ghost Tracking Core Group  by Margaret Ehrlich 1:09

                       

Animals in Heaven | Do Pets have Souls? by ParanormalZoneTV - Do You Believe Web Series 1:43:29

                       

Rob Gutro - Recognizing Signs From Loved Ones - StrangeCon 2014 by Raymond Weilacher 35:06

                       

"Pets and the Afterlife" Intro to a Book by Rob Gutro by Rob Gutro -Author 2:08

                       

Angels of Light Radio Episode 4: Rob Gutro Medium and Author by ALPSyubasutter  48:49

                       

Pets and the Afterlife w/Rob Gutro by ParanormalReviewRadio

Ghost at The Book Escape: Part 1 and 2 (Baltimore, 2012) 

Lessons Learned, Ghosts and Spirits

For Rob Gutro's books: "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," "Pets and the Afterlife" and the new book "Pets and the Afterlife 2" -  visit Amazon.com   (or click this link) 

Pets and the Afterlife 2, Pets and the Afterlife

Wow! Nice comments about my Interview with Norene on Paranormal Zone TV

Wow. I'm really touched by the nice comments from people who tuned into my interview about Pets and the Afterlife with Norene Balovich, host of Do You Believe on Paranormal Zone TV on May 25th. It was a powerful show and there was a lot of emotion, and healing. I even did some readings and got some confirmation. 

  The show went 2 hours and we covered a lot of ground and answered a LOT of questions about how pets communicate from spirit. You can see it and hear it here: https://youtu.be/pz1ywSRe5Ho   (Or Below)

 

Norene Sampiere Balovich with Norene Balovich.

Wow.....thanks so much to Rob Gutro - Medium, Author - Pets and The Afterlife Book 1 & 2....what a show....very emotional....I told myself that I wasn't going to cry.. the chat room was crying like babies too! .Thanks to all for joining us and don't forget if Rob can help send your message to...... Rgutro@gmail.com. Thank you! <3 u="">

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Tommy Roberts Rob always great Norene

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Nikki Cook Norene,your show had me crying my eyes out. as did you I love your compassion !! xx

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Jimmy Cortez Thanks Norene it's a new experiences something new to know of our lost loveable animals. Till then lots of love Jimmy Cortez. Have a awesome blessing day.

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Stacey Ford Is there a replay somewhere? I missed it and dearly miss my departed fur kids.

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Stacey Ford Yes, thank you so much Norene Sampiere Balovich. I have watched about the first hour. But I have to plug in for a bit and I will watch the rest. Very powerful and emotional. Thank you for having Rob on. He has answered so many of my questions and confirmed so many of my thoughts.

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William Fernandes Great Show and Thanks for Answering alot of My Questions Yes It was a Great Wonderful Show !!!

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Kerry Yeast sorry i missed it i could't watch it i might watch some of it later thow

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Shawn Christopher Beaudoin I loved it good Show Norene sooo sad but Rob was really good.Thank you Norene for answering my questions kiki emoticon

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Jenn Lee Bryon Lorino Saw most of the show and I been sick yesterday and I was sleepy but it was was great show and I got to bunny xoxo.

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Patricia Beauchamp Thank you Norene, it was an excellent show! Rob is just fantastic and so are you! Love ya'

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A Sign from Buzz the dog, 11 years later and PODCAST Proof

Pets 2, and Pets 1, which features Buzz on the cover

As I've stated in my books "Pets and the Afterlife" and "Pets and the Afterlife 2" (just came out on Feb. 14, 2016) when it comes to spirit, there's no such thing as a coincidence.

   Spirits, either human or pets, have the ability to influence things to give us signs that they are still around, and that's what happened last week. Signs can come within a couple of weeks of a birthday, anniversary or holiday. 

   My dog, Buzz passed on Feb. 22, 2005.

   In late January I received a request to guest on a radio show to talk about Pets and the Afterlife. However, when I went on the air, there were all kinds of technical difficulties and for unknown reasons. Although I now know that was Buzz's doing because spirits can affect anything electrical, and he was apparently having a lot of fun that evening messing up the equipment.   What's interesting is that Kevin and Molly, the hosts, said that they haven't had problems in quite awhile... and not until I came on.

  So, the interview was rescheduled for February 15 from 9 to 11 p.m. EST, ONE WEEK before the anniversary of Buzz's passing.  Nothing other than the date to tie it to Buzz, though, right? 
Wrong. What was the name of the radio show?  "The BUZZ."      

 Kevin, Scotty and Molly host the Buzz. The Buzz encourages listener participation with live chat and call in capabilities.  That night, Kevin and Molly interviewed me. Now, here's the proof of the interview in the PODCAST: http://tinyurl.com/zxvd2lw

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Click to order: My fourth book Pets and the Afterlife 2 is now Published!  
  It is available on Amazon.com in paperback and e-book. It's a follow-up to my first "Pets and the Afterlife" book, and is my fourth book.
 
ABOUT THE BOOK: 
Pets and the Afterlife 2 was written to help grieving pet parents understand how pets in the afterlife share signs from the afterlife.   The author is a medium, paranormal investigator, pet parent and a scientist. He explains the science of energy, what happens when pets pass, and the intelligence of pets.
Learn the difference between a ghost and spirit, and the types of signs our pets can give us from the other side.  Read amazing messages that the author received and fantastic personal experiences shared by others to help the reader better understand the many ways spirit pets can communicate.

 

PODCAST! The Edge of the Rabbit Hole with special guest Rob Gutro 02/23 by LiveParanormal History FM | Paranormal Podcasts

Did you miss my 1 hour interview last night on "Edge of the Rabbit Hole"? 

Click here for the Podcast: 
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 The Edge of the Rabbit Hole with special guest Rob Gutro 02/23 by LiveParanormal History FM | Paranormal Podcasts: With hosts Mike Ricksecker and Vanessa Hogle Tonight's special guest: Psychic Medium, Author, and Dog Rescuer Rob Gutro! The Edge of the Rabbit Hole interactively researches and uncovers supernatural secrets and lost knowledge from throughout the ages, covering a wide range of locations and topics, all supernatural, paranormal, and historic in nature.