Our kinship with all life is an essential part of living in Unity Consciousness, which is 5th dimensional and beyond.

In the past we have tried to and sometimes succeeded in eliminating certain predator species.  Our ignorance has seriously disturbed the balance of nature and our relationship with the Natural World.

This type of behavior is disharmonious and will not be allowed in Unity Consciousness.

Here in Connecticut, we have many Black Bears, and this year the numbers are at the higher end of the bell curve.  According to the State of Connecticut, “The resident population, including juveniles, is estimated to be around 1,000-1,200.”  Most are in the northwestern corner of the state.  I’ve seen 3 different families of bears just in the last month come through my quarter-acre yard and neighborhood.

Today, most humans in the US and elsewhere don’t know how to live harmoniously with nature, so people put out bird feeders, which makes birds dependent on humans and which attracts bears to our yards.  I used to do this, too.  I stopped because I have a cat now who is a serious predator of birds, and I didn’t want to set the birds up as someone else’s meal.  Now I know this upsets the balance with bears, as well.

Where I live, we also put out our garbage in large plastic containers to be picked up weekly.  This also attracts bears.  Bear-proof garbage cans are expensive, but ammonia mixed 50/50 with water and sprayed all over the outside of the can daily, will keep the bears away and is inexpensive.  Not everyone knows this.  The information spreads slowly by words of mouth.

Break-ins to human homes are on the rise in Connecticut.  In 2023, the total number reported to the state was 23.  This year, 2024, it’s already 68 reported break-ins and we are only in September.  As the bears prepare for winter hibernation, they are very hungry and must eat a lot of food to make it to spring.

Bears are smart!

Rather like Yogi Bear of Jellystone Park who stole picnic baskets, I once had a bear open an aluminum garbage can inside my garage that I thought I had safely sealed up.  The bear picked up an entire unopened 20-pound bag of bird seed, and carry it off into the woods before tearing it open to gorge on the seed.

News reports are increasing of bears in Connecticut that are actually entering homes and stealing food from the refrigerators and freezers.  Sometimes this happens while the family is sitting down, eating dinner in the house.

We’re teaching the bears that we are suppliers of their food and that it’s “safe” to steal from us.

This puts everyone in danger, including the bears, because when a bear attacks a human, the bear is usually killed.

Moving a bear from one part of the state to another is also done, but not when a bear is considered dangerous.  Humans value their own lives above that of animals.

To ascend to 5D Consciousness, we have to be living from our hearts.

Connect with your heart . . . and ask your heart,

“How can I learn to live with wild animals in a loving, harmonious, compassionate way that is safe for all?”

I decided to ask the mother bear in the picture at the start of this post what her thoughts and feelings are about living with humans.

Conversation with Mother Bear

Nedda:  Hi, Mama Bear.

Bear:  (grunt)

Nedda:  I’m a human.  I saw you pass through my yard a few weeks ago with your two cubs following you.  I’m wondering if we could have a conversation.

Bear:  What about?

Nedda:  About bears and humans and how they are getting along.  I’m interested in understanding your perspective.

Bear:  (grunt).

Nedda:  Would you be willing to share your viewpoint with me and a few other people who will read this conversation?

Bear:  [I telepathically see her lift her head and sniff the air.]

Nedda:  [Since animals generally have a stronger sense of smell than humans, I’m imagining/sensing/feeling that she might be “smelling” her way to an answer – or – she might be distracted by a smell, but it telepathically feels like it’s the former.  I wait for her to reply.]

Bear:  I guess it would be OK to share my thoughts and feelings, but humans might not like them.

Nedda:  Unless we learn to communicate, we cannot improve our understanding, so I encourage you to speak your truth.

Bear:  Humans are confusing to me and my kin.  They do one thing when they mean another.  Their minds whirl around and around, so it’s difficult to follow their thoughts.  It’s easier to be a bear because we just focus on the moment – the scent, the breeze in our fur, the whole of nature communicating as One Being.

Nedda:  Thank you.  Please say more.

Bear:  Well, you just disappeared – got interrupted, you said – and now you’re back.  Human’s jump from one thing to another.

Nedda:  Yes, that’s true.  But I, personally, am doing my best to be more focused on the moment, as you described.  It’s just that so much happens so fast and unexpectedly at times that requires a shift in focus.

Bear:  (grunt).

Nedda: (silently waiting and listening).

Bear:  Humans and bears cannot get along because we cannot trust you.  As individuals, your behaviors are inconsistent.  You put out food that smells enticing (image of bird seed; image of garbage cans filled to overflowing) and when we take it, you get upset.  You act as though there are no other animals around you, yet you live in a world with animals (images of insects and other life forms) everywhere.  It’s confusing because you seem to think you are the only ones here.

Nedda:  This is a new perspective to me because I’ve been attracted to the natural world my whole life, but I do know that many humans are this way, and that, at times, I’m that way too.  What do you think might help us shift to a consistent awareness of ourselves as part of the web of life, part of nature?

Bear:  No idea.  It’s not my job to fix humans.

Nedda:  What is your job?

Bear:  To be the best bear I can be.  To take care of my cubs.  To enjoy the natural world – the forest and the stars; the moonlight and sunlight; the smells and the sights and the sounds of nature.  To feel and smell the rain.  To enjoy a good back-scratch on a tree bark.  To sleep deeply in the arms of the Mother [Earth].

Nedda:  I wish that human life could be that simple in focus and expression.

Bear:  I don’t understand why it cannot be that way.

Nedda:  I’m not sure I can explain it, even to myself.  Humans just seem to make things complicated by trying to control everything, including bears and other wild life.

I’m aware that the energies are changing on the Earth very quickly to shift all consciousness into Unity.  Are you aware of this or sensing this change?

Bear:  I feel it with my entire beingness – my physical form, and other aspects of me, too.  I have consciousness that extends beyond my body to a Great Bear Consciousness that lives beyond Earth’s denser frequencies.  I feel the changes, but I don’t focus on them as something I have to do.  I just accept these energies and flow, flow, flow with them.

Nedda:  Do you or can you imagine humans changing because of these new flows of Consciousness?

Bear:  Yes, I guess that must be happening.

Nedda:  Do you think about how this would change human-to-bear and bear-to-human relationships?

Bear:  In my heart, I wish for and choose a peaceful, mutually respectful understanding.  An understanding that doesn’t require conversation, but does require connection, acknowledgement, and a knowingness amongst us all.

Nedda:  I appreciate what you have shared.  I feel we have had a heart-to-heart conversation that is a valuable step to greater understanding.  I hope you agree.

Bear:  It is a beginning.

Nedda:  How would it feel to you if all humans stopped putting out food that bears might misinterpret as meant for them?  Would that make your life easier or more difficult?

Bear:  It would be easier, really.  Now I have to teach my cubs to be wary of humans, but that’s difficult to do when the smells are so tempting and the food so easy to take.

Nedda:  Do you have other ideas of what might also be helpful?

Bear:  Stop putting these dreadful thing on our ears.

Nedda:  That’s done so that humans who want to protect bears and people can keep track of the bears – where you travel and other things that we believe will help bears survive.

Bear:  (grunt)  Better to ask permission to attach these things than to just assume that it’s OK to do so.  They are itchy at times and very annoying.  I really don’t like them.

Nedda:  I understand, but I can’t do anything about it except include your feelings in this article.

Bear:  Are we done now?  I have other things to do.

Nedda:  Yes.  Thank you so much for speaking with me.  I send respect and Infinite Divine Love to you and your family.

Bear:  Bye (disconnects).