Conference hydra::dejavu

    I would be a cat because they are intelligent and and have the ability
    to move silently through any terrain. They are also majestic and
    make impeccable hunters. they are also loyal and very trustworthy.
    
    						Geoff

    Timber Wolf, wild, free and somewhat social... B^)

    A human (as a matter of fact, I'm working hard at becoming one :-).
    
    Why?  Because, of all animals we know, being human gives one the
    maximum number of options.
    
    					Topher

    
    	As one might guess from my 'personal name' (if familiar with
    "Narnia") I am normally a lion, though, I recently discovered that 
    my "animal" self is a human (Homo Sapiens).
    
    	Alan.

    Eagle or Dolphin, depending upon if I want to soar the skies or
    swim the ocean.
    
    Ya, human does have its advantages, but I'm not sure if it's all
    what its hyped up to be.

    	A sea otter!  I love the water, and sea otters are sleek
    	and fun-loving!  It doesn't matter whether they're eating 
    	abalone on their stomachs or swimming rapidly away from a 
    	threatening beast, they always seem to love their life.
    
    					Carla

    
    
    Now wait a minute, Carla! *I* wanted to be an otter!
    Maybe I'll be a river otter...
    
    Because they are sleek and playful and family oriented
    and fun loving and beautiful!
    
                    Deb
    
    

    Hmmm, what shall I be today / tomorrow / next life ?
    
    Perhaps a Jellyfish, just bobbing along on lifes beautiful ocean
    of experience, causing no harm to anyone except those who grab me
    by the tentacles ( ! ).
    
    Or maybe a Killer Whale, munching all those little furry sea mammals
    that humans get sentimental about ( oops, sorry Carla...but what
    about the abalone ? ).
    
    But there again, perhaps an Andean Condor, soaring along thousands
    of miles of jungle covered mountains - wow, I like this one !
    
    Dave.

    A cat - those that are lucky enough to get homes get to spend their
    lives eating and sleeping and being pet.  I am also very fond of cats. 
    
    Elizabeth

    An elephant.  I've always loved the beasts.  As a child I wanted
    nothing to do with teddy bears, dolls--I had my stuffed elephant
    collection, which I have kept to this day.  Even now, my husband and
    family occasionally give me an elephant for a birthday or Christmas.
    I read volumes about them, their lives and habitats and behaviors.
    I cried most of the way through Dumbo.  I instinctively loved them,
    even the smelly, real ones I ogled at the zoos.  I was ecstatic when
    I finally got to ride one at a state fair some 5 years ago.
    
    Marcia

    Re .10 (Marcia):
    
    >.............................................Even now, my husband and
    >family occasionally give me an elephant for a birthday or Christmas.
     
    Must be a _humungous_ feed bill! :-)
    
    Semi-seriously, my late father was an elephant freak, too.  When
    he retired to Florida, I suggested he get a baby one for his back
    yard, but he never did.
    
    On animals: I love cats, but tend top go along with Topher -- I'd
    stay a human; or, barring that, one of the primates.  They have
    the most options.
    
    But let me tell you about bats some time ...
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    I would want to be an Eagle.  
    
    Ah-h-h, what it would be like to soar above all.
    
    Pat

... a pah-tee ..

    Jonathan Livingston Seagull here...
    

    
    I'm rather partial to ostriches, however my first choice would be
    a dog - collie in particular.
    
    Cindy

I think it would have to be a dolphin.  I've always been fascinated with
these playful, intelligent creatures.

		Dave

      I'll have to agree with .13. Spuds all the way
    
     Did you see all the babes around him on the commercials?
       AHHHHH!! what a life.
    
                                            Jeff
    

RE: .17
    
    But if you asked him (her, actually I believe), I'm sure you would
    tell you it was a dog's life.
    
    			:-) Topher

    a shar-pei.
    To be prized above other dogs, to be pampered and adored by my
    human pets. ;^)
    
    Theresa.

RE: .6 (Carla)


    >   A sea otter!  < 


In that case I would like to be an abalone.  ;-}


    
I hear Paul Simon would rather be a sparrow than a snail...
        
    
John M.

Once there was a deer.  One day while roaming around in its forest it met
a lonely wolf.  Deer did not know, that it was a wolf, for it had not met 
any wolves before.  Deer slowly got close to the wolf and asked the wolf
if they can become friends and play together.  Wolf agreed and they became
friends.   And after couple of days wolf killed the dear and eat it.

As all the deers go, this deer also went to heaven.  There God saw this
deer always being sad.  So, one day God went near the deer and asked why it
was so sad inspite of being in heaven.

Deer:"God I am thinking of the friend who killed me.  Thinking of his
behaviour hurts me a lot.  Why was it so dishonest?"

God:"Your friend who killed you is a wolf.  Wolf do not care about a
deer's love and friendship.  All they care and see is the flesh that
they can eat.  Who asked you to be friends with a wolf?"

Deer:"But it said it was my friend, it promised to help me.  It always 
talked of high values and principles.  It even used to cry when ever it 
used to hurt me.  More than anything I trusted those tears and thought
of it as a great friend."

God:"Ok, enough of being sad.  I will send you back to the forest.  Now
I will give you a choice to be what ever the animal you want to be.  You
can go as a wolf if you want to.  Do you want to?"

Deer:"No God I cannot be a wolf and live a life of lies and betray friends
for the desire of flesh.  I like to be a deer only.  Give me more intelligence
to find out who is a real friend and who is not"

God:"Now you know the pain of betrayel, abuse of trust, you will never inflict
the same kind of pain on others.  Try and learn from this pain you will be
peaceful.

Understand this my little dear then you will not grieve any more.  Every one
walks the path they choose.  As you are choosing the path of trust, Love and
friendship, the Wolf chooses the path of preying on other animals flesh.  Do
not worry your little head about the path others have chosen.  Live the path
you have chosen and keep your heart clean.

Wolves are around, keep distance from them and remember never trust a Wolf's 
tears and never trust a wolf's smooth talks.  Now go dance my dear to your 
heart's content and be happy in the forest."

    

    Re .6, .8 and .21...
    
    Looks like we've got a bit of a food chain here folks...
    
      Orca -> Sea Otter -> Abalone
    
    Anyone fancy being a plankton ( or whatever Abalones eat ) ?
    
    Yum Yum, Dave.

    re: .22
    
    		That was very nice, Thanks:-)
    
    					Geoff

    Geoff beat me to it... re .22 that was great!

    
    Re : .23
    
    No thank you, I'd rather be a Macaw.
    
    Think of all the admiration you get for your colourful feathers.
    The big mess you can make by peeling sunflower seeds and then flap
    your wings and get the peels all over the place. 
    
    Then the cleaner comes and you play tricks on him, flying onto his
    head, nibbling his ear and so on.
    
    Having a nice shower and shower everybody around you. 
    Squawking at loud as you can if you don't get the desired attention.
    Even tell them (people) off, or fool them, because they are stupid
    in some way.
    
    What a lovely life.
    
    Wivine 

    
    
    
    There are four animals that I wouldn't mind being -
    
    . A cat - but only if I had a good, loving home where I would be
      treated with the respect I deserve! :-)  This would be at the
      times when I want to be admired and taken care of.
    
    . A dolphin - at the times when I want to be free and playful!!!
    
    . An owl - at the times when I long to know the mysteries of life!!!
    
    . A little creature of the forest, something like a chipmunk.  I
      sometimes daydream about being this little creature and living
      in a world where I *was not* part of the food chain and had an
      endless supply of vegetation to eat and a warm little burrow to
      sleep in, filled with fragrant leaves and flowers.  I would spend
      my days soaking up the sunshine, playing with all my forest friends,
      and then spending wonderful dreamfilled nights in my cozy home.
      This would be at the times when I need to feel totally secure
      and loved.
    
    Carole
    
    

    re: .27  (Carole)
     > A little creature of the forest, something like a chipmunk.  I
     > sometimes daydream about being this little creature and living
     > in a world where I *was not* part of the food chain and had an  
     > endless supply of vegetation to eat and a warm little burrow to 
     > sleep in, filled with fragrant leaves and flowers.  I would spend
     > my days soaking up the sunshine, playing with all my forest friends,
     > and then spending wonderful dreamfilled nights in my cozy home. 
     > This would be at the times when I need to feel totally secure   
     > and loved.                                                      
                                                                       
      Sounds more like a description of a hobbit than a chipmunk ;-);-)
                                                                       
    	- Bill

    I would want to be a Lark.  It seems to me that the expression "Happy
    as a Lark" must be based in some truth.  Since it has abeen my stated
    goal for the last few years to live a "happy" life, and since I
    seem to have met with some good success, I think it only fitting
    that I should become a Lark.
    
    Marion 
          

    Re .13 and .17:
    
    Would it make a difference to you Spuds fans to know it was recently
    discovered that Spuds is female?????????????
    
    

    That's OK, most of the Lassies were males.
    
    Paul.
    
    BTW - just to keep this note on topic, somewhere deep inside myself
    there is a wolf just sitting there waiting for a chance to run
    wild. Anyone who has seen the way I cook a steak will attest to
    this fact :-)

    Here is a "relevant" quote from Lazaris' new book ("The Sacred
    Journey")[although this could also go under the Reincarnation
    topic.]:
      
    
    "...
         Once you move out of any Kingdom, you never go back.  Once
     you step over the boundary and enter the Human Kingdom, you never
     step back.  Certain Eastern philosophies notwithstanding, you do
    not step back.  The last animal lifetime, however, is a very important
    transitional lifetime.  Within each animal species certain types
    of animals have a much smoother transition than others.  In the
    species of birds, for example, we would suggest that an eagle, hawk,
    or owl has an easier transition to the Human Kingdom than, say,
    a buzzard!  There is no species better than another;  there are
    just certain animals within a species that are more likely to make
    the jump than others.
         The last animal you were, we would suggest, is often your 
    Spirit Animal.  If you can remember or discover what it was, it
    can be of grand assistance in your current growth.  It can be of
    assistance, that is true, but certainly it is not necessary to 
    your growth."
      
    
        I don't know which animal I might have been...I suspect I was
    a snake in some lifetime (a bushmaster!) :-)
      
    Frederick
    

    Reply to .33; Fredrick,
    
    Do I detect a little species chauvanism? I thought humans are/were
    animals.

    Re .26
    
    Sounds great being a Macaw, but I seem to remember something from
    another notes file about Macaws being stuffed into plastic drainpipes
    and thrown into car boots ! You can't keep these things secret,
    Wivine !
    
    Squawk, Dave.

    RE: .33
    
    The way I'd heard tell, Humans and the different animal classes were
    separate spiritual evolutionary paths and that they normally didn't
    cross about.
    
    The differing stories on these things sometimes makes me wonder
    where the spirits these folks channel from get their information!
    
    Kak

    HI.
         In my usual open-minded way, I read .0 and decided immediately
    that I wasn't interested.  Then I remembered that I had often thought
    I'd like to be an Orca, a killer whale.  My first choice is dolphin,
    but Killer whales EAT them.  I'd want to be on the top of the food
    chain.  
         What I'd like about being a dolphin, and this is hopefully
    true about killer whales, is that they don't have much of a problem
    getting enough to eat.  They are so well adapted to their environment
    that they can hunt for a relatively small portion of the time and
    get all they need.  They spend a lot of their time playing and having
    fun, goofing with other dolphins and other animals.  They are thought
    to be highly intelligent and to possess language; they don't screw
    up the earth and overpopulate it, like some animals I know!  They
    are very social.  Sometimes I wonder if, when we're ready to reincarnate
    to a higher life form, we become dolphins, or some other type of
    whale.
         I'm very partial, probably like most people, to mammals.
    Now I guess I'll take a look and see what everybody else would like
    to be.
                                               Mike
    

    Being a perfectionist at heart -- although falling chasms short
    of it in real life -- I believe that there is only one creature
    that I could tolerate being.   A SHARK, preferably a great white,
    but I suppose I'd settle for a Mako or Tiger.  Of all the creatures
    on this earth, they are the closest to perfect.  They have two basic
    functions, eating and breeding; they are at the summit of the food
    chain - even man has to be careful; and they are adapted perfectly
    to their environment.  I have been greatly interested in sharks
    for many years, and have come to the conclusion that if I believed
    in evolution, sharks would be the one creature that would have had
    to change the least.  I like that, I'm a creature of habit and I
    usually resist change, I think I'd like being in total control of
    my "territory" and not have to worry about much except a harpoon, an
    occasional killer whale (see -.1), or a rambunctious dolphin.
    
    BTW:  (-.1) Although the killer whale is at the top of the food
    chain and has been know to attack a shark or two, there are more
    incidences of sharks attacking and killing whales (any type) than
    vise-versa -- especially great whites, so....
    
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    ;-)
    
    lb

    The Black Bear, my spirit brother.
    
    Russ

    Morgan Wolbach! ;-)
    
    j

    I'm extremely partial to cats, although I can't imagine myself as
    domesticated, therefore I'd have to choose either a lion or a leopard,
    hanging out on the African plains....I could really get into that!
    
    Michaela