Q1) During PLR sessions, sometimes clients see animals. How do we know if the animal is just part of the past life scene or if it is their spirit animal? And if it’s a spirit animal, how can we guide the client to get messages or guidance from it?
Q2) Is there any difference between spirit guide and spirit animal? If yes, then what is it?(eg- if the client visualise spirit animal instead of any spirit guide)
Dear Dr Gunjan,
I would attempt a plain answer,
If the animal appears naturally in the flow of the past life narrative (e.g., a horse they’re riding, a dog by the fire), it’s most likely a detail from that lifetime which may be worked upon to derive the lessons out of those relationships. It can even happen that say flock of birds being experienced over the subpersonality may be closely related to present life trauma. Reference the fear of feathers in present life coming from being eaten by vultures during last moments in that lifetime.
another example is as under from Resolution of Stress induced asthma
Alternatively::::
If the animal appears to be “standing out.” with client might saying things like “It feels different” or “This animal is looking right at me” or *“It’s not just there—it wants to tell me something.” It may be a spirit guide. They may also appear in more than one session or form recurring dreams of the client.
I would say the approach would be same with either — A GUIDE SPIRIT IS A GUIDE !!
So for processing we way apply Direct engagement and suggest
“Notice if the animal has something it wants to communicate. Allow your sub conscious to bring that to your awareness. What could be the reason for this animal to be here?”
or may be we suggest :-
“What qualities does this animal represent for you? How might those qualities be useful in your current life?”
Best Regards,
Monesh
@Monesh_Bathre Noted 
…thank you so much for explaining it so well 
further to what beloved Col @Monesh_Bathre has advised, my take is simple my blessed Dr. @gunjangaur0905
"if it quacks like a duck and walks like one… " like what Dr. Weiss said, it’s a duck.
As PLR Therapists we need not turn off our rational, we can always address the immediate first, even if it’s in the past life, it’s still a very ordinary thing… like Dr. Roger Woolge says,
“The difference is that these secondary figures reveal, when asked, detailed and consistent historical biographies, the content of which is often mundane, rarely glamorous but always full of situations where the subject’s complexes are vividly enacted within the constraints of that historical period.”
I’m aware of Spirit Guides, elevated consciousness, but never heard of Spirit Animal… not sure why we’d need a pet in the spirit world, because there it’s all one.
@venu Thank you so much
