Volume 2 • Issue 1 • January 2025
Pages 12-18
Understanding Animal Consciousness
For the deeply curious—exploring how awareness connects humans and animals through quantum fields and collective intelligence
By Sharon Burnett • Animal Communication for Healing • 8 min read
📚 Start with the Foundation
This final article brings the Quantum Healing series full circle—exploring understanding animal consciousness, the awareness that exists beneath behaviour and beyond biology.
It’s where science meets soul, and where you discover that your animal’s wisdom is not separate from your own. Together, you share one field—one consciousness—expressed through two hearts.
New to the series? Read Part 1 first →
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f you’ve reached this point in the series, you’re not here for quick explanations. You’ve witnessed the small miracles: the dog who waits at the door at unexpected times, the cat who appears the instant you think of her, the session that changes your animal’s state even when they’re miles away.
You’re ready to understand why.
Why does awareness behave this way?
Why do our animals know things that, logically, they shouldn’t?
And what if everything we call “instinct” is actually evidence of something far larger—consciousness itself moving through every living being?
In Part 4: The Connection That Changes Everything, we explored how consciousness flows through your nervous system and into your animal’s healing. We learned that awareness has frequencies, and that your state creates the field your animal lives in.
Now we’re going deeper—into the nature of consciousness itself. What it is. How animals access it differently than we do. And why this understanding changes everything about how we relate to them.
THE BRAIN AS RECEIVER, NOT GENERATOR
What If consciousness Come First?
For centuries we’ve assumed the brain creates awareness. Neurons fire, chemistry flows, and somehow experience appears. But no one can explain how matter makes mind.
It’s called the hard problem of consciousness.
A growing body of research now reverses the assumption. What if awareness isn’t produced by brains but received by them—like radios tuning into a signal already in the air?
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The Science
Near-death studies show people with no measurable brain activity report accurate perceptions. They describe conversations in other rooms. They relay details they couldn’t possibly know (van Lommel et al., 2001).
Quantum physicist Henry Stapp argues consciousness collapses the wave function itself—making awareness fundamental to physical reality (Stapp, 2007).
If consciousness is primary, then your animal doesn’t need a human-sized cortex to be conscious.
Their brain is simply a different instrument playing the same field.
Key Takeaways
- Consciousness comes before matter—brains receive awareness rather than create it.
- Animals access awareness more clearly because they live without mental noise.
- Morphic fields connect individuals to species memory and collective intelligence
- Consciousness is non-local—distance healing works because awareness transcends space.
- Animals model unity consciousness, teaching presence & direct knowing.
- True healing arises through recognition, not effort—remembering you were never separate.
Consciousness Comes First
Awareness doesn’t arise from matter—it animates it.
Every drop of life reflects the field of consciousness itself.
“Awareness doesn’t live inside the brain—it moves through it.”
This shift changes everything. Your cat isn’t “less conscious” because their brain is smaller. They’re not “primitive” versions of humans. They’re complete, whole beings accessing the same fundamental awareness you do—just through a different biological instrument.
If awareness moves through all life, then how do animals receive and express it so clearly? The answer lies in how they tune the field.
PRESENCE AS THE LANGUAGE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
How Animals Tune The Field Differently
Animals experience less interference than we do.
Our constant analysis—the inner noise of remembering, predicting, judging—fills the channel with static.
They live closer to silence, so the signal comes through clear.
They’re not psychic—they’re present.
And presence is the natural language of consciousness.
Everyday Examples In Action
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Your rabbit freezes the moment tension enters the room—before anyone has moved or spoken. They’re reading the shift in the collective awareness of the household.
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Your bird starts calling five minutes before your partner comes home, even though the schedule varies daily. They’re tuning into the morphic field connecting them to their human.
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Your guinea pig squeaks excitedly when you think about feeding them—before you’ve stood up or touched the food bag. They’re sensing your intention before it becomes action.
These aren’t coincidences. They’re evidence that animal consciousness at this level requires us to recognize they’re operating in a dimension of awareness most humans have forgotten how to access.
Dr. Bruce Lipton’s research on epigenetics showed us that consciousness shapes biology—that belief literally changes gene expression. Animals live this truth naturally. They don’t question whether their intuition is “real.” They simply trust what awareness shows them.
THE INVISIBLE WEB CONNECTING ALL LIFE
Morphic Fileds and Collective Consciousness
Biologist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake proposed that living systems share morphic fields—informational patterns that guide both form and behavior.
Think of them as energetic memory banks. Every species carries one, and individuals both draw from and contribute to it.
This is how animal consciousness at this level moves beyond individual minds into species memory—a collective intelligence animals access naturally.
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The Science
Learning transmission: When rats in London learned a maze, rats in Australia mastered it faster—as though knowledge entered a shared field (Sheldrake, 1981).
Dogs who know: In more than 200 controlled trials, dogs went to windows far more often when their guardians actually began returning home—even at random times (Sheldrake & Smart, 2000).
These findings suggest that information doesn’t only pass through genes or teaching—it flows through resonance in the collective consciousness animals share.
Why Your Rescue Animal Just Knows
Many rescue animals have never experienced safe, consistent love, yet they recognize it instantly.
They lean in, exhale, and trust.
They’re touching something bigger than personal memory: the collective blueprint of “dog,” “horse,” “cat.”
Somewhere within that field is the record of safety, belonging, and home. When your frequency matches it—when you embody calm love—they access it too through the unified field of consciousness.
“Every act of healing adds new information to the field.”
Your work with one animal subtly strengthens that pattern for all others.
Each moment of restored trust ripples outward through the morphic field—making it easier for the next frightened animal or neglected horse to remember what safety feels like.
This is one of the most profound implications: your healing work is never just personal. Every time you help your animal shift from fear to trust, from illness to wellness, from separation to connection—you’re upgrading the collective consciousness of their entire species.
WHERE DISTANCE DISAPPEARS
Non-Local Consciousness
Quantum physics shows particles remain connected regardless of separation.
Experiments now suggest consciousness behaves the same way.
Dean Radin’s research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences demonstrates that focused intention can alter random-event patterns even across distance (Radin, 2006).
The famous double-slit studies show observation changes quantum outcomes even when the observer is isolated from the experiment.
If awareness were locked inside a brain, none of this should be possible.
But if consciousness is fundamental to reality, then space and distance simply don’t apply.
The Unified Field Perspective
Ervin Laszlo’s work on the Akashic Field proposes that all information in the universe is interconnected through a cosmic memory field—a scientific framework for what mystics have described for millennia (Laszlo, 2004).
This unified field isn’t metaphor. It’s an emerging scientific model that explains how consciousness transcends physical boundaries.
During remote sessions, we don’t send energy through the air; we meet in the same field of awareness.
Your animal senses the coherence of your state and responds—whether they’re in your lap or on another continent.
“We’re not sending signals through space—we’re meeting in consciousness, where space doesn’t exist.”
This understanding explains why you can feel your animal’s distress when you’re at work. Why they settle when you meditate in another room. Why distance healing sessions create real, measurable shifts even when your animal isn’t physically present.
The unified field of consciousness connects you constantly. Physical proximity is convenient but not necessary. What matters is the quality of your awareness—your coherence, your intention, your regulated nervous system state.
WHEN THE FIELD BECOMES PERSONAL
What This Means For You and Your Pet
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Connection is constant. Your emotional tone travels through the quantum field; your calm supports them even when you’re apart. When you regulate your nervous system before leaving for work, you’re not just helping yourself—you’re creating a template of safety in the collective consciousness you share.
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Collective wisdom is real. Animals draw on species memory—instinct, resilience, healing intelligence embedded in morphic fields. Your newly adopted chinchilla already knows how to dust bathe perfectly because that knowledge exists in the field, not just in their individual brain.
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Belief shapes biology. When you hold healing is possible, you create the energetic blueprint your animal can follow. Dr. Lipton showed us that environmental signals change gene expression. Your consciousness is part of their environment—perhaps the most important part.
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Individual work scales. Every healed relationship strengthens the morphic field for that species. When your reactive dog learns to trust again, you’re making it easier for the next reactive dog somewhere else to access that same possibility through collective consciousness.
This awareness isn’t just fascinating—it’s empowering. You’re not helpless in the face of your animal’s struggles. Your state, your beliefs, your regulated nervous system, your conscious intention—these aren’t “nice to have.” They’re the foundation of healing itself.
Healing Through Connection
Awareness flows through every species, every breath, every gaze.
The language of consciousness is always shared.
Ready To Work At This Level?
Understanding animal consciousness changes everything—from how you interpret behavior to how you hold presence.
If you’d like to explore this experientially, let’s talk about how consciousness-based work can transform your bond.
In this 30-minute call, we’ll discuss your animal’s specific situation and whether animal communication is right for you.
WHAT THEY KNOW THAT WE'VE FORGOTTEN
How Animals Access Universal Consciousness
Animals live of consciousness, not in it.
We think about awareness; they simply are awareness.
Where we question, they trust.
Where we analyze, they act from knowing.
This isn’t naïveté—it’s alignment.
Gregg Braden notes that many ancient traditions described humanity’s “fall” as the shift from direct knowing to mental separation (Braden, 2007).
Animals never fell. They remain open conduits to the unified field itself.
THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE ACCESS CONSCIOUSNESS
Humans must practice meditation to quiet the mind. Animals live in that quiet naturally—when they’re not processing trauma or threat, they exist in present-moment awareness.
We second-guess our intuition, asking “Is this real or am I imagining it?” Animals never question what consciousness shows them. They simply act.
We try to understand love intellectually. They embody it without analysis—showing us what unconditional presence looks like.
“They don’t practice presence; they are presence. They don’t work on accessing the unified field; they never left it.”
This is why they are such powerful teachers. Each time you sit quietly with your animal—no agenda, no fixing, just being—you step back into that shared awareness. You remember what they never forgot: that consciousness is primary, connection is constant, and separation was always an illusion.
LEARNING FROM THEIR EXAMPLE
Your horse doesn’t need a meditation app to enter coherence. They drop into that state naturally when they feel safe.
Your cat doesn’t read books about mindfulness. They demonstrate perfect presence every time they watch a bird outside the window—completely absorbed, no past or future, just this moment.
Your dog doesn’t study quantum physics to understand entanglement. They live it—feeling your emotions instantly, knowing when you need them without being called.
They are living examples of what humans are learning to return to: direct knowing, immediate presence, trust in the unified field that connects all things.
WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER
THE UNIFIED FIELD
Across this series we’ve traced a simple truth:
Part 1 showed entanglement—why you and your animal constantly influence one another through quantum connection.
Part 2 revealed the deeper physics behind that connection—superposition, many worlds, nonlinear time, the zero-point field.
Part 3 described what happens in real sessions—the quantum journey, expanded awareness, you as the conduit for communication.
Part 4 grounded the science in daily practice—how your nervous system regulation becomes theirs, how consciousness and belief literally shape biology.
Part 5 now integrates it all: understanding animal consciousness as the source from which everything arises.
When you realize that awareness itself is what you and your animal share, healing stops being something you do and becomes something you allow.
You meet each other as expressions of the same field—one consciousness exploring itself through two forms.
This is what morphic fields point to. What non-local consciousness demonstrates. What species memory proves. What the unified field contains.
Not separation, but unity. Not isolation, but connection. Not fixing, but recognition.
Your animal isn’t broken and needing repair. They’re a conscious being temporarily playing the role of “bird” or “cat” or “goat” or “guinea pig”—just as you’re consciousness temporarily playing the role of “human.”
And in the space where you meet—in the quantum field, in the morphic resonance, in the non-local awareness you share—healing happens naturally.
Not because you applied the right technique. But because you remembered what was always true.
A DIFFERENT APPROACH
Connecting with Species Consciousness
This practice is different from Article 4’s unified field meditation. Here, we’re specifically working with morphic fields and species memory—accessing the collective consciousness of your animal’s species.
Sit quietly with your animal nearby, or hold them in your awareness if they’re not present.
Take five slow breaths, letting your mind settle completely.
Bring awareness to your animal’s species—not just this individual, but “dog” or “cat” or “horse” or “bird” as an entire lineage stretching back thousands of years.
Sense the morphic field surrounding that species—the collective wisdom, the evolutionary memory, the accumulated knowing of every member who has ever lived.
Notice what qualities are strongest in that field: Trust? Playfulness? Loyalty? Curiosity? Wild freedom?
Recognize that your animal draws from this field constantly—and so can you.
Ask the field: “What does this species need humans to understand?”
Receive whatever comes—image, feeling, knowing, sensation.
Thank the field and your animal for the teaching.
Open your eyes and notice any shifts in how you perceive your animal.
What you’re doing: This practice helps you recognize your animal not just as an individual personality, but as a representative of an entire species consciousness—carrying ancient wisdom, collective memory, and evolutionary intelligence.
When you honor that larger identity, your relationship deepens. You’re not just relating to “Fluffy” or “FooFoo”— you’re touching the entire morphic field of “cat” or “dog,” and they feel seen at the deepest level.
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES BEYOND THE SERIES
Where Do We Go From Here?
You’ve completed a journey from quantum physics basics through consciousness at its deepest levels.
You understand now that this awareness isn’t just intellectual knowledge—it’s a shift in how you see reality itself.
Your animal isn’t just a pet. They’re a conscious being accessing the same universal awareness you do, through a different form.
They’re not separate from you. You’re entangled, resonant, connected through morphic fields and non-local consciousness.
And here’s what matters most: this knowledge changes how you show up.
When you regulate your nervous system, you’re not just managing your own stress—you’re creating a field of safety they can sync with.
When you hold the belief “healing is possible,” you’re not just being optimistic—you’re shaping the morphic field through consciousness itself.
When you sit in presence with your animal, you’re not just “spending time”—you’re meeting in the unified field where transformation happens naturally.
What’s next?
Take what resonates. Leave what doesn’t. But most importantly—practice. Because understanding animal consciousness through reading is interesting. Experiencing it is life-changing.
Your animal is waiting in that field of awareness, ready to meet you there. They’ve been waiting all along.
All you have to do is remember what they never forgot.
You've Completed the Journey. Now Step Into It.
Five articles. Quantum physics, morphic fields, consciousness itself—you didn’t just skim this series. You stayed because something in you knows this is real.
You’ve read about entanglement. About how your nervous system becomes your animal’s healing pathway. About the unified field where separation never existed.
But here’s the truth: understanding quantum healing and experiencing it are completely different.
One lives in your mind. The other changes everything.
In a session, you don’t just learn about expanded awareness—you enter it. You don’t read about your animal’s consciousness—you meet it directly. You don’t study the field—you work in it, together, in real time.
This is where the science becomes lived experience. Where theory becomes transformation. Where everything you’ve absorbed over these five articles integrates into something you can feel, use, and return to whenever your animal needs you.
If you’ve made it this far, your animal is already calling you deeper.
In 30 minutes, we’ll explore what’s possible when understanding becomes experience—and whether quantum healing is the missing piece you’ve been looking for.
References and Resources
- Braden, G. (2007). The Divine Matrix: Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief. Hay House.
- Laszlo, E. (2004). Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything. Inner Traditions.
- Lipton, B. H. (2005). The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles. Hay House.
- Radin, D. (2006). Entangled Minds: Extrasensory Experiences in a Quantum Reality. Paraview Pocket Books.
- Sheldrake, R. (1981). A New Science of Life: The Hypothesis of Morphic Resonance. Blond & Briggs.
- Sheldrake, R., & Smart, P. (2000). “A Dog That Seems to Know When His Owner Is Coming Home: Videotaped Experiments and Observations.” Journal of Scientific Exploration, 14(2), 233–255.
- Stapp, H. P. (2007). “Quantum Interactive Dualism: An Alternative to Materialism.” Journal of Consciousness Studies, 14(4), 5–34.
- van Lommel, P. et al. (2001). “Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: a prospective study in the Netherlands.” The Lancet, 358(9298), 2039–2045.
About Sharon Burnett
Quantum Healing Facilitator, Qualified Life Coach, Hypnotherapist, NLP Trainer & Meditation Teacher
I’m a Qualified Life Coach, Hypnotherapist, NLP Trainer & Quantum Healing Facilitator and i help people understand the deeper spiritual connections with their animals.
I bridge the gap between science and intuition, between veterinary care and energy healing, between what we can see and what we can feel.
If you’re struggling to understand your pet’s behavior, their health issues, or just the purpose of your bond—I can help.
My work combines consciousness-based animal communication with practical, real-world support. No fluff. No judgment. Just clarity, compassion, and actionable guidance.
Because your animal chose you for a reason.
Let’s figure out what that reason is.