He is holding you in his awareness.
I know, there are many other reasons why he might be looking at you like that – he’s hungry, or he wants you to come out and play, or he is trying to figure out what you are doing. But the reason I talk about in this book has to do with the inner worlds of you and your dog, your selves. It is a psychological concept and it is called attunement. When your dog stares at you, he or she is tuning into you and resonating to your inner world. Your dog is holding you in awareness. She is keeping the connection between you.
2009: Dog: Pure Awareness was a finalist in Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year, in the category Pets. www.forewordmagazine.com
Reviews of Dog: Pure Awareness
"Get comfortable on the sofa with your dog and be prepared to enter a new dimension of understanding." From In the Library Reviews.
"If you have ever loved a dog, you will love this book. This magical association between two species takes on a renewed meaning through the ideas in this book. Get comfortable on the sofa with your dog and be prepared to enter a new dimension of understanding." Joyce Handzo, In the Library Reviews, http://inthelibraryreviews.net/LasherMargot.html#dog_pureawareness.
"Takes a unique and riveting study of master and pet and offers much food for thought." From Midwest Book Review.
"Could dogs be modern humanities link to the spirituality of nature that they've long since lost? "Dog: Pure Awareness" argues that dogs, not affected by human culture in their own minds, have a pure spirituality that humans use to link themselves to a more untainted understanding of the real world. Looking at dogs as true members of a family and some people's best friends, "Dog" takes a unique and riveting study of master and pet and offers much food for thought." Midwest Book Review.
Description on the back cover:
Dog: Pure Awareness is a psychological and ultimately spiritual exploration of the human-dog connection. People think of their dogs as companions, as partners, and as members of their family, and this book takes that idea seriously.
The answers in Dog: Pure Awareness come from an original and revealing combination of relational psychology and shamanic understanding. The connection between a human and his or her dog is treated as a relationship: two beings in close connection who find strength and a sense of belonging in each other. Using psychological concepts such as attunement and perceptual awareness, Dog: Pure Awareness explores the ways in which human and dog experience each other.
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