Controlling Insects

[Oso]

I used to be afraid of insects but then realized it was because i was raized to hate them, my family (and much of humanity still does.) Whenever they see one, theyre like KILL IT! I often wondered why we couldnt just put them outside, or something. I sometimes leave some crumbs on my desk and i managed to get a cockroach, its been a few weeks and hes getting a little big, about 2 1/2 inches atm. right now it was crawling up my leg but was shy when i held him in my hand ^^. I was wondering if anyone out there is able to communicate with insects, and if so would you be so kind to teach me? i would really appreciate it. also enlighten me on WHY we treat them like we do...is it because they populate rapidly, because they destroy OUR environment, because they carry diseases, because they're unsightly to look at? oh the irony lol

[Anagogy]

Originally Posted by Oso

[...] also enlighten me on WHY we treat them like we do...is it because they populate rapidly, because they destroy OUR environment, because they carry diseases, because they're unsightly to look at? oh the irony lol

People fear what they don't understand. Also, sometimes they are too lazy to go to the lengths of preserving their life when it is much easier to just squash them. And it is also because of the other things you mentioned.

[Solipsist]

I'm concerned about ants. I live on a veritable anthill. I don't want to kill them, but I don't want them in the house, either. A fly or a moth I can shoo out the door, but what do I do about ants? I don't want to live with them, but I can't herd them out.

[themaster]

Insects are us.. and we are insects

But they are bothersome.. when they bite you or fly in your face.. or make that humming noise or fear the stinger

Personally, even though I know insects are me.. I have no problem killing them.. I try not to where possible.. but I don't bother with shoeing them out the door (too much work) easier to kill

We are a infinite being.. we created this world or allowed it to become "kill or be killed" and as such.. you don't need to fear being a murderer.. you are already.. all you have to do is exist to kill 1 more cow, chicken, bird, spider etc. etc. on and on

This is why it's a classic irony that those that wish to do "no harm" on insects/animals etc. (veganism) are the worst offenders.. by law of attraction there focus on "what they don't want" creates more of it

Aww.. cruel irony's of life lol

As for talking to insects.. be patient.. use your intuition.. because I think telepathy and or vibration reading should be possible.. but remember their experience of the world is much different then ours.. sometimes I don't understand why insects play *stupid* so much.. they could download from the oversoul *mapquest* directions to wherever they want to be.. they certainly just as the animals (actually have done) can get some updates on places we go to.. so as not to get killed

(animals have adapted/gotten smarter/evolved when it comes to things like road crossing.. per my observations )

[desertrat]

Oso welcome to the forum , oso is the Spanish word for bear . I haddent realy thought about this ,but I think you are rite . I have let little honey bees drink sweat off my arm , and have no problem with them, they leave me alone. I hate yellow jackets and they bug me . desert rat

[seekng4truth]

Im so glad you posted this topic. ..... I've been saving little bugs lifes this summer. ..no longer a bug smasher. ...LOL. ..I think my wife thinks im nuts, floating around the swimming pool saving anything that happens to fall into the water. ... seekng4truth. ......saving the world 1 bug at a time. ..

[codenamesmiley]

Originally Posted by Solipsist

I'm concerned about ants. I live on a veritable anthill. I don't want to kill them, but I don't want them in the house, either. A fly or a moth I can shoo out the door, but what do I do about ants? I don't want to live with them, but I can't herd them out.

NO ant will cross a chalk line. Draw a chalk line around the home or the area where they are getting in..voila..problem solved.

[codenamesmiley]

Originally Posted by themaster

(animals have adapted/gotten smarter/evolved when it comes to things like road crossing.. per my observations )

This reminds me of a stupid joke I heard.

Why did the chicken cross the road? To show the possum it could be done.

[GhostGoat]

This sounds crazy, but I used to have a dog that could hypnotize flying bugs. He would stare at them, and they would stop and levitate just in front of his nose - then he would swallow them! It was as though he had a hypnotic power with his stare that would lull them into a trance. I saw him do this many times.

I have a fear of bugs myself, but I'm not quite as bug-phobic as I used to be. I have a couple of spiders, a mantis, etc., encased in lucite blocks and I study them up clse from time to time. Now when I encounter a live bug, they don't freak me out so much.

Oso, it sounds like you have completely overcome your fear of bugs, and even like them now. Good for you, I am envious of that.

[Divina]

I recently asked people's opinion on "mental influence". I asked this because of a book I read, and coincidentally there's a part in the book that speaks about insects, and "controlling" them whether it is to take them out of our homes or to see their reaction as a way of experimenting with what we can do.

The process may be too much of a hassle maybe, because the exercises in the book deal with meditating well until reaching deep alpha state (which isn't hard). Well this is what I've read, in my opinion yes it is possible to do so.

[royster]

My communicating with insects story started many years ago.
Wasps had built a hanging nest in the eave of a house I had to paint. I 'telepathically' sent them the message that I'd like for them to move their nest, or I'd have to destroy it in order to do my job.

The next day, the nest was gone.

This began a journey for me that I walk today, still. Each year, i communicate with the wasps, as there are many wood buildings on this farm. I tell them the original story, and how a peace was created between us. I then convey the same 'friendship' to them...informing them that I won't bother you, though I have the right of passage. In all these years, i have never been stung or bothered by wasps except one year, when they over-populated. They got cocky, and I did have to spray them.

During the honey bee mite epidemic, when bees were dying left and right, I prayed specifically for the little guys. When I began to see them re-emerge, I gave thanks, and told them, personally (with my mind) that I appreciated them. As you can imagine, they're pretty busy all the time, and don't have a lot of social time for me.

There are insects that KNOW they are undesirable, and they will tend to scatter or run from you. Beneficial bugs go about their business. I particularly like praying mantises, who are just as curious about me.

"God" is often refered to as "The Great Translator", and anything you feel or think is conveyed to that which would hear it. So communicating with nature requires nothing but the gentle appreciation of what you're communicating with. That, and the confidence you're being heard.

And you ARE.

Your chances are better at communicating with (and receiving cooperation from) beneficial insects; the parasitical or non-beneficial bugs will tend to not pay you any attention, because you stand in the way of what they want to do. Like our ego, by ignoring you, they 'get their way'. Ants will not often listen to requests to leave; they have a hive mentality. They are more in a 'military' hierarchy which dominates their activity.

Beneficial bugs are somewhat like Lightworkers; they're doing the tasks Nature has asked of them, just like you. With that common-denominator, you are more likely to get at very LEAST a basic understanding across, depending on your faith in yourself.

I've written about a similar/related topic. Feel free to give it a look.
BUILDING ARKS receiving signals

[newmark]

Originally Posted by codenamesmiley

NO ant will cross a chalk line. Draw a chalk line around the home or the area where they are getting in..voila..problem solved.

Cinnamon also stops them.

[Aware]

Originally Posted by themaster

This is why it's a classic irony that those that wish to do "no harm" on insects/animals etc. (veganism) are the worst offenders.. by law of attraction there focus on "what they don't want" creates more of it

Aww.. cruel irony's of life lol

I don't focus (relating to veganism) on what I don't want to do or don't want-to-happen, I just do what I prefer to do and know that I'm not part of the other side of things. Come to think of it, I rarely think of veganism at all.



To the OP - I think we develop an instant dislike for insects because as you say we are brought up by this mindset - it is instilled in us, from a young age, that insects are icky and well, that we're bigger/better than them. It's not really a good way to show children equality or compassion, in contrast I remember when I was little my Dad always got me to hold spiders and showed me them working so that I wouldn't be afraid of them as I got wiser, (nevertheless I am actually but at least he had a go at it) and he taught me to appreciate insect life. But then they would also lure the slugs to beer when we were growing our crops which IMO didn't make sense.
I think that people fear things they don't understand and become threatened by. All insects are important, but Bee's I believe are one of the most important for our surivival. I wonder what the purpose of cockroaches is.

[themaster]

Originally Posted by Aware

I don't focus (relating to veganism) on what I don't want to do or don't want-to-happen, I just do what I prefer to do and know that I'm not part of the other side of things. Come to think of it, I rarely think of veganism at all.

And this is the right way to do it (to not create more murder )

I just find the irony in the type that thinks there saving mammals and doing something "noble"

__________________

Actually, I have a working theory now.. why insects are a little stupider

We have interfaces inside our brains to "source" and our oversoul as do the insects.. however.. I assume in part we have a better connection in small part due to more areas of brain power.. (under utilized right now ) I'm not calling us unequal.. just offering a theory to how insects don't always act so "evolved"

I mean really.. why do insects.. love are manmade lights? (the oversoul must get something out of it.. )

I'm not calling insects *stupid* by any means.. I think they're capable of amazing feats.. like "flea circus's", the real design question I have is why and how for some insect types and experiences

I suppose the simple answer is "just cause we can" I wonder how insects will change in the new dimensions though..

[newmark]

Originally Posted by royster

Your chances are better at communicating with (and receiving cooperation from) beneficial insects; the parasitical or non-beneficial bugs will tend to not pay you any attention, because you stand in the way of what they want to do. Like our ego, by ignoring you, they 'get their way'. Ants will not often listen to requests to leave; they have a hive mentality. They are more in a 'military' hierarchy which dominates their activity.

Beneficial bugs are somewhat like Lightworkers; they're doing the tasks Nature has asked of them, just like you.

But ALL insects are beneficial - even cockroaches.

[Oso]

Very Interesting posts, i see that some of you seem not to control insects but to communicate with them, another useful talent that can come in handy in the future or perhaps the present. I understand that in order to do that you just have to use your thoughts (i am somewhat of a begginer in this area but its one of my strongest) which to me is very hard to use on living beings, i usuall use it for the weather and what not, but i will keep practicing and see where it leads.

[Oso]

Originally Posted by Aware

I wonder what the purpose of cockroaches is.

Cockroaches eat pretty much anything because the posses a wide variety of bacteria and protozoa in their digestive system, they decompose and recycle the organic litter left behind by larger animals. Also most cockroaches are not pests. There are about 3,500 species of cockroaches in the world, and only 10 are on the World Health Organisation list of human pests. The majority of the cockroaches dont care about humans and their houses, Insted they choose to recycle the waste products that are left outside. They also serve as food to small mammals, birds, amphibians and lizards.

[newmark]

Oso; good points about cockroaches. Lot's of people don't realize this. I thought about what you said before, about people being raised to hate insects. I think this is true, but there's probably a very natural reason for people to dislike insects like cockroaches. Their job is to to break down dead matter. They're attracted to dirt; so it's a healthy human reaction to think they're disgusting, as we should best keep away from what to them is a delightful environment.

I stopped killing cockroaches a long time ago. I have to admit that one reason was that if you stand on one, it's almost guaranteed that their body parts are sent all over the floor. Then I read some research that said that if they are crushed, their bodies release a chemical which can damage our immune systems.

Once I decided to never kill a cockroach again they stopped running from me. Many people have laughed at me when I've told them this, but it's true. Now, when I see a cockroach, I have absolutely no intention of killing it. I go and get a brush and dustpan, gently sweep it in, and put it outside.

Good for the cockroach; and good for me - no poisonous discharges, or disgusting body parts under the sofa.

[pyrogen]

Originally Posted by Oso

I used to be afraid of insects but then realized it was because i was raized to hate them, my family (and much of humanity still does.) Whenever they see one, theyre like KILL IT! I often wondered why we couldnt just put them outside, or something. I sometimes leave some crumbs on my desk and i managed to get a cockroach, its been a few weeks and hes getting a little big, about 2 1/2 inches atm. right now it was crawling up my leg but was shy when i held him in my hand ^^. I was wondering if anyone out there is able to communicate with insects, and if so would you be so kind to teach me? i would really appreciate it. also enlighten me on WHY we treat them like we do...is it because they populate rapidly, because they destroy OUR environment, because they carry diseases, because they're unsightly to look at? oh the irony lol

In an IM/LOA vein, I've had excellent luck with simply asking the bugs to leave me be. I ask the ants to go.

But, I don't have any particular aversion to ants.

I DO have a strong aversion to cockroaches, and I suspect this aversion is creating resistance.

[royster]

We are also conditioned via television (since we were kids) that bugs are icky and undesirable...this facilitates the sale of pesticides.

I once had a great fear of insects, but I had a friend who was fascinated with them. He could pull a bumble bee from the window sill and take it outside to let it go...and never get stung.

It was the praying mantis that finally got me to accept insects. Once I came to realise they won't hurt you, and are very beneficial, I began to open my mind to them, and many other things.

I still see no use for cockroaches and Japanese beetles. I don't have to deal with cockroaches where I live, but the Japanese beetles are quite destructive, and extremely ignorant.

[newmark]

Originally Posted by royster

I still see no use for cockroaches and Japanese beetles. I don't have to deal with cockroaches where I live, but the Japanese beetles are quite destructive, and extremely ignorant.

If we kill all the cockroaches - and other insects with a similar purpose in life - the world would soon fill up with dead bodies of all kinds of creatures, and waste products, that couldn't decompose properly.

The reason they are a pest is our dirty living conditions. I don't just meant inside our houses, I mean in the sewers, on the street..... any place there is waste.

[royster]

I thoroughly agree. Thanks for the insight.

[Tekmon]

I was reading this, looked on my wall afterwords, there was a spider, and I said "I guess I'm going to have to kill you," went to get a paper towel, and he was gone.