Little Bean, a Parakeet with a Heart

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Guest Post by Nettie Clarke

In this life I have had many wonderful pets and have learned many spiritual lessons from them. At present, I have four little birds. Only one did I raise from a tiny thumb-sized baby. He was green, so I called him Little Bean. The first day I had him, he jumped off his cage onto the floor where my new rescue cat, Daisy, appeared out of nowhere and snatched him up and carried him off.

Fortunately, I had removed all of her abscessed teeth, so a sharp cry from me caused her to drop Little Bean. I picked him up to comfort him. His heart was beating normally and I was stunned that he seemed no worse for wear. I knew then, that he was special.

One day I walked into my bedroom and Little Bean was buzzing Ti, another precious rescue kitty. Sweetheart, a flightless cockatiel had jumped to the floor and landed next to Ti. Little Bean didn’t know that Ti had accepted the birds as part of her family and wouldn’t harm them. (A very high state of consciousness for a cat, wouldn’t you say.) He was trying to rescue Sweetheart by flying close to Ti’s head to divert her attention, over and over again.

There was no doubt in my mind then, that even though he was tiny, he had great courage and a heart as big as the ocean. I lifted Sweetheart to safety on her cage, and all was well again in Little Bean’s world.

Later on, I adopted two more parakeets. Little Bean fell in love with the yellow one. It was love at first sight for him and I called her Sol. She, like Sweetheart, had never left her cage and as a result, never learned to fly. Whenever she fell off the cage, she had to wait for me to rescue her.

One night I went into my room and Little Bean was sitting on the edge of the table by his cage, looking down. I decided to see what had him so engrossed that he didn’t even look up when I entered the room. And there I saw his love, Sol, trapped on the floor, without wings to fly back up. I lifted Sol to her cage and Little Bean flew over to her, joyously kissing her on the beak.

I have no doubt that animals are Souls, too, as they also come in all different states of consciousness, like people. I have learned a lot about courage and Divine love from Bean, as he is always willing to put aside his own interests to protect those he loves. 

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Nettie Clarke grew up in British Columbia, Canada. She left home at the tender age of 17 and moved to Seattle, Washington, to go to beauty school. Her life has since been very colorful and marked with a lot of change.  Throughout all of the highs and lows of her life, she has been very focused on her spiritual journey, trying to understand the meaning and purpose of life. She has learned through the Eckankar teachings how to recognize God’s love in the seemingly unimportant events of everyday life, and has written a number of books sharing these insights with the hopes others will be inspired to do the same. Nettie’s publications are available for purchase through Amazon’s online marketplace here.

She recently moved to the Portland, Oregon, area and is enjoying the beautiful Northwest scenery, spending time with her three parakeets, a cockatiel, and rescue Pug dog, Issy. She continues to enjoy looking for Divine Love at work in her life every day, and capturing these moments in words.