Be Kind to Animals

I once had a miscarriage and I was in extreme pain. I was taken to the emergency hospital, and I was lying down on the bed waiting for doctors. The pain was unbearable, and I passed out or died. I suddenly woke up in a street which wasn’t like this world. The city was made with white crystal and glass. Tall buildings, but not as tall as we have in our cities. Their buildings were very small or shorter compared to their size. People were walking around; talking giants. I was under their feet. I could hardly reach their ankles as they were that tall. I don’t see much of movies, so I don’t know if there are movies that depict this already, but in my death experience, this was the scene. The length of their ankles was about 5 foot 4 inches because that’s my height. I was thirsty and hungry. I was so weak that I wasn’t able to walk or stand properly. It was boiling hot, and I was feeling extremely thirsty. I was trying to ask these people for help, but my small hands and small height couldn’t touch them. It was so hot, and I almost felt burning. I kept touching these peoples feet, asking them for help, and they kept moving me with their feet and not bothered about my presence. I swear these giants looked like humans but very tall and wearing crystal-like outfits. I took shelter under a tree, which was nothing like trees on Earth, but the heat was extremely that I was getting cooked, and my tongue started hanging out. I needed water. I kept searching in the streets, but crystal streets were as clean as our mirrors. I felt dying, and I sat under the tree crying and screaming, thinking these people, or anyone else, would come and help, nothing, and I died, but I woke up in the emergency room. My cousin was shouting, "Oh, she has regained her consciousness." I asked him how long I was unconscious. He replied, "For about 10 minutes."

I was not in pain now, but when I was brought to hospital, I was in a lot of pain, and I was unconscious during that moment when I saw all the above. I was on the bed waiting for doctors to be seen, and I was now more terrified about what I saw than the pain I was going through.

This settled, and I came back the same day from the hospital. I didn’t tell my experience to anyone, as I thought people would say I had gone to hell because I must have been a sinner, so I didn’t tell anyone. I kept thinking about it a lot. Then, one day, I experienced this whole thing again. This time, I was not unconscious. This time, I was walking in my streets with other people. It was burning hot, and this time, I was the tall one, with others walking around. I was one of the giants, and those small creatures were kicked and ignored. They were begging for help. They were looking at us with painful eyes. They came under my feet, touched me, and I moved them away, others kicked them. It was burning hot but not as hot as I experienced in my dream or death. I saw a dog walking towards me, tongue hanging out. I looked around the street. It was full of dogs (India). They were thirsty as our streets were dry, and no drainage water was available for these street dogs or for other animals. I stopped and thought about my dream, and now I was seeing small creatures in my streets, and I was ignoring them.

So I quickly bought a tub and filled it with drinking water for the street dogs. I left some water on top of my house roof. Since then, my life has changed. Since then I help street animals, ferals, stray cats, dogs, and other animals, as much as I could. I believed that God showed me that if I don’t help them in this world I will be put in their place in the other world, or whatever, but these animal you see in streets are in the same situation I was in my dream. So, are these animals test for our humanity? for our conscious? Maybe they are from another dimension, and they are in a coma, or in a long sleep, or being punished, but trust me, God would not be cruel and leave these animals to suffer. They are a test for our humanity.

- Bily Ahmad