This is part 2 of what I shared on Saturday about the challenges of my cat, Sattva, taking off and how I was handling it.  You can read part 1 when you click here now. 

To recap, I went to bed around 2am Saturday morning after having spent a couple of hours trying to get Sattva back after he escaped from my brother’s house in New Jersey.  I had let him out the day before and he was gone for a couple of hours, but he hadn’t gone that far.  I was able to track him with the AirTag on his collar.  This time, he travelled 2 miles away – crossing major streets.  Finally, around midnight, my intuition said to trust that he’d find his way home.

I also wasn’t feeling good about my family’s being out with me late at night.  Sattva had started to move in the direction of home.  I know him.  He’s been out on the prowl in Vermont and Maine and gone a mile or more from home and found his way back no problem and quickly – the only difference here was the terrain – not woods, neighborhoods.

I went to sleep knowing I’d be sleeping lightly and waking frequently to check his location on the tracker app on my phone.  That was okay.  I checked around 3am and he was getting closer.  I checked at 4:30am and he was definitely moving closer and closer to the house.

Then I woke up at 6:30, startled that I’d slept so deeply and so long.  I checked the tracker fully expecting him to be right around the house and no, he was much further away than he’d gone the night before, now he was close to 3 miles away.  He’d crossed a major road that was 6 lanes!

That was a shot of adrenaline.  I immediately made the decision to go and try and get him again.  And then he crossed back over the six lanes again while I was on the way to him.  Oy!  Thank God it was early on a Saturday morning of a holiday weekend and traffic was lighter – but still!

Long story short, my brother and sister-in-law went with me and we spent the better part of 3 hours trying to capture him.  We saw a similar looking cat near to where the tracker had picked him up, but it wasn’t him.  That was freaky, because the cat was very similar, it’s just that he was bigger and his markings were black instead of tiger.

No matter how much I called, Sattva didn’t come.  That didn’t make sense to me.  Normally, when we were at home in Vermont and Maine he would come when I called.  He was happy to run to me.  It was always so sweet.

I’d thought that he would be SO happy to see me after all of his travels.

At one point a woman on the street that we stopped to ask her if she’d seen Sattva asked me if he was chipped and I remembered that he was.  That was a great relief to remember that.  I wasn’t worried that we wouldn’t get him back, but I was concerned about the dangers of running around in traffic and also the stress of being in such a different environment.

As a spiritual student and a Science of Mind Minister and Practitioner, I’ve trained myself to not be fooled by circumstances and to hold the higher vision.  I’ve trained my mind to reject worry and doubt and it’s particularly helpful in these situations, when it would be easy to be worried.  And, to be honest, I’m usually aware that it’s all in the mind.

“Nothing Real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists.”  A Course in Miracles

Finally we located him under the back deck of someone’s house.  The deck was only about 2 feet high.  We couldn’t see him, but I got the tracker to sound its alarm, so I knew he was there, or he’d lost his collar there.  I felt he was there.  He didn’t come when I called – I’d been calling all around there for hours.

The people who lived in the house were helpful, and so were there neighbors – very helpful.  People were all very kind and supportive and that deeply touched me.  They didn’t hesitate to let me into their yard and to prowl all around looking through and under things.

Laying on the ground and looking under the deck, I finally saw a little bit of him and called to him and he came towards me.  He was skittish, but I got him and wrapped him in a blanket I’d brought for the purpose.

And that was that.  The ordeal was over.  I got him home, fed him and he went off and slept.

I have no idea what was going on in his mind the whole time – about 18 hours of wondering in the suburbs – but I do wonder.

He seemed out of it and a bit annoyed the rest of the day.  He wanted to go back out.  Then Sunday, he was back to himself, but definitely wanted out.

I’m always paying attention to my thoughts and feelings and I stayed calm and clear the whole time.

I’m grateful for everyone’s help, especially my brother who really stuck by me and drove me around and helped.  It would have been more difficult on my own.

I won’t be bringing Sattva back to my brother’s house I don’t think.  It’s too much.  I’ll be sad to leave Sattva behind with a pet sitter, but that’s the result.  I don’t think he’ll like being left behind when Bodhi and I travel, but I’m not going to risk that experience again.

It’s a live and learn life, isn’t it?  I don’t feel bad or guilty or wrong, just grateful for all the support we received.

I’m grateful that all’s well that ends well.

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