Does sending love violate free will?

[Angela*]

Hello everyone! I've been lurking in the forums for a couple of days now and this is my first post here, so I wanted to start by thanking you all so much for all of the information that you've shared here. It's been invaluable in helping me to better understand the Law of One and I'm incredibly grateful to everyone for that.

Though I've been thoroughly exploring spirituality for a while now I'm still very, very new to the Ra material and have only just begun to try to understand and honor the Law of One in my life. As far as I understand it, the most essential rule when it comes to following a path of service to others is to impinge as little as possible on the free will of others, but I'm a little confused about whether sending love without the other person's knowledge would be considered a violation. Earlier today my roommate discovered that her pet rat was ill and likely on the verge of death and she became almost inconsolable in her grief. I wasn't able to think of any kind words to say to her that wouldn't just make her feel worse, so I did what I could and silently sent as much loving energy as I could muster. But then I started to wonder if, because I hadn't explicitly asked her if she would like to receive it, sending that love to her was considered a violation of her free will.

Also, on a different but slightly related topic, if we choose to follow the path of service to others does that include respecting the free will of animals and wildlife as much as you would another human? If I were to tell my dog to 'sit' would that be impinging on her free will?

I'd appreciate any clarification that anyone can offer! (Also, as I said, I'm very new to the Ra material and struggling to understand it all, so if you could dumb down the terminology used as much as possible that would be very helpful to me.   )