Our Equestrian Study

I have been coaching on the thought --that the mind, is our choice ‘box’ --so to speak. I have thought the Brain, is --our God Given, that makes us do what must be done, by instinctual response, --for survival, like breathe, and to pull a hand away from a fire. The brain will take in ‘information’, --not ‘necessarily’ a fact, and the brain will untangle it --to help you make decisions –quickly, or –to give the human mind the option --to choose and learn.

Okay, lets go back to the rider with this ‘circle’ of Ego that is distracting the rider from the ‘Spiritual Dynamics’ of what Riding the horse can offer you.

What does the ego have to do with riding a horse anyway? Is this your question? It has also been mine!

The answer is --nothing, --concerning the ‘mechanics’ of riding, or traditional methods!

The horse has no ego! How can the horse, who is ‘spiritual’ by nature, be expected to respond to us fully, if we are projecting our Ego onto them, and not our ‘spirit’? The horse easily recognizes which ‘world’ --we project to them!

They would ‘buck’our ego off --if they could! They do try to help us --to eliminate this un-natural ‘ego’ state of being, don’t they? They fuss, they warn us, they reject us, and even give us a hard time. They do not like being attacked by the –un-natural, non-spiritual, human ego, or the ego’s power struggles that threaten the horse. They are filled with flight or fight. They would choose to get away from us, and not to join with us on equal terms. Our egos have not allowed the horse the privilege of meeting us on the ‘spiritual’ level. The El-Natural they would ‘easily’ connect to!

This is what Monty Roberts is about. He meets the horse, on their level. I THANK GOD that Monty opened the eyes of Americans, and horseman all over the world. He has made the non-traditional, acceptable! Those, including myself, no longer must ' struggle' to hold to our beliefs about the naturalness of the horse.

Monty, you have broken that ‘mind-barrier’! Thank you Monty! You have made my life lots easier.

So, does this now begin to make sense, how the horse will respond to a person, who is ‘open’ to that ‘something’ that the horse is attracted to? Could that be, that this person knows the spirit of the horse? (I didn’t say spirits) The ‘spirit’ that is there for the horse, you and I?

This ‘Spirit of God’ --is everywhere! In the natural! it is recognized. It will also be learned, that the human EGO, is NOT of the Spirit of God. In fact, the ego is in opposition to the Spirit of God. The Human Ego, is only in competition with the Spirit of God!

The horse sees, and understand and accepts what we cannot see. They see, in their realm natural realm of ‘spirit’ understanding. I have said many times.

Is a Horse Whisperer, (a real one) --connected to the Natural Spirit of God? Do they have a heart that is warm, and loving? Do they ‘breathe in, and out naturally? Are they ‘fluid’ in movement? Does the ‘natural’ horse do the same?

Isn’t it understandable how a ‘natural’ horse will ‘connect’ to someone who recognizes what the horse knows, --to ‘breathe’ from the same breath of spirit?

The horse will look right to you to see if you are ‘real’. They need to see the 'real' you and your ‘feelings, if only temporary. They stand guard, and they will absolutely acknowledge the ‘spirit’ in you. They will also acknowledge the Ego in you, and this will cause even greater caution, --or, they will simply flee, in one way or another.

The ' domestic' horse, is more ‘tolerant’ of human behavior, and expectations. They have had to adjust the best way they can, and it isn’t always easy.

It has been most interesting to have raised horses without human expectations flaunted upon them. They were wonderful teachers, and what they gave to me is profound! It is real! It is absolutely universal!

Monty Roberts has studied the wild horse in his lifetime, and come up with behaviors and attitudes of their family life. This is universal, and on a different level -- at the same time. The wild horse can seem very abrupt, when learning. It can be very quick, and easy, or very awkward, depending on how you have learned to work ‘with’ them. Actually, they only want to communicate with you openly! Humans lives are and have been 'effected' for a long time. Frankly, I prefer the life of the horse, compared to our human 'levels' and expectations.

OUR OWN STUDY -- has been the domestic horse, --traditional 'attitudes' and riding programs, --how they work or do not. How the horse and rider get along, or -- do not get along, within the traditional programs.

We have also searched for that 'missing element' within the traditional work. The 'natural' -does not intefere with the horse’s needs, as well as human need and expectations, as we practice what IS natural. When it comes to the natural, the relationship, between horse and rider, and riding is exhillerated, with ease.

Learning the 'natural' is a revelation to humans, who have almost forgotten the beauty within ourselves, and the 'Magic' that can happen, --IF we are only OPEN to allow this to happen. Our human environment has 'altered' what God has already given us.

Our Study incorporates what has happened, and why we have the 'issues' we do, in our busy, confused world. We must get back to the basics of life to find the true meaning of life itself. Our 'Communication Factor' has been in the left corner.

We need to 're-connect' with what God has given us!

~~Our study is similar to Monty Roberts, along only slightly different paths.~~

And NOW, we thank Klaus Hempfield of 'Dancing with Horses', who shares our philosophy. It is so wonderful to see others on the same path.

We also reject the forceful approach of ' starting' horses. Understanding the horse itself, -- makes ' starting' the horse, --a very simple task. Experience is vital, and learning from someone with experience is essential to open up to the 'deeper' relationship with the horse. Starting horses can be unsafe if done otherwise.

NOTE: --Our Study, -has led us into many 'arenas' in the lives of human...