Just like the wild beasts, you want your own autonomy. You want freedom. You want freedom from negative emotion. You want freedom from somebody telling you what to do. Whether you are consciously aware of it or not — what all of you want is a sense of Well-being. Abraham
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| Safety first?! |
Clearly Michelle is not talking "safety" as in "stay away from the back end 'cause horses kick, stay away from the front end 'cause horses bite". So what does she mean? The very first thing that came up for me is how both human and horse want the same thing: a sense of safety and security. Whether we fully realize it or not, a large part of what we humans do is motivated by the need to feel safe. Just like our horses.
We wear seat belts and helmets and make sure we look both ways before we cross the street. We lock our doors at night and install smoke detectors in our homes. Most of all we want money. Lots of it. Not so much because we want to buy stuff, but because having money makes us feel safe and secure.We want our pension plans in place and we take on insurance to protect ourselves from financial hardship. It speaks to our very basic need for survival. We are highly motivated by the need to feel safe, just like our horses are.
We cannot separate our own need for safety, whether it is in handling horses or life in general, and our horses need for safety. We cannot cause our horse to feel safe while feeling fearful, vulnerable and insecure. We cannot be safe while feeling un-safe. Our horses pick up on the energy that we are projecting and when we project fear, our horses get fearful. Safety is compromised when our horse is sceptical and worried. A fearful horse is a dangerous horse. So is a fearful human.
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| Frightened humans make WORSE decisions |
So let us explore how safe or unsafe we truly feel. Be present, be real, be cause: Be present to your own inner state of being, your thoughts and emotions, your feelings and the sensations in your body. Be completely honest and real about the energy that you are projecting. Are you inspiring confidence and security or are you actually causing your horse to be worried? To be safe is to BE safe. BE the source of security and safety your horse needs, by nurturing a sense of security and safety within yourself.
On her DVD, Michelle Dennis says: All we have to do is to master our energy and thoughts.
Welcome to the journey.
I have been playing with this very concept for a while now. In fact, last fall, when I was on a trail walk with Charm, I became acutely aware of how important it is to be aware of what I am projecting at all times when with my horses.
ReplyDeleteCharm picked up on my emotions and became very alert because I was in a state of disappointment about having to walk further to get back to the trailer. The person in the lead at the time, went to the right when I wanted to take the shorter route back to the trailer, which was off to the left. I was tired from walking the whole trail and was easily frustrated at that moment. Charm picked up on it instantly. Her head went up and she was on high alert. (Which is interesting, because here at home she is rarely in a state of alert, when the other herd members are.) Suddenly, a tractor started up in the woods behind us. She immediately attempted to SWOOP me up and take me away from the noise with her.
Unfortunately, it did not workout as she intended, because I could not react fast enough. Instead, she stepped on my foot and knocked me to the ground. She stopped and stood over me as I was in pain and remained on the ground for a few agonizing moments. She waited for me to return to my feet. Since, I was in agony and not the best leader at that moment, she was still on high alert. People were gathering around us, friends of a member of our little group she had stopped to chat with right before the tractor let out it's rattly start. They were asking me questions about my saddle and went up to my "high on adrenaline' horse without asking for permission or any regard for her state of mind. Fortunately, no one else was hurt.
I often think about that moment and wonder if had I been more centered, could we have moved away from the noise as a team, or even possibly ignored it altogether?
Since, becoming more in tune with "ENERGY" I have found that I watch people with their horses from a very different place of awareness. I watch their body language, and pick up on the energy they are putting out when they are with their horses. I also watch for the reaction of the horses to that "ENERGY".
What you put out, you will see reflected in your horse!
It is fascinating to experiment with "energy" when in public places too! I find myself mentally inviting people to join me in a peaceful place of serenity! Just last night, there were two or 3 very loud, noisy, active children in the store. When I noticed that I was irritated by their noise and negative energy, I checked my state of mind and became very centered. What happened next was not what I had expected at all. They, the very noisy children, moved away from me with their very unsettled mother in tow...in their place, a very centered mom and her two lovely children arrived. That was very interesting!
I encourage you to become aware of your energy and play with it everywhere. Try it, it works!
Soon you will become aware of the slightest changes in yourself and the reactions of the people around you. Once you become aware of the "language of energy" you will notice the effects it has upon others more and more often. Than, when you get good at this with strangers, go practice it with your horses! :)
How Interesting! Didn't we have a chat recently about following some one else's lead, instead of following our heart's, and getting hurt. This goes hand in hand with the conflict of not following our path, going against the energetic frequency we are on and being shown how resistance might bring awkward situations,,,oh and pain, darn! LOL In your heart you knew which Way to go, yet you chose to follow some one else's way. DOH! Charm knew...of Course! Horse really do know the Way hOMe.
DeleteVery interesting indeed! You remind me that sometimes i don't want to be leader all the time! My poor horses! sigh
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t'ami
as always - love your posts! food for soul, much to think about...
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We have to be honest.
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We have to be honest.
We have to BE...honest. Simple, yet feel the depth of it... profound!
How many times have you heard this statement . . . ."Horses don't lie."
If we are to be like our horses, then yes, we cannot lie. It follows that if we are not lying, then we are honest, but what does it truly mean to be honest? To be honest in a spiritual sense means to drop all pretense to release our self from fear and be only the natural perfect child of spirit that we were born into. Do we feel the weight of this concept?
BE honest!
BE without fear!
BE natural!
Forgive yourself every tiny issue dragged on from conception and be pure, be true, be honest. That is all.
Yes, Michelle says a mouthful..oh, it's simple, just be in control of your thoughts and your energy! LMAO No sweat. But it is a practice which we are taught from childhood, to hold on to these things... we are taught that these emotions make us human. Well, i for one will gladly turn in my human status if i must retain the thoughts of fear keeping me from the liberty of Truth. i know i get off into a spiritual realm, but i find that the two are inseparable, as we release our mental and emotional burden of fear, only LOVE remains to fill the space fear greedily consumed.
It is to this point that i speak,, resume your self-ish right to freedom. Be self-ish with LOVE. We have only two choices, in life,,,, fear or LOVE, we cannot do both at the same time. When we hold tight to fears, we bring this into our corral, and our horses recognize that we do not trust our self to stand without fear, and they must decide whether we are worthy of following. And they reflect that! What are we missing out on when we hold to fear.
Be honest...are your being honest? AMG speaks of finding safety from knowing our boundaries of fear. But to know our boundary, does not mean to keep it. Recognition of that boundary is a gift of the Great Spirit so that we can confront fear in all honesty, and no longer accept it as our boundary. How we do that as individuals is as specific as each one of us, but it must be done in order to find our True self, the honest natural us. Through our own customized experiences, we create our individualized custom-fitted fears. i call these the monsters beneath the bed. But know too, that just as we are the ones to create our monsters, then it is we who must face them, and only we who have the exact code of unprogramming written in our hearts that can break their reign of fear. Happily, we have friends along our path to help us reveal clues and find our Way.
Namaste my friends!
lovelovelove
t'ami
There are actually two books (that I know of) that speak to horses don't lie: "Horses Don't Lie" by Chris Irwin and "Horses Never Lie" by Mark Rashid. How interesting!
ReplyDeleteThe funny thing about putting up a brave face and pretending to be confident while meanwhile being scared is that horses see the discrepancy. They know, rather they knowknow, that we are fearful and on top of that we are liers. Fearful liers. That doesn't inspire confidence, does it?
In order to lie, you first have to know the truth and consciously choose not to speak it. So when we ARE present to being fearful and yet we choose to pretend otherwise, we are not authentic. We are (in the language of energy) lying.
Now what I have noticed with my horses is that as soon as we OWN our state of being, in other words, we are authentic (real) about how we feel, even if we feel fearful, they respond a lot better.
I am fearful right now. I know I am and I am honest about it.
Now THAT a horse respects. He may choose not to follow your lead (who would choose to follow fear?) but at least he can relate to you because you are real. So to be honest is nurtering the relationship. How interesting!
i have a dream of opening a page where any one could post their deepest darkest fears and issues anonymously, so that open honest trusting discussion could happen without fear of being condemned or judged.
ReplyDeleteThere would be:
acceptance
understanding
compassion
forgiveness
We could call it Monsters, Inc???
HI!! i just now found these two posts on fb. Can you say synchronicity????
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The Beasts Know It . . . If you know that all is well, you know all you need to know. And if you know life is supposed to be fun, you know more than almost anybody else knows. And if you know that the way you feel is your indicator of how connected you are to Source, then you know that which only a handful of Deliberate Creators, respective to the total population, really know. The beasts all know it. Your animals know that all is well. Your animals live in the moment. They understand the power of their now. They expect the Universe to yield to them. They don't worry or fret or conjure or make laws or rules or try to regulate. They are Pure Positive Energy. Your beasts vibrate more on the Energy scale of contentment than of passion. Their desire was set forth from Nonphysical, and continues to be set forth by those, like you, who want Energy balance, who want sustenance. The difference between the beast and the human is that the beast is more general in its intent. The human is usually less blended, usually less allowing of the Energy to flow, but is more specific. And that is why the human is seen to be the Creator while the beast is more the balancer of Energy.
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Just like the wild beasts, you want your own autonomy. You want freedom. You want freedom from negative emotion. You want freedom from somebody telling you what to do. Whether you are consciously aware of it or not—what all of you want is a sense of Well-being.
A horse feels safe around you when he knows by your reactions and what you do that you really "know" what he is thinking and feeling and that you can read a situation at any given moment and behave in an appropriate manner. The reason so many people get hurt and scared around horses is that they are for the most part oblivious to what is going on. The horses know this and many just accept it and cut the humans a lot of slack but some do not and take advantage to the fullest extent.
ReplyDeleteYes! My next post on "safety" is about being PRESENT. I believe that this is what you're pointing at here... Looking forward to your feedback!!!
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