ODE TO THE HORSE – STAND UP FOR HIS
UNIQUENESS IN OUR LIVES
The Horse : a mirror to ourselves, a
bridge to Others, and teacher of acceptance, forgiveness
In self respect or faced to a situation, the horse
leads us to a rebirth – reconnecting to our deepest authentic truth and source
– at the origin of our existence, and unity with the all.
For
many people on a spiritual quest and persons treading “ off the beaten tracks”,
due to his lifestyle nowadays, the Horse is a teacher : he prompts us to a
return to ourselves, close to nature, which isn’t the way our society has
evolved. He enables and journeys with us making our progress easier for the one
who accepts and manages to tune in and listen to his animal companion. The
person who dares impose himself/herself siding up and voicing his horse’s
interest when faced with ordeals that the modern horse world can gain so much.
Nowadays the horse world is first and foremost geared towards competition –
sports in quest of visible results and won’t appreciate so much as a real
approach to the Horse as a living being of his own, before the sports tool he
is seen as.
Sadly, as this new and fresh approach to our
beautiful companion can prove life changing.
If we tune into our
Horse and know how to grant him the place of a living being of his own, which
he deserves, he will know to reward and bring us way more than his functions of
faithful mount or geographical evasion.
His generosity,
devotion capacity, authenticity, total mirror of our emotions, what goes on
deep inside us and we aren’t even aware of, as precisely as he knows to read us
and reveals us. To have lost freedom which was his true birth right, he learned
to give up many advantages and space, to become our most loyal companion.
It would be wise and in
the best interest of many riders, owners, to take the step, as a give back for
the many treasures that horses bring us. A return to him – and by this process
– a way to ride and move on in total harmony and agreement with ourselves, the
way nature goes.
This involves surely a true self questioning, self
help work and choices. Yet comparing with the failures, setbacks and suffering
which come from resisting or forgetting the basic needs of our horses, once
respected and heard, they carry a true gift. This new insight into the Horse,
opens a new path with him to ride along in real freedom and fusion.
The way to
Freedom, return to ourselves as human beings in agreement with a precious
being, alley, who understands us. Here's to New beginnings. I.B. Aug. 13th, 2014
