Merging Boundaries
Herd meditation blog posts are about communing with the herd energetically. I was drawn, as so many horse guardians have been in recent times, to spend time just being with the horses. This was partly as a result of developing what I have called the energetic connection, which is simply the language of nature, available to all.
In our sessions we have discovered so many ideas and processes related to our relationship. Conditioned pathways connected to the traditional treatment of horses. Ways of healing and perspectives I could never have explored on my own.
Although we have begun our training again, as a result of the journey we made during herd meditation, it will always be the heart of our relationship.
I learned about the tension spring when I was invited inside Quaramba’s mind. What a magical experience to actually share an aspect of what the horses are feeling! It allows genuine comprehension. The alignment of our behaviour which comes from having been within who they are. Even just for a few moments, and just a glimpse of the whole. It is no longer a theory, but an experience.
Merging souls with the herd seems like it should be vast and unattainable. A rarified fusion so far from this world of noise and stuff. Yet it came about in such a quiet, unobtrusive way. Almost like an afterthought. The energetic world is parallel to the intellectual world. It can only be described in unsatisfactory words, and shown in videos where little happens on the behavioural level. The only way to enter is to go within yourself and listen..
Becoming the bridle is happening in energetic process. It can only be understood by suspending thought and feeling in. Perhaps not even understood, but embraced. Although the energetic dialogue between the herd and me is so intense, and feels as if it is accelerating in purpose, I have still been struggling with the conflict between being and doing. It feels like the fundamental conflict between spirit and ego.
We only had two herd connections this week, yet it feels like we travelled a thousand miles! We explored the wonder of physiology, and the bridle pattern was released. Perhaps there will be more. I am sure that there will be no missed steps or cut corners with the herd…
Acknowledging the horses without choice did not come into my thoughts as an idea. It appeared energetically as a sense of something dividing me from the herd. We had been through a week of interruptions that were the perfect buffer for us to process all of the growth we had been making the week before.