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.
Planting my Self into the herd was my most recent dialogue-based experience. Following the energetic trail with the herd has taken us deep into the nature of our relationship itself. In those first moments of descending below thought, and becoming aware of the world through energy, I was taken straight back into the alliance between us.
This week the herd and I have been continuing to explore our relationship. Every interaction we have is about this. Purposefully tuning into the interactions between us, releasing their parameters to change, this is the path that has opened for us. The latest subject which has arisen is the survival paradigm. Is it the blueprint for our relationship with horses? Survival is not only about whether you have enough food to eat. It is a perspective.. a belief system that shapes existence itself.
Part of the journey with my holistic herd seems to be learning about the horse rhythm. The learning is a process of infiltration. First, letting go of my own desires to be able to perceive what is happening in the horses lives, and then allowing what I perceive to enter my consciousness and align with my own rhythm. The further this process goes, the more I realise that the horse rhythm is actually the same as my own rhythm, when I am beyond intellect. Which means beyond culture, conditioning and egoic desire.
This week has been a whirlwind of energetic process! Most of it spent sitting on my mounting block. The words Incredible Journey popped into my head at one point, and it may seem an exaggeration on one level, but in terms of the evolution of my consciousness, it seems the perfect description.
Like most people I have a dream that is so precious and important to me, that without it I feel my life is not yet perfect. Most of us believe that there are things we want in life that we don’t have. As horse guardians there are precious dreams long held.