11/07/2021
The FEEL of Health
One thing horses and people have in common is We are both grazers. Our digestive systems are designed to be in continuous operation. When We get spooked the process stops. This creates a FEEL of discomfort in the Gut. Discomfort distracts the Mind and attracts conscious focus.
Some people are taught to smother, ignore, numb that feeling of discomfort. Some learn how to pretend they are not afraid, stressed, vulnerable. Horses learn how to respond to the intuition of danger. They know proximity is the measurement of safety in public spaces. (Assuming no one has a gun) 6’ between individuals is room for each to have an independent personal space. Closer than that and the FEEL of pressure to pay attention increases. It is the Heart brain that decides if that proximity is TRUSTworthy, because, if it is not, the Heart and Lungs need to speed up in preparation to
DO SOMETHING
FEEL is the vocabulary of Body Language. Posture, balance, and muscle tension, awareness of proximity and trajectory and intensity are the words. Conscious determination of Purpose is how I Will power is generated. The story is true no matter which way you spin it. The proof is how you FEEL in your Gut, what your Heart and Lungs DO, and what your Mind focuses on.
A person’s mind – and a horse’s mind - craves puzzle solving, craves healthy function and loves the thrill of new experience – that ends well. Both a human and a horse are consciously aware of being in relationship. We are all aware of the feelings in our bodies in context to the situation WE are in, our proximity to each other, and the physical conditions WE are dealing with. Only People are aware of story that didn’t even happen to them. Only people are aware of story that never happened anywhere except in someone else’s imagination.
Only people project their own thoughts and motivations on the behavior of others. Humans all have a conscience where they have conversations with themselves about how to respond in relationship. What is “Good” behavior, and what is “Bad” behavior in this situation? We chew on (in our imagination) the last encounter we have, then make the same damn mistake the next go-round. Or, that situation/opportunity never shows up again. Horses have conversations with themselves about if they are comfortable, confidant, and in connection/communication with the Herd; or spooked and isolated from the Herd.
Only a human can imagine that they have the “right” to be the controller of other peoples’ or animals’ decision-making process. In the Catholic Faith that is called a Mortal Sin. The One sin that causes you to skip purgatory and go straight to Eternal Damnation.
Autonomy of conscience – based on the inalienable knowledge of right and wrong – the relationship between a soul and source is sacred. Every person has the right and responsibility to make decisions about why and how they respond in relationship. A person’s body is theirs, period.
The Science of how to control your own body and the technology for controlling others have both grown exponentially. That is why conscious Unity of Purpose and collective (herd) communication is so important to our survival right here and now.
Jesus said: “Heal yourself.” He did not say you are on your own. He said believe in what I have demonstrated for you. Believe that love is the purpose and process that creates health. Love is not about control, obedience, and monopoly of power. Love is quite the opposite of all that disfunction and pretend and appease the bully behavior.