Why on a curb bit?
Isn’t it possible to have a soft contact and perform all high-dressage figures on a simple snaffle?
Why on a snaffle?
Isn’t it better to enjoy riding and have a soft feel on a simple halter?
Why on a halter?
Isn’t it better to avoid pressure on the horse’s nose and collect and perform all dressage exercises on a simple cordeo?
Why with a cordeo?
Isn’t it better to ride your horses as naturally and as freely as possible? Maybe it’s better to use a stick to guide your horse?
But why with a stick?
Isn’t it better to communicate only with voice with your horse?
But why to use voice at all?
Harmful, angry or sharp words can hurt as much as actions… isn’t it better to use body signals?
So how about the body signals?
But with body signals we can create as much pressure as with whips and ropes…
So why not to use only our eye-balls to communicate with the horse?
But judgmental, always unhappy and seeking perfection look can take away all joy, self-cofidence and motivation…
So maybe we should only think about our horses?
But again, thoughts full of regrets, criticism and neglect can create so much negative energy that it can literally take all vital powers and motivation from your horse…
So maybe we should….
NO! STOP!!!!
STOP THIS CRAZINESS!!!!
This is still EGO talking to EGO!
Nothing has changed.
You don’t want to control your horse, but in fact your ego is still by the microphone. Your ego is still talking to you and controlling you. You may not physically control your horse, but you control and judge yourself. Control is still present. And you still want to control your horse by agreeing or not agreeing to use certain tools and aids… The tool you tried to avoid literally became you.
Your controlling mind is active. It has you. And it controls you.
It is using you.
Your controlling mind is not allowing you to see your horse as he really is. It’s not allowing you to act accordingly to the Nature with which you are dealing. By controlling you, ego controls your horse. And it’s not allowing him to experience his live path and fulfil his true desires and wishes. And maybe your horse’s wish is to experience the human world with all aids and tools that are present here.
At this point, you are like a leaf that believes that it is different from all other leafs that are on the tree. You are the leaf that thinks that is different than the whole tree, and all other trees around the tree from which it grew.
No true knowledge is meant to be a device to judge tools, techniques, other people and their lives. True knowledge is for supporting the growth and evolution of the Nature. Everyone, every being on Earth, is doing now what is important and required for it’s own growth and development. If you want to take away this right to experience the reality as it truly is from any living being, you are not connected to the real world.
You are sill moving in the clouds of imaginations about the reality and other people’s relations about how the reality looks like and feels. But you are not grounded in the reality yourself. You are behind the glass all the time. And your horse cannot reach you.
Your horse cannot tell you why the two of you met and what is the purpose of this meeting. He cannot show you why your life paths crossed and what you are about to learn about each other and your inner selves during this Life.
Maybe your horse’s desire is to experience the curb bit…
Maybe your horse’s desire is to innocently play on the fields and to never be ridden…
But you will never know this if you are closed in the CAGE MADE OF RULES.
NOW, IT’S TIME FOR THE TRUE REVOLUTION.
IT’S TIME TO BE FREE.
IT’S TIME TO BE US.
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