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The horse symbolizes for us humans our connection with our own Spiritual Power and Freedom, for the horse is oh so powerful and free in its energy. It is a unique situation we have set up so that the horse can trust us and allow us to ride him, becoming the vehicle for our spiritual liberation and to gain understanding and knowledge of our own spiritual connection and power and to use the freedom aspect to channel these powers (our own personal medicine) and bring them out into the world. Horse is a 1000 pound living channel to the earth. We ride astride this beast, using our legs and opening our pelvis angle to accept the gift of the earth’s energy channeled through the horse into our bodies. As we ride, the horse jiggles and shakes our body to activate this unique channel and receive the energy. Excellent riding posture uses a lifted chest and relaxed flowing pelvis angle to move with the action of the horse: the lifted chest activates and opens the heart chakra to receive and it also shows the humans heart energy to the world, allowing the human to be vulnerable and open their heart channel for Spirit. Spiritual energy comes in through the top of the human head, to mix in the heart center with the grounding energy which comes up from the Earth . The horse, as a channel, brings this Earth energy up through his four legs , through his body and up into his third chakra (his power center), which happens to be the area of the horses’ back the human sits on while riding. This Earth energy then flows directly from the horse into the humans first chakra (via his seat) up throughout his body and into the heart-so that this combined and fully balanced energy can then be expressed through the human heart and out into the World. The trust between the two beings allows this flow to happen. Horse and Human work together as a channel (or hollow tube ) for a now fully balanced Spiritual Energy to be expressed out into the World. Remember the famous scene in the movie Dances with Wolves where Kevin Costner rides the horse through the Civil War battlefield, untouched by enemy fire? He had shifted fully into another dimension-the Heart Dimension-and so was completely fearless and untouched by enemy fire while riding through the battlefield. Examine his posture during this ride, legs relaxed, pelvis open , chest lifted, his heart was fully exposed to the world, arms outstretched to receive, fully surrendering to the power of Spirit. He was able to perform this amazing feat because his connection and trust with his horse shifted him to a place of being fully in his personal Power and Freedom. Connect with your horse, know the power of your Spirit. Live the heart dimension now. Accelerated connection with the horse gives you accelerated connection to your Spiritual Nature, increasing your bond to the horse and to the Earth. This concept of unity with the horse can be used with any passion you hold Skiing Climbing Running Hiking Incorporating an open hearted stance in your sport or activity will allow you to channel the love and power of Spirit and the Earth. Any activity you feel strongly about is your vehicle to complete freedom and power while on the Earth. Check it out.
Use your feet! MAINTAIN AND RECOVER SANITY BY STAYING EARTHED. Your feet play a huge role in your connection to the earth and are your grounding connection…..we don’t usually honor this connection enough. Honor them and your connection to Mother Earth by giving your feet more attention physically and by using your intent to run more energy through them. Respect your feet and the Earth ; they are your primary connection to her. When you have your feet firmly on the ground and are consciously running energy through them, you can have your head in the clouds and still be a fully realized human being, because you will be balanced by your own earth connection. We are designed to pull the energy of Spirit through the top of our heads down into our bodies and then to draw the energy of the Earth up through our feet into our bodies, mixing the two energies in our heart and expressing them fully out through our hearts in our daily lives. People who lose awareness of our fundamental connection to the earth, tend to draw energy from others rather than source (Earth), losing proper sense of themselves as whole and holy and see themselves as much less than they are. Its kind of like a misplaced direction of energy. No bueno, man!
So, how to use your feet better. Physically, go barefoot or in socks as much as possible. Focus on your footsteps when you walk and bring the Earth energy consciously up through the soles of your feet. Set this intention a few times and it will begin to be enhanced naturally and easily. Walk in the dirt or sand and allow your feet to FEEL the earth, to feel the muck oozing up through your toes while in the mud. Your feet are much more powerful than you realize. Stroke your feet and massage them at the end of the day….you can use essential oils on the soles of your feet to receive their benefits in the rest of your body. Paint your toenails so they can greet you when you look at your feet-reminding you to keep them firmly on the ground. Foot baths using salt to draw off any unwanted energy will help keep your tootsies cleanly running as channels as your primary connection to the Earth.
A strong connection to the earth will help you greatly now to maintain and recover sanity by staying earthed. By paying attention to your feet your are respecting them and the earth. They are your primary connection to her! Use this mantra: I WALK THE EARTH WITH GRACE AND BEAUTY! YEAH!
My friend Pete and I were having a discussion yesterday about the importance of living your life in each moment fully, and just how to achieve it. My comment was that its of paramount importance to realize that, with every new thought or action which comes to you, you have a choice whether to allow your mind free rein or to change that pattern and consciously choose your thought forms. If no choice is made, the mind takes over, as a sort of default program, and leads you on with its agenda, which is usually comprised of a fear based future reality or some past problem. My feeling on this is that the mind was not designed to take on such a huge responsibility, and it freaks out, running its agendas , almost without our permission. To even have the realization that we have a choice is a big step towards cultivating inner peace and harmony in our thought forms. We can choose to allow our higher self, or spirit to guide us just by gently redirecting our thought patterns and forms . Make the choice now…….. I am interested in your thoughts on this one.
