Meditation and Riding: I'm really not kidding Richard I Jontry, Ph.D.,
MAC, CAC Diplomate |
Ask any horse what their problem is with their rider and the'll tell you it's the rider's ego. Their rider's ego get's in the way of their being able to listen to them and respond appropriately without it becoming a contest of will. Good riding means you've moved outside of your ego and are able to exchange freely with the horse. Our ego, or sense of self, our self image if you will, demands that our horse performs in a certain way. Anything less and our ego, or self image suffers. Imagine what would happen if you were able to set your self image aside while you rode. You've all heard the term, and some of you may even tried meditation. If you're still practiing meditation, great. Congradulations. Call in your phone number to Lori and she'll list you as a resource! If you stopped meditating I'm going to invite you to reconsider starting again. Many people started meditating in the sixties and seventies while still a teenager, or in their early twenties. Even the Beattles did it back then. Meditation works differently for people once in their mid-life years. One of the things we tried to do with meditation back in the sixties and seventies was transcend our egos. Get beyond our egos. The problem was we didn't have a fully developed ego to transcend yet. Our ego was still in it's developmental stage so transcending it was an oxymoron. Now in mid-life we have a strong well defined ego and
it gets in the way a lot of the time. Ask your wife or
husband. Our ego defines us. It tells us and the world
who we are. The problem(s) arise when we close ourselves
off from different points of view, or different realities
because they don't fit our image of who we are in
relation to the world. When we strongly define ourselves
we close ourselves off and block the exchange of energy
between us and the ret of the world. Remember when your
wife or husband held a point of view you disgreed with?
Like most of us, you probably retreated behind your ego
and were unable to fully listen to where they were coming
from. In short, you were not able to fully be in
communication with them. To be able and capable of
letting in what they were attempting to communicate with
you; listening to it, letting it in, and responding with
an open mind and an openness to their reality.
to be continued.... |
