When Horses Speak
An interview with Horse-Whisperer Rosalyn Berne
“Horses, in their capacity to heal, become a mirror of our inner life. This is where and how the work begins. The horse that chooses us reflects our deepest self to us.” — Rosalyn Berne
While in Costa Rica for a month to work on writing a book Rosalyn Berne decided to go to take a break and go horseback riding. What happened on that trip, changed the course of her life. She discovered her abilities as a horse whisperer.
On Disobedient Femmes, I talked with horse whisperer Rosalyn Berne about:
The incident that led to her being able to hear and speak to horses
The process of hearing and communicating with horses
The important lessons she learned from speaking with horses
A mistake she made that taught her an important lesson about the nature of respect
Her science fiction novel
Her work as an ethicist and bringing her work with horses into the academy
Here are some excerpts from the interview:
“To hear horses whisper is much like hearing an answer to a prayer. And in both cases, we have to trust and believe what we hear with our with our mind’s ear. When we move into a state of deep connection to the unity of life, language falls away”
“There’s a lot I don’t understand. But what I’m coming to is that humans as a species, horses, as a species, and probably other living species are all in a process of evolving as individuals, but also as a whole”
We are connected. All of us, not just human to human, but human to all living species, all of life in its various forms. The capacity to communicate with life is just part of that connection.”
“ These stories about how we’ve treated animals have also been the stories about how we’ve treated other human beings. I don’t understand why there is so much cruelty in the living experience of humans. I don’t understand where it comes from, or why it’s necessary. I don’t have an answer.”
“Once we begin to acknowledge and accept and really see that animals are aware, they’re conscious, they’re sentient, they’re communicative, they communicate across the boundaries of species, then how do we continue to behave the way we do? We have to rethink the way we live, not just in the professions, but in our personal lives.”
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