A Lesson From The Herd
Mom & Daughter; Ellie & Crystal Gateway2Ranch July 2024 © Liz Mitten Ryan
To Learn From Animal Being
Nearer to the earth's heart,
Deeper within its silence:
Animals know this world
In a way we never will.
We who are ever
Distanced and distracted
By the parade of bright
Windows thought opens:
Their seamless presence
Is not fractured thus.
Stranded between time
Gone and time emerging,
We manage seldom
To be where we are:
Whereas they are always
Looking out from
The here and now.
May we learn to return
And rest in the beauty
Of animal being,
Learn to lean low,
Leave our locked minds,
And with freed senses
Feel the earth
Breathing with us.
May we enter
Into lightness of spirit,
And slip frequently into
The feel of the wild.
Let the clear silence
Of our animal being
Cleanse our hearts
Of corrosive words.
May we learn to walk
Upon the earth
With all their confidence
And clear-eyed stillness
So that our minds
Might be baptized
In the name of the wind
And the light and the rain.
John O'Donohue
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An Amazing Graze
Thor Speaks © July 2024 Liz Mitten Ryan
Lessons from The Herd
My trip was a sorely needed revisit to Gateway2Ranch,
Liz Mitten Ryan and The Herd.
These days,
years have been
a slog through dark consciousness.
Large rocks that I have stubbed
and avalanched deep seated emotions.
Seeking answers,
The Herd's message was clearly delivered to me.
I was out on a twilight walk,
when I came across The Herd.
I walked up to listen to their breath as their teeth
with rhythm pulled up green grass.
Ellie, the lead mare came up to me.
Warm breath on the side of my head.
She stamped next to my foot and I heard,
"You're dense in the head.
Experience us together,
here, there and everywhere.
No bother where you graze.
We speak from hearts and you better too!"
She stamped,
went around me
and with her head and neck pushed my
body towards the center of the grazing herd.
Off they moved, as the darkness started to drop.
The Herd behind,
coming up close to me.
All giving me a push
towards the lightness
of being.
Whinny ~ wards!
All heart (now)
M
Prospera Opens My Heart 2013 Gateway 2 Ranch
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Oracles, Teachers & Menders?
They want to speak.
Transmit their love,
guidance
and wisdom with you.
Heart to Heart at my 2012 Finding Equilibrium Retreat Enniscorthy Ireland
