Serious Crack and Insight

View from the grounds of Two Bunch Palms Spa/Wellness Center

After a year of returning to riding and teaching, the stagnation/pain of the horse industry is evident and a reminder of what sent me to India six years ago. Walking and visiting all of the different places of worship in the Jaipur hills is coming in handy--the sensing practice of the different  vibrations/textures of the sites.

While spending a day at Two Bunch Palms preparing for the Selfseeds launch gave me tremendous insight into humans in an active evolutionary effort on a mind, body, and soul level. I realized that the texture/teachings at the spa is what riders need to embody to deepen their timing and feel for riding. Riding and teaching on my off day reminded me of the texture I prefer to work in with the horses and riders. Sensing the texture of a work day and the environment at the very big horse show has been triggering an all too familiar pain response that is most ignited by the animal world. It provided a serious crack and insight. I can find the inner state, but it doesn't solve the outer state.

The message that followed: develop an equestrian facility that is next door to an educational spa, so it would be a wellness/awareness facility for humans/animals. It would address the evolutionary needs for both groups. I checked with the person who is a consultant for launching Selfseeds at Two Bunch Palms et al. She thought it would be a "home run" for both. Sign me up!!!

Fun water feature at the spa with turtles, ducks, and fish.

Contemplating it all... Grace!

Ducks sleeping in the early morning.

Texture of light and matter.

Surrender Pile Still In Active Use

Relentless study of the self and the outer world. Trying to understand the uniqueness of us all. That study took me down a messy, blind alley. Judgement, ignorance, limited understanding, inappropriate stories, and more were the shortcomings. Back to my "self" study and a trip to the surrender pile with other humans in it. Just knowing we are all One and energetically connected are what guidelines I need to live by.

Life in the winter desert is remarkable with seventy degree days.

Learning the alphabet of sound through my voice and the guitar. It sets me on fire like the spiritual journey. The teacher stated that few want to venture down this path of purity. Numbers similar to Gurudev's about the study of the deeper part of the spiritual path.

Selfseeds is growing.