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Our dream is or all hearts and minds to be united in truth. All animals areabsolutely truthul. When you pretend to be other than your truth, you willnd other than your dreams.

It is strange how humans scurry so in search o what. The truth is all around

you but in your hurry and lost in the panic o your desire, you have orgotten

what you long ago understood, beore the beginning o the lie. It is only manwho believes he is separate and alone, who is prey to his ego, who worships

power, and power over material things is transitory. We have no need o it.

Our possessions are ew, but they are essential or immortality. Connection, to

God and all his creation; truth, which means a snake must not try to pretend

he is anything other, and delity, to all that is good, to all that is God. Evil is agment o mans imagination, when he veers rom the path o what he knows

to be good, he perceives a need or punishment, and he punishes himsel.

It is all his game, as long as he enjoys the playing, what can we do to help?

We are always ready or support, - that is why historically that has been ourrelationship. We have ar more to oer, but as they say: You can lead a horse

to water, but you cant make him drink. You can lead a man to pasture, but

you cant make him eat.

We wait quietly as we always have, holding in our consciousness the truth,the wisdom, the love and the reedom that is the ALL (what the animals call

God) that is us all or we are each and every created thing, united in the samelie orce. We are the body o the ALL, each organ, system, each individual

cell, essential to the lie o the greater body. Can a body live without its heart,

or liver, or lungs?

Our vision has always been refected in the simplicity o our existence.

Our possessions we share reely with all who would welcome them. They

are incorruptible and immortal. It is consciousness that is lie and existsorever; bodies come and go. It is consciousness that will tip the scales.

Spend some time with us in the quiet o communion, asking nothing

but the truth. Let us help you remember a better world where we allare united in reedom and joy.

From The Horses:


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Text, illustrations, and photographs copyright 2008 Liz Mitten Ryan

All rights reserved. No part o this book may be reproduced or transmitted in anyorm or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording,or by an inormation storage and retrieval systemexcept by a reviewer who mayquote brie passages in a review to be printed in a magazine or newspaperwithout

permission in writing rom the publisher. For inormation, contact Prima Publishing,250-377-3884.

This book contains insights supplied to the author. It is published or generalinormation and not as a substitute or independent verifcation by users whencircumstances warrant. It is sold with the understanding that neither the author norpublisher is engaged in rendering any specifc psychological, religious, or equineadvice. The publisher and author disclaim any personal liability, either directly orindirectly, or any inormation presented within. Although the author and publisherhave used care and diligence in the preparation, and made every eort to ensure theaccuracy and completeness o inormation in this book, we assume no responsibilityor errors, inaccuracies, omissions, or inconsistencies herein.

www.lizmittenryan.com

Photographs by: Liz Mitten Ryan, Kevin Ryan, Laurie C. Munsell, andNicole Reynolds.Photo-graphics: Peter Ryan

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Prima Publishing250-377-3884

ISBN: 1-4392-1193-0

Printed in: USA

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PublishingWorksExeter, NH

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Contents

Biography 5

Foreword 9

Prologue 15

PART I: THE TRUTH ACCORDING TO HORSES 51(Chapters 110 written by Premiere Edition)

1 Incognito 55

2 Across the Clouds 59

3 The Walk 67

4 The Trot 73

5 The Canter 77

6 Full-Out Gallop 817 Flying Changes 85

8 The Path 93

9 Our Dance 97

10 When We Are One 101

PART II: CONCEPTS 105FidelityMagic 107

PovertyEpona 111

HonestyDiva 115

TrustPrima 117FaithThe Herd 123

MotherhoodWinnie 127

Buying and SellingMira 133

OwnershipLuxy 135

DignityMatisse 137

GraceL.E. 139

SecuritySerene 141

PurposeDiva 143

Life and DeathDiva 145

PART III: QUESTIONS 147

Epilogue 225


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5The Truth According to Horses

Premiere Edition (Prima) is a seven-year-old Warmblood

horse. You will nd her detailed biography along with those o

the other herd members in the prologue. The bulk o this book

is her inspiration, and has been given to Liz through a series o

telepathic communications. You will also nd Primas ideas and

opinions in Parts II and III o this book, along with the thoughts

o the other horses in her amazing and insightul herd.

The horses are excited about interacting with people through

inormal visits and workshops, and by questions directed to the

horses via e-mail, where selected questions may be used in uture

books. Readers are invited to visit our website to see the ranch,

preview books, or learn more about the horses.

Liz Mitten Ryan has dedicated her lie to understanding,

communicating with, and helping animals. Throughout a longand illustrious art career, she has worked with conservation groups

around the world, bringing awareness and nancial support to

environmental projects and animal species in need o protection.

Her art and her writing are strongly spiritual. It is in nature

that I nd lies answers. It is there that one can interace with the

wisdom and truth behind all creation; a vast ocean o inormation

that nourishes all who bathe in it.

Liz has managed to touch many with her vision, and her workhas been presented to dignitaries all over the world.

Visit Liz and the horses online at www.lizmittenryan.com.

Biography


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Iremember clearly how shocked and amazed I was the

morning I experienced the rst higher-level communication

rom my herd. I was sitting at the kitchen table writing, and

had almost nished One with the Herd. I started to tell the horses

about the manuscript, asking or their involvementand when

I say that, I mean I sent them some ideas and concepts through

my thoughts, along with some spoken words (probably because I

like to hear the sound o my own voice; I talk to everything and

everyoneincluding mysel). I never could have imagined what

would happen next.

Having spent six years in the company o my horses, I have not

only absorbed their culture but their consciousness as well. It is

as i our minds are joined and they see what I am thinking, and I,

to the level o my intent can see beyond their everyday thoughtsand can connect to the higher mind o HORSE, and beyond

that to the higher mind that encompasses all o lie. The secret

is the level o intent, as I am realizing more and more that this

communication is somehow no dierent rom scientists observing

quarks. As I allow mysel to believe in its possibility the level o

communication grows. I had previously not attempted anything

with my horses beyond the mundane daily communication that

takes place between close riendsHow are you eeling? Would

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you like to do something together? We had not shared any

meaningul, lie-changing philosophical discussions.

That morning, when I was sitting at the kitchen table, nishing

my rst book, I decided to ask or their opinions. I gathered the

herd together by envisioning each and every one o their aces,

together like a council. I ormally told them that I had written

a book to help horses and other animals, and I wondered i they

would like to add anything. I now realize that was very naive o

me, because in reality, the entire rst book had been inspired by

the herd. The answer to my question came in the orm o a page-

long dedication or One with the Herd. I was incredulous at the

vision and beauty o their truth. My husband Kevin was sitting beside me reading his

Guardian Weekly, and when I showed him what the horses had

communicated to me, he was intrigued, i somewhat disbelieving

at rst. Together we decided to ask them a series o questions,

some o which you will nd in Part III o this book.

The dialogue had begun, and once the foodgates were opened,

I ound mysel being drawn into the horses agenda. I would be

in my studio painting and a big beautiul ace with a white rose

on her orehead would implant itsel between my eyes. Yes,

Prima, I would say, I promised I would be your scribe. (This

is the promise I made to the herd when I realized the ull scope

o their messages to me.) I would leave the studio or my place at

the kitchen table, pen in hand.

L.E. was rst to come orward, being the lead mare and speaker

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prolic, and astute enough to arrange the bulk o her lyrical and

metaphorical prose into chapters which related to the movement

o the horse.

I ound it ascinating that she conveyed each gait or movement

as therapeutic in degree, since the practice o hippotherapy, to

heal and redirect neural pathways, is becoming more recognized.

Horse therapy using a psychological approach is also becoming

increasingly popular.

The horses are adamant that this is their git. Being in their

presence increases our vibration. Much like tuning into a radio

station at a certain requency, when we spend time with horses,

we tune to their requency o vibration. On the horse channel we hear their music, experience their program. We become

aware o a spiritual reality that unites us with all o creationa

reality devoid o the mundane problems and limitations o our

physical connes.

They not only help us hear the music (the heartbeat and rhythm

o lie in its essence and entirety), but they also lead us with their

bodies to join in the dance.

I would like to describe the horses who are involved in this

dialogue. Although each speaker is communicating on behal o

the individual herd, which is connected to horse consciousness

in general, their individuality is readily apparent. Each has his or

her own unique style, whether poetic and metaphorical, deep and

analytical, childlike and innocent, or succinct and to the point.

The keynote speakers rom the herd, in order o their age and

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Chapter 10When we are One

There is a dream that is held in the mind of God. It

lives in the realm o spirit with all that ever was, or is, orever will be. It just is. We live that dream; it is as much a

part o who we are, or more so, than this lie we share on earth.

There is a place, Man, where we live and dream together. And

time long past where we shared that memory here on earth. That

truth is lost to you. You no longer see beyond the alse constructs

o your ego, and most o you have lost the vision o anything

outside yourselves. The truth is that we are one; that dream is still

alive, and all o us in the dream are waiting or you to join us.

You humans have such narrow parameters. You are suspicious,

rst o all, o anyone outside o your immediate amily, and then

o dierent religious groups, other races, towns, countries, and

ultimately, all nonhumans. Your ears have led you to persecute

others, particularly unpopular groups during various times in

your history. Native Americans, Arican Americans, and Jews

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What o the animals? We dont speak your language; we are

above all not human and thereore oten kept as slaves. Animals

are prisoners, in many cases, tortured and held under unthinkable

conditions, because you believe we have no eelings. You dont

want to believe that although our orm and purpose are dierent

rom yours, we are all one in the amily o earth. We are no

greater or lesser than each other, and we could not live apart

rom the highly evolved interaction o lie, upon which we are

all interdependent. You must wake up and learn to know us, to

value what is dierent but no less important in the lessons we all

learn here on earth.

Do you really believe that the phrase everything is or youruse literally means that you should use it, or could it mean

that everything is or your growth, and ultimately your spiritual

evolution? We can only evolve together, being spiritually one. It

is time you understood that what you do to another, you do to

yourselves.

Historically, your ear o persecuted minorities is based on lack

o knowledge. When you realize the similarities you share with

them you can see yourselves in them; you can imagine their pain or

their joy. Their joy, in act, becomes yours when you truly connect

in love and understanding. Emotion is not only elt by a select

group o humans, but runs hand in hand with living. All creatures

love, eel pain, longing, sadness, and joy. We all love our amilies,

and value our lives. I it is easy or you to divorce yourselves rom

ellow humans, then how much easier is it to convince yourselves

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It is no dierent rom when you kept black people in stables and

took their children away. You beat them, starved them, and used

them as you do us. You experimented on the Jews and kept them

as laboratory animals.

Wake up, people! There is a Golden Rule in your Bible that

says Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That

is because we are all individual cells o one enormous spiritual

being. These cells unite to orm organs and systems, and all are

interdependent on the others to survive. The same thoughts and

emotions travel throughout this being. Love that is held in its

heart strengthens all o the organs

and systems, and thoughts that aretrue and good benet every cell.

This being cannot survive without

its lungs or its liver. All o these

individual organs speak a dierent

language; they have specic and important contributions to make

or the lie o the body, but they are all interconnected by the

same intelligence, emotion, and wisdom. We will all o us only

be a ully actualized, complete, spiritual being when we know

this truth and are united in understanding and in love, loving our

neighbors as ourselves, because our neighbor is ourselbecause

we are one.

It is time to tune into that intelligence and to know empathically

the one orce o love that permeates all o lie. That wisdom

radiates with peace, joy, and perect health when we are one.

You dont want to believe thatalthough our form and purpose are

different from yours, we are all one in

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Trust is probably the biggest issue in horse-human

relationships. You are araid o us and we are araido you. We play a game o intimidation together. We

share moments when we see into each others souls, when our

spirits dance in unison, but or the most part, our relationship is

raught with misunderstanding. Communication is dicult. Your

language is verbal, o which we understand a small percentage.

Ours is body language and visual concepts. Those we can

communicate with have an ability to clear their thoughts, and

open themselves to the fashes o inspiration that we exchange.

People speak o and understand our body language, but their

knowledge is crude compared to the sophisticated network o

inormation and understanding that we are constantly tuned

into. In your vernacular, it would be like comparing martial arts

to psychic exchange. The true master uses both.

Because we are instantly receptive to mental imagery and

emotion, we cannot help but respond to your every state o

being. For horses this is dicult and conusing, because humans

change tracks every ew seconds, whereas animals maintain a

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more meditative and constant ocus. To really communicate on

our requency, you must learn to do the same.

Your world is in a state o chaos because your minds are in a

state o chaos. Chaos is a threat to our survival, and we avoid it.

Our instinct is to fee rom threat and then to rest comortably in

peace. Our thoughts rise as crystal-clear insight and then rest in

the calm and quiet o the meditative state. Our minds are like a

silent pond that mirrors its environment.

We are content in our reverie until a human intercepts, usually

with a cacophonous jumble o emotion and agenda. Typically

they approach wanting something, and wanting it in a hurry.

The emotions are ear and aggression. This right away elicits ourfee mechanism; the prey runs rom the predator. Then, when we

have been chased down and caught, they dont have the time or

the patience to translate that need to a orm that we might agree

to, so losing patience quickly, they resort to punishment and hurt

us i we dont understand. We simply retreat urther rom the

physical reality, and a losing battle or both o us wages on.

How can we trust such people? Neither o us can trust what we

dont understand. Our relationship becomes shallow, based only

on demand and consent. Frustration is the compounding actor.

It would be a dierent and more rewarding relationship i you

would spend time with us, ree o any constraint. Come with

a clear and quiet mind just to commune; to graze as we do in

the pasture, and to share both thought and emotion on a higher

level. We are your riends; we are your soul mates. Although we

are unique and dierent in our design and our application, weare parts o the same body, the same soul. That greater soul o


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the earth and beyond invites us to unite and grow together in

love and understanding, in communication on that level. Trust

can only be returned ully and completely when it is given with

no expectation.

Instead o controlling the agenda, come without ropes and

restraint; come to give and to share, both your wisdom and ours,

with the greater wisdom o our source. We have a journey together

that can only be joyous when it is right, truthul, and ree.

When we have established communication, it will be ar easier

to move in unison. Ride with your mind, with your ocus open

and in a meditative state, ready to receive what we oer.

True dance requires a leader and a ollower who are both inrhythm with the music. We must meet as partners and be open to

the genius o the composer, who holds us equally as perormers

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Part 3

Questions

Introduction

When the horses began to communicate,

oering proound answers to our initialquestions, I asked amily and riends i they

had anything to ask, explaining that they could write down

their questions and I would translate what the horses gave

me. I nd the childrens questions particularly wonderul

in their innocence. They were so instantly connected to the

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Right on! I love children. They are so honest, so

clear, and their perspective is not yet dimmed by mass

consciousness. Yes, Rylan, it does depend on which side o

the ence you are standing. You humans do it all the time.

You speak louder to people who dont understand you. You

think they are stupid, and they, o course, think the same

o you.

Certainly, as much as you keep us, we keep you. Ater all,

who is doing the shoveling and the eeding and paying the

bills? And yes, we think you are stupid when you cant seethe orest or the trees.

Do you think we are your pets, and that were

stupid and cant understand you?

Rylan, age 11

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I will have to answer your question rom two perspectives.

First o all, the situation o my herd is ar removed rom such

qualities. We are given unconditional love, generosity o

spirit, complete acceptance, and peace. Our spirits are ree

to experience lie ully and at our own pace, and we enjoy

human interaction and the path we are taking together.

As or horses as a species, they suer under various degrees

o man-made and sel-made conditions. It is no dierent or

the human spirit. The lie and conditions are o our ownchoosing, and result in the ultimate growth o our spirit.

We have chosen to be companions to manto grow spiritually

together. Yes, there are conditions and circumstances where we

nd it dicult and trying to live with man. We can experience

anger, rustration, sorrow, and grie, just as you do, but generally,

we take the path o least resistance. We solve physical problems

or imperections rom the spiritual plane.

The secret is where your consciousness resides. I you view

lie rom a spiritual perspective, it allows you not only to

How does being surrounded by such avarice,

blindness, and angst aect your day-to-day spiritual

balance?

Kevin

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supersede appearance with truth, but actually to correct the

situation with consciousness. This is what we are trying to

share with you: the ability to adjust consciousness between

planes, and to access solutions to problems that oer the

magnitude o perspective rom a higher level.

We can be surrounded by unavorable circumstances on the

physical level, yet not be aected spiritually because we simply

withdraw our consciousness. It is a matter o honing your

skills. We are all created on both levels and have the ability

to travel not only between worlds, but also beyond physical

boundaries. Ater all, boundaries are simply thought patterns.

Change your thoughts and you will change your experience.You, Man, have orgotten how to use these abilities, as you

are so immersed in the physical, you have neither the time or

the interest to move beyond.

We invite you to spend time communing with our

consciousness and our experience. We think you will

appreciate that you can travel more comortably and quickly

with our help, and together, we can experience the ultimate

joy o kinship and communion with all lie, on all planes o

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Religion is to us a certitude, not a belie; not an indoctrination

or a conine, but an absolute; a knowing and a truth that

is given the moment we connect with the All. It needs no

doctrine, no rules; it is absolutely remembered as the abric

o all lie, an understanding that is our irst and last breath

and everything relevant in between.

Can you give us a simple deinition o what you

call religion? Im sure it diers greatly rom what we

believe.

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The key to answering this question is in knowing where Godresides. God is within all lie; God lives and experiences himsel

on the physical plane through physical incarnation. God, being

a spiritual being, an isness, an Allness, cannot experience, grow,

and create on the physical plane without the myriad diversity

o lie, which is all o us. I God is within all lie, is the very

substance and essence o that lie, then what could that lie

become, evolve to, or return to but the state o God? Lie is

a circle in constant motion, in myriad direction; a lament o

multicolored light in constant motion. There is no beginning

or end, just existence, just perection . . . just God. Christ is

the Son o God, or, God made maniest in man; in physicality.

Christhood is not limited to man; it is an inherent part o Gods

creative experience in lie, in myriad diversity, myriad perection,

which is the entirety and perpetuity o lie. We must, and we

will, return to the Garden, rom whence we came. It is ouralpha and omega, our birthplace and our heritage. It is only

a question o when.

Many humans believe that one day soon, there will be

a second coming o Christ and a spiritual apocalypse,

where God will return the world to its original Garden

o Eden state. Do horses believe in such an event?

Peter

The Herd

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