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Copyright 2007. Liz Mitten Ryan. All rights reserved.

Illustrations and Photographs copyright 2007. Liz Mitten Ryan and Nicole

Reynolds.

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Life Unbridled


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To L.I.F.E.everlasting, to God in celebration of his innitewisdom grace and love

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of every days

Most quiet need; by sun and candle-light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhoods faith.

I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints, -- I love thee with the breath,

Smiles, tears of all my life! and if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning


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Freedom - Painting by Liz Mitten Ryan


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Contents

Introduction - Liz Mitten Ryan 5

About Liz Mitten Ryan and The Animals 9

Prologue - The Animals 13

UNBRIDLED

1 Freedom of Expression 19

2 The Power of Belief 39

3 Intention vs Invention 674 The Absolute Truth 91

5 Connection 111

6 Illumination 135

7 Beyond the Veil 157

8 Recovery 181

9 Renunciation 201

10 Celebration 221


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Monet and Friend

A piece of my heart is with Monet,

In spirit,

... Loving him there

A piece of my heart is waiting,

For his return.

And a piece of his heart,

I will always hold close,

To keep me company

Until we reunite as one.

- Winnie


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5Life Unbridled

Many years ago, in my young adulthood, I was

captivated by the phrase, Many are called but ew

are chosen. I knew that I had been called because

rom my earliest memory, I had had conversations with God. I

visualized God as a benevolent ather gure who knew and loved

everything about me; I knew we were intimately connected.

No one else understood my good intentions as he did, or put

my welare above all else. I also knew that God had this same

relationship with all lie. My understanding has grown over the

years, but what has never changed is my all-consuming desire

to be chosen by this benevolent orce. Not my will but thy will

be done. Through many dicult times I have surrendered,

begging or the easier way out. I God could direct my lie, how

much less stressul would that be?This decision to surrender is where it all began. I wanted to

be chosen to do Gods will on the physical plane, no small task

even or Christ. I believe when we surrender to this will then

we become the highest expression o our possibility, and in that

uniqueness and true refection o the lie orce, we in act do

Gods will. I thereore do not take ownership o this book, and

when riends look at me in disbelie, I explain to them that it is

not me expounding on those opinions they are having trouble

Introduction

Liz Mitten Ryan


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In my book, The Truth According to Horses, my beautiul

pinto Monet came into the world, and eight months later, he

let. One morning I noticed he had not returned rom being out

with the herd. When I discovered his body (he had died rom a

bout o colic) I was devastated.

Later, I spoke with him.

Monet, my darling horseI always called you my baby

because you gave me the same unconditional love and trust

that you gave Winnie, your horse mom. You would put your

nose against mine and look deep into my eyes. There were no

barriers between our souls. Why did you come here and bring

such joy and love to my days and then leave such an emptyplace behind? I will miss you orever.

From Monet( speaking from the other side):

There are many things orgotten on the physical plane.

I you were to remember, you could not bear to be there.

From a spiritual perspective, lie is over in the blink o

an eye. It is the quality, not the quantity o our days. I

came to bring you joy, to teach you communication ona soul level. Our souls will always seek each other again

and again. Trust in that truth and let go o lie. Let it nd

you, and teach you its mysteries. Believe in love. I will

return in another blink o an eye. I have ound you in

many dierent orms. Look deeply into my eyes and you

will know me.

I replied: I want my beautiul pinto horse back with the perect

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Then ask or it, Monet said. Hold the picture clearly in your

mind and believe it will maniest in matter. I will help you. I will

see you soon.

I have had many such conversations which continue to

contribute to a higher vision a remembering o our oundation

as spiritual beings.

Unbridled will lead you along pathways to spiritual reedom.

The animals I have lovedboth living, and in spiritoer

their council.

Climb on, grab a handul o mane, and enjoy the ride! You may

be pleasantly surprised . . . You might even remember a time

when all o this was perectly natural.


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For those o you who have not met us in previous books I will

briefy describe our situation so as not to bore those who have.

Liz Mitten Ryan, artist, and her husband Kevin Ryan, architect,

parents o six, grandparents o seven, decided to embark upon

a dream. Their children had fedged and were quickly replacedwith more horses, dogs and cats. All o the above live happily on

320 acres o stunningly beautiul grasslands, orests and lakes in

the Nicola Valley, B.C.

There, Liz breeds horses, paints and writes while Kevin

practices his proession o architecture along with multitasking

on the ranch.

The horses have birthed and some have died (Matisse and Monet

since book two) and all the animals have made contributions

that continue to amaze and inspire Liz. Book two, The Truth

According to Horses is a handbook o horse teachings written by

the herd.

Fully embracing ones destiny can be both rewarding and

devastating. Farming brings us close to the earth and encourages

our examination o the mysteries o lie. Birth and death are

very much a part o the landscape and amidst the quiet seclusion

can be examined and refected upon. There are huge vistas here

About

Liz Mitten Ryan and

The Animals


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Monet and Crystal

MIND is the beginning and the end,

of all possibility...

- Prima


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The animals who communicate these messages, are dogs,

cats, and horsesindividuals who have unique and

special attributes that are specically theirs, but unlike

humans, they continually commune with others o their species

and interconnect with all lie on this planet, and beyond. They

travel reely between realities and oer connection to ALL.

From the animals:

Unbridled is about lie everlasting, lived in complete spiritual

reedom. The things that conne humans are constructs o ear,

maniested on the physical plane. There is nothing to ear but

ear itsel, or ear limits reedom, and we are ree except when

we choose otherwise. There is nothing one can do about death.

It comes at its own choosing and by our spiritual agreement.We have all experienced deaths and births beore, and we are

here now by our choosing. What is there to ear but lie lived

less than ully?

We, the animals, have much to teach humans about spiritual

reedom. We have not lost our connection to the All (God), and

the understanding o All there is. On one level you remember that

connection and the truth o our existence. We are all there is, the

be-All and the end-All. Lie is all one experience. The experienceo us All. It is only when we limit our perspective to a nite point

in that existence that we have anything to ear. That nite point

Prologue

The AnimalsWritten by the animals, who are not limited by the barriers of timeand space we humans fall prey to.


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Be strong you warriors for truth,

It is not your might, but your right,

That will take you furthest...

- Prima


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is the ego; the individual, physical-plane existence experienced or

but a brie moment in time. I we choose to identiy with that

ragile experience, then there is much reason to ear.

We animals have not chosen to limit ourselves as people have.

Oten, humans do not place much importance on our lives. We,

being no lesser parts o the All, experience the same range and

depth o emotion that it is possible to experience. We eel love,

desire, happiness, sadness, pain, and longingsometimes more

than people doas we are oten captives in a barren existence,

prisoners o human ambition. There has been little incentive or

opportunity to develop a nite sense o sel, and possibly that is

why we are in our present situation. When one does not solelyidentiy with this existence, it is easier to leave it.

Imagine living with the perspective o being inside and outside

yoursel at the same time, as we do. We can experience all aspects

o lie on this plane and beyond, the greater All existence. The

moment you make that connection, everything is given. It is like a

drop o water becoming the ocean, a beam o light blending with

all light. Within and without there is nothing elsewe become All

orm itsel, OnenessAll.The moment we touch the All, we become the All. It is a joy and

a homecoming that is immeasurable. This is what we have to teach

you about spiritual reedom. Do not imagine yoursel a drop o

water or a beam o light when you are the ocean and the sky. Do

not imagine yoursel to be the world, when you are the universe.

You have nothing to ear but ear itsel. Fear is a nite piece o

reedom, and reedom is all there is. As the raindrop alls into the

sea and evaporates again to become a cloud, such is your lie. Letus help you gain a new perspective.


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thoughts travel within MIND. MIND, I am shown, is like one

huge intelligence or all lie, which holds the individual thoughts

o all that lie Like an enormous invisible circuitry, all thoughts

connect, unrestrained by time, space, or dimension. Because lie

is subject to our own belies, we become one with all lie, one

with MIND, the instant we believe in it. Animals are not limited

by our separation belie, having never developed an elitist myth

that would oer them a private club set apart rom the rest o

creation. The problem with this myth we humans hold is that

we have dominion over all lie, and we have thereby lost our

connection; we are no longer one with all creation.

The simplest way to bridge the gap is to start a dialogue. It onlyhas to be with one animal, or each animal connects to MIND

and can share that connection with you. Believe in the possibility,

and start the dialogue. Dont look or simple answers relating to

daily lie; instead, look or universal truth. Animals connect with

all existence, the big picture, and they can share it with you as

they do with all lie orms. Spend some time around them with

an open mind and suddenly you will nd yoursel knowing the

secrets o the universe, the simple truths that are the oundation

o our existence. These answers will oer a much broader vision

than that o the human myth, and you will recognize them as

truths. You will be able to count your goose bumps when you

recognize the truth; it is an inallible lie detector test, energy

moving up the body in waves when our circuits are opened.

From Matisse (speaking from the other side)

We, and I mean all o us, know truth at all times. It

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heavily rooted you are in the physical plane, the less you

will recognize truthnot the physical plane, mass-belie

truth, but the universal truth. Humans have their own

unique belie system which only holds true or humans on

the physical plane. You are all heavily invested in the earthexperience and consequently, you are heavily limited by

those belies. For us there is only lie, not death. Death is o

the ego only (a very good thing as ar as we are concerned).

There is only truth; lies are a human invention. There is

only good, as evil is also a human mind belie; it does not

exist or the rest o creation. Everything is in constant

transition. There are no days, months, years, hours, past,

present, or uture, and all is space. We are not in, on, over,or above; we just arealways. Isness, Beingness, Oneness,

and Allness are concepts we understand. The more you

hold on to, own, contain, attach to, the more work you

make or yoursel, and the more pain you experience,

when movementwhich brings separationoccurs.

All lie belongs to the ALL. You cannot hold your

breath and live, and you cannot hold the breath o ALL,

which is lie, still, or a time. It is constantly breathing and

exchanging. As all o our breath mingles with the breatho the earth, we are all united.

We are ALL ONE, one living, breathing, growing, and

evolving organism.

There were moments when Matisse explained the animals

experience and understanding that I elt I had known, but had

orgotten. I do know that the pieces o the puzzle are coming

together as I invite discussion. Sometimes as I am writing

something the animals have told me, I am given entire concepts


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Chapter 8Recovery

F

rom Prima

Let us pretend you humans are recovering rom

an addiction. You are addicted to your way o

thinkingthe human conditionand as ar as we can

see, there is no sense in it. When you are untruthul, you

cannot nd truth. It is just like your story o the boy who

cried wol. Because he got caught in a lie, no one would

believe him when he told the truth. You interact with each

other, thinking that no one can read your thoughts, and

thereore, you can lie or your own benet. It will never

be a benet, and your thoughts can be read, certainly by

all nonhumans, as well. The rst step to recovery is togive up all lying. Then nd a support groupyour closest

riends and amilyand renounce all lies. Just like your

AA groups, orm a group o your own and announce: I

am a recovering liar. Start to unravel the truth. The best

animals to have in your support group are horses, or they

will call you on every lie. Practice saely on the ground

with us beore you climb on our backs, and develop a

relationship based only on truth. Use body language and

intent, and get so good at it that you do not need ropes to

cover up your lies. We respond to truth, the whole truth,


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conveyed mind to mind in clarity, and in every muscle

and ber o your being. When you have mastered love,

language, leadership, as Parelli says, you will have grown

beyond the lie. The truth is, when you are connected,

body, mind, and spirit, you are ready to ride unbridled.

I have come to realize that recovery is a slow process. You cant

rush it, as the psyche is bound to mass belie and we have ooled

ourselves into believing that lies are the truth. Work at it slowly,

or you will oten lapse into orgetulness. One moment you will

see evidence that you are moving beyond the veil, connecting to

all lie in truth, and the next, you will have slipped back into mass

consciousness.

Horses are excellent barometers o our progress. I notice very

quickly when I have been busy doing other things, and have

not made time to commune with my animals and nature. I nd

this especially true with the horses, because I lose my ability to

communicate with them. Prima in particular is a taskmaster,

and i I am not speaking with exactly the right infection and

pronunciation, she will not hear me. It is not that she doesntunderstand my pidgin truthulnessits just that shes training

me to be superhuman, a leader o the herd.

When I spend a lot o time training with her, our minds become

as one; each look or thought or tilt o my head conveys a message.

I have to be careul what I think, because i I think a negative

thoughtlike, I know Prima will test me and go sideways when

I ask her to change directionshe will do exactly that. It is a

great lesson on thinking only what you want to have happen,

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Paschar and Kala Play Tag


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Chapter 9Renunciation

I

spoke at the beginning o this book about being called by

God. I believe this must be similar to what we term our

intuitiongentle nudges that inspire, enlighten, and connectus to a wisdom inherent and integral to all lie. I had always elt

these nudges, always known a comorting, amiliar presence that

seemed to me almost atherly (probably because o my religious

upbringing, which was centered on the New Testament, and o

course, God was the Father). A more complete understanding

was to unold at pivotal moments as my lie evolved, and my

spirit began to fower.

When I was twenty-twoa low moment in my, until then,

idyllic lieI ound mysel back home ater a short and rocky

attempt at living happily ever ater. I was lying on my bed,

praying or an answer to what my existence was about, when I

suddenly elt a rush and a ringing sensation. I was foating above

my body to become one with God. I can only describe this as

a homecoming, at once amiliar and remembered. When we

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have elt that communion, we are orever changed. There is

nowhere we would rather be, nothing that we would not give,

to experience that intensity o love. All else pales in comparison.

We know that the desire to immerse ourselves in that oneness

and love will supersede everything else rom then on in our lives.

I would imagine that the experience I had is similar to a near-

death experience (rom what I have read o them). I returned

reborn with an enlightened vision o my mission here on earth.

I went on rom there to marry, have our children, divorce,

remarry and inherit another two children, all while constantly

working on and rening my human understanding. My

shortcomings had not disappeared, but they were claried by arm oundation and understanding o their purpose. I knew I

had a mission, and I also knew that i I trusted and ollowed my

intuition, I would be guided toward its accomplishment. I also

knew that the mission I had volunteered or had nothing to do

with my own aggrandizement, but would serve the purpose and

grace o God.

I know that this sounds like some sort o higher calling, but I

have come to understand that in act, we have all volunteered or

our own unique and special mission that can be accomplished

by us alone. We have volunteered because the accomplishment

o our individual endeavors is the only thing that is true and

lastingthe completion o which ullls us, unlike any o our

earthly desires.

Our individual calling does not need to change the world in

one ell swoop, but it will contribute in its own particular wayto the evolution o the spirit o Godor Goodupon the earth


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Ducks Unlimited - paintint by Liz Mitten Ryan

(Look for the ducks in the clouds)


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and beyond. True renunciation is about surrendering to this

intuitive nudge and trusting in its rightnessits ruition as our

individual truth. It is about placing the utmost importance on

the wisdom o that nudge and surrendering to the will o God as

it is maniested through our lives and all creation. This is the git

o spiritual reedom that animals clearly embody.

There have been many times in my lie when I have lost my

way, and I have elt very alone in the absence (or even company)

o my human companions. It was in those times that I turned

to my animals, immersing mysel

in their quiet reassurance and the

comort o their love. When Ijudged mysel, they showed me an

unconditional acceptance and the

clear image o the higher truth.

Time spent in their company and

in the healing surroundings o the natural world ostered a sense

o orgiveness and a new, clearer perspective.

My animals and my God were my constant companions, many

times the only constants that oered unconditional love no

matter how unlovable I thought mysel to be. Immersed in their

gentle teaching, I gradually came to view mysel as fawed by

virtue o my human incarnation, but also, somehow fawless and

shining in my spiritual essence. It was the marriage o the two

that was the greatest challenge, and our individual mission in this

lie. It was the animals mission to help me both understand and

accept the possibility o its accomplishment.In nature animals teach their young by example, and so I began

to spend time alone with my animals and my God, in the natural

Suddenly I had an epiphany, and I

could feel the amazing grace of Godwithin me. There was no longer a father

separate and apart, but within . . . and

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setting where I could properly observe their interactions with

each other and the natural world. This coincided with our move

to the ranch and many hours spent in silence and refection. I

began to absorb not only the nuances o their body language but

also their telepathic communication.

In a way, it was like meditating within a community o monks.

I began to tune to their requencymy molecules vibrating to

be in symphony with theirs. This was completely unconscious,

and appeared to be a law o physics. Much like scientists are

proving that the results o an experiment will synchronize with

the expectation o the observer, my intent to experience oneness

with the animals was maniesting in matter.

From Prima

In chapter two oThe Truth According to Horses, I told you:

Riding bareback across the clouds, with no constraint,

is one o your ondest desires. We can take you there.

We can carry you across the clouds that block your

understanding, that obscure your vision. Listen to your

heart, connect to our hearts, and trust what you remember

to be true. It is all there inside o uswho we are. You

have just orgotten. Wake up and let us help you regain

your trust.

You are one with us the moment you cease to think;

the moment you let go o your limitations and your sel-

imposed prison, you are ree. Ultimately you will return to

the point where you beganyou are, ater all, part o the

ALL. You are the alpha and the omegathe beginning

and the endand everything in between.


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From Matisse (speaking from the other side)

It is only rom this perspective that you can begin to

assimilate even a piece o the puzzle that seems so obscure

on the physical plane. From a vantage point that is above

and beyond the physical, you can view the lie experience,rom the eternal understanding o the ALL. You are

simply thatthe only lie orce in existence, whether you

are inside or outside a body, or in any other lie orm in

existence. You are ALL, the be-ALL and the end-ALL,

ALLways.

I remember when I rst experienced God, not as a ather but

as an intimate part o myselor, more correctly, mysel asan intimate part o God. There was no longer a me that was

separate and apart, or a God that was above or beyondwe

were one. I was reading The Road Less Traveledby M. Scott Peck,

and I came to the section on grace. It was the rst time in my

lie that anyone had described God as an elaborate root system

or rhizome that interconnected all lie. He explained that lie,

individual lie, blossomed up rom that root system in its season

like a fower, and then died and became once again nourishment

or the rhizome, which continued to blossom over and over.

Suddenly I had an epiphany, and I could eel the amazing grace

o God within me. There was no longer a ather separate and

apart, but within . . . and without . . . and with everything. The

words to the song Amazing Grace took on new meaning, as

did my entire lie rom that moment on.

I have many times since mentioned this understandingreallymore a knowing or rememberingto many other people, and


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Picasso and our friend Clive

Let us explore,

The possibility of our communion,

Together . . .

We contribute something new,

And as yet undiscovered,

By us . . .

And life itself.

- Picasso


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But to talk with God, we need love in our hearts,

Not guilt nor any black spot.

Whenever you want to talk with God,

Its surprisingly easy to do,

Just think about those you dearly love,And He will be there or you.

You may thank HIM or helping you help yoursel,

To reach your next upcoming peak.

It helps i you rst give yoursel a review,

O the goals that you ervently seek.

The church may talk about Adam and Eve,

And warn o original sin.

But an act o God is an act o love,And the kingdom o God is within.

Although there are many kind and loving people that I have

known who live their lives in an almost childlike innocence,

it is not until they reach this understanding that true spiritual

reedom can be experienced.

From the animals When Liz spoke at the beginning o this book about

allowing animals the reedom to choose whether or not

they would stay with their people, we would like to say that

we have chosen, and that is why we are here. It is not the

ences that hold us in captivityit is our spiritual mission.

Each o us has their individual path, their reasons or

accepting the circumstances they are in, but long ago, we as

a whole made the decision to be soul mates and companions

to humans. Dogs, cats, and horses are the most common,

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and love, and spiritually resonate with humans. As the veil

continues to thin, our spiritual requency will vibrate ever

higher. There will come a time when all lie resonates as

one. Entertain the possibility and commune with us in

the pursuit o animationthe synonyms or which arelie, spirit (good spirit, blithe spirit), vitality, exhilaration,

ebullience, excitement, ardor, elation, glow, vibrancy,

brightness, gaiety, and good cheer, to name a ew.

From the animals

To have your lie, you must give your lie. True

renunciation embodies absolute trustabsolute truth and

complete surrender. True clarity and connection are oundin the quiet o the voice and o the mind. How can you

hear when you chatter ceaselessly? How can you know the

truth when you think your truth is all that matters?

Cats, dogs, and horses have been your companions or

millennia. We have surrendered our ate into your keeping,

such is our trust in you. We know your hearts and your

spirit, and we know that there, you are ree. It is your minds

that limit and conuse you. Turn o the chatter, let go o

the conusion, and allow the stillness to ll you with itspeace. The peace is within us all, but you revisit it only in

brie moments. Stay a while longer. Let us take you there

and sit beside you in communion and worship o this most

precious git. It is there we can speak with our hearts and

share in the memory o our true kinship with each other

and with lie itsel. We are all children o the earth, seeded

rom the heavens where the ALL shines eternally. We are

eternally, spiritually ree, and when the memory awakens,we become ully actualized spiritual beings on this and all

planes. We must give all to have all . . . That is the secret.

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