Right Relationship – Three Aspects: Part One

Horses, like humans, seek to be in Right Relationship, which is a type of balance.  Balancing has three aspects; physical, mental and yes spiritual or the animating force that is the underlining ‘living energy’.  All three complete the horse.

On each level, physical, mental and spiritual or animating, there are multiple aspects.  For instance, at the physical level are the biological types which give us a deeper understanding of how the horse is physically made.

Each aspect is interrelated to the others.  They each influence the overall balance or well-being.  So, a horse with a physical ailment, imbalance, will be affected both mentally and spiritually.  The negative effect is much more than one might think. 

As well, a balanced horse, In Right Relationship, will be one that is naturally ebbing and flowing in all three aspects of its physical, mental and spiritual nature.  A horse ebbing and flowing with nature is capable of doing many things other horses can’t.   

Conn Drehne

If I Were To Believe

If I were to believe, I would know something more than a possibility. I would know that life is what we determine it to be. What the Creative Force, working in conjunction with all life forms, creates. I would see beyond possibility and know.

If I were to believe, I would cease to be the illusion, that which is less than. I would know my royal nature and walk in it. I would accept my spiritual position and ‘BE’, if I believed.

If I were to believe, I would innately sense my own ‘Divine Nature’ and live in it. I would no longer be pulled to and fro, controlled by emotional imbalances, believing these to be my true nature.

If I were to believe, I would walk like a ‘created one’ and not a ‘bred one’. I would no longer need to feed my artificial senses, I would be free. I would see for the first time, REALITY.

If I were to believe, I would know life, I would see life, I would live life, I would CREATE LIFE, if I were to believe. Believe in something, everyone does, however, belief in that which is Diaga, Divine, is true believing, not surface belief.

Only through An Diaga, The Divine, can we know, our human experience is a testimony to this. How do we know that we are living in/with Diaga? One way, by observing that which is a creation of An Diaga, The Divine.

If I were to believe, I would know that the human experience of memories do not exist separate of the senses. If I were to believe, I would ask ‘why' and the purpose for the five sense energies, the five sense organs and the five organs of action’. If I believed.

This would be a start, If I were to believe.

Conn Niul

What the Hell is this all About

Think About It

Sooner or later you gotta ask yourself what the hell is this all about.  If there is anything upstairs you cannot help but wonder what is our purpose and why are we doing what we are doing.

Everyday you, me and the rest of humanity awakens to all sorts of possibilities.  Yet, we struggle to free our minds, attempting to get a clear picture of the world around us.  Hell, we grope through the day just trying to eek out an existence.  Is this thing upside down?

The mechanisms in place care not for you and I.  In fact their sole purpose is to squeeze every drop of labor/energy out of us.  Freedom, this is a joke.  As long as the man controls your daily life you are not free.

What we need is a revival of the mind, a mental revitalization that transcends this meager life of enslavement to the lesser sorts; a real awakening with a foundation that is fluid and yet unmovable.  What is required is a determination to walk away from the controllers.

If money, possessions, artificial comforts or man-made goals control your lives then you are a slave.  They dictate your very belief structure.  Freedom is diametrically opposed to this life, the two cannot co-exist.

All around us is power.  The source of all that we need.  However, our mental operations prevent us from tapping into the source.  To quote a friend “we are caught in the mental traps.”  Those that want change must free themselves from these mental delusions.

What would happen if people over this nation (better yet the world) determined that we were going to make a change mentally?  What if we knew the possibilities were endless?  What would happen?  I can tell you. 

We would transform the world as we know it.  We would co-create a world that can only be imagined in our current state of mental slavery.  We would renew our entire being; a renewal whose origins began with a determination to be free.  

Just imagine......    

Conn Niul

    

Khotani - Four Legs of The Panther

Four legs to walk, stalking not,

Four legs to talk, often caught.

Four legs to see, going on,

Four legs to hear, the poets song.

          Working I find

          Working I know

          Working I am

          Shudra doth go

Four legs to make, less than enough,

Four legs to stake, enough for us.

Four legs to bring, silver is won,

Four legs to keep, gold is sung.

          Scheming I take

          Scheming I rake

          Scheming I sake

          Vaishya remake

Four legs do see, first organized,

Four legs first plea, defend and realize.

Four legs stand firm, and ground between,

Four legs confirm, line of Sun-King.

          Planning I do

          Planning I can

          Planning forever

          Kshatriya for man

Four legs dissolve, to the high seat,

Four legs revolve, Spirit they meet.

Four legs divine, instruments they are,

Four legs in one, goeth the Morning Star.

          Khotani remain

          Khotani sustain

          Khotani they blame

          Khotani the flame

Saga Yashka

The Field

The Rainbow Grounds manifested here upon the field for our experience and Spirit descended as the animating force, causing it to live.

The field is all around us.  It is everywhere and everything.  We see it, hear it, feel it, taste it and smell it.  Yet, it is not confined nor governed by the senses.  It is all that we do.  It is a living entity. 

The field was laid long ago.  It is the medium, the very substance that we walk to... Our comings and goings happen upon it.  It influences not; yet, all things are experienced on it.  We are alive because of it. 

I am me and you are you on the field only.  It has rules, yet they are malleable.  It is slow and fast, quiet and loud, soft and hard.  It is spiritual, physical, difficult and easy.  It is... to the athlete, farmer, professional or artist.

Because of it life and death are experiences.  Ego lives and eventually dies on the field.  Self, our supposed reality is birthed, matures and finally dissolves here, on the field.  It is a square, the circle within.

The field is our base beginning and our Soul Walk to perfection.  It is perfect in its function.  It is where we define life and form our secondary rules and values.  It is where we succeed or fail, realizing truth or not.

It is illusion and reality and yet neither of the two.  It is equally riches and poverty. It is here to be it all.  Yet, it has no physical substance. It exists as the foundation of our earthly walk. 

I Am... on the field.  Imagine.

Saga Yashka

Update - Kituwah Cultural Class For Children

On Monday, 4 June 2012 our local library sponsored a class for children about Native culture.  Our good friends George Stopp and his son Kindle graciously accepted an invitation to speak to the class.  About 75 people attended the event (not bad considering we live in a very rural community) .

George is Chief of the Long Valley Kituwah Town in Chewey, Oklahoma.  George is also a Cherokee language teacher at Tulsa Community College and from time to time teaches language classes for the United Kituwah Band and Cherokee Nation. 

They started the class with a Cherokee introduction and translation into English.  The children were asked what animals they see the most.  It was no surprise when they responded with cow, horse etc.  They really enjoyed it when George's response was "Wa ga and So gui li (Cherokee words for cow and horse).  As you can imagine this got the children going and soon George was filling their minds with Cherokee words for numerous animals. 

One of the children asked about the word for cat and George said "we sa."  So far they had learned several Cherokee words that were simple.  That is when George decided to ask if they knew what a monkey was.  Their eyes went wide and mouths opened when they heard a da li s gi yi s gi.  What happened to the short version.

Next George and Kindle showed the class several items such as the dresses that women wear, shells for shaking, rattles for songs and  a drum.  This was followed by a couple of songs and a few stories.  

The demonstration was well received.  Many of the parents came forward and thanked George and Kindle for the teaching.  One woman even asked if she could attend a ceremony at the grounds in Chewey, Oklahoma.  George gave her the directions and times of the month that the ceremonies are held.

We would like to thank George and Kindle again for their committment to the old Kituwah ways.  As well as thank them for coming over and helping others to understand a little more about Cherokee culture.

Yona

Note:  If anyone would like to know more about the monthly ceremonies at Long Valley Kituwah Town please email the project at info@medicineabgproject.com.

  

Project Update - Trauma

We are working on our trauma section at our website.  We should have it posted within the next week or so.  

Trauma takes on many different aspects and has natures that are unique in many respects to the individual suffering.  For this reason, we have taken our time in presenting our unique approach in dealing with trauma.  

Our goal in the very near future is to open up this approach to a larger audience of people.  Everyone has been traumatized at some level.  Therefore, we believe that these teachings can have a positive effect for anyone that desires a change for the better.  

Medicine Bag Project

Let It Flow

Part Two

Everything emits energy and there are all types of energies.  Humans, animals, plants etc. release a subtle force that is positive or negative.  It is a type of power that changes constantly.  We are consistent in the emanation of energy.

Within our being resides our True Self (Soul) that remains constant.  However, we are a multifaceted being, made up of numerous living fires or entities (mind, body etc.).  These entities have their own functions and desires that are usually contrary to our True Self.

The goal is to bring these numerous fires into ‘Right Relationship’ with our Soul. As long as they are operating against or contrary to our True Self we will live a conflicted life.  There will be constant changes (of a negative nature) within our being due to the conflict.

All of us have experienced mood shifts.  They have become a part of our daily lives.  The more severe the more frequently they occur.  This is due in whole to the conflict within our being.  Yes, diet, lifestyle, occupations etc. all contribute, but they are not the source, only the results of the conflict.  We are at odds with ourselves.

Pay attention to the interaction of humans with other humans and animals.  It is the subtle energies that affect the greatest verbal or bodily responses (in the receiver, be it human or animal).  Even if we are unaware of what is happening, we are still affected.  It is a natural process and a great learning experience.

Every mood shift within our person causes an emanation to flow from us towards the receiving world.  Many try disguising this by acting out something else.  For instance, how many people put on a happy face to camouflage their ‘bad mood?’  It has become the norm.

The energies that we emanate have the greatest impact on other living things.  The conflict that we feel produces an energy that desires to create its twin.  Put another way, misery seeks company.  Therefore, it is a natural process for conflict to seek to reduplicate itself; thus preventing natural flow.  

The more we become in tune with ourselves and our surroundings the more aware we will be of this phenomenon.  Start paying attention and you will begin to see the operation of these energies everywhere you go.  It will open a whole new world that you did not know existed.

The key is to begin to see who we truly are and are not.  To dissolve the conflict we must recognize that we are a perfect Soul residing in a vehicle, the body, for the purpose of journeying on this earth.  The outer trappings of our being, the mind, body etc. are not our True Self.  Within our Soul is where we want it to flow from.

Conn Niul

We All Have Meaning

There is not a person or thing on this earth that is meaningless.  Every living entity has meaning.  The physical manifestation of your earthly life is proof of this.  The fact that you and I are presently walking this earth as breathing, living creators defies the idea of aimless existence.

We so often miss the subtle characteristics of our nature, which reveal a hidden or deep working that serves a purpose; for instance, natural propensity for something.  Just as water moves freely to its destination, we naturally move.  However, this natural movement is almost always stifled.

We cannot see or at least that is what we tell ourselves.  Yet, we ignore or place less importance on that which is directly in front of us.  We do not see the Spirits vision for our life and instead accept as fact that which we are programmed to believe.  How can this be?

It is all in the mind.  To capture the mind is to enslave it to something or someone.  Humanity has taught us to place supreme power and importance on the mental operation to the detriment of our inner Spirit Being.  We let the mind lead the way, never allowing ourselves to be led by the Creator’s Spirit that dwells within us.

There are many reasons for this and it would take a book to go into them all.  Suffice it to say that you and I have been programmed.  Our minds have been captured and we are now servants to our lord.  Yet, within the center of our being is all truth.  It is the abode of our True Person.

In the center is where we find balance and meaning for our life.  Our gifts are signs leading us to our true purpose which is our present to the world.  By not living it we deprive the earth and its inhabitants of their blessing.  You see, we all are participants in the blessing way.

Our struggle so often is in not being.  We are not doing what it is we are here to do.  Watch what happens when someone throws off their false self and starts living their purpose.  Everything in life changes for them.  They open up to the deeper aspects of their being and LIVE.

Most of our imbalances are due to living contrary to our truest nature.  Inside of you and I dwells our truth nature.  Its source is the Creator.  It is always present on our journey.  It constantly speaks to us in a subtle voice, pointing us to ‘The Way’ that reveals ‘who we are’ and ‘our purpose for being’ which evidences We All Have Meaning. 

 Yona Unega

Let It Flow

Part One

Water is a great teacher.  It shows us that no matter the situation it will flow.  If by chance the channel of the stream has been blocked, given enough time it will move again.  It is the natural way of things.

We humans are born to and naturally allow the currents of the universal energies to flow through us.  However, shortly into our lives we begin to build walls, shutting out the energies that would naturally course through our being.

In reality they never stop passing through us, we are just no longer in rhythm with them.  It does not take long.  Through parents, teachers, education, mass media and friends we are taught a way that is contrary to nature and her laws.

As young adults we no longer recognize the natural, instead we place our attention on the artificial.  We are taught all the rules and processes of living a so-called rich and successful life.  Yet, most of us are miserable.

Within you and I dwells the spirit of the Soul.  It resides in the very center of our being.  Our Soul or our True Self has engineered around its Self the tools to allow us to perceive the universal energies, be in tune with them and process their messages correctly.

We have it instinctively.  It is as natural for us as breathing.  Being in the flow or the zone is simply being in ‘Right Relationship.’  The problem is that we have been taught how NOT to be in ‘Relationship’ with our universe.

You and I must return.  We must begin to correct our equilibrium and establish balance once again within our being.  Whether an athlete, musician, farmer or laborer matters not, for we have all experienced at least once in our lives being in the flow.

Conn Niul

Our Four Legged Friend

Just the other day I received a call regarding a troubled horse.  This former race horse turned rope horse got attitude (mean) whenever he was put in a competitive environment (arena).  They were searching for an answer.

I often think about the similarities between us human beings and our four legged friends.  We seek comfort and avoid pain if at all possible, do better in peaceful and natural surroundings and desire to be happy.

Like us human beings our friend the horse can be easily traumatized.  Often times the most subtle experiences are the most lasting ones.  Everything that creates an experience affects our four legged friend.

Their mind, just like ours works on programming.  The human mind is more evolved than a horses’, however, the mental processes are the same minus a few working levels.  We both have mental operations designed to gather, sort and learn.

In the mental process we perceive based upon numerous experiences.  These events (experiences) become positive or negative impressions.  At this point the horse simply responds to the impression that it is having.

Yes, there is more to it than this simple explanation.  However, with just this information we can transform negative impressions into positive ones.  We do this through deprogramming.  Just like with human beings.

Sometimes, as we recommended in the case above, we must start from the beginning.  We must read the signs.  Deprogramming requires desire, neutral observation and patience.  These three will take you a long way.

Desire is a type of passion.  It is something that burns deep in our being.  Neutral observation is truly observing without any preconceived ideas.  Patience goes without saying.

There are many other aspects to a horse, such as the spirit and the physical.  Just like us all three interact upon one another.  We must begin to see that the mental process is always being influenced by the other two, spirit and physical.

An experience is always in three forms, spiritual, physical and mental.  There are levels within each of these; however that is for another day.  For instance, desire has a very physical nature as well as mental and spiritual. 

When you observe a horse you are observing all that a horse is.  You might think it is a purely mental process, however, the manifestations of our four legged friend come from numerous sources.

To see the horse our sight must be more than a physical one.  We must develop a sense that is outside of our five senses.  At this point we really begin to communicate and have dialog with our four legged friend.  This is true ‘Right Relationship.’

Conn Drehne   

What Is It That We Desire

The Long Road - Part Three

My eyes once opened and there before me was a glimpse of my perfect Self.  That part of me that really is not at all a part, but who I am.  Each of us has experienced this, some more than others.  Yet, we do not recognize our own selves.  We see it as a stranger.  Imagine seeing yourself as a complete stranger.

We have become familiar with the lesser parts of our being that seek to cloud our vision.  These lesser parts are mere followers.  However, they have taken control of our lives, leading us down forgotten roads; long, narrow paths that lead us away from our purpose of being.

Our reason to be is found within that quiet, sacred place where Soul lives in a state of perfection, without error.  In the center of it all is our real and perfect Self.  The lesser self convinces us otherwise, pointing to our numerous imperfections, as if this was our true nature.

A strong wind blows, stirring us to seek a safe place.  It pushes us to go within and we resist, believing that our inner being is full of terrible things.  We falsely believe that the base desires and impulses come from deep within our own self.  We once again flee, looking for answers from the external world.

We walk a road that has life expressions of desire, impulse and will.  They are natural.  They are here to allow us to journey, experiencing the ‘Long Road.’  Each step we take on our journey has associated experiences that we take as negative or positive.  It is these mental impressions that begin to form us.

       

The ‘Long Road’ is where we learn the nature of our True Self.  It is the path that helps us to understand experience and the processes necessary to achieve our Self purpose.  It is where we learn to mentally form proper impressions and understand those that would otherwise cause long term damage.

We are all full of memories’ associated with life experiences.  For most of us these have led us to our current state of disillusionment, dissatisfaction and despair.  The negative impact has formed us, setting a course for our lives.  Yet, truth always is and remains within the center of our being; always willing to set our course straight.   

Conn Niul

   

What Is It That We Desire

 The Long Road - Part Two

The ‘Long Road’ is our Soul’s journey through our many lifetimes.  The many walks that our Soul takes upon this earth allows for our discovery of who we are.  One day our eyes are opened and we begin to see and understand the artificial life that we have lived.  We also have revealed to us the identity of our True Self.

It is on the ‘Long Road’ that we see our journey more clearly.  If it were not for the ‘Long Road’ we would not discover ourselves.  We would not understand our purpose for being, our impulses, likes and dislikes etc.  Our journey on the ‘Long Road’ is the story about our life.

For any of us to fully understand we must first see.  To fully see we must understand that the universe operates much differently from what most people would have us to believe.  The Way is not limited by a man made idea or philosophy, rather it is circular in its movements.   

If the idea of Soul Walking, our returning to this earth numerous times is unacceptable, then you are not in a place to see.  To know ‘who you are’ we must first see the ‘you’ we are speaking of.  To really understand what and why you desire you must know who you are and are not.

Our memories are waves that at times overwhelm us.  We get lost in the numerous feelings that seem so real and yet leave us questioning.  We are pulled in many directions; so much so that we get lost in the hundreds of desires, many of which contradict the others.  Yet, we move on, following impulse after impulse.

We are all that we have desired.  Everything that we have wanted, sought after and intently pursued has made us, false as it may be.  Yet, within the inner parts of our person is the seat of our real Self.  Through all of the artificial mental constructs and illusions our Soul remains perfect.

It is in the perfection, the center of our Soul that we journey.  It is within our Soul, the place of the ‘Long Road’ where truth resides.  To think it not so is merely fiction and yet another false paradigm designed to lead us down another forgotten road.  Our true place is on the ‘Long Road.’

Conn Niul 

What Is It That We Desire

The Long Road - Part One

What is it that we seek?  Where do we look to find it?  Why do most of us spend our lives searching and never obtaining that which we are looking for?  What eludes us? 

Most people spend their entire life trying to fulfill a desire that they sense and feel.  Something that is always present before them.  They try to find it in a place, a home, a person, a lover, their children or an animal.  Yet, it is rarely ever found.  What is it that we desire?

Why are we lonely, out of place or without a purpose?  Why does life seem to pass us by, leaving an impression that we are missing something?  What determines our happiness, joy or sense of accomplishment?  We attempt and yet fall short of our desired goals time and again.

Do you know who you are?  Most do not.  In fact it is rare to find an individual who truly does.  The majority of us believe the lesser parts of our being to be our real Self.  Therefore, we walk through life feeding, listening and following it.  For the majority, they are out of ‘Right Relationship.’

How much energy has been spent following a path we believe to be genuine?  A road lies before us that we have participated in building.  It is the one we have followed all of our lives and yet it is not our road.  It is not the path that we are supposed to be on.  Yet, day by day and year by year we build and walk it.

The journey is long.  The road may be perilous at times and at others it is easy and pleasant.  However, our road is always the right one.  It is the ‘Long Road’ that the ancients spoke of.  On the ‘Long Road’ we learn who we are, our purpose and how to fulfill it.

We seek many things, some genuine but most artificial.  The seeking to fulfill the lesser aspects of our person equates to a longer journey.  The more time spent feeding the lesser parts of our being, the longer our passage.  Each journey upon this earth leads to others.  It is our Soul Walk. 

Conn Niul              

Horses

I have been asked why we never post equine articles.  The answer ....... still waiting.  After thinking about it for some time I have come to the conclusion that I must of felt people were coming to the blog to learn about themselves and not horses.  Is there really a difference?

In Khotani teaching all of life is connected.  How many times have you read or heard these words?  Yet, people are funny creatures.  They are most often focused on exterior issues relating to the more surface aspects of their own being.

Everyone is unique, having interest’s specific to their individual self.  Most people are just not interested in horses, at least not seriously.  However, there are hundreds of thousands of people that range from the backyard horse lover to the professional horseman or woman. 

I apologize to our friend and you.  To you both I now write.

In ‘The Way of Khotani’ the horse is a highly evolved creature.  We see this wonderful animal on the brink of moving into the human kingdom.  Like everything in nature the horse speaks to and with us, however, we are usually not listening.  Every movement of our four legged brother is a message.  Their Soul is speaking a language that our Soul understands. 

In working with horses most of my life I have learned that there is much more to learn.  Horses usually work their rears off attempting to get us to understand.  As long as we are thinking and speaking in English it will be hit and miss.  Yet, let us get outside of our selves and we GET IT.

We must become believers in the horse.  We must know that this creature is a highly evolved animal, capable of doing some pretty amazing things.  What has the horse been to us; a best friend, healer, therapist, teacher, fellow athlete, partner in crime and babysitter.  

So, we will begin to write about and for our good friend The Horse.

Conn Drehne

What If

What if you we’re living simultaneous lives?

Consider for a moment that there are multiple planes of existence, running concurrently.

What if you could alter the past, changing the negative aspects of your life?  Is this unimaginable for you?  For most it is.  However, there is an ancient teaching that says you are walking many roads of an ancient hoop, all at once, all right now.  If this is so then imagine...

There are four corners of a vast universe.  Within this square is a sacred circle or hoop.  The circle is the road that you walk.  All life as you know it exists on the sacred ring.  It is what the elders referred to as ‘The Circle of Life.’  All things are connected, inseparable.

You are constantly moving around the hoop.  You find your self north, south, east, west and in the quarter directions.  You move freely upon the sacred circle, from lifetime to lifetime.  Each life upon this earth leaves a path in the Mother, showing where you once walked.

Your essence is upon every rock you have touched, every stream you have drank from and every breath you have shared.  You have left a lasting impression.  Each time you ‘Soul Walk’ more of your essence permeates the atmosphere.  You are everywhere and in everything.

Contrary to the circle of life is straight time.  If the sacred circle could be cut and straightened out you would have linear time.  It is the way that most people see life.  In linear time you are considered in the center, equal distance from the far left and far right ends.  The left is past, the middle is present and the right is future. 

In linear time there is no possible way for the past to be in the present or future, nor can the future be in the past or present.  Each of these past, present or future lives or experiences are separate and only slightly influence each other.  They become a part of your memories in linear time.

Deep within the inner aspects of your being is stored a truer memory of your self.  These true memories are of your life on the sacred circle.  They are recordings of your Soul Walking upon this earth.  Your past and future lives and experiences are inseparable from your present existence.

What if the far left and far right of the linear line were connected?  Your mind would see the sacred circle again.  You would see that the past joined with the future, making the present state of your being.  You would see that past and present experiences in this life and past lives join, making them always in a present state of being.

The sacred circle shows you that everything is always now.  You’re past experiences and lives are assumed as such because of linear teaching.  As long as you see your life or lives along the linear line you will never see or know your True Self and its memories as opposed to those of your false self.

Imagine... What If.

Saga Yashka