What is the biggest problem horses have with some humans ?
Horses whinney, nicker, snort and scream, but their primary form of communication is body language. In addition they have the wonderful ability to sense emotion and intention.
(Most) Humans on the other hand primarily use speech to communicate, then body language a distant second and lastly, if at all, the sense of emotion and intention without a word or movement.
One can imagine the communication difficulties that do arise between horse and human. Suppose a person who if afraid of horses decides to pet a horse. They start with speech; soft kind words then do their best to back up their speech with confident body language and are clueless that their inside fear is speaking loud and clear. The horse barely understands the softness of the words, the body language is suspect because it appears forced, but the biggest enigma to the horse is the communication coming from the inside of the human does not match what is coming from the outside. Horses are not used to this, because horses don't do this. Therefore they become nervous, even frightened and the human responds to the horse with 'words' to the effect "What's wrong with you it's ok"
Do you think things would go better or worse for us humans if our insides matched our outsides?
Should we put more emphasis to see inside one another than to hear their speech?
Do you think that many use the spoken word to communicate but not to listen?
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Ok Margo,
I hear you very clearly, and agree that things as they are, we often build relationships with people that never would have been possible had we known each others insides at first meeting. Yet The way our world is set up, It seems those who are bad on the inside succeed, while those are good on the inside are left behind. If everybody could see what was on the inside, that would reverse who would be successful.
Here is the point that I've held back till now: If everyone was the same on the outside as they are on the inside they could no longer hide the bad things on the inside and going through life without ever dealing with them. Don't you think this would give people the incentive to deal with their insides? Maybe even cause them to seek out Divine help? Kinda like a person with a dirty house, they are fine with it until they hear company is coming, then they get it sp-ic and span.
I personally think this would revolutionize the world. But I agree things would get worse before they got better!
Two, it always seems to me that if a person relaxes and focuses, they can communicate with most domesticated or semi domesticated animals fairly quickly. I thought it was more that we were not aware enough of their language, not that ours sent a double message.
But I'd appreciate people being the same on the inside as they are on the outside. People might learn to be nicer if they couldn't plot against you while smiling and embracing you. It's when we start entertaining the thoughts but can still hide them that the fruit of sin is developed.
You just described people who know how to communicate with animals and speak their language. The problem is when animals understand the language the person doesn't even know they're speaking. Basicly the person is not taking responsibility for their insides.
wow.... that is one to remember....I need write that down!
I knew a man who had horses. I walked past the corral where he kept the horses on the way to his house for a meeting one night, and a few of the horses walked up. One put his head on my shoulder more or less... the man was upset when he came out because that was a "mean" horse. He said I must have fed him or something. I didn't tell him, but I'd only been around the horse once before, and I've only been around horses of any sort a few times in my life. All I did was talked to him, nodded at him, and waited for him to approach me. He was NOT a mean horse. He was cautious, but caution shouldn't be met with fear, it should be met with respect.
The man didn't speak the same language inside and out. Maybe that's why he thought the horse was mean. He did treat his horses better than he treated most people though, so I don't know. I always wondered how he could talk softly and respectfully to a horse yet turn around and yell at a person and not expect them to shy away.
I think our body language shows more than we realize or want to admit a lot of times though. It speaks our inner language more than our mouths do.
