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Message from the Horse: 27 Projects Using New and Classic Patterns
Every human enters this life and begins a journey. The path traveled is unique to each individual, and for some, the main streets and popular thoroughfares provide all that’s needed to nourish a life well lived—food, fuel, friendship, family. For others, though, there is a desire—in fact, a need—for something more.
In the form of a wandering, lyrical, autobiographical narrative, world-renowned horseman Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling exposes the inner turmoil, the burning questions, the fear, the doubt, and the darkness that pushed him off the roads most traveled in search of answers. In search of meaning. As he reflects on cultures past and his present surroundings, his words linger on visual, sensual, and inspirational clues, bringing his personal experiences alive on the page in emotional detail. His thoughts string together like clicking beads, brilliantly illustrating the passage of time and the interconnectivity of all beings. And ultimately, Hempfling comes to a truth, which for him brings heaven and earth into sharp focus. It is the horses that show him the way.
In the form of a wandering, lyrical, autobiographical narrative, world-renowned horseman Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling exposes the inner turmoil, the burning questions, the fear, the doubt, and the darkness that pushed him off the roads most traveled in search of answers. In search of meaning. As he reflects on cultures past and his present surroundings, his words linger on visual, sensual, and inspirational clues, bringing his personal experiences alive on the page in emotional detail. His thoughts string together like clicking beads, brilliantly illustrating the passage of time and the interconnectivity of all beings. And ultimately, Hempfling comes to a truth, which for him brings heaven and earth into sharp focus. It is the horses that show him the way.
- GenresHorses
186 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 8, 2015
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August 19, 2023
Aug 19, 710am ~~ Review asap.
1045am ~~ Real life has been operating in high gear recently and I needed a mental break so I decided to choose one of the books from this year's Horse Fit! list.
I discovered this author by accident when browsing horse videos at YouTube, and later came across him again while browsing horse books at Thriftbooks. I took a chance on this one, but I must admit I was disappointed.
I was not expecting a how-to book, and I wouldn't need one anyway. I spent years working with horses, spending time inside their minds, caring for them and being their friend, being part of the herd. Horses have been powerful creatures in my life since I was a little girl.
I was surprised first by the fact that the author had nothing to do with horses at all until he was in his twenties. And then he seemed to want to force them into his life (or himself into theirs) in order to prove a theory he had about knights in shining armor and their relationship with their horses.
All the things that some of us have simply known since we first saw a horse, he agonized over for a long time. He approached his project like someone going into battle, not like someone looking for solutions. I suppose this is a guy thing?
It was not until he spent time near some wild horses that he began to see what his own impatience had hidden from him earlier. He took the time to just be. He paid attention. But because of that guy thing, he had turned the whole experience into a torment for himself. It doesn't have to be that way. Well, sorry, maybe it had to be that way for him. Everyone learns differently, especially when it comes to the truly important things.
But I couldn't keep myself from getting frustrated with the tone of the book. Other reviewers have commented on the abstract language. That didn't bother me all that much. There are many topics where no words, either written or spoken, can provide the true meaning of what is intended. How does one explain how to open your mind and enter the flow of the Universal Mind, thus creating the connection that will allow you to be inside a horse's mind? You have to experience it to understand it and the process cannot and truly should not be over-analyzed, it should just be done.
I think that was the main problem for me with this book. Years ago, a very wise friend told me I was thinking too much. That is what I kept wanting to tell the author while I was reading: don't create a bigger problem by over-thinking life. Just live it.
As far as I can tell, the author is now a successful trainer, life coach, horse handler and so on. I hope he is happier now than he seemed to be in this book, and I hope he never stops learning from horses. They always have secrets to share, we just have to listen.
1045am ~~ Real life has been operating in high gear recently and I needed a mental break so I decided to choose one of the books from this year's Horse Fit! list.
I discovered this author by accident when browsing horse videos at YouTube, and later came across him again while browsing horse books at Thriftbooks. I took a chance on this one, but I must admit I was disappointed.
I was not expecting a how-to book, and I wouldn't need one anyway. I spent years working with horses, spending time inside their minds, caring for them and being their friend, being part of the herd. Horses have been powerful creatures in my life since I was a little girl.
I was surprised first by the fact that the author had nothing to do with horses at all until he was in his twenties. And then he seemed to want to force them into his life (or himself into theirs) in order to prove a theory he had about knights in shining armor and their relationship with their horses.
All the things that some of us have simply known since we first saw a horse, he agonized over for a long time. He approached his project like someone going into battle, not like someone looking for solutions. I suppose this is a guy thing?
It was not until he spent time near some wild horses that he began to see what his own impatience had hidden from him earlier. He took the time to just be. He paid attention. But because of that guy thing, he had turned the whole experience into a torment for himself. It doesn't have to be that way. Well, sorry, maybe it had to be that way for him. Everyone learns differently, especially when it comes to the truly important things.
But I couldn't keep myself from getting frustrated with the tone of the book. Other reviewers have commented on the abstract language. That didn't bother me all that much. There are many topics where no words, either written or spoken, can provide the true meaning of what is intended. How does one explain how to open your mind and enter the flow of the Universal Mind, thus creating the connection that will allow you to be inside a horse's mind? You have to experience it to understand it and the process cannot and truly should not be over-analyzed, it should just be done.
I think that was the main problem for me with this book. Years ago, a very wise friend told me I was thinking too much. That is what I kept wanting to tell the author while I was reading: don't create a bigger problem by over-thinking life. Just live it.
As far as I can tell, the author is now a successful trainer, life coach, horse handler and so on. I hope he is happier now than he seemed to be in this book, and I hope he never stops learning from horses. They always have secrets to share, we just have to listen.
June 27, 2017
The most interesting of his books because there's a storyline. Still a bit obscure in the language - especially when attempting to explain spiritual concepts.
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