National Geographic Channel produces a show starring Cesar Millan, also known as "The Dog Whisperer." He understands dogs in a way that works miracles when people have tough cases of dogs' unwanted behavior. I love watching the show, and I've used his techniques on occasion to salvage what might have been disastrous situations.
One show I particularly liked was when he went to work with Pat Parelli (also known as the Horse Whisperer). A lady at a therapeutic riding school was having a problem with a couple of the school dogs, and there was also a horse that was giving some problems - so she invited both men to come and help them.
Cesar jumped at the chance to meet Pat because in essence, they work in the same field - just with different species. Both of them rehabilitate the animals' mental or emotional problems, and train the owners to understand and work with the strengths and mentality of the animals in order to produce a balanced, happy family unit, be it a pack or herd.
It was amazing to watch these guys working - and working together.
Click here for the whole episode at NatGeo (The video will open in a new tab - and is about 45 minutes, but the first 32 minutes shows them working at the riding school. If the video stops, saying that there's a commercial break, just close the tab, come back here, re-click the link, and move the slider on the video to just after the stopping place [dot] where you left off...) :D
Okay, I have to admit, I watched the video again. Wow.
Just as there is a dog whisperer and a horse whisperer, there is a Heart Whisperer. All our lives we've been conditioned by people in our pasts - whether they intended the result or not - who have caused us to be fearful, dominant, disruptive, or just angry all the time. But the Heart Whisperer is different. He knows how we feel, how we think, what makes us tick. Dogs need exercise, discipline, and affection. Horses need safety, comfort, and play. And humans need love, acceptance, and respect.
The Heart Whisperer knows that because He created humans. A voluntary relationship with Him is one that gives all three: love, acceptance, and respect - first from Him to us, and in growing measure, from us to Him. It is this relationship that is core. It is foundational. The other two relationships (that of ourselves with ourselves, and that of ourselves with others) hinge upon that primary one with Him, and have the same three components: love, acceptance, and respect.
The relationship has to be voluntary. We were not made to be robots. The process is slow. We don't learn as quickly as horses or dogs. With us, it takes time to really "get it." Fortunately, His patience is endless.
Because He is the source of all love, His love is unconditional. Because He is the source of all acceptance, His acceptance is total. And because He is the source of respect, the respect He gives is ultimate. In relationship with Him, we learn how to love, accept, and respect Him first - not by means of a gigantic guilt trip or by striving all the time to follow rules which are impossible to follow - but by allowing ourselves to believe in and open ourselves to His love, acceptance and respect for us. It is then that we can offer ourselves those same gifts, and then eventually give them to others.
There is so much shouting around us to try to force or manipulate us into behaving this way or that way - trying to wind us up, to turn us into nice little toy soldiers. But His kingdom doesn't follow the methods and philosophy of the world. No, His realm is of the heart - and He continues to whisper His message to our hearts. If we'll listen.
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| Cesar Millan (left) and Pat Parelli (right) sharing a photo op, found this at http://www.westernhorsereview.com/blogs/ my-stable-life/dog-whisperer-meets-parelli/ |
Cesar jumped at the chance to meet Pat because in essence, they work in the same field - just with different species. Both of them rehabilitate the animals' mental or emotional problems, and train the owners to understand and work with the strengths and mentality of the animals in order to produce a balanced, happy family unit, be it a pack or herd.
It was amazing to watch these guys working - and working together.
Click here for the whole episode at NatGeo (The video will open in a new tab - and is about 45 minutes, but the first 32 minutes shows them working at the riding school. If the video stops, saying that there's a commercial break, just close the tab, come back here, re-click the link, and move the slider on the video to just after the stopping place [dot] where you left off...) :D
Okay, I have to admit, I watched the video again. Wow.
Just as there is a dog whisperer and a horse whisperer, there is a Heart Whisperer. All our lives we've been conditioned by people in our pasts - whether they intended the result or not - who have caused us to be fearful, dominant, disruptive, or just angry all the time. But the Heart Whisperer is different. He knows how we feel, how we think, what makes us tick. Dogs need exercise, discipline, and affection. Horses need safety, comfort, and play. And humans need love, acceptance, and respect.
The Heart Whisperer knows that because He created humans. A voluntary relationship with Him is one that gives all three: love, acceptance, and respect - first from Him to us, and in growing measure, from us to Him. It is this relationship that is core. It is foundational. The other two relationships (that of ourselves with ourselves, and that of ourselves with others) hinge upon that primary one with Him, and have the same three components: love, acceptance, and respect.
The relationship has to be voluntary. We were not made to be robots. The process is slow. We don't learn as quickly as horses or dogs. With us, it takes time to really "get it." Fortunately, His patience is endless.
Because He is the source of all love, His love is unconditional. Because He is the source of all acceptance, His acceptance is total. And because He is the source of respect, the respect He gives is ultimate. In relationship with Him, we learn how to love, accept, and respect Him first - not by means of a gigantic guilt trip or by striving all the time to follow rules which are impossible to follow - but by allowing ourselves to believe in and open ourselves to His love, acceptance and respect for us. It is then that we can offer ourselves those same gifts, and then eventually give them to others.
There is so much shouting around us to try to force or manipulate us into behaving this way or that way - trying to wind us up, to turn us into nice little toy soldiers. But His kingdom doesn't follow the methods and philosophy of the world. No, His realm is of the heart - and He continues to whisper His message to our hearts. If we'll listen.
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