This society has become obsessed with the superficial.

Everyday our energy flows from the inside of us to the world outside of us through our eyes. Just do an experiment and you will see. Look at a flower and feel how and in which direction the energy flows out through your eyes. Now consciously reverse the flow of the image of the flower you see. Allow the image to flow through your eyes into your body. Allow the images to penetrate the barriers we have set up to protect you from the exterior. It is very subtle but you will feel the difference. We can call this the horizontal plane, the world of form or the physical. For most of us this is where we direct most of our attention.

However, there does exist a vertical plane. This is a dimension that most people in western societies have forgotten. This is the plane of the spirit and you get there by reversing the flow of energy, from the inside-out to the outside-in and horses can support us in our journey. Animal communicator Delaya Diana reveals the wisdom of horses through her work. She speaks about how horses are here to help us to return to “the point of contact”, the axis point between the horizontal plane and the vertical plane. It is in fact the ‘Now’ or the present moment. It is also where the Imaginal realm lies. Imaginal is another name for the non dualistic state of consciousness.

Imaginal is not imagination, although it may seem to be similar. Imagination is an act of our ego, of our mind, but the imaginal is a place between conscious and unconscious, between visible and invisible, between life and death, between human and divine. Surhwardi the 12th century Persian Sufi mystic called it “Alam al Mithal” or “the world of real images/ true symbols” and “Hurqalya” which means “the earth of celestial visions”. In this place all the images which appear to us are codes for ideas and emotions, and emotions are the portals that transport us to the profound insights that come from our being. This is the realm of our inner wisdom which is so personal that only we have access to. If we can reach the imaginal realm we have access to all the information which comes from within ourselves: we have access to our own inner wisdom. If we can reach the imaginal realm we can become the co-creator of our reality.

Horse medicine is the shortcut to the imaginal realm. As horses are always in the point of contact between the horizontal and vertical planes, being with them amplifies the present moment and allows what is within us to be revealed. Horses can bring us where other humans cannot travel.