WAKE UP CALL FOR
CONSCIOUS CHANGE By Patricia Kelley
A new tide of consciousness is rising in the horse industry. It’s calling forth
great change. It’s a wake-up call for an industry that is out of sync with what the majority wants—and what this new era is calling forth. This new consciousness is bumping up against a very protective “old guard” of indus- try elites, big money and their old, tired, dinosaur era thinking. This dying be- hemoth fears loss of control, and their old, backwards, patriarchal ways of doing business.
The horse industry is not isolated from the (r)evolutionary change that is
happening everywhere, although you’d think so by the egregious behavior of the major horse registries, equine sporting associations, mega-breeders, and the affiliated services that make millions off their un- conscious practices. They continue to do as they please with complete disregard for consequences. Sound familiar? We are witnessing this same rising tide of change in our US (and global) economy, po- litical and financial structures, and all the old ways of power and control that the now identified “1%” has enjoyed for way too long, at the expense of the great majority. “A problem cannot be solved at the same level of conscious- ness that created it.” — Albert Einstein
Change can be very painful. However, pain is often necessary for deep and
profound change in humans, and in societies, to shift consciousness. We are all being called to do better; to live and act consciously. To be conscious is to be aware of how one’s impact affects everything. The industry is being forced into change after years and years of runaway greed, over-breeding, very poor business and marketing practices and a growing and shameful disregard for the horse. This multi-billion dollar industry exists only because of its hero— the horse. Yes, the magnificent horse has been all but forgotten by the “old guard.” Their answer is slaughter. It’s no answer to their gross and willful negligence.
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