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My Horse Agrees with Author D.H. Lawrence

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On stage for a "Page Wisdom" segment at CampExperience 2011 My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect.  We can go wrong in our minds.   But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true.   The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.  I like this quote from D.H. Lawrence ( Lady Chatterly's Lover ). W hen I get on my horse's back, he reminds me that we do best as a team if I ease up on the reins, and quit pulling on his head.  Farside responds more quickly to gentle leg pressure around his center, his girth - when the calf of my left leg is close to his heart, that blood-pumping organ that propels us literally and metaphorically.   Page's daughter riding Farside with halter and loose lead rope  Last weekend, at the 2011 CampExperience retreat, I asked the 240 women in the audience to stand up, grab a partner, and try to lead each other around by the head. Mayhem ruled until they switched their han