When we go towards our animal, ask something of it, or even just ask it to be present with us, we can ask ourselves ” What thinking level is he/she at?”.
It is also a good idea to ask ourselves “What thinking level am I at?”
Working with Thinking Levels helps us regard our animals and ourselves more intuitively, and then, after some practice, also helps us to learn to raise and lower our energy levels and help our animals do the same.
What do I mean by Thinking Levels?
When we are asleep we are not thinking. We maybe healing, or even dreaming, but we are not consciously thinking about something. We can call that a zero thinking level.
Neither us, nor our animals, can do or learn anything at this level.
When we react with emotion we are not thinking. We maybe stressed, anxious, frightened, overwhelmed, or frustrated about something that is happening and we can react with anger, panic, or sometimes just shutdown completely. We can call this a Level 10 Thinking Level.
Neither us, nor our animals, can do or learn anything at this level.
Our best learning thinking level, and our animals, is between 4 and 5. We are awake and aware, but relaxed. We respond rather than react. We ask rather than demand. We consider options. We allow reactions from others without reacting ourselves.
Try these exercises
- When you greet your animal in the morning ask yourself what thinking level he/she is at, and what thinking level am I at.
- When you feed your animal do thinking levels change and if so how?
- When you move to touch your animal where are your thinking levels, and what happens to your animals thinking levels?
- When you put a halter / collar / bridle / saddle / lead on your animal note how the animals thinking levels change, and also note how you react or respond to that change.
- What happens to your thinking levels if your animal doesn’t do what you want?
- What does your animals thinking levels do when you ask her/him to do something new?
- When you are about to leave your animal and go and do something else what does your animals thinking levels do?
- What happens to your partners / childs thinking levels when you ask them to do something?
- When you are in a busy place take a moment and look around you and see if you can spot different thinking levels in the people around you.
- Challenge yourself to take a step back and consider what might be the best thing to do when thinking levels increase too high, spiral out of control, or keep going to low to do anything.
Discuss your findings, or ask questions about this exercise in the Members Forums.