At Your Service

When we practice in the way the story of the monk illustrates, we begin to awake, and realize emptiness! But when we have our first experience of emptiness, it becomes elusive because of our ingrained habitual patterns that underlie that microsecond of a gap between what is real and what is not. We can currently see this occurring all around us where there is such destruction to all life! However, for some u from WRIGHT page 5

The University of Findlay (Ohio) offers English and Western Equestrian Studies programs as well as an Equine Business Management degree.

For more information about schools of higher education that have equestrian programs, Google “colleges with equestrian scholarships.”

It’s disappointing, since our state is horse country, that there’s not one college or university, including Washington State University, which has a specific academic equestrian degree program or scholarships.

May the journey of your heart deepen and ripen you into a more kind, patient, and authentic human being, supporting you and others to walk lightly on this planet. May you find others that will support your journey to study, to contemplate, to meditate, and to awaken and mature the heart – especially in these challenging times.

I will note Soap Lake’s Langley Equine Studies has an equestrian massage certification program.

Disquieting, there’s not one Washington college or university, listed above. I believe our state legislators must step forward and push for a bachelor of arts or science degree to be installed in that field.

Darn right, all y’all horse nuts, many outside Washington, collegiate barn doors are open to you, so saddle-up and go for one of those equestrian scholarships!

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