Taking Responsibility for my Life with Enthusiasms – A lesson from the Horses

As we progress through the Master Key Experience (MKE) week 13, I’m seeing things manifest into my life that I have knowingly created. Week 13 began December 22nd, 2024, just before Christmas, and ends December 29th, 2024.

So, what happened the week of Christmas? Well, it was a busy week but not the traditional normal Christmas hustle and bustle. No, this year was very different.

Working through Master Key Experience has been challenging and very tiring at times. So tiring in fact, that I could not think about Christmas, nor was I prepared for Christmas.

Usually, I like to prepare long in advance. This year, I was so focused on my DMP and doing everything necessary that I let go of Christmas and focused on the bigger, picture. Part of that was taking care of self.

Usually, I would deal with the food, decorations, gifts, overextend myself financially, with my time and energy and in a flash, the holidays would be over. I have in past years spent enormous amounts of time and energy not to mention money especially when my children were young.

This year was focused on changing me from the inside out. Making me and my dreams my priority. Nearing 60 years old and living my dreams at an early age and then hitting rock bottom after filing for a divorce after an abusive marriage, I really needed to understand the laws of the universe and take responsibility for my life, but also understand how I created such a life.

That of course is where MKE comes into the picture. So, over the course of the past 13 weeks we have learned the groundwork and accept the foundation of how things work. As Mark indicated in week 13, we now are really going to accelerate everything we have been learning and push it into overdrive.

Let me step back a few days to December 17th, my Christmas gift to myself where I spent the day at the F.E.E.L. (Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning) Therapy Center, in Tottenham, Ontario, just north of Toronto and how that relates to MKE.

I spent the day with fellow MKE Master Mind Alliance members, along with a couple of friends.
My day started out with Ruby who I spoke of last week. So, I’ll jump right into my session, with Braveheart, who is a large male Clydesdale. I was the last session, and it was getting late in the day, and colder outside as the sun started fading.

The exercise was about choosing what we wanted to manifest and of course for MKE students we had been working on that already now for 12 weeks. In a few words we needed to state our intentions or hearts desire.

That was easy because we had just written a condensed version of our MKE-DMP down to one sentence which we were supposed to read out loud in front of the mirror looking at ourselves for 50 minutes. As luck would have it or not, I was on Sunday’s call but got a call that I could not delay and therefore I had to delay the exercise until later in the week.

Therefore, when I went to the horses on the 17th, I had not done my mirror work yet. When I approached Braveheart to do work on my manifestation, I could feel his presence, large heart and commanding energy. He was up to the job.

Suddenly, I had the fleeting thought. WoW he is so big, Julie are you up to the job with Braveheart. He is so big. Well yes, you have chosen a big job, life purpose and you need a superpower to help you.

Braveheart is the largest horse, and he has a larger-than-life heart, and he is very courageous. Braveheart is the perfect horse for the job. As I lead him to the ring, I certainly felt his large stature.

I had forgotten how big he was. It had been some time since I had last worked with him.
So, as he entered the ring, and I stood outside the ring, I spoke to Andre, quietly. Ok, what is your hearts desire, what is it you want to manifest.

I asked a few questions. Quieted my mind, connected very deeply and intensely my heart to Braveheart’s heart. This had also been practiced daily for over 3 months now with my daily work with my DMP being read a loud 3x per day.

Connecting my heart to the heart of the horses was written into my DMP. Now I was living it. We had already connected from earlier in the day from the moment we met in the morning, but I wanted to really connect with an intensity I had not felt in a long time.

I was being very serious, and my mission was serious. This was all about my life’s mission, my sacrifices and removing any blockages I had that was preventing me from living my purpose.

Again, after stating my intentions and assigning my goal to the large red round bean bag as my hearts desire, I then let it be known to Braveheart what I felt were the obstacles and assigning each obstacle on the course to the obstacles I felt were preventing me from living my hearts desire and fulfilling my soul contracts (DMP – Definite Major Purpose).

As I lead Braveheart to the first obstacle which was the fear I was carrying regarding my agreements and life mission, the complexity of it and the dangers surrounding it, I lead him with strength and courage, with conviction and confidence.

We tackled that obstacle efficiently and easily. Wow. He had my back, and I understood, God had my back. I had nothing to worry about so long as I paid attention, had confidence and moved forward. Keep an eye on the goal and do not let negative thoughts even enter consciously or unconsciously into my field.

One down, two more to go before we tackled the goal. Next was all about the knowledge needed to succeed. Again, with confidence we entered the 4 pylon cones set up in a square grid. We easily maneuvered between the 4 cones and then suddenly, Braveheart stopped dead center in the center of the cones.

Not moving an inch. He had me stand very still until I received the messages and instructions I needed to know. I had to feel, understand acknowledge and accept what I was being instructed to do, how to do it, and that it was my duty to ask for help and that help would be available.

There is a lot of communication if you still your mind, allow yourself to be fully open to receive exactly what you need to know and do not fight the process. The more open you are the flow moves rapidly, but at a pace that is clear, concise and deliberate. I could not rush the process and that was made very clear to me.

The last obstacle was my personal well-being. Taking care of myself, loving myself and recognizing my needs. Simple things like eating at regular intervals, sleeping regularly, not over-doing it, taking time off. All of which was foreign to me for a very long time.

Actually, most of my life I had been disconnected from my needs which all stems from the early childhood abuse. These were parts of me that needed to be healed and pivotal for me to continue with my mission and succeed.

So, what happened with Braveheart? We easily approached the obstacle, walked over it and then again. Bam, very abruptly Braveheart stopped and would not move. Again, he wanted me to pause and really understand how it was important to take care of myself.

Something, I have never really done. Everything was always more important in the past, but my health was now suffering, and I wasn’t as young as I once was, and it was very clear, there was no success if I kept trying to push my body beyond its means.

Braveheart would not move forward no matter what I tried to do. I had to stand still and receive the messages, instructions and understanding the wisdom he was conveying to me. Like it or not, we could not move forward until I acknowledged yet, again with clarity and agreed.

Next, he had me approach the east gate. This was all about the spirit realm. We stood there for some time as once again, I was downloaded with information, instructions and wisdom regarding my mission, my agreements and what was expected of me. Who I was.

I heard many of the words that were in my DMP. I felt the words that I was speaking out loud for the past 3 months reverberate throughout my being. It was strong, powerful with the message I was strong, powerful, confident, but with again words of wisdom and instructions for me.

I felt confident with purpose, but it was clear that I needed to tap into my spiritual gifts if I was to succeed at my goals. I could not even attempt to approach my goals without the guidance of using my spiritual gifts that were God’s gifts to me.

It was part of my road map and guidance system. If I ignored it, I would not have the tools to approach my goals. Braveheart made that very clear to me.

Once I received the download of my instructions, I was allowed to approach the goal, with confidence and clarity. It was another thing all together to step into the goal and allow myself to feel what it was like to succeed, to accomplish my lifelong goals and fulfill my soul contracts.

It was not something that had come easily. Great sacrifice, hard work, many obstacles with great danger had been part of the journey. These lessons were part of me.

I had to really embrace this wisdom and keep it within my focus. Understand to let a lot go, from the past but understand the journey and not to ever loose focus. That this position could not afford distractions, and it was not for the faint at heart.

With this position came great responsibilities and demands. That I had to be in tune with God, the Great Spirit and understand that everything is about being in alignment with universal laws. Understanding these laws and applying these laws.

Of course, this is also what the first 13 weeks of Master Key Experience has been all about. Laying the foundation for us, with knowledge, and then applying that knowledge through daily exercises so that we could use these habits to become Masters of our Lives – living our dharma in harmony.

As I finish week 13 with Mark’s words ringing in my ears – with his enthusiasm that we can not stop now. We are just starting to fulfill our DMP’s. Yes, we have the knowledge and the foundation but there are other parts to the process and don’t let the success we are experiencing distract us because there is more to learn and apply to the master of Master Key Experience.

I am trusting the process, trusting Mark and his team and believing that I need to keep taking one step in front of the other.

We have learned to state out loud to ourselves “I promise to Manifest Liberty & Legacy”, “I promise to continue the flow of giving and receiving” as Emerson states the key is give more, get more.

We have recently added “I am whole, perfect, strong, powerful, loving, harmonious & happy”. Finally, we state “I always keep my promises” followed by my name Julie Ann Marsden (Crystal Mountain Priestess) which is my medicine name.

What I can say is the day with Ruby & Braveheart was magical. I could feel, understand, honor, embrace, acknowledge, and accept the messages and wisdom that was being imparted to me regarding manifesting my DMP.

There was a lot of clearing, releasing pent-up emotions throughout my two sessions. Lots of tears shed and a massive amount of love expressed freely towards me by both Ruby and Braveheart as conduits of the divine’s unconditional love for me, which I greatly appreciated and feel honored to have that intimate experience.

After spending the day with the horses, my experience with the 50 minutes in front of the mirror was much easier than I feel it would have been otherwise. The longer I read out loud with conviction my sentence the stronger I felt.

Not with tears, no clearing necessary. I believe that had already been accomplished with our day with the horses. Thank goodness. I believe the work we did that day made my mirror work easier and more effective which I am every so grateful for.

Gratitude has become a daily part of my life and yes, a key to understanding give more get more without the expectation of reciprocity.