Horse Sense, Nonsense and Heaven on Earth?

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people." So quipped the comedian W.C. Fields. It might seem ridiculously implausible, but in some ways horses indeed have more sense than humans. In pace, horses have made us surpass our biological evolution. They very swiftly enabled our cultural evolution into civilisation. This book explores whether this means heaven on earth for us. Since horses provide the textbook case of the evolution of physical rather than mental swiftness, it may seem all the more astonishing that they have made, and continue to make humans look quite silly. It has been said that "In the saddle is heaven on earth." Horses, left uncorrupted, do suggest something about heaven on earth and have something to offer us in the way of wisdom. While they cannot do sums, horses can figure out if you are authentic in your being. In their silent authenticity and sensitivity to the inauthentic, horses are a little bit like the Holy Spirit. Heaven is where the Spirit is, whatever the circumstances may be. He brings heaven into your heart, here on earth and forever.

Mike L Anderson, PhD (Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology). Mike develops educational resources and software and plays Starcraft.