Kristiina

Kristiina wrote: "So, I wait eagerly: what do you suggest? That kind of horse has been contaminated/addicted? with the substance of human attention. Denying that: unhappy, dullness. And yet - they have developed a form of attention that is different, keener than the "normal" horse who lives in his horse world. For this kind of animal (and now I remember, there were some kittens too, who were different, right from the start - they wanted to communicate with humans). What if they have simply a different role? Their identity is different, that is true, but some of us know what it means to be an outsider in our own, supposed herd."

 You have combined 3. and 4. The horse advocate and the psychotherapy.  :)
Let's back up a little. It is an exercise. To give an "experience" ..... that gives information. Both to the human and to the horse. Sometimes, the information comes in the form of an emotion.   (After this I will share my "emotional" experience with this type of interaction)
       2. Reflective seeing - practice seeing the horse in "body language".
a) walk completely around your horse as if you are drawing their silhouette in the ground. Tracing OUTSIDE the lines.
What I failed to mention was - with some horses this is incredibly difficult to do. :) Not for the reasons you might think. :)
  The original reason for the exercise was to "experience"  - "Do Not Touch". That is all. Can you see without judgement and  needing to fix things? Can you see without projection? The exercise was to literally trace the horse's body in the dirt, with your feet. In that way it was meant to take the 'projection' OUT of our "reflective seeing". That is the 'language of the horse' - body language. It is your projection that sees "unhappy/dullness" or a "keener" attention. Anthropomorphism. ".... Leave all beings where they are". It is very, very, VERY important to leave the horse a horse.
Can you pull yourself so completely inside your own personal boundary that the horse - any horse - will let you walk completely around it? No projection? Only see in body language? Nothing more. On the flip side - (will be addressed in section 3.) - can you be seen ......... in this "Raw" way? No role playing.
 There are many other ways to use this simple exercise. The six reasons above I will expand on.
Many people spend a lot of time teaching their horses to be this focused on them.  I see it differently.