When someone is holding a whip in their hand what does it mean? For me a whip is a simple object nothing more, if a whip is laying on the ground it will not move it has no bad intentions it is simply an object. When we pick up the whip we give it an intention because it becomes an extension of us. So then It becomes very important that we as horse people use the appropriate intention with the whip. I use a whip as simply an extension of my body & intention. If I have the intention that I want th