The Practice of Daily Transcendence: Navigating the Shift into 5D
A new paradigm is beckoning the soul and the planet shifts progressively into 5D. But this is no easy process, not something to sit back and let happen. There must be a full-on, all-in, active engagement to progressively peel back the veils. That's where mastering the art of daily transcendence is so essential. You're feeling intimately into every situation that arises, whether harmonious or dissonant. Here's how to approach it and gain maximum benefit from it.
Becoming Intimately Intimate with Life
The One in you is not found by distancing yourself from life, but becoming intimately intimate with it. And that's the ultimate key to transcendence: sensitively engrossed in the sensuality of life, yet not at all lost - deeply exploring and feeling into it. This goes for ALL experiences, especially including the painful ones.
Something may have happened to you: an accident or illness. But before trying to heal or get it fixed, the crucial thing is to realise that you manifested it for a reason. Then to accept what you've created and work into it.
Let's say you contracted a serious physical health problem, such as cancer. You may be feeling pain in key areas of your body, which might be challenging you on all levels: physically, emotionally and mentally. Yet in your soul, you know you're not physical. So the "illness" invites a direct confrontation with the places you identify with the physical, and at a cellular level.
Yes, it's intense. Yes, it may seem completely unfair. But at the same time, it's a massive growth opportunity. Because it's through intense challenges such as these, that we forge soul and grow.
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Lost in Time
This transcendence, though, is not something to practice every now and then. Especially now, as the Shift goes exponential and the whole of the reality construct is terraforming, the real place to be is in the quantum field BEFORE life crystallises. Then you may bring your consciousness to bear in co-creating a favourable and harmonious reality.
So transcendence needs to become a daily practice. Take whatever situation you find yourself in, immerse yourself completely; feel into all the nuances of it; be present, be the observer; then ride the wings of the soul THROUGH the experience.
It reminds me of a favourite coffee shop on the volcanic Island of La Palma, where in the past, we've held regular Openhand Retreats. The place is aptly called "El Time", and it has an absolutely magnificent view, across a vast swathe of the island. It's a bit of a tourist photographic haven, but if you get up there early enough, then you can enjoy some peace and quiet before it gets busy.
I was drinking in the panorama, feeling the expansiveness of it, using a favourite Breathing Meditation to intensify the feeling of it, when it seemed like the whole of me had simply dissolved into the landscape. I was flying in it, reveling in it, an intimate part of it.
Very quickly, I'm lost in time, "El Time" had completely disappeared as I melted into the canvas of life itself. I must have been transcendent like this for more than an hour, when suddenly my attention was drawn to a small crowd of tourists who'd gathered now, photographing the resplendent panorama. 
Be completely in the Moment
I couldn't help thinking, "stop photographing, just be completely in the moment, feel it". At which point, a beautiful kestrel rose up the cliff in front of us and hung in the air, and yet still, people were photographing. It struck me how disconnected life is when you're distanced from it. How isolating it is to make yourself that separated identity. Rather than feeling into it, with the breath, and totally immersing yourself in the experience of the bird. 
As the kestrel hung majestically in front of us, riding the spiraling thermals, it was a totally superlative peak experience - completely sublime. But most importantly, rather than being separated from it, taking photographs of it "out there", it was "in here". I'd become a part of the experience, at-one with the kestrel, hovering on the breeze above the breathtaking panorama.
And it's not just about that particular experience of itself. Such peak experiences forge soul and teach you something crucial about your internal configuration - how do you adjust internally to take maximum advantage of the flow of life itself? It's in these moments that there's the potential for maximum growth.
The Shift to 5D
Our planet, and all life on it, is shifting into a new paradigm in the 5D vibration. But it's not something to wait for - you CAN'T wait for it and have it arrive. It requires an active participation now, in all aspects of your life, all situations and circumstances. You are integrating and embodying the higher consciousness here and now.
That's what I worked to convey in this video, shot on the magical Island of La Palma following an Openhand retreat. I was literally free-wheeling my way back to the airport and capturing footage at the same time...
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Why Free Wheeling is a Powerful Spiritual Growth Tool 🚵♂️
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17/06/2026 Shift Insight: Gree Wheeling
In the article above, we're looking at the practice of daily transcendence to transform your being and therefore your existence. A great tool to apply with that is "Free Wheeling", which is basically, making the statement "Show Me" and just taking off, letting the pull guide you to signs and synhcroncities. It's something we freqeuntly practice at the Openhand Events, including the online ones.
Why is Free Wheeling so valuable? Why is it such a powerful spiritual development practice?
The key to it is setting out without and intention to do a particular thing - other than have the Universe guide you. What happens now, is that your inner process reflects into the outer landscape. It's the feeling pull that drives the journey, which then connects directly into the quantum field, and shapes the field around your inner journey.
It's going to reveal three possible things, depending on where you are at in your internal process: 1) When density is currently blocking you - the mind owning the show, for example; 2) It will show you a new sense of beingness that is breaking through - surrender to feeling, for example; 3) It will reveal a step to take in your life.
With point 1, density, it might, for example show you a creature, or a symbol, that points to your shadow side - lack of self beleif, for example. With point 2, it might be the sense of trust, reflected in the flow of the clouds, or a rainbow appearing right where you end up. With point 3, it might be a pretty specific sign to do something or go somewhere.
With this last one, I fondly recall a lady on an Openhand workshop who'd been contemplating a career move to Germany. We explored all the inner blockages getting in the way. On her free-wheeling trip she kept seeing a particular model of car: a Berlingo. It wasn't till we shared that the eurka moment happened: "Berlin-go!" She ended up going to Berlin!
When taking off free wheeling, there are essentially three things that guide the path: 1) A vision of a place to go; 2) A knowing flash; 3) A heartfelt pull. It could be all of these three processes in sequence.
I encourage all to practice it on a regular basis. It's definitely a process to perfect within the Academy Events with us.
Bright blessings!
<<< Open 💎
PS: Do check out our Free Wheeling Forum
and share your experience
Watch the Openhand Video on Transmutation: Tranform your life 💗
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In relation to daily transcendence, check out the Openhand video on the subject here - it's life transformative...
Spiritual Transmutation:
Turning Inner Density
into Soul-Led Transformation
Breaking Down Inertia Through Daily Practice of Transcendence 🦋
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16/06/2026 Shift Update: Dealing with Inertia
Dealing with inertia can be a complex dynamic. You might have gotten used to overriding the feeling because you have to in society - set your alarm to get up for work, etc. Override with that extra coffee. But this can secure an internal dissonance: at one level, there's need of rest, at another, there's an override. It can create a subtle layer of embodied stress. It can still make you a target of a more subtle layer of that intervention (what are known as "tall whites"). How to deal with this?
One approach is making plenty of small changes to daily routines...
You could approach it with vigorous activity - strong walking and pranic breathing, for example. But it won't necessarily get to the most subtle of layers. What we need is a softer, gentler approach in this case.
The layer I'm talking about often drives inactivity due to tiredness. Where there's a tendency to cuddle up on the sofa of an evening and simply stop, or to eat dense heavy foods, it's important to interrupt these cycles. This can be done through gentle movement, stretching, soft yoga, and especially Openhand's soulmotion to music. Then in the midst of it, to practice the art of transcendence: you're feeling intimately through any density, and unravelling with deep breathing relaxation.
Breaking routine is crucial, although to touch the deepest layers, it's best that the activity isn't vigorous - it can be softer and gentler, providing there's deep transcendence - feeling through all layers of the Body.
Yogic Eye Practice
Personally, I find cold plunging and cold showers are of huge benefit in this regard - because it causes you to feel through the whole body. Some will find that a degree brutal (!). But if you build up steadily and afterward practice the art of transcendence through this ancient kriya yoga practice:
Stand after the cold plunge, applying the yogi Breakthrough Breathing, letting the body warm up gradually. Close the eyes, raise the eyebrows and wrap each index finger around each eye from the outer edge to the tear duct. Apply gentle pressure to the eyes. Then watch and feel the light effects whilst breathing and allowing the kundalini to gently rise.
(similar to the photo except using just the index finger for each eye and covering the whole of the eye, pushing gently inwards with eyebrows raised).
What I find is that the kundalini then rises through all areas of the body. You're breaking down and integrating through any subtle inner layers of stress. Not to mention the light effects can be pretty cosmic!
Art of Transcendence
So today I'm encouraging all to apply awareness and attention to breaking into limiting inertia through interruption of conditioned patterns and applying the art of Transcendence in daily life. Do read the lead article above on that for more insight, and especially going with the flow in order to align with soul spontaneity...
The Practice of Daily Transcendence:
Navigating the Shift into 5D
Bright Blessings
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Maintaining homeostasis
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These insights are quite helpful. I can see myself slipping into a routine at times and intervention coming in through the blind spot. I have been overriding that with coffee and some vigorous yoga practices. Generally I feel pretty good especially in the morning but by afternoon it changes into stress, inertia and inactivity. So I have been wondering how to maintain homeostasis and consistent energy through out the day and thus follow the soul in every moment. I think free wheeling is also essential to mention to break the routine. Time to dig deeper!
Vimal 🙏
stress, inertia and inactivity
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Hi Vimal,
I would say it's easy to get into the idea that everything always has to feel good, up, and energised. Then if inertia happens, the soul might identify with that and fragment into it - which can then cause a degree of depression and stress about that.
So be in the stress, inertia and inactivity, but explore deeply into it - how is it owning you at a soul level? Can you equalise and transcend it instead?
Remember, the Homeostasis is the background state near the Source - it should always be there, even amidst the conditions that create stress, inertia and inactivity.
Best wishes
<<< Open 💎,
Little things matter most
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Hi Open,
You had me from the first line. There is an identification with certain qualities of the soul and a rejection of others.
I'm going to work on equalising with inertia and stress when they come up. I can see that I overcome them with entertainment, like YouTube and all. Not that entertainment is bad, but it would be better to have boundaries and see these moments as opportunities for transcendence.
This exchange is helping me go deeper into self-inquiry and to see all these little things as the places for transformation.
Vimal 🙏
freewheeling
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Hi Vimal,
Felt to respond to this, I am also currently tackling inertia and inactivity. Feelings of not seeing a way to put my skills and abilities into practice. I trust my story will somehow reflect to you.
For me the biggest hurdle is the logical mind overriding input, I am currently looking at myself to catch me in the act and observe what's going on, this requires not judging myself for using the logical mind and not wanting it to be diminished or to go away. Earlier today I went out to practice being guided by the inner pull from higher mind. Lower mind was already working on where to go and what to do but I sort of glossed over it and made a point to just observe and when I noticed it taking hold to then let go and place attention back on feeling the movement of energy through all chakras.
Leaving my house, outside was a piece of candy packaging that caught my attention so I picked it up. The only readable part was relating to the flavour and was '(te) krachtig!' which translates to (too) powerful! speaking to me of the probability of overriding from both sides, i.e concentrating on higher mind could just as easily lead to a disconnect from the lower chakras as the other way around. After that, lower mind kept on piecing together 'what else does it mean? How does this tell me where to go I should keep an eye out for this and make sure to prevent that...' but I caught myself pretty fast and went with the feeling sense that I had the information I needed and move on. Only then I noticed the piece was dark blue and purple, which I considered a good sign.
I could tangibly feel the energy stream down on of three possible directions I could go, it made no sense to go elsewhere. I was on my bicycle, there were corners where I simply let myself 'fall' in a particalur direction (or went forward if it did not happen) also a moment where I felt nothing, but then a purple car driving in the direction of a dark blue piece of machinery clicked into the same feeling of energy.
Drove around for maybe twenty minutes following a route that made no logical sense without wanting to get anywhere or experience anything got me on a bicycle path through the trees following a canal, there was a bench and I decided to sit down, when lower mind was going 'oh wait are you exhausted no you're not also this isn't how you should handle that what are you doing don't sit down you're freewheeling keep moving' but again I caught myself and placed attention back on the energy moving through the chakras and there was a very strong 'I'm gonna &$%& sit down whether I like it or not'. Enjoying the small piece of nature that was present.
Less than five minutes later a man I had never met approached the bench on his bicycle in a manner that looked as if we had agreed to meet there and we had a very interesting conversation about the universe. He is a quite unique soul and I am very grateful that we met. It has strengthened my resolve and getting just one step closer makes any feelings of inertia irrelevant, as something has been achieved today. The energy was not consistent today but it doesn't have to. If change is the only constant, why look for consistent energy? :)
Your daily Transcendence...
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Do let me know Openhanders, how do you experience the path of daily transcendence in the Shift right now?
Spontaneous karmic regressions
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Dear Openhand family ,
I am becoming much better at staying within experiences and yes ,stating within them ,without trying to change them seems to bring a lot of new energy . I am sharing a recent experience here .
I attended a seminar organized by the department of Cardiology . I usually avoid these events as the large number of people attending usually puts me off. As I found myself there ,in the midst of the heavily tech based approach to cleaning arteries (no one wants to talk about how to prevent the impediment to the flow ..lol) I had a spontaneous regression into a Sirius lifetime where in it seemed like the top half of me-head ,neck and heart were in some sort of artificial contraption. As I focussed within ,I saw how that prevented me expressing myself in entirety ..fear of being imprisoned is what it was.
Since then I am being approached by colleagues for deep catalytic conversations around healing deep child hood wounds ,people pleasing and learning to find one's own self. Very strange and very interesting stuff .
For me ,slowing down into deep stretches really helps me equalize with old probably karmic scaffolding . I am seeing colour flows in my spine while doing cat cow stretches. Fascinating !
Megha
Fascinating Megha what you…
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Fascinating Megha what you write about colleagues, I am kind of witnessing similar things at work. Meetings went easier and lighter, people opening up and softening, finding better resolutions , more talking about the bigger picture etc. Thank you for pointing that out!
La Palma retreat
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Hi Open,
Will you be sharing some photos and videos of the La Palma Retreat while you're there, like you have before? I'll be tuning in for it.
What a great trip that will be.
much love, 
Sherri
Yes, we'll be capturing the essence of La Palma to Share 🌋
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Yes indeed, because I'm feeling the La Palma retreat will be so pivotal at a community and planetary level, we will be making all endeavours to share the experiences from there. Our new core administrator, Asya, is well primed to take photos and film footage.
Open 👍🙏
Effective spiritual growth - equalise, normalise, transcend
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We're just gearing up for the La Palma New Year Retreat 2020, and I'll shortly be sharing details of how you can join us through the ether. I'll be introducing a new phrase into the work as a sense of how to work internally: equalise, normalise, transcend.
Essentially we're exploring within and witnessing what can be felt, what is triggering. The first thing to do is to equalise with what is coming up, meaning to go right into the heart of it so there's no separation. Sometimes this will be straightforwards, but other times you're be triggering density, so you'll have to use something like the Breakthrough Approach to work it through. Once you're completely okay with what's coming up, you become so accepting of it that you 'normalise' with it - meaning you don't need it to go away, it's just there. Maybe by now the feelings are more subtle, they usually are once you've completely equalised with them. When you 'normalise' them in this way, then you're expanding through as the one. You now transcend those feelings and that layer by working through and around the feelings till you're picking up other subtle layers. It takes you ever deeper in, ever closer experientially to the source. So that's a key thing we'll be working with in La Palma: equalise, normalise, transcend.
Do share what you experience when you work this way. I'll be fascinated to hear.
Open
In the unresolution lies the progress
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If we want to progress spiritually, we must fully embrace everything that shows up, especially what's challenging - and not try to push it away. Instead turn right into it, embrace it, don't try to change or fix it. Bring awareness right into the heart of it. Work to let go of any judgment or fixed opinion of how the moment feels - it just "is". Become so intimate with it that you become 'normalised' in it. Then you explode the myth that it always was. As Rich, the Openhand webmaster so eloquently says: "In the unresolution, lies the progress".
As hard as it may seem, especially in these most "real" of circumstances, nevertheless, here is the opportunity.
At the highest levels, how can you and a loved one be separated?
At the highest levels, how can you or a loved one be hurt?
If we embrace "all is one", then both of the above must also be true.
That's not to say it's easy to find that level of acceptance.
But in these moments, especially these intimately challenging ones,
lies the possibility for expansive growth.
And that's exactly why we manifest them!
With love and empathy
Open <3
Being present with Death
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Dear Steve ,
I have been in the presence of Death so many times now . And it's a powerful catalyst seeing all that you held dear ,all the images and the stories reducing to dust in front of your eyes. It strips away all our well constructed defences and makes us come to face with our quivering fragile humanity . I have been there with many babies and their families. I was there when my father died after a two year long battle with brain tumour . It was horrendous seeibg my beloved Dad being reduced to a vegetable with no bladder or bowel control.And yet ,as I suspect you see already ,there is such Grace in this . The heartbreak that you are experiencing can if you allow it,take you the very essence of yourself and your loved one. I was never able to have the conversations I wanted to with my Dad. I was never able to ask him about what he felt about dying ,stripped of the dignity he held so dear . And yet ,I did have them at some level .
It is probably one of the hardest things we deal with in our lifetime . And like most hardships ,there is a fierce beauty ,a subtle blessing that we are able to perceive only after we have allowed ourselves to feel the very depth of our grief .
My heart goes out to you !
Megha
The world is blessed to have you there
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Wow Megha - what a sharing - what a tremendous role you're fulfilling - the very blade edge of life itself. The world is blessed to have you there, doing what you're doing *give_rose*
Hi Steve, this is the meditation I was speaking of...Breakthrough Breathing Meditation.
And yes, we will be doing plenty more!
Sending love
Open <3
Feeling into the Moment
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I love the phrase "riding the blade edge of life " Open . I have something to share that exemplifies the blade edge in my life . I am a neonatologist and I deal with very tiny babies ,barely alive . For me the challenge is to bring humanity to the ICU space with its soulless beeping monitors and yet exuberently alive little ones . It is often challenging in the extre . Since the 9th ( full scorpio moon ) I have been inundated with babies that have been small or really sick . And it has been challenging in the extreme . My best friend and husband were travelling and I was being a mom to my 8 year old and mom to these little ones without my usual supports .
6-7 nights of very little sleep ,occasional swims and lots of breathing later I found myself awake and doing what I do in times of such drama. Attempting to feel into my body . Past the knots of anxiety and the heartfelt anguish of the parents ,I found Gratitude . I spent the whole morning weeping with the beauty of the fact that of all the things I could be doing ,i get to do THIS. I get to be here in this razor blade's edge between life and death ,between pleasure and pain . I get to be of such deep ,life altering service . I must have incredible karma to be HERE ,RIGHT NOW ,IN THIS .
Sorry for that rave .....but thats what this sharing brought up in me !
You say 'Open'
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You say 'Open'
"I was drinking in the panorama, feeling the expansiveness of it, using a favourite Breathing Meditation to intensify the feeling of it"
If i may ask you share this favourite breathing meditation? maybe add it to your downloadable meditations on the site that we may purchase? i don't want to sound to bold or take away any of your Personal ways but I am glad i asked this same question at the Seatle 5 gateways retreat, Then you shared your Meditation on How to bring back our Love and gratitude completing the feed back loop to to our Twin Flame. I have used this meditation daily since and I find it particularly extremly beneficial, i always feel it almost Instantly right after the meditation, It really works!
Edited: I feel i have a good understanding of that mediation i speak of above but i would also Love to have your assitance in a guided medittion to download and Purchase.
Steve
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Steve,
My heart goes out to you. When I read your words and felt your feelings, I was flooded with memories of sitting by the beside of my own father as he lay dying. My heart shattered into pieces witnessing his suffering, fear, vulnerability, and brokenness. But in those last days we connected soul to soul and experienced immense healing and forgiveness. His final words of recognition about who I am as a soul have continued to inspire me with courage throughout my life since then and have helped me to step up and embrace my destiny.
You are such a beautifully sensitive and compassionate soul. Much love to you.
x Cathy
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Hi Steve
Its a beautiful thing to hold space for another who may not be as consciously awake like you are doing for your father. Its a strong person who can sit with the sadness. For years I thought tears were weakness but they are not they are strength. One huge realisation I had after the passing of my mum was that we all have our different gifts - mine is to be with people in their most vulnerable moments and I have the strength for that and it includes honouring my grief. For a long time I felt less than my sister - she is "successful" in the matrix kind of way yet she couldn't sit with my parents and hold space like I could. Her gifts helped in other ways. I have done this for the last few years for both my parents watched them both suffer and struggle while feeling so sad yet keeping one eye on the greater picture that this is just a moment in the real vastness of a souls experience. I can still remember seeing my strong resourceful father lying in a hospital bed after a heart attack looking the opposite so weakened. Yet it seemed this is when he started to become much wiser and stronger in other ways instead of just physically. I kept asking the angels to surround them and me. At one point my mum who had dementia came around somewhat and said to me "oh there are four angels around the bed and you are one of my angels aren't you love" and "theres my mum and brothers standing over there". I know it gave her comfort and it certainly gave me comfort. Such difficult times but now thinking of it really it was a huge blessing and honour to be with them through their difficult times and their transitioning. Even expressing how sad and how helpless you feel is a great strength I think.
blessings to you
Elaine
Thanks for showing up and supporting the vibe
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Hi Aspasia, Steve & Cathy, thanks for showing up and supporting the vibe. When people connect, in their hearts, with the energy of the sharing, it helps radiate the vibe much further afield, and embodies it further for us.
Thankyou
Open *give_rose*
Back to life
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Thank you, Open. I bow in reverence to the power of music and the magic of metaphor to shine light into the dark corners of my wounded heart. To unlock my feelings.
"I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood." ~The Animals
There is no greater sadness than feeling misunderstood, burned and broken. There is no greater power than coming home to oneself. Flying straight into the shining sun. Ad vitam. Back to life.
The everyday chatter and distractions fade as I lose myself more and more in the presence of the radiant beauty that surrounds me. I hear the sweet melody of birds singing. My heart sings with them.
x Cathy
Sadness
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That Video, The words, The Title, have brought me to tears, standing helplessly by watching my fahter after his 12 to 13hr Open heart surgery slowly recovering, Once a strong man he has been reduced to weakness beyond description, he is Extremely tired, tired of fighting, Ups and downs on a hourly basis have become the Norm, i sit there and watch, nothing can be done but Hold the space, that just does not seem enuff. I continue to sit and try and feel through this, the only real feelings are helplessness, deep sadness and feeling futile...I try to hold the space and i am finding out how incredibly difficult this is, watching my father in the state he is in...tears well up inside of me untill there is no way but to let them flow...sadness, deep sadness :( i have asked benevelonce for guidance and i do feel there are definite signs telling me how to be through this Experience.
Thank-you for the catalysing tools that are Openhand, that are keeping me a float <3
Namaste
Steve
A stunning music video (and
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A stunning music video (and in my list now)!
An upwelling of awe, wonder, love and grief. Can grief arise from a non-divided beingness? yes, it can - it is.
Lovely :)
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