Sharing Your Creative Expression...Express Yourself!
Creativity is an essential way to awaken dormant aspects of soul in you - which couldn't be more important in these times of great transition on the planet. What fires you up? What crumbles your cookie? That's the essence of this forum thread I've activated here below. It could just be sharing a short blog, a poem, a thought, a vision, a photograph you took, anything that stirs the creative juices. And there's no need to be self-conscious! Close your eyes a moment, breathe, get yourself in the zone, and let it flow.
If you do this, I can guarantee you'll unleash tremendous new possibilities into your life. So go on, express!
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Let the art speak..
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![A vision recreated with imagination](/sites/default/files/inline-images/IMG_20240510_211837_151.jpg)
What do you see?🙃😇
Namaste
Soumya
Nature Sprites
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Love this Soumya! I get the sense of nature sprites - or elemental beings. 🧚🏾♂️🧚🏾♂️🧚🏾♂️ How interesting the way my profile pic seems to mirror your art (through how I am perceiving it!)
Mirroring art
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Hi Jen,
I'm glad that you liked it.🥰 Yea, it seems reflecting each other, Interesting observation. Thank you for sharing.
Soumya❤️
Expressive art
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Hi Soumya,
I love your art! Yes, the art really speaks, to me it always whispers something about creator of that art piece or the energy coming through that piece of art. I like the colours you've chosen, very fresh, spring-like, some yearning to resurrect. And yet there is a sense that some parts of self functioning separatelly from each other, some fragmentation but with very positive signs of a new fresh energy coming in, signs of aliveness and high potential for the growth.
The main thing is what the art says to our selves about ourselves, how we feel about what's expressed, what is the driving force to take the brush and paint it, do we know what energy we transmit with every piece of art. I'm sure you have a sense of it.
Thank you so much for sharing it 🙏💚💜🤍.
With love and appreciation 🌺
Asya
A reflection of thyself
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...Apparently, seeing something in the external or in the other it is always a reflection of thyself. What I see in your art is also relevant to myself, maybe even more that to a creator of that art. Thank you.
With love 🙏🦋
Asya
I agree
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Hi Asya,
Thank you for your reflections. I strongly agree.
It was a vision I had in third eye while I was meditating, felt expansive, like another dimension, new energies. The violet and white leaf like structures were moving around two light sources , seems like a toroidal flow. The feeling was quiet expansive. Whenever i see something like this, the first motivation is draw/ paint it. So I did but I'm also holding this inquiry of 'what it rrally inviting me to be". It hasn't landed yet. You are right, there is an yearning to resurrect through the broken fragments by connecting with new energies( qualities).
Thank you
Soumya❤️
Rain drops
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Hi Soumya,
I see rain or water washing the trees.
Very soothing
Thank you for sharing
🌳 💧 💧
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Hi Yulia,
I'm glad that you liked it.🥰 Yea, the true art is what we see in the creation.Thank you for sharing.
Soumya
I see emergence of souls, Ascension, and sacred geometry!
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I see emergence of souls, Ascension, and sacred geometry!
Lovely artwork Soumya. Thanks for sharing.
Open 💎
A Way of Expression
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This is a rewrite of a story told once before. I gave all of myself to you or at least all of which I knew to be true. The innocence was heightened, vulnerable to the chaos of the world. Infinite possibilities, our natural birthright. Stepping into the unknown with a heart exposed. As many ways to God as human beings on the planet, the Sufi’s say. It resonates because of its inclusivity. Maybe a bit naïve, but a resonance deep within my being.
Swallowed up by the mystery of life. It’s meant to shape us through alchemy of the heart and mind. Shaped by our past experiences, this life, and past lifetimes. Ancestral trauma stuck within our cells. We navigate these times with a greater sense of awareness. The patterns and cycles begin to speak. Our karma is starting to reveal itself one experience at a time. I’m beginning to wake up to my true authentic self.
The fear kicks in and the mind starts to rationalize and justify, a life grossly out of alignment. If we’re not careful, a breeding ground for dis-ease is beginning to shape from within. Our outer life is not in alignment with our inner life. The cognitive dissonance begins to strengthen. The journey within continues with earnest.
We’re being called to shift the observer of who we are in the world. A new way of being is wanting to emerge. One of greater alignment and authenticity.
The density of this reality intensifies as all those around you have the identity of who you are up until this point in time bound into an old and outdated construct. This is not about being the victim of your reality. It’s about waking up to who you truly are through all our life experiences and situations. It’s the journey of self-realization. Maybe all of our life experiences are orchestrated in a way to set our souls FREE!
I feel for us to step into our true authentic selves, we must be willing to risk it “ALL”.
With Love and Gratitude,
Chad
sharing a creation
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I feel to step out and share a creation.
Emergence
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This is so tender and beautiful - I love the energy of your art💓. Stirs a sense of emergence and newness. Thank you for sharing!
Don't Close Your Eyes - Lyrics
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Wrote these lyrics over the weekend & thought I’d share. So much of the mainstream spiritual music that I hear is about love & light but to me the journey is incredibly messy.. There are times of amazing light but there are a thousand little deaths and it’s often gut-wrenching, brutal, disorienting, and confusing. Especially when the old identity is being stripped away & you see all the potentialities and distortions inside, shadow and light, primal and pure etc. - with the lines seeming blurred sometimes. & Most of the archetypal symbolism that I’ve seen has a promise and warning in each stage – the gifts being a double edged sword, and those who are careless end up wrecked upon the rocks. The lyrics reflect that with the chorus being about remaining conscious and vigilant through it all “don’t close your eyes”… This was written with alternative music in mind so it’s a bit raw but I think its important to write honestly about different experiences on the path, not sugar coating them… & writing about what I experience is a part of shifting energy, for me..
There's a monster, there's a martyr, a serpent & a saint
The love of the Carpenter but there are nails & there is pain
Swirling contradictions, in some strange cosmic stew
I always thought I knew myself, but now
I haven't got a clue
‘Cause there's chaos in the cauldron and it's boiling up again
There'll either be a feast tonight, or just a helluva lot of pain
/Chorus/
The moon is climbing high, now
The moon is climbing high..........(pause)......
Don't close your eyes ///
So, what's gonna happen now, that the veil's been stripped away
Should I run, should I scream, should I be, kneeling down to pray
Then, something calls me closer, as the flames are climbing higher
But you can see the light and still not know just who lit the fire
[Chorus]
The moon is climbing high, now
The moon is climbing high..... (pause)
Don't close your eyes ///
Is it heaven, is it hell, is it up to me to choose
There's just a fine line sometimes, between a halo and a noose
Cause there's chaos in the cauldron, & it’s boiling up again
There'll either be a feast tonight, or just a whole lot of pain
In the midst of turbulence
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I walked in my garden
A flower bowed to earth said to me,
"Surrender"
Saw a swarm of flies spiralling
They reminded me,
" The torus"
An ant bit my foot and invited me to be
"In the presence"
A raven came to drink water from the pot winked at me,
" Have patience"
Yes, the journey goes..🙂
In the midst of turbulence - have patience!
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That's beautiful Soumya - simple, but I found it deeply moving.
Thankyou for sharing.
Open 💙
Flow through the mind (New video) 😇
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Here's a new video I made - Flow through the mind.
The mind can be the greatest tool but also the greatest enemy. So using the power of the mind effectively is crucial in the mind. How might we do that? I think the key is to be awesomely ok in the uncertainty and the place without answers. Like any other thing in the path, when we don't need something that's when we get it. So is with the mind. When we reach the place where we are comfortable in the uncertainty , that's when the flow strengthens.
Btw I'm not advocating giving up on the path. I think the video is for those who have/had plenty of ray 3 distortions like me. The video length is 3:23 which is an interesting synchronicity!
The visuals where shot in Himachal and some in Kerala. Soumya and River is with me in the video. Enjoy!
Blessings
Vimal
Beautiful!
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Hey Vimal,
Beautiful video!
I resonate with the approach of not needing the answers to land, just being in the moment and allow whatever flows and feels right to happen. There is no need to figure anything out.
And at the same time, for me sometimes it is important not to abandon or throw away the inquiry itself. It is ok to stay with the questions themselves, without expectations, pressure or need for resolution. Just holding the questions softly, until the mud clears up and I unravel.
Also throwing away logic and relying on intuition only can be like walking with one leg. I tried this one It's the right combination in every given moment that works like magic.
Thank you so much for inspiration
Yulia
Flow through the mind video
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Hi Vimal,
That is some gorgeous scenery there! I agree that having questions and trying to hurry or force them doesn't work. It just blocks the answer from coming. I'm learning to have the inquiry or question and then at some point the answer will arrive when I least expect it. Many times it comes in my sleep at night when my mind is most quiet. I'll wake up and suddenly the answer is there. It always amazes me how that happens. There is much wisdom in your words in this video.
Your videos are really awesome. Thank you for sharing
Sherri
wow Vimal
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Vimal, I'm almost speechless. That was a simple but powerful message, and delivered in such an elegant way. Where was that stunning mountainous location, I want to go there. It's about the journey and changing the perception, yes, that resonates so strongly. You have certainly enhanced my perception with this wonderful film, thank you.
Andy
Brilliant Openhander Video!! 🎥👍
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That's another great video Vimal - great filming, great composition, ideal music atmosphere and great insight to boot.
Keep them flowing - thanks so much for the share.
Open 🙏
Lovely feedback for the video
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Thanks, Yulia, Sherri, Andy and Open for your lovely feedback.
Yulia - I have gained a lot from your sharing here in OH especially during my initial years here. Thank you for all your inquiries. As you rightly say, there is no need to figure anything out yet, and inquiry is a fundamental quality we can have. I think more and more, I'm realizing that it's the inquiry itself why we came here. It's that which creates the life around. Hence, wanting to figure out the questions and have the answers always derails us. There will always be another question. I like what you said—throwing away logic and relying just on intuition can be like walking with one leg. Yes, especially when we have a strong intellect. Why not express that?!
Sherri - Some of the places in India, especially the Himalayas, are breathtakingly beautiful.
Andy - The place is Plachak valley near Dharamshala, India. I will be your guide when you visit India! :D
Open - I'm sure you know exactly what I'm saying. The composition just happens. There was no intention to make this particular video while filming. There was no intention for the scenes to appear where they are. Yet somehow it clicks into place when I'm not forcing it to be a particular way. I think you offered a significant key in the last ascension exchange. How to blend discipline with creativity. I think that's something that was missing in my creative approach. Thankyou.
Vimal
Hi openhandweb.org webmaster…
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Hi openhandweb.org webmaster, Your posts are always well-delivered and engaging.
The Time Has Come
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Wrote these lyrics & thought I'd share. Took the photo near my home.
The Time Has Come (Lyrics)
Time… I think the time has come
The past…. I think it's just begun
This winding road, it doesn’t take us far
It just leads back to wherever we are
Time….. I think the time has come
Our way…. I think we lost our way
The path..... You know, in time it fades
Got turned around, & upside down
Got the outside in, and the inside out
Our way… I think we lost our way
/// Chorus
Been gone so long, traveling on our own
Made a few wrong turns, had some things to learn
But now - we're finally coming home
End chorus//
Pain….. I’m seeing so much pain
It goes…. but the it’s back again
The medicine seemed to work so well
But in the end, (it) makes us sick as hell
Pain…. I’m seeing so much pain
Home….. I think it's calling us home
Deep down….. I think we’ve always known
Turned our back went we walked away
(But) I get the feeling that a part of us stayed
Home, I think it's calling us home
The Time has Come - Dragons in the Sky!
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Tremendous lyrics - very inspiring, thanks for sharing 👍
And I love the photo - I see a black dragon, which protects the path into higher dimensions.
Well wishes
Open 💙
Thanks Open
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Thanks Open. & I loved your comment about the image. The cloud felt mystical in some way, but I never could quite put it into words. Black dragon energy seems spot on...thx......Gary
Thank you ❤️
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Thank you Open. It fills my heart❤️. I have been observing myself . What a change happened in me. Nowadays the flow just take me while I paint. I won't say i had no intentions and expectations. I do. The outcome might be different from that. But the result just startles me🙂 Where was this hiding? Sometimes I even wonder , is this really me creating this?🤔😁.
Soumya🌈
There is no me - who is creating?...
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Thank you, Open, for the reminder of that value of sharing not only creating. I have so much keeping in my creative archives, those virtual and physical as well as internal, it's all hidden from the eyes of others 😊. While it has been created over the long years of living it still has some value to myself - I take some pieces out of the box and look back, then I see the reflection of my own soul in those created pieces of various things. Not being shared but kept hidden so much I feel that holds me a bit currently from new expressions of creation (to some level, mainly from making material things as they require a space for storage then).
Nevertheless, I feel to share today the poem that came through me maybe a couple of years ago after participating in one of the powerful OPENHAND retreats.
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There is no Me
And yet...
I am a Wind
I am a Rain
I am a Sun
I am a River
I am an Ocean
I am a Rainbow over the ocean
I feel the Tree - I am a Tree
I feel the Bird - I am a Bird
I feel You, I am You
I feel the ground under my feet
I feel the Earth spinning
I feel Gaia breathing
I am one with Gaia
I am one with Sky
I am one with Stars
I am one with Space
I am the One
And yet... there is no Me
♡
The photo taken somewhere in Devon (UK) by Asya
With much gratitude and love
♡Asya♡
Beautiful!
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Thank you for sharing your poem. Absolutely beautiful! ❤️
Yulia
How it feels in a moment of creation...
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Felt to add to my sharing that I recall clearly this poem landed after one of my breakthroughs as I was taking nearly every Openhand retreat at that time to liberate myself from distortions and find out who I really am. It was when I felt I have broke free from various identities and completely let go of what I thought I was. Remember sitting in my bed in the morning in such a lightweight emptiness and those words "bubbling" out of nowhere and just my hand wrote them down. But it didn't even feel that is me who is writing this poem, I didn't even know this is going to be a poem...
I'm still pondering with this question within - who is really creating? And I can reflect on the same feeling times and times again when looking into nearly every piece of my work that I am keeping as a "small art" - there was no identification at that very moment when it is being made, whatever that is - a poem, a drawing, a painting, my designed and hand made clothes, jewellery, photo, video. When I am taking photos or filming was asking myself many times - why I have to photograph it? Can't I just enjoy it by simply watching? Yes, I can. But there is a tiny bit different feeling when looking through the lense of the camera, as if my focus is sharpening onto some particular vibration which I feel within me and there is the snapshot of it taken in the moment of being IN THAT vibration. I would try describing it as the snapshot of the subtle feeling of the soul frequencies resonating with this particular moment when this bird is sitting in a particular position and light with the particular colours in the background, as an example of this photo just shared above. And so "I feel the bird - I am a bird..."
I don't know if that makes any sense of what just said. Would love to know how other people feeling when they're creating! Please do share 🙏
From loving heart
♡Asya♡
The Incredible Evolutionary Value of Sharing Creativity 👨🎨
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02/02/2023 Shift Update...Creativity
I felt to express the incredible evolutionary value of creating for creating's sake. Just diving right in and expressing. The power of this is unbelievable. I know that countless people have been repressed by the judgments of their education system upbringing - you're told what's "good" and what's "bad", what you can or can't do. It puts a lot of people off from finding their natural creative spark.
Let's say you get a synchronistic pull to paint, to write, shoot some video, cook a new recipe, play an instrument or crochet a garment, even if the outcome is not what you might have hoped for in the beginning, the crucial thing is that you're unleashing the natural creative aspect of the soul - you're giving the soul wings in a particular way. You may never become great in that particular art, but just by doing it, you're unleashing the soul's inherent creativity. Now it can flow into the field in a myriad of new ways.
With that in mind I encourage all in the community to get creating and to share a snapshot of your experience here. What did you do? What did you create and how did it feel?
To conclude with, I felt to share this excellent video by Vimal, who I know only started creating video a short time ago. Awesome Vimal!...
Bright blessings to all
Open 🙏
TikTok
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Ha Ha! Talk about creative expression! I wouldn’t have dreamt of doing this before my awakening! My husband’s transition across the veil in 2021 opened the door. When I did The Camino in 2022 I decided to embrace social media (to share the journey) - something I had steered well clear of previously - so I opened myself up to become vulnerable yet, find my voice, find my power! This is not an ego thing…far from it…it is Fun with a capital ‘F’…this is sharing my voice, and me being my true authentic self…my inner shaman…Heyoka…spirit…TRUTH and nothing but the truth. Fun, humour, silly, creative…if it resonates…enjoy! Keep dancing! Keep riding those waves. The clock is ticking…TikTok…check out…
The Dancing Pilgrim
Creative expression through creating music
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The last track I posted on soundcloud:
It's gorgeous
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I absolutely loved it ! Thanks for sharing . Reminded me of Native American lineage for some reason
Megha
Being yourself :The greatest gift you can offer
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So here I'm expressing myself through a video. I had a lot of passion and fun making this one. The words for it seem to just flow from a series of realizations. I can't remember the last time I stayed up so late to finish something like this but it was so worth it. I'm sure it will inspire you!
Vimal
Superlative example of expressing yourself 👌
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Hi Vimal - you keep going from strength to strength in your video productive. It's a superlative example of the tremendous value in expressing oneself.
Once you dare to create and put yourself out there in some way, the universe bends around the truth and reflects back what you're being. You have a mirror. And from that you can grow and grow. What a shining light you are becoming!!
Keep going Vimal - keep innovating and developing. You have a real gift there to share.
Bright blessings
Open 🙏
Touched by your beautiful reflection
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Dear Open, I'm feeling so touched by your beautiful reflection. I woke up today to find a warm message from Tilly as well. What a gift both of you are in my life!
I think you know it, you are one of my greatest inspirations. In many ways, I'm following the same path, but doing it in my own way. There was a lot of passion and commitment in producing, something which I couldn't suppress and go with what was comfortable. When you are in the soul, it feels like there is effortless flow and the universe supporting with the right materials to actualize the energy. All we have to do is trust and step into it. It's poignant that this followed just after the validation inquiry as I can see how the soul is 'validating' itself in the reflection and support it receives. One of the challenges is to override the questioning mind which overly needs it to be a particular way.
Today morning I woke up with a major attack from black snake energy. I think it was already there for some time but through this creative process, I was given a chance to illuminate and work with it. There was tiredness which was easy to mistake for the late night yesterday. There was spinning around the crown and a usual nauseous feeling around the solar plexus. Initially, there was some judgment against this energy but that softened quickly with breathwork. I think it was serving a function in my life though distorted. There was confusion around looking at the external validation as the attenuation mechanism of the soul thus creating an identity around it. That confusion was transmuted by realizing the truth and realizing that it doesn't ultimately serve but actually limits the creative process. I think there was also ownership of the creative flow and its output confusing the flow for an identity. I hope thatmake that sense. When this was realized it was easy to eject the energy from my field and it was followed by a coming home feeling. I shared the whole process with the video as an article on my website. I think that was wanting to come through this experience.
It's also quite interesting the post about Facebook. I do frequently share on social media but I make sure to use it consciously and it's like a relationship where we have to work constantly on our boundaries. I can also see how my energy is being pulled into it with energy moving into the intellect. I had to go and meditate once again to come back into the sacred ground. But I can also see a motivation to engage with it for the time being.
Vimal
Awesome video!
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That was a great video Vimal. I see great talent there. Being yourself has nice results.
Sherri
I absolutely LOVE it
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Thank you so much for sharing your real expression with us Vimal.
Your light helps my soul shine too
In gratitude ,
Megha
Wonderful to hear these reflections from you
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Dear Megha and Sherri, absolutely wonderful to hear these reflections from you. Much love. Vimal <3
wow!
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Vimal, I'm speechless.
That is an exceptional piece of work. There's nothing much to add beyond that.
You've covered all the angles and beautifully expressed a powerful message.
I was very touched. Bravo, my friend.
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