It's been a great start to the gathering here in New York. And I can feel energies connecting to the group through the ether - so wherever you are, thanks for tuning in. We're all apart of a great global family of ascending souls, helping to support the compassionate realignment of energies in this phenomenal Earth Shift that is currently unfolding all around us.

New York is an interesting place to be - where we are based, you can feel the light of the divine mother shining through. And just a short drive away, you have the energetic density of the matrix, a central hub, a node holding the foundations of the capitalistic system. Last night I could feel channels right into the heart of that, and my consciousness wanting to work with it, to unwind through it. It's tiring work in the middle of a retreat, but it generally tends to happen. Lest we forget, it's not just about working on ourselves, but when we do so, we impact the wider field too.

In our first session of the retreat last night, we were exploring into the nature of identity... who are you really and where do you come from? Because to understand the Shift, and ones part in it, is to understand this. It's to understand why the Universe is working as it is, what it's working to do, and how we are each an integral part of that. It's when we try to be separate (as in society for example) that the problems and challenges of separated identity emerge.

So it's about going into stillness and inquiring who I am in this? There are the layers of thoughts and ideas, the goals and desires that often determine what happens during the day. And yet underneath all that, is the pure presence of the Observer, and from it, a flowing soul, simply expressing the divine nature of the One. When we can be in that, then we move into harmony with the flow and "rightness" happens. That's when we 'click in' with life's true purpose, which then magically shapes around us.

Here's a video from a previous seminar that works to capture the sense of that...

Now the real challenge of presence, is that when it emerges, then absolute freedom flows. The soul is set free to express in an authentic and liberated way. And that's going to challenge vestiges of ego that still believe it has to be a certain way. So the free flowing soul pulls on all the places we get stuck, where we contract down into fear and control once more.

The key is to accept that this is going to happen, and not try to resist or distance oneself from the process. Let's be clear, whatever we're involved in, the only real thing happening is our self-realisation and actualisation - I put it to you, that everything in life is the product of that. So better to be involved in the process, and trust that as you unwind through what comes up, then you unleash more creative beingness into the moment and things come more naturally into alignment in your life. So the encouragement is to allow, and then work into what comes up. Because this unleashes the realigning Shift through your life.

The process leads to "Transmutation" of the lower self, progressively bringing you into alignment with the Universe. That's what we worked to capture in this Openhand Video called "Transmutation", which includes the Openhand Bow, adapted from the ancient Kriya Yoga (of Paramahansa Yogananda), which we'll be conducting together on the retreat this weekend...

So do come and join us, tune into the vibration, and work to unleash more of your authentic self within the Shift.

It's a pleasure heaving you tune in.

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