Hi Open, Hi Mark,

Mark - thank you for sharing. I have also felt the higher calling. I felt to respond because synchronistically just this morning on our way to work, a colleague suddenly said to me in a firm voice "Are you ready?"

He startled me a bit with his sudden question, but then he pointed to a big sign that read in bold letters:

ARE YOU READY FOR A HIGHER MISSION?

Open - I don't have an in depth response to the article yet, although I do resonate with a lot of it. Especially the urgency. I've been feeling it for a while now - that there's not much time. I feel it through the way my soul just keeps pushing and pushing on, as if there's not a minute to waste. There's a continuous movement of motivation in me which keeps growing exponentially, almost like madness. "Mad Motivation!" Haha! But then again I've always thought you had to be a little crazy to survive on this path.

Like Mark, I also want to reflect on the Blackbird as a HUGE synchronicity.

A few months ago, on Christmas day, I took a walk in an unknown neighbourhood. I passed by a kindergarten called "The Rosehip Blossom" and I suddenly felt the tingle of Spring, even in the midst of darkest winter. Sitting in one of the bushes of the "Rosehip Blossom" was a Blackbird - an unusual sight in wintertime and also a sign of springtime arriving. When the Blackbird sings in my country, you know Spring is on the threashold. It's one of my favourite sounds.

When I saw the Blackbird, I felt something stir inside me.I couldn't just walk by. It drew me like a magnet. I approached the bird slowly and carefully, until we were as close as a meter apart, and I could clearly look into its eyes. Or rather its Eye.It was just the one. It remained still, showing no sign of fear. I said "hello" and we gazed in each other's eye(s) for a long time. It was magical. Right before we parted, I asked it to fly on and find the heart that was cold, stuck in eternal winter.

Sing your message of Spring, Blackbird, and melt a frozen heart!

It was a profound and poignant rendez-vous that still ignites me, as I recall the alluring depth and mystery of its one black eye that received me so graciously and fearlessly. An invitation into the mystical world - the dreamspace? Yes. Why not? Most definitely! Something about what you said,Open, about not being touched or "impacted in the slightest" in the higher vehicle rings divinely in my soul.

Since then, the Blackbird has kept making appearances on my path whenever I have had a significant insight, higher dimensional landing, or integration of soul. I get the feeling it's watching over my spiritual progress and sending me confirmations when certain evolutionary steps have been taken.

Open, I really want to share this with you as a synchronicity and a reflection of your Blackbird and its significance;

I rarely take souvenirs home with me from my journies, especially not touristy ones. But when I left the retreat in Bruge I actually brought something back with me. On the 'tourist table' in our accommodation there were a bunch of brochures and business cards. I usually just walk straight past these things, but this card caught my Eye and I felt compelled to take it home with me. It now shares a space with the scroll that we created on our last day...

With Love,

Anastasia