24/08/2022 Openhand Journal Update

I'm pretty good by now at free-wheeling in life (I should be with all the practice!!). There's nothing I like more than working with the subtle nuances and inflows that carefully cascade in. But yesterday things went "wrong". No matter how I tried it was hard to get a decent internet connection to share in this vlog. And when I did find somewhere, the pleasant Dartmoor pony that I compassionately fed an apple to, then proceeded to eat essential aspects of my camper!! Clearly, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or was I?

As I looked carefully within, there was a niggling feeling that the pony triggered off. I know the one - it's age old in this 3D density. It was amplified a little later when trying to find an open space out on the cliffs for some morning meditation. I always go with the feeling pull, which this time, led me straight into a small one-way village that had me boxed in whichever way I went, and then cars pilling up behind tooting their horns when I tried to turn around. It exacerbated that niggling feeling.

Do you recognise these situations? The ones that simply won't flow and test the patience, no matter what you do?

The crucial thing is not to try to immediately get out of them, but to sit in the discomfort of why you manifested it? It's always going to be a crucible of inner incongruence that wants to realign out. So sit in the unresolution.

For me, it's what happens to guidance when in dense, tight places where you feel boxed in. For me it is when this happens on the flow of the path and I don't know which way to go now? For someone else it could be a choice in relationship or about being generally boxed in life. Whatever, recognise what is triggering and activate the pain by feeling into it and animating it. Then you'll see it more clearly for what it is.

If you can then let go of the need for the outcome to be a certain way, you start to relieve the pressure cooker - it starts to unwind. This I facilitated by finding the nearest open space - a car park - and doing some soulmotion movements. Soon enough I felt right as rain and the pull re-engaged taking me in the direction of my next camping site - which happened to be up on expansive cliffs and quite alone in a very convenient lay-by.

So I offer this reflection today, for when things go "wrong" for you on the path. There's always an opportunity in it - a pearl in the oyster than needs some sand to polish it. I say take the rough in order to gain the smooth!!

Bright blessings

Open 💙🙏