Hi Lindi,

I feel and hear your anguish, your caring heart, and your deep soul yearning for a kinder more compassionate world. And I relate to the weight of responsibility you feel for changing the world. I have carried that weight into this incarnation to let it go. That doesn't mean I let go of love and compassion and my burning desire for social justice and longing to feel and express right action as part of the divine flow of benevolence.

My soul, too, yearns for a higher world where all life is served with respect, unconditional love, non-judgment, and compassion. I can't change the world but I can "be" the change, as Gandhi said. I resonate with Openhand's message that the best way to eliminate darkness in the world is to eliminate it in ourselves and then express that higher way of being out there in the surrounding energy field which is then reflected back as a more harmonious outer world. Openhand has a nine-step process to help us do that that is outlined on this website. Essentially, it's about honouring and accepting how we feel without judgment or blame or need for an outcome, letting go of notions of right and wrong, releasing the tension we feel in our bodies, surrendering and accepting to what is, becoming the One in whatever we feel and experience, and then finding the light beyond and walking through the doorway into Absolute Presence beyond all identity, from which authentic right action flows.

I'm attaching one of Open's videos that strongly speaks to my soul right now in these turbulent times because in it Open explores how the qualities of courage, determination, and willpower arise from surrender and letting go, and why it's important to express -- and NOT quash these qualities -- because they express who we are as unique sparks of the divine, walking the path of our own unique soul journeys. Wishing you well as you journey on, Lindi!

Much Love,

Cathy

Here is the link to Open's video on surrendering with willpower:

http://openhandweb.org/Openhand_Spiritual_Philosophy_Surrender_with_Wil…