Dear Trinity

What a beautiful, poetic, heartfelt description of a paradise island. Your deep love of, and resonation with, the place comes through so vividly.

I’m very much looking forward to you sharing more of your experiences and feelings.

Thank you.
Much love
Becky x

Wow - sounds awesome!
A bit different from Budapest!
Still, I'm not complaining

Chris

This morning was profound. I was on the road before dawn, up through the hills. The gorgeous waterfalls feintly glistened in the moonlight. I sat in silence, eyes closed allowing the sound of the falls to carry through me. Before long I found myself as one with the water as deep healing happened, carrying away my burdens in the river.

As the light slowly began to grow I was drawn to Wai'ale'ale, the crater that forms the entire, unihabitable centre of the island of Kauai. It is lush green and arguably the wettest place on Earth, home to many rare plants. I am not sure that any animals, other than the dragonfly can survive there. To me, this holds a phenominal energy. You can't really go in there (unless you fly in by helicopter - which is cheating and would certainly misses the 'real' experience!)... Access is guarded in three directions by sheer cliffs making the only way in possible via the forboding Alakai swamp and thick jungle. If you walk in you might just get swallowed up by the moss or the swamp. Unless you are indigenous and seriously at one with Wai'ale'ale, people just don't go there by foot. I've never heard of anyone doing it. Yet, Wai'ale'ale speaks to me through the ether when she is in my sight, even far in the distance. I feel incredibly honoured to be touched by the spirit of Wai'ale'ale.

This morning my energy travelled there through the ether there and the experience was one of the most sublime I have ever had!

Imagine being moss, yet more spacious and light.
Imagine being the spirit weaving in and out of the internal moss walls.
Imagine silent sounds with the most pristine and pure water dripping through your self- cleansing, purifying and enlivening spirit.
Imagine feeling all that as if this were you, right here right now.
I can hardly describe the experience.
To say it was divine is an understatement.
I am touched so deeply by this.

Thank you for checking in Becky and Chris
We can only ever make our lifes journey alone, yet, it brings to get the sense that we are joined by friends on the path.

I am enjoying the most delicious fruits here. I wish I could share with you all. These vibrant looking rambutans turned up on the table here a couple of days ago. Taste reminds me of lychee! Very moreish...

I took this photo this morning above the Wailua river after the profound Wai'ale'ale experience... beautiful morning light

Hi Trinity, I am about to leave the house to go walking in an woodland near me. I just read this post from you and you conveyed so much in your words. Here it is about 1 degree c with blue skies and a bright sun. Very different parts of the world, but the strong pull to be in nature where ever we are. Mark

Wow! It all looks so vibrant and alive

Chris

Hi Mark,

Yes - I feel the same even in the freezing weather. Nature always beckons. I dream of a little abode made of cob. I long to live in nature.

This morning I ventured to the beach to meditate. The wind was strong. The clouds were dark and it rained on and off. I thoroughly enjoy communing with the spirit of the land here this morning, no matter what the weather. The clouds are very different here; very easy to read. You can see the rain coming at you like a giant wall. It's amazing.

Trinity
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I feel so inspired! Everything is so alive in nature! You're so aligned and tuned in to nature! I can feel how happy and energized you're being back 'home'! Enjoy

Those who know me well know that it is only a matter of time before I start saying that it is no more paradise here in Hawaii than it is in the heart of all of us. I believe this to my core and have done as long as I remember., no matter where I am. First we find Shangri-La within. Then we will see it in everything. Even here, unless out in the wilds, you have to look deeply to see beyond the infiltration of mankind. I am blessed, in that this happens naturally to me as my first port of call where ever I go is to immediately ‘talk’ to the spirit of the land.

This place is full of fuel guzzling 4x4 trucks, enormous refrigerators, and ‘huge’ everything, (just like mainland USA). My son joked that the shopping trolleys (called ‘wagons’) here are about the size of my car back in England. I think consumerism is bad in Europe - but here I always go through a period of adjustment shock at the sheer size of everything and wastefulness. Hawaii has long since been taken over by foreign influence, real-estate developers and an industrialised society that thinks its civilised. Like much of the western world, most people have far too much of everything consumeristic. It is a real travesty for the land, although to be honest, here in Kauai I still think she has the upper hand of magic. There are places here that people just don’t go, because nature cannot be defied.

The native people had their land stolen by the ‘white people’, just like the Native Americans on the mainland. Yet, somewhere, underlying it all, unseen to the naked eye, I sense a raw indigenous culture going on, breathing away, somewhere, who knows where, untainted. I haven’t see it in person. I just feel it in the ether. It speaks to me in tongues. It’s never going to be made available to those who cannot see with the soul. I am incredibly glad about that, because I understand the true nature of sacred knowledge. I believe that ancient spiritual knowledge in the wrong hands, is dangerous and incredibly destructive. It becomes at best, misunderstood and at worst abused in attempts to gain power or control.

Most ancient spiritual knowledge has never been written down. It is impossible to pass to those who haven’t found the right key in their hearts because it is like a riddle that cannot be understood with the mind. It can’t be any other way. Such is the nature of the divine. With trust and patience we should know that is encoded in the hearts of every single one of us, should the time arise when we are ready.

The key to unlocking that is to embody the unity of all things and step into the higher paradigm where we can not help but embody the unconditional universal life flow of energy. If we haven’t touched that place yet, then keep opening, keep attuning to the land, keep purifying the mist that surrounds your soul and trust that everything has its time.

Stories, song, prayer, meditation, movement, the pulse of the land all serve to ignite this knowing with in us. It’s like it is only going to unveil itself when a person is ready to hear it. And by ‘hear it’, I mean, hear it with the heart and listen with the soul. If we aren’t ready, then we’ll just go on about wondering, searching, seeking, scratching the surface. It will never be an intellectual thing, for that will always, but always, miss the real essence of the energy. Knowing without the soul will always turn that knowledge into something it is not.

Most civilised societies have been indoctrinated to believe that simplicity is naive and unknowing. the truth is, the most powerful and sacred knowledge is always right under our nose in the most simplistic of form.

The important thing is that even if we are in a land that has lost its culture or its sacred spiritual roots, no matter where we are, there is an ancient sacred knowledge encoded within us all. Unfolding into that is the key to evolving the higher paradigm.

Soul to Soul
Trinity

Chris, you're funny

It is very different from noisy Israel's center too.
We have wet plastic bags flying in the air here and sticking to the legs. Niiiiiceee, well not exactly star fruit falling on feet, but interesting experience too.

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Hey, Trin, thanks for sharing! Beautiful!

Even that I am a bit envious and thinking "here, the end of the world is coming and I am probably not going to see all these amazing things ever! Why, oh why did I take the blue pill?" hhhhh

But I feel blessed where I am, I see amazing things all around, all simple, just like you're saying like a single raindrop trembling and rolling down the bus's window? Or I feel like suddenly looking left and at that very moment a dozen of birds are taking off a tree? Waaaaaah

And today I looked down at my boots as I was walking and I felt like I am seeing a miracle. I guess I looked rather nuts hhhhhh

Anyway, sending a huge hug!

I feel like eating something exotic now because of your wonderful photos... I'll have a banana. It still can be exotic to me (I grew up in Ukraine)

Hey Yulia,

I feel blessed wherever I am too. All life is sacred.

The secret is to find paradise within ourselves and then we will see it in everything. The next thing is to have no expectations. Paradise within is really just an inner core of peace; enough that we become connected to the unity of all life. Better still, we BECOME the unity of life.

We manifest exactly what we need on the outside world. For me, the sacred energies of the earth here hold an important and personal message. For everyone that is different.

First we find the inner gift of paradise within. Then we share it.

Loving hugs
Trinity
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About two hours ago I went for a walk and was brought to a fairytale place. There are not too many wild-growing corners here in the center of Israel, but here in Ganey Tikva there are some places left untouched.

And everything was sparkling with drops stuck in leaves and on the grass. I was overwhelmed. It took me about 30 seconds to start crying loud. And exactly at that moment it started raining on my head (I felt blessed)

And then I looked left and I saw garbage spread all over. It was a very intense experience.

Somehow with me paradise at this point is coming together with this kind of things, in a contrast, as a reflection of my inner state I guess?

It goes well with what I am experiencing lately: feeling blessed, happy, loved, grateful and peaceful and at the same time I feel sorrow, denseness, offense and noise (the 'hellish' part manifested as garbage?).

Anyway, I am ok with it! FULLY accepting hhh

So, who knows, maybe one day I'll manifest funny fruits too

Kisses! xxxxxxxxxx

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I get the sense you're picking up on Gaia. Other people I know, including me, have had similar experiences. I felt deeply connected to her 'root chakra' then she let out a kind of powerful 'yelp' - releasing some built up tension. Right at that moment I was on the Glastonbury Tor, an incredibly strong wind almost carried me off!

It wasn't until I got back later that I read on the web that there had been a radioactive release from the stricken Fukushima plant into the ocean. As I reflected on it, I felt Gaia come into my mind and show me the pain that humanity had created with nuclear energy and the atom bomb.

I sense she's clearing through the lower plane and working to resolve out unnecessary tension as she begins her ascension this year.

Well we did say it was going to happen!

Chris

Hi Chris,

so was I after all right about the Fukushima feelings? Remember my mail?
When did you read about this?
Not that it REALLY matters...

I remember being almost blown off the Tor myself too... it was at midnight, very beautiful experience.... (from before the time of KIDS )

Love

You must be feeling it because of the divine mother in you

Chris

I did feel a strong connection yesterday, so it might be I picked up on something.

How one can know what he's picking on and is it necessary? There are energies all around, I am picking on things all the time and they are going through me.

I rather stopped asking where it is coming from. I do the same with whatever is coming, just experiencing whatever is coming up and see if and where I am identifying and what it is saying to me.

And when I feel the spikes in awareness, then I look closely.

I wonder if it actually has any function, picking up on this kind of things and processing them. If I felt it, then I have it in me and probably released something too?

I think I shifted from the thread's topic, so I'll add something to fit... Hawaii!

Chris: and don't we just ALL have that in us?!?!
if we just let it...
but thanks

Yulia, you're right, and I agree, I don't think we ever know what is necessary.

But I do I get a strong sense these days that our cosmic connections are asking for our attention and to be nurtured by the simple, everyday actions of our lives...

Like whether we are in Hawaii, Glastonbury, Israel or Budapest, we can still feel part of the huge cosmic movements.

Not wanting to describe here fully what my body went through in the course of last week, here instead a very simple example of how She is communicating to us: the energy of this particular period of time is generally that of retreat and stillness, listening and deep rest - at least on the northern hemisphere. But this is not what Gaia is showing right now when I look out the window: birds singing, temperature like in March, first snowdrops under my window...

I just feel the STRETCH... and the question is which reality I align myself with now...

love
R

Well, it is very interesting.

It was noise and then, suddenly, I felt things got calm, and I began to experience the shift - going inwards, being alone, getting it quiet, stable, etc. And also, before it was a desert-like weather, as if Israel was behaving as if it is desert. Then we had spring here. Then, out of sudden, it switched and it is heavily raining lately here, then a day of sunlight and raining again, typical Israeli winter weather. It looks more like it's switching all kinds of states, rather than stretching (here).

It feels as if everything is accelerating and moving really fast, and at the same time everything gets some sort of stable point around which to turn around. And I can get either into the mess, or keep it to the stable propagation line. Interestingly but not surprisingly, I feel that my own stable line is the same as the universal one.

Anyway, these days I am careful not to jump into any ideas or conclusions and especially watching when creating realities. So the moment I feel there is some well-defined reality is forming, it is broken in a blink of an eye and I allow it to and move on fast into whatever is coming.

No ideas, nothing to hold on to for me now. I can't even say what is asking for what now. I feel like a soldier being sent to totally different missions all the time and that it demands flexibility and ability to be ok with not understanding anything at all.

All I know is that something is happening, both inside me and around me all the time and I am adapting to whatever is coming, really fast.

Right at this moment my whole 'body' feels like it's in a swirling vortex - it wouldn't surprise me if there was some kind of pole shift going on - not a switch from one to the other, but a realignment.

In such an energy movement, there are bound to be quite sizeable shifts in weather patterns etc.

Chris

I went to a video screening at the local library the other night here. Hawaii doesn't legally belong to the USA. They actually stole it and just kind of slid in and took over... everyone assumed it was legal. There is no documentary evidence to prove it belongs to the USA. Interesting.

Hi Trinity

That is interesting. I bet it's not only Hawaii either. If you walk in and act like you own the joint, people will believe it.

Becky

Very true Becky... indigenous cultures, including the Indian Americans don't usually own the land - they see it as something that they are guests upon. If the everyone remembered this and found it in their hearts, the world of humanity would be a very different place today.

All this talk of resolving the lower energies reminded me of an incredibly powerful experience I had a few years back... one of the few I wrote about and posted here. It comes from the sacred feminine view point.

http://www.openhandweb.org/07_09_07_the_role_of_the_sacred_feminine_tran...

For now I am off for a walk before dinner.

I think that this can be applied to everything.

Owning things, taking things for granted...

For example, the places I live in are more my friends rather than 'my houses'. We communicate, we 'talk', we share, we take care of each other.

And after I leave I have some place left in my heart, as if I take some of that home with me.

And it's the same with food, with people around and the most funny - with my own body!

Lately I really feel like it is not me, but part of the earth that was granted to help me and take me to this great adventure and was trusted I will take care of. So I appreciate this gift more and more with time.

So easy to forget this things but also very easy to remember , all these simple things that somehow bring the most of happiness =)

and what a good idea that was, Trin
(going for an evening walk)
I hope you enjoyed it!

Your article on the sacred feminine (from like 5 years ago !!) was exactly what I needed at the moment, to help me tackle the turbulent feelings inside and outside of me. Actually they had been calming down a bit before...

I've heard of the solar flares, I actually wonder if the Sun talks back...? silly as it may sound

Thank you so much!

love you,
Reka

Yes indeed Trin - I'd forgotten about that experience - seems like you were being given a taster of what's going on right now.

To me it has a great deal to do with the changes of magnetic flux. Switching from one alignment to another. It certainly is a tough change, almost like being ripped apart in a vortex. It's going to be an interesting ride indeed!

Chris

Hey Reka,

It will then come to you as no surprise that I felt really connected with you through the ether over recent days. It was possibly that which inspired me to post it - just for you.

Yes, of course the sun talks back . Everything speaks to us. We are one co-creative energy, all interlinked in some way.

When I talk to nature (especially here, but also everywhere).. it always talks back. The instant I contemplate 'cleansing energies' a gust of wind will instantly come as if to blow through my whole body; or the ocean will gush up the shore line to soak me with water. Every time. I do admit though, hearing nature speaking to me much more clearly when I am alone though, or without chatter going on around me.

Sending Loving waves
Trinity
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Yulia wrote: "...the places I live in are more my friends rather than 'my houses'. We communicate, we 'talk', we share, we take care of each other.

I didn't understand what you meant when I first read this... but I was given to re-read and am so glad I did. That's really beautiful and I relate to it very much. I see my home as my friend too. I feel incredibly blessed to have such a 'friend' to take care of me and keep me warm and sheltered. I also feel very blessed with the home I am sharing here for this time in Hawaii.

I long for a home made of the earth, at one with Gaia. I feel that will come in time. I am very grateful for what I have right now.

Trinity
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I took a photo of this really special place "Kumu Kumu beach", although it is difficult to capture the true essence on camera. I found out the name of it yesterday and was utterly astonished to find that in Hawaiian Kumu means 'teacher' (or 'source of knowledge) and is typically associated with a Hula teacher...

To me, in its ancient form Hula is a shamanic art that has parallels, in certain ways, to the practice that has been passed down through my own lifetimes. I wonder who orginally named the beach and how they associated it so. Every time I have been here to meditate, both during this visit and my visit three years ago, I have been greeted in meditation by an ancient Hawaiian Hula Kumu. He is a crystal clear, beautiful ancient friend. Given my encounters there, I was then amazed to discover the literal meaning of this beach. It obviously has a rich history.

This was taken at sunrise a couple of days ago.

Dear Trin,
yes, :-)thank you

and I felt you too, a great deal, in the last couple of days, often it was enough, just to close my eyes for a moment, and the connection was instant. I could feel your hand in my hand even and a very strong connection of love ...

The fact, I close my eyes, and I'm "out of here" in a second is not something new, but the fact it is happening like almost non-stop is...

actually I too meant that the Sun is talking back to Earth (her turbulency) too...

but clearly, ALL is talking to us, on a cellular level, like I feel so often as it pours in in the form of a subtle feeling, or like inaudible voice and sound, or as you say a breeze, and then washes through and out through the pores, like a continuous flow of love and connection.

love you,
Reka

this quote has just found me:

Man follows earth
Earth follows heaven
Heaven follows tao
Tao follows itself

Tao Te Ching

Very powerful!

I find it uplifting.

Chris

I feel so moved that you feel this connection too Reka. Distance and time vanish with the eyes of the soul.

Profound quote also.
soul to soul
Trin
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I took this photo a couple of nights ago when I enjoyed an evening of Polynesian dancing.

In this I see the roots of an ancient art designed to help us connect with our true essence and unity with all things. The dance and the dancer become one. To me it is a celebration of life from the physical, sensual body and onwards through all of the other bodily vehicles of expression... until one seamless flow of unity is experienced.

This stirs my soul deeply. It's ignites a real soulful passion within me to capture this on video and as image. The joy it brings, I can hardly express!

The moon is full once again. A whole month has passed since I arrived on these shores. Avalon is calling me though! I have had an incredible time here in Hawaii, although I am looking forward to coming home again.

Some of my most beautiful moments here were my encounters with the wildlife. Most days I watched humback whales breaching off the shore. Yesterday I was incredibly blessed to go out on a boat whilst dolphins rode on the bow wave. I cried with joy the first time I saw dolphins swimming in the ocean last week. It was magical.

I've only shared a snippet of my journey here over the last month but I wanted to give and extra special thank you everyone who'd joined me here on this blog during my special time. It really means a lot to me to have shared with you all.

with Love
Trin
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Wow! What fantastic photos! Thanks so much for sharing, they capture the energy amazingly.

You're a great photographer - you could even give up the 'day-job' - although I sincerely hope you won't

Avalon is calling you home indeed!

Chris

Chris, you are divine! My favourite song of all time.

I am truly thankful that Kauai has been such a divine haven for me here. It feels now as if Avalon is beginning to bubble again from the depths of me with a soulful energy I recognise at my core. Of course Avalon never left, but rather took a much needed 'soul vacation'.

I feel like you've infused a little of that hawaiian magic here already.
Thanks for the wondrous photos, and a taste of the lightness and beauty of kauai! looking forwards to seeing you.

Ben

Hi Trinity

I've just been going thru the past month of your Hawaiian diary - I can hardly believe it's been a month! My 2 personal favourite pictures are the Wailua River with a beautiful morning glow and the Kumu Kumu Beach sunrise - somehow the water in that one always looks like it's gently moving!

Thanks for sharing your special times with us.

with love
Becky x

Hi Trinity,

Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
Its a dream of mine to go to Hawaii and your sharing almost traveled me there. All of the stories you shared, the alive and wonderful photos and the videos (on facebook) were amazing and very inspiring. The picture of the dolphins is so beautiful and so alive. I love dolphins...

with love
Vaso

Such endearing experiences!

I resonate strongly with: I sat in silence, eyes closed allowing the sound of the falls to carry through me. Before long I found myself as one with the water as deep healing happened, carrying away my burdens in the river.

During my trip to the National Park in Malaysia, I was not able to sit still in silence and so i walked around the jungle towards the waterfall.

All along I felt immense joy, ready to erupt into fits of uncontrollable laughter, for no apparent reason. It was simply bliss from within. It seemed as though i could almost feel the energy coursing through my body but i cannot be sure as i really don't know much about it.

Normally i could always feel this blockage of what i assume to be 'stuck energy' at the lower half of my spinal cord (perhaps from a fall during work last year). Surprisingly it seem to have cleared up gradually.

Plus, as im a smoker, i could feel congestion at the esophagus area most of the time (sadly, something to look in to), and while in the woods, it kinda felt like there's an energetic healing force driving the blockage out which resulted in many unpleasant spits. What amazed me was how the 'congestion' was totally cleared by the end of the day!

Pardon my ignorance, but how exactly does that happen and why? As you can probably tell, i have no idea of what really is happening, but i can feel it..

When I talk to nature (especially here, but also everywhere).. it always talks back. The instant I contemplate 'cleansing energies' a gust of wind will instantly come as if to blow through my whole body; or the ocean will gush up the shore line to soak me with water. Every time. I do admit though, hearing nature speaking to me much more clearly when I am alone though, or without chatter going on around me.

I've recently experienced that as well, it was the first time i communicated with nature and it responded with warmth like i've never felt before, it is such a life changing experience...

Thank you everyone! I really value each of your sharings here with me (and welcome to Openhand Vinnyestar)

I have been reunited with my beloved home and celtic shores of Avalon for the past few days. We are now preparing for our Five Gateways trip to Berlin.

I have posted my final Hawaii diary here about my soul stirring last adventure there:
Speaking to the Bodhi Tree
http://www.openhandweb.org/140212_speaking_bodhi_tree

with Love to all
Trinity
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