A moment of calm.
Gosh it really feels as though things are beginning to heat up out there in the field at the moment. I get the sense that a lot of evolving people are now really beginning to go into their inner shadow. To me this is really positive, because the only way out is through. We have to be prepared to confront what is arising. But at the same time, we also need to maintain centredness and balance. As I perused the internet this morning, so much seemed to be quite unsettling, so I found myself naturally yearning to bring more presence into the calm centre within the eye of the storm. Personally I observe that's essential when walking the path, especially when sailing through choppy waters...

Hi friends,
I feel a time is coming of turmoil and challenge in the months and years ahead. It will require all our heavenly facets to cross this 'Red Sea' - the plane of our karma. And we need to interweave the surrendered sensitivity of the divine feminine to truly walk this path. The guys need you ladies! The warrior is too brittle and weak without you. That's why I'm so inspired by this video that an Openhander (Lei) has recently posted (you're well in the flow Lei!). It's a very soulful and inspiring story, told within a song, about twelve women confronting injustice in East Timor. I felt to share it, because it has touched something deep within the Openhand soul. To me, it's not about fighting, but liberating the full expression of who we are...

Hi friends
Right now I'm having a pretty amazing shift of consciousness which I feel to share with you. I felt myself moving through Gateway 7 which opened up astral travel into the higher plane of consciousness - the 9th/10th/11th dimensions. It's been pretty incredible. It's like I felt myself 'on top of the universe'. From that perspective, I was been shown universal energy along the lines of the recent torus that have been shown in the film Thrive and in other scientific philosophy. I'm seeing how internal realignments of our chakra system and an opening up of our DNA can bring us into harmony with this amazing flow. It's a pretty fantastic ride I can tell you...

Heart-warming Five Gateways experience with the beautiful souls of Budapest
Thanks Reka for such loving and professional organisation. Where did you get so many angels from? It never ceases to amaze me. I am truly humbled by the lives and stories of 'ordinary' people, by what emerges in group meditation, by the courage with which people uncover "their stuff" and ultimately, the incredible inner light that gets liberated and shines forth. I am blessed and divinely privileged to be able to facilitate such bright unfoldings. As we gathered together at the end of the course for our traditional "how I love you" ceremony, I thought my heart would literally burst! Trinity and myself greatly look forwards to seeing you all again for the level 2 "Walking the Path" in March - until then!

Welcome friends,
Just to keep you in the Openhand picture, the Five Gateways work continues to develop encouragingly. We're continually adding new dimensions to the work and the energy is getting ever stronger. We find we're now able to be more accurate and incisive, directing the energy where it needs to go for people. A great help to this process, is to be able to answer and calm inquisitive inner questioning, because it is so often at the level of mind where our limitations of reality limit us. As more and more people are now discovering, we shape our reality by what we believe it to be. But that doesn't mean we can simply choose to 'think something different' in order to change the situation. Our thoughts are created by consciousness, so there has to be a consciousness shift in order to change the thought patterns and thereby change the reality...

The only place from which to begin.
I'd say there are many things to master in walking the path, but perhaps nothing so important as profound self honesty. If we can be totally honest with ourselves about our true motivations for action, then we are continually presented with the starting point for change. But without that, we never really have that authentic platform from which to begin, and all kinds of illusionary realities can get created. And it doesn't matter even if we don't follow our highest truth, as long as we're honest about why...

Hi friends!
We've just had another wonderful gathering of beautiful souls to meditate and celebrate the turning of a new chapter. That's very much what it feels like to all of us - as if strong underlying flows of consciousness have been unleashed to pave the way for powerful evolutionary change through 2012. And whilst the bed of the stream may get pretty churned up this year, it's correspondingly going to offer an amazing opportunity to do some gold prospecting. We're sure there'll be countless opportunities to retrieve, reclaim and reintegrate those precious nuggets of soul that have been fragmented and buried in the sediment of life. Here at Openhand, we're tremendously excited by the opportunities presenting themselves...

Hi friends of Openhand,
Although Openhand is not aligned with any particular religion, it still feels as if this time of year is special, not least because it represents both an ending and a beginning. It is indeed a time of paradox, with the conflicting impulses of conspicuous consumerism simultaneously enlightened with bonhomie and goodwill. So don't be surprised if you feel a touch of energetic roller-coastering right now! Myself, Trinity, Lesley and David would like to wish you all a peaceful, loving, introspective, expressive, calm, joyful and compassionately passionate time, however the mood takes you! Despite the demands of others, we encourage you to honour your authenticity. And let's remember, what ever we feel to be, however we feel to express, we are always enough...

Free ebook update for all previous owners.
We're releasing a new revision of "Five Gateways" on 1st January 2012, but since we've just received the first print run, we're offering advance copies now. I've been working on the new revision for some months. Basically the main content is the same, but I've been working on greater accuracy with the vocabulary. For me this has always been paramount so as to convey the right energy and alignment. Five Gateways is a gift from higher consciousness in these times of great change. Benevolence has guided me on every concept and detail. It is intended as a energetic text book that you can dip into from time to time on your journey for deeper insight and clarity on the way forwards. People have frequently said how they seem to turn to the right page just at the right time. Of course, synchronicity speaks! If you already have a previous copy, email us telling us when you bought it and we'll send you a free ebook update. And if you haven't yet bought one, what are you waiting for? ....Watch the video

I'm finding the ongoing Euro drama right now fascinating.
I do believe it demonstrates perfectly why trying to control the universe simply does not work. Control simply unwinds itself like a flag in the summer breeze. In trying to 'make ends meet', the complexity of the situation we build for ourselves eventually becomes untenable until the stress gets so great, even the most hardened control freak breaks down. To me this is extremely positive! Why?...