"Helping people evolve spiritually and ascend into a higher vibrational reality based on unconditional love, joy and mutual respect for all life."
Philosophy
Simple Philosophy
The Openhand Philosophy can be stated very simply...
- "To liberate ourselves from controlling thought forms and distorted behaviour patterns thereby reconnecting us with our divine birth right - our soul - that we may follow our destined pathway in life and find true inner completeness"
Miraculous new evolution
We live in turbulent times and yet we are truly blessed to be here witnessing and taking part in the miraculous evolution that is happening across our planet. In short, a ‘quickening’ is occurring where people are awakening to their spirituality and quickly unfolding into ever higher layers of consciousness; we are being reconnected with our divine birthright.
Liberation from conditioned behaviours
We live in a society that conditions us with certain limiting beliefs about reality. From the very moment of our birth we are told what to think, eat, say and do. Frequently the love we receive is conditional; we are rewarded for being “good” and chastised for being “bad”. Consequently we build fixed neural pathways in the brain which generate conditioned behaviours. It is just like a river flowing freely down a mountain side but getting caught in eddy currents which collect debris. So the soul is fragmented and dissipated into our own internal eddy currents. We identify with these behaviours and form fixed beliefs and expressions - a personality - an illusionary false self for which we then build an illusionary false life.
Liberation comes by letting go of our attachment to the external drama and watching our motivations in life from the place of the Observer of ourselves. Instead of being vicitimised by the events, we learn to transcend them by always finding the lightness, acceptance and perfection through all circumstances.
If we can do this, then over time these internal eddy currents dissolve, the dissipated fragments of soul reconnect and the soul begins to take precedence in our lives once more. We find ourselves making increasingly liberated and authentic choices; our inner light strengthens and we discover boundless self acceptance, inner harmony and self love. Ultimately we ascend into a magical new paradigm - a reality founded on unconditional love which exists here and now all around us.
Benevolent Guiding Hand
We are not alone on this inner journey of unfolding. We observe through the synchronistic patterning underlying all events that the benevolent guiding hand of Higher Consciousness is helping us. "Openhand" is the name we give to that consciousness. Openhand is providing tools, resources and practices to help us go inwards, reconnect with our authentic source and follow our destined pathway. To find out how Openhand may be of help to you, check out the brief overview of our approach...click here
Core Teachings
The articles below are our "Core Teachings". We do not offer them as absolute truth. Although we believe in what we write with heart felt conviction, we are totally accepting that each of us has our own unique experience of reality. The articles should therefore be viewed more as catalysts to help you unfold a deeper and more complete version of your own truth...
Essential questions on Ascension
Submitted by Chris Bourne on 26 July, 2007 - 11:05. Ascension | Meditations | Philosophy
A new dawn
We stand at the dawn of a miraculous new evolution for mankind. We believe our planetary system is moving to a higher vibrational reality - one founded on unconditional love, joy and respect for all life. In our view, the Soul of the Earth, a vastly more evolved being than ourselves has ascended. What exactly does this mean? How does it effect you? Here are some essential questions on Ascension which frequently get asked...
The Ascension Process
Submitted by Chris Bourne on 19 July, 2007 - 07:47. Ascension | Meditations | Philosophy | Gateways of Light
Are you undergoing the process of Ascension?
Throughout spiritual circles across the planet right now there is much talk of our 'Ascension' into a higher vibrational plane of existence. What exactly is this all about? Are you beginning to ascend? What is the process of Ascension we tend to go through? The following article addresses these questions...
What is Ascension?
Submitted by Chris Bourne on 16 May, 2007 - 08:16. Ascension | Meditations | Philosophy
The transition to a higher vibrationary realm
Ascension is an entirely natural evolutionary process at work in the Universe. It is where a particular life system raises its vibrationary state from one energetic realm of existence to another higher one. Put simply, it is rather like tuning into another station on the radio...
Benevolent hand, opposing hand
Submitted by Chris Bourne on 10 May, 2007 - 20:26. Meditations | Philosophy | Absolute Authentic Reality
How are we helped and opposed in our spiritual unfolding?
As we unfold spiritually and step onto the path of self realisation, the veils of limited reality are peeled away and our consciousness expands into multiple realms of existence. Whilst the centre of our consciousness and therefore frame of reference remains in this realm, we begin to experience increased psychic sensitivity; higher synchronistic activity and greater intuitive capability. We seem to automatically access a place of higher knowing...
Universal life energy attunement
Submitted by Chris Bourne on 13 April, 2007 - 10:35. Meditations | Philosophy | Universal life energy
What is life energy attunement?
Openhand Practice is a powerful way of attuning to universal life energy. What is meant by this and why is it important?
Imagine I have two tuning forks standing next to one another and I strike one to create a note. Without touching the other, it too will begin to play its own note. This is called 'resonance'. When one thing begins to resonate at the natural frequency of another, it sets up a powerful chain reaction...
The Seven Rays of divine influence
Submitted by Chris Bourne on 9 January, 2007 - 09:01. Meditations | Philosophy | Enlightenment
What are the characteristics of the soul?
The consciousness of the universe appears to be formed of at least seven rays of light. We see this when light is refracted forming a rainbow. For each of us the true self - the soul - is a unique blend of these seven rays. Each ray is endowed with specific characteristics which influence our every choice in life. If we can identify these influences and also how they get distorted as their energy flows through the personality, then we will understand much better why we make the choices we do, why they don’t always work out and how best to follow the destined path of the true self....
Ascended Masters
Submitted by Chris Bourne on 7 November, 2006 - 08:41. Ascension | Meditations | Philosophy![]()
What are 'Ascended Masters'?
It is believed by some that there is a highly evolved guiding consciousness helping us to discover our true nature. This consciousness is known by a variety of names - the 'Great white brotherhood' and 'Ascended Masters' for example. Do they really exist? If so, in what form?...
Affirmation or Confirmation?
Submitted by Chris Bourne on 18 October, 2006 - 03:05. Meditations | Philosophy | Absolute Authentic Reality
How do we apply affirmations?
The typical understanding of the word 'affirmation' and the way it is mostly applied in today's popular spiritual teachings is to use the power of thought to create the reality we might want.
The philosophy of Openhand is to live in the truth of what is, rather than to create illusionary realities of our own - the bubble will always burst at some point. However, does this imply that affirmations don't work at all?
The Soul Family
Submitted by Chris Bourne on 12 October, 2006 - 12:11. Ascension | Meditations | Philosophy
What is our soul family and how does it help us?
To me the soul group or family is a divinely beautiful phenomenon. In my experience, they are a group of light beings working from another plane of existence overlapping this one.
Each person belongs to such a soul family and their purpose is to provide loving support to help us unfold our destined way of living. They are aware of the purpose of our incarnation and work with us as a team to unveil those revelations we lined up for ourselves...
Who am I?
Submitted by Chris Bourne on 5 October, 2006 - 07:18. Meditations | Philosophy | Enlightenment![]()
Frequently the question 'who am I?' arises...
As ever, like anyone, I can only answer from my perspective based on the model of reality I am experiencing. To me, the question is actually more WHAT am I rather than who am I?...
The mind can be like a prison...but remember, you are not inside it, it is inside of you.
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