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As a new spring lightness bursts into our lives, here's a quick thought on harnessing the new lighter energies by balancing the divine feminine and the warrior in all of us...

Where’s the harmony?
Here at Openhand we frequently speak of the importance of internally non efforting to unfold the authentic way of life we are meant to live. So how does this philosophy relate to purpose? Can purpose be achieved effortlessly? How can we be relaxed, open and expanded even when we experience the strong pull to do something?...

When we are following the pull of the soul in our lives (the Way of the Heart), then in truth we are responding to our life’s authentic purpose - the reason we came here. At the point we sense the pull to act however, comes the greatest risk to achieving that purpose.

In order to achieve something, the pull must translate into action within the bodymind. Thought must be ignited and muscle tension initiated - otherwise there can be no action. It is at this point that we as the ‘seer’ are now attuning to the bodymind and not the soul.

In this new attunement, if we apply too much tension and effort to what we do, then we tend to slip out of attunement to the soul. The more we get used to this tightness in our lives, the harder it becomes to feel the soul at all - then true purpose is lost to the influence of society's ideas, beliefs and conditioning. We end up instead trying to manifest our desires and our tightness locks us into that false reality.

This is actually what happens to a baby as it begins to experience life. It learns to apply tension based on the need for fulfilment and then attunes to the tension rather than the sense of completeness it experienced in the womb.

So what is the way out of this?

This is where harmony comes in. Every action has a natural harmony. When we open a door handle, grip and turn a steering wheel, undo the button on a shirt - all actions have natural harmony, rhythm and flow. The key is to find that harmony in every moment. How do we do this?

The answer is to balance the energies of purpose and surrender. The energy of purpose is the ‘warrior’ energy and that of surrender the ‘divine feminine’ energy.

Warrior energy is frequently misunderstood. It is not about fighting - fighting and control are distortions of it. Warrior energy provides merely the impetus to unfold purpose.

To truly manifest our purpose however, we must be completely in tune with the natural energy, rhythm and flow of the moment. This requires great sensitivity which in itself requires a high level of surrender and this is where the divine feminine comes in.

We can unfold this energy by going into the absolute centre of each activity asking ourselves “how can I do this lighter, softer and more rhythmically? What is the natural harmony and flow of this moment?

If we can attune to this natural harmony by being completely attentive and feeling how light we can achieve our sense of purpose, then we will achieve true surrender within the movement. When we do this, we are able to be light, soft and surrendered and in so doing stay attuned to the etheric softness of the soul even in the hardness of life. In this way life becomes effortless even when we have purpose.

"Heaviness is the root of lightness.
Stillness is the master of movement.
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Would you like to unfold a greater harmony between the warrior and divine feminine in you? Then maybe you’d like to come to the next “Openhand Unity Gathering” and experience our new life energy attunement process for yourself? It takes place next over the weekend 2nd/3rd May in Glastonbury. For full details...click here