Something truly remarkable has happened in Bolivia, which ought to send refreshing ripples of human kindness around the world - at least amongst ascending people: they just passed "The Law of Mother Earth" which recognises Gaia as a 'living, sentient being that deserves the right of life'. Wow - that a whole country would get this and do something about it warms my heart and encourages me to feel there is hope for the mainstream of humanity. Yet still, as the Volkswagen emissions scandal so clearly demonstrates, the majority head toward the 'falls' with the engine in full throttle. Let's embrace the truth, for only the truth can truly set us free...

So now we're witnessing another face to the Escalating World Refugee Crisis. A very underhand blocking movement is going on, which has been trying to close all the doors. It was to be expected. Millions of disenfranchised people pouring into Europe could never be a part of the so called 'elite's' plan to control populations and economies. But it's not deterring people from offering their love and support. Heightened consciousness is opening the heart of humanity leaving the powers-that-be in disarray. It's just another example of sticking fingers and thumbs in a bursting dyke, which sometime in the future, is sure to give way...

An earthquake has just happened in British Politics, which unleashes a breath of fresh air, that could soon reverberate around the world. A man of the people - Jeremy Corbyn - has been elected leader of the UK's Labour Party. In a world that's been controlled by the Industrial Military Complex, electing leaders favourable mainly to the wealthiest, a system of gross inequity has been created of have and have-not. It's rabid infestation has been rapidly devouring our biosphere through exploitative consumption. Here is a man who campaigns for world peace as opposed to world war; for democratic, all inclusive policy-making; equity and welfare for all. My God, he rides a bike, and doesn't even look like a politician...

Who could not have been touched by the harrowing picture of 3 year old Aylan Kurdi, his lifeless body face down in the sand, having drowned trying to reach greater security in Europe from the war-torn Syria. We'd be forgiven for wanting to turn our heads from this inconvenient truth. Yet that would be to do his passing an injustice; for certainly he was an 'angel', who came here to deliver us all a vital message about the way we live our lives, humanity's collective karma, and the motivation for change into a more equitable existence. So let us work to understand, integrate and grow through such crises, that are now certainly on the increase, for only then will we evolve as people and a race...

The 3rd of September saw Openhand's relaunch of the 5GATEWAYS project in our home town Glastonbury, UK. People came from all over Europe to be there. It felt very much like together, we were helping spark a new shift of consciousness, a new wave of change. For me, when I do anything, I want to be sure that I'm doing it for the right reasons: not because ego would have me do something, but because I feel it deeply in my soul. So what stirred me this time on launch night? It was the heart rending picture of 3year old Aylan Kurdi, lying face down in the sand - a refugee from the conflict in Syria, drowned trying to reach the safer and more affluent Europe. How deeply tragic. And yet to honour such tragedy, is to find the deeper meaning...

It would seem pretty unanimous in spiritual circles that we need a global ban on the use of genetically modified crops. Definitely here at Openhand we strongly feel that Gaia should be free to do what she does best... shape nature according to a co-creative higher intent, for the collective benefit of life here. GMOs are coming under increasing scrutiny around the world, and I'm pleased to say, that here in Britain, Scotland is planning to ban all genetically modified crops from being grown. It's great news in itself, but also has an even deeper significance...

It's important for the evolving group to remember the awesome power of your being, and that although we are physically dissipated around the world, our energy most certainly is not! It's all about consciousness. Only consciousness can truly change anything, and when we tune into truth, then we give energy to it, that harnesses and accelerates it. So I'd like to bring your attention to some truly great work that's going on out there, done by none other than an old Openhand Friend - Brendon Shoebridge of the film company Smiling Dragonfly.

He of course produced our popular spiritual film 5GATEWAYS, and is currently remastering it...

I feel to urge all in the Openhand community along on their path right now. We're in a crucial opening up phase. The underlying matrix is shifting strongly, whilst at the same time, looking darker on the surface. But don't be put off, the shifts are creating openings; many are finding the intervention energies within their own being easier to break down and expel - make hay whilst the sun shines! So waste not a moment, explore into your consciousness deeply; embrace everything that challenges you as a gift to go deeper and unfold more. At this time, I'm reminded of that awesome Interstellar movie that speaks volumes. But I wonder if the key message behind it was truly appreciated? Here's what I see...

I often feel that the spiritual mainstream keeps spinning stories of what it would like to have happen, rather than what is really happening. Unfortunately, there's also a great deal of 'shifting the blame'. This is seriously counterproductive to the evolutionary journey, because there's nowhere to go, unless the journey begins in truth. Specifically, I'm referring to view that it is the 'powers-that-be' who are to blame for the predicament we find ourselves in with regards climate change; that somehow, if they and the irresponsible corporations would simply go away, then everything would be alright, and we'll get the planet 'back on course again', 'we'll heal it for the good of all humanity'. There are a number of important reasons why this view does not hold water.

Anyone accustomed to Openhand knows that our approach is to fearlessly embrace the truth, even if that makes us unpopular. Why? Because only the truth can truly set you free. There's so much deception and distortion abound on the planet. We must intuit and feel for ourselves the true landscape and where this is all really heading. For only then, may we become apart of this Great Realignment that's taking place. With that in mind, were you aware that in the last two human generations alone, we have lost over 50% of the planet's wildlife? Staggering isn't it. We are in the sixth mass extinction in no uncertain terms. And when the eco-systems completely go, then we completely go too...

Well the Spiritual Metaphor in the Movies just keeps stacking up. Have you seen the new Divergent film "Insurgent" yet? Like a raft of similar movies in the vein of Hunger Games, it speaks of a deeply divided world, controlled and suppressed, but with courageous souls breaking through and breaking out. The divine is deeply active here on the planet right now, and is using all manner of ways in which to speak. New Media is clearly one of the main channels.

• So what can we glean from this movie? How might it help all evolving souls?...

The Meat and Diary industry is the single most cause of global greenhouse gas emissions, bigger than all others put together (source...cowspiracy). In it's voracious appetite for grazing land, it is devouring forests at an astronomical rate. According to greenpeace, the oceans are acidifying at their fastest for 300 million years, the meat and dairy industry is probably the greatest contributor. But even more importantly, it is an industry that is brutally inhumane. In many ways, you are being what you eat: you are consuming energy - consciousness - and if that's been pumped full of steroids, hormones, antibiotics, all infused with a debilitating cocktail of control and fear, then that's what you're pumping into your field. I put it to you, it is most definitely NOT something to support spiritual evolution. Quite the contrary...