It's the final full day of the workshop here at Phoenix Rising in Byron Bay. Yesterday was literally stunning - best ever. Such incredible breakthroughs. In these situations, as the facilitator, you can literally feel the soul surging in the group, building together and flowing through the room. It's like riding a wave of light. And so rewarding when you witness the emergence of authentic true self in people. There's nothing quite like it.

How are you getting on in your journey out there? What breakthroughs are you making?

Today we'll be working on putting the various stages of the Openway compass together. In effect, what you're doing is always tuning into the mainstream of soul, following its guidance moment by moment, expressing yourself authentically, but as you hit tightness and resistance to the flow of the moment, turning right into it and opening out through it using the Breakthrough Approach. This might sound inconvenient, but the key is to catch the tightness of the programming in the moment. That way you start to interrupt the programs, get inside the repetitive loops and break them apart. You thereby open a space right through the density into pure presence. Now you're in the infinite potential of the void, where literally anything can happen. Most importantly its where authentic soul flow emerges from.

What happens is that progressively, you become less of a point source identity that can be battered around by events, by the requirement for the need of an outcome. Instead you become more a streaming flow of soul consciousness. You become like a stream flowing down the mountain to the ocean. If you hit a boulder in the path, then there's the possibility not to be thwarted by it or stopped. Instead you unwind around, over or through it. You reassert your continual movement to the ocean.

To facilitate this, we'll be doing various of the Openhand meditations such as the Kundalini activation, so as to allow the soul to flow more freely through...
Openhand Kundalini Activation Meditation

Following the various meditations, we'll be feeling the fullness of the flow by connecting with nature in Openhand's six senses walk. So assuming you can find time today, take yourself off for an hour or so and work with this meditation...

Openhand's Six Senses Walk

Sight: The eyes tend to focus on the most prominent object in front of them. It is possible however to see all in the periphery too. If we can switch to delocalised viewing by seeing everything in the periphery, there is less tendency for our consciousness to be locked into the point of focus. So walk for a few hundred yards seeing as much as possible in your complete field of view without focussing on any one thing. You may find you're suddenly drawn to something - like a bird for example - but then quickly move back to the place of expanded vision. Observe colours, shapes, contrast, shadows etc.

Sound: For the next few hundred yards, focus on the sense of hearing. Listen out for birds or the rustle of trees, the flow of water for example. Practice connecting with subtle sounds too like the breeze across your face or the beating of your own heart. It helps to have the mouth slightly open because the sounds reverberate around it. Taste Take a piece of your favourite fruit with you. Stop in a quiet place. Before you take a bite, contemplate the fruit deeply, feel yourself connecting with it. Observe the colour, fragrance and texture. Move your consciousness into your mouth as you bite into it. Focus on the tongue moving it through the food as you chew. Be fully in the taste of the fruit and chew fully before swallowing.

Smell: The sense of taste and smell tend to go hand in hand so move to this next. Focus for the next few hundred yards on breathing deeply through the nose and picking up all of the scent that you can.

Touch: Pause for a moment and connect with how your body is feeling. Your muscles for example or the rise and fall of your lungs. Then expose one of your arms and gently run your finger tips up and down it as lightly as possible. Do the same to the other arm. Now focus on your walking - be fully connected to the experience as the weight moves gently from one leg to the other. Be fully in control as you lift and place down the feet. Be fully conscious of every feeling within the movement. Do this slowly for about 50 yards.

5 senses together: Next bring everything you have practised together taking in as many of the sights, sounds, flavours, smells and feelings you can. Be fully observant like this for the next few hundred yards. You may find you tend to focus on something in particular but if so, keep moving back out to expanded, non localised observation.

Sixth sense - Intuition: By now, hopefully you should find the mind has become much more still. In this place, it is easier for our higher selves and guiding consciousness to 'speak to us'. This may be through the movement of an animal, insect or bird. It could be through cloud patterns or even the number plates on passing cars. The purpose of such guidance is to help us release tension and efforting inside so that we may feel more joy and unconditional love for all life. So as your attention is 'pulled' to the circumstances surrounding you, have 'one eye turned inwards' and notice how it is making you feel. Attune to these feelings and over time they will help you unfold your authentic inner beingness. This process can be used to answer a specific question in life that is important to you at the moment. This can be initiated by posing the question internally "what is the energy of the moment revealing to me now?" Then if you feel yourself being drawn to something in particular, just make a mental note of exactly what you notice without necessary trying to understand the purpose - be patient though, it requires much perseverance to fully understand what is being shown to us. It is very similar to learning a new language. In my experience any guidance received always invites us to confront and release inner attachments that we may unfold and expand our inner authentic beingness.

Enjoy!

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