Hello Openhanders,

I have been planning to start contributing here for some time and I think sharing my recent beautiful synchronicity would be appropriate and might also offer some reflections. And it will just confirm my personal explanation of a cute little blackbird appearing in my surroundings - I will get to this at the end.

This last time I saw a blackbird (on Good Friday) was purely magical. Currently, I am staying back in Slovakia with my parents for Easter. It's always a challenging experience coming here, confronting my old behaviour patterns that like to light up. However, I now take every trip home very positively, like putting on extra weights in my spiritual gym - you know that every visit you discover a new muscle pain that needs to be worked on:) Anyway, it's getting better by each time and this time, while free-wheeling, I was guided to discover a park in my area which I had no idea existed, as the last time I was there, it was overgrown with bushes and quite inaccessible. I was so mesmerised by this walk that I decided I will visit it again when I get a chance. That chance was presented the very next morning.

I now try to do what I like to call 'the ritual' every morning. It's my safe space for myself and no one else (although dear guys from the Intervention are trying hard to steal the spotlight from time to time). This ritual includes a short tai chi practice and here I have to express my sincere gratitude Open for guiding me on this journey in October. Tai chi is a beautiful practice which have given me so much so far!

The Good Friday morning was appearing to be very sunny and welcoming. I took the advantage of discovering this park and I decided to do my tai chi part of the ritual there. After the morning meditation I left my flat and first thing out, I was welcomed by this cute blackbird. I have been seeing them since winter but this time the feelings from the experience got very intense. The walk to the park takes about 15 min and on my way, it seemed like I was literally guided by these birds. Whatever way I went, one was there, waiting and observing. Sometimes they can be very shy or inattentive to me but this time, they were watching me closely. Like piercing through my soul. I know it's a different bird every time but it felt like it has always been the very same one since last year. I am full of joy just writing about it and remembering the feeling, although it's very hard to describe in (english) words. To me, it felt like being watched by a single curious Consciousness that is just observing itself. Like I could see myself through the eyes of these birds, if it makes any sense verbally. Like the Universe is curious about what it's going to realise/actualise through me this time. A beautiful moment of connectedness with the whole.

The tai chi practice was beautiful. To spice things up, I decided to ground myself with my bare feet, as that's something I have been longing to start doing. Imagine cold spring March grass, wet after night's rain and morning dew, still keeping a bit of the coldness of the departing winter (actually quite a bit of it!), plus a curious earthworm coming out to welcome your feet. While hearing the songs of birds from around, noticing a shy pheasant in the distance and a few people walking by watching you like you are an idiot lol. Pure magic.

Walking back home, the meaning of the blackbird hit me. I realised it's always there when I am invited to change and maybe also integrate a new beingness? So huge thanks for your reflections Open, Anastasia, Mark on the meaning of blackbird as they confirmed my feel about it and offered an additional insight into it. I really resonate with your explanations. Also as mentioned, writing this and finally getting to posting something nicely confirms my feeling about the cute little bird. Inviting me to a new beingness, this time through internet.

As getting back home, I was curious if the bird is going to follow my steps until the very end, so I sent out that inquiry out. When I returned back to the apartment building, there it was indeed, patiently waiting for my arrival and watching my every step. So I gave it my attention back said hello and went inside, full of gratitude for having a partner on my journey.

Another nice synchronicity is the article's last sentence about watching out for 55s. Even though the article is from 2019, it found me right in time when I have been noticing 55(5)s around me for some time. Still holding the space for the feeling of what it means to me, so far it's been pointing to the feeling of homecoming which came up on the radar during and after the last retreat. However, the main protagonist to my Easter trip back home are 4s everywhere and noticing the heart shape in my surroundings - not surprising at all, right :) Especially, when one of the biggest topics surfacing out when back with family is judgement.

As challenging as this trip 'back to density' has been so far, I am happy the blackbird inspired me into a new action and very accurately on the 'Resurrection Day'. Let's see what this brings next. Wishing everybody a heartful rest of the holiday!

Dominik