Dear Openhand family,

Really this is place is like a beacon of hope right now.

Richard, your sharing really resonated with me. It took me 2 days and lots of anger at control and also at a couple of conscious people I was very good friends with to really 'get' what my role is here. In Delhi right now we are on lock down for 21 days. It's Day 3 of daily meditations and IF for me to really understand that feeling into this deep FEAR and grief is exactly what I need to do right now. And I loved about what you have written about the judgements we pass on being holier or better than anyone else

Open you wrote, about how right now one has to just be okay with complete loss of freedoms because they have the resources, and I can tell you that really hit home for me.

Betsy, I want to hug you! I am in a dense spot here but managing Covid positive cases in ICU is as 3 D as it gets right now! 'My' babies and my work seems to soothe me much more than challenge me right now and I feel you are being such an amazing bridge right now between 3 and 5 D. Lots of love and care across the ether to you ❤️.

Mark, I saw a Grey too recently. I was meditating on what seemed to be a tentacle in my left ear. And then I saw him and looked straight into his eyes and told him to leave. He did.

All in all its taken me 3 days of struggle to accept that this is where I am at right now. Karma seems to have been kicked off. I am deeply in grief about the multitudes that will die of hunger and joblessness in my country. I am very sad about that and Fearful of it too. It seems like it's a repeat of the situation I have faced before. And yet, all I can do right now is just Be with all the sensations and normalize through all of them. And now that I am focused internally in that task, everything else seems to be just white noise much more easy to tune out.

I am taking long walks ( the powers that be are also mulling not allowing us that privilege 🙄) and it's so beautiful with the flowers and the sky and today with the slight sliver of the moon.

My synchronicity of the day was that my daughter is watching Harry Potter and the Oreded of the Phoenix.

So much of the story actually seems to reflect on the reality of right now. The orders being posted on the board by people that are enjoying control. The few students learning Defence against the Dark arts surreptitiously. The reptilian attacks. The internal fight Harry is fighting.

Thank you for all your support. I feel it.

Megha