This article speaks deeply to the rhythms of my soul. Thank you, Open. I once confused my soul's burning yearning for positive change with lack of acceptance of what is and attachment to outcomes. You helped me to "get" the difference during the last Openhand workshop in Victoria a year ago when you said that the yearning I felt wasn't ego but soul.

I frequently feel torn up by the massive suffering engendered by rampant inequities and injustices in the world. My heart burns with passion for positive change. I feel the realigning energy of divine benevolence so strongly at times that it feels like I'll bust wide open. I witness this yearning to unravel injustice in so many other souls. Many committed social activists demand and attach to outcomes. And many searching souls hide and escape into a false bubble of love and light preferring to remain blind to the outer mirror and the connection between individual and collective consciousness. There is a fine line between surrendering to what is and giving in to anything goes. Between expressing the soul's yearning to unravel injustice whilst staying open to what wants to unfold and attaching to particular outcomes. Between succumbing to anger and despair and finding the Light beyond.

It feels like I'm in a continual dance with the Universe between stepping up and speaking out about injustice and 'alighting' upon and publicly celebrating the joy of positive change to help light up the world. That rhythmic dance keeps my heart and soul burning bright.

x Cathy