Open – What often keeps people tight in the box and resisting the power of transformation on the spiritual path is the need for external validation of some kind. The requirement for friends or family, for example, to respect the new you you’re unfolding into. If they’re not evolving as quickly as you, unsupportive or negative feedback can be severely limiting. Where does this need for this validation come from? Most importantly, how can we move beyond it…

Distortions of the Soul

Firstly, it’s essential to explore the nature of distortions  – old behavior patterns we wish to either drop or realign. From the Openhand perspective, a distortion is a distorted expression of soul – because everything begins originally in the source of truth. But the soul got attached, within some emotive physical situation, the need to be loved for example, and then got fragmented into it. Continue reading →