Articles & Essays

This site will become the single largest resource for handreading on the internet. To get things going, we have published some essays which have already been included in the public domain since 1999; there are many more to come.




Active and Passive Hands

The relation between the passive and active hands can be likened to an iceberg, the passive hand being that which is hidden below the surface of the water and the active hand being that which is exposed to the world above the water. The active hand thus describes those patterns of consciousness which are more visible and more obvious whereas the passive hand will describe those patterns of consciousness which are more hidden... Both hands are descriptive of you, now, as you are in the present; they merely describe something of the different aspects of yourself. One is in the foreground and one is in the background and both are representative of you as you are now. Read more...


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