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12-08-2006, 03:50 AM
Your Guardian Angel and You
From "Your Guardian Angel and You: Tune in to the signs and signals to hear what your Guardian Angel is telling you" by Denny Sargent
Posted by: DailyOM (http://www.dailyom.com/users/000/000/000000001.html)
How can you connect with the angel that watches over you? If God has indeed assigned you a divine messenger, where do you start in your quest to reach out and grab your angel’s hand? It is easier that you think!
First, you must acknowledge that there are spiritual dimensions or ways of seeing reality that differ from your day-to-day material existence. If you are convinced that the only reality is physical, then you have created a wall of disbelief that your angel cannot climb over. You have created a prison of doubt from which you must escape if you are to see out of the windows of your soul and communicate with the angel who patiently awaits you just beyond the limits of your perception.
I have heard many people describe how their Guardian Angels were always there, but just out of reach, until they made an effort to make contact. How did they break through the barrier between the physical world and the higher spiritual world? By calling upon their angels to change their perceptions, by changing their way of seeing and, most importantly, by taking a deeper look at their own identities!
If you think of the spirit world as consisting of higher levels of vibration or energy, then spiritual or psychic phenomena make sense. Psychics are simply people who, through training, talent, or both, can experience ranges of energy that most of us cannot. And they are not alone! If you have a dog or cat, you have probably watched them intently observing things that you couldn’t see. My dog used to bark at a place on our stairway over and over, yet we could never see anything there. I myself have walked into places with my child that were “spooky,” only to have him cry and urge me to leave. Yet there was nothing there—nothing I could see anyway! If you can open your mind enough to accept that these things are possible, then you are ready to take the next step!
Here is a short exercise designed to let you contact and experience directly the power and love of your Guardian Angel. Experience is the great teacher!
Exercise 4: Connecting with Your Guardian Angel
You will need a white candle and some salt. Go somewhere quiet where you will not be disturbed. Toss a little of the salt about you. Imagine all negative energies and thoughts flying away. Light the candle and pray to God in whatever manner you like that your mind may be open to the divine and that you may communicate with your Guardian Angel. It is best that you make your own prayer, but it can be something like this:
God, energy and light that pervades all things
May I become open to seeing the divine in all things and places
May I be open to accepting the divine in my life
May I be open to receiving guidance and help from my Guardian Angel
By your love and will that you give to me, so may it be.
Sit quietly for a few moments and open yourself to the divine light and energy around you. Breathe deeply and feel the light fill you. You are opening yourself as a flower opens in the sunlight. Now, ask for a touch from your Guardian Angel. What you are doing is opening your mind and your energetic body to contact with the divine, you are opening yourself to perceive levels of reality to which you were previously blind! When you are done, absorb all the light and energy into your body. Sprinkle salt about to cleanse the area, and blow out the candle.
Sue did this exercise for a week and suddenly became aware of a number of negative and positive things about her workplace. Certain areas repelled her. One place made her feel warm and comfortable whenever she sat there. She also began to sense the moods and feelings of her coworkers before they said anything to her. In short, she became more sensitive and soon her coworkers began to come to her with their problems! She changed careers and is now a therapist. Though she accepted the guidance of her Guardian Angel in this matter, simply becoming more aware and sensitive to others was enough for her! She is doing her work, the work that her Guardian Angel is here to help her with, and she feels content with that.
You will see that, simply by opening yourself to the energies about you, the divine in all things, what the ancients called magic, you can change your life in a way that satisfies you! As you do this, take the opportunity to think really carefully about what it is you need in life.
Notice that I did not say “what you want in life.” The reason is simple. Wants or desires are created by the ego, by your false sense of self that has been shaped by your surroundings and who you have been told you are from birth. We are all in a constant state of wanting, and something as simple as a TV commercial can influence what we want. How many times has a soft drink commercial come on and made you thirsty? How often have you discovered that you wanted something just because a friend or neighbor bought that very thing? Although wanting things is not bad, confusing wanting or desiring with needing can completely skew your life and send you in directions that do not make you happy. You can end up in a constant state of dissatisfaction, of unhappiness, convinced that buying this or that will somehow help.
You are constantly being manipulated, pulled this way and that way by your transitory desires. You may want something very badly, then the next day or next week, you want something different. You run to and fro, always feeling rushed and yet often not really satisfied by what you accomplish! In this chaos of constantly shifting desires, you may occasionally have moments of calm when you are aware that you are being manipulated by others. This can cause despair, frustration, and anger, but can also be an opportunity for you to get some real guidance, a real “reality check.”
Your Guardian Angel is ready to reach out a steadying hand to you through this whirlwind of thoughts, desires, worries, and illusions, but first you have to become still and discover who you are. In fact, if you want to achieve anything of worth, if you want to find and embody the divine plan you are meant to manifest, then you must first discover something essential—something you knew as a child but have forgotten in the years of growing up and listening to those around you. You have to rediscover who you are.
To reach for the heavens, you must first have your feet planted firmly on the Earth. Your Guardian Angel is a reflection of you, a glowing divine energy light, a ray of God connecting the divine to Earth. It is wholly part of you as you are part of it. By looking at yourself, you will begin to see your angel, but only if you see yourself as you really are! By knowing yourself, by delving deeper and deeper into your own personal identity, you will draw closer and closer to your Guardian Angel. This is the first step to self-realization, and this is the journey your Guardian Angel yearns for you to make. Remember: As within, so without!
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there is quite a lot more to read on the page I read the above, I have posted the link below:D (thought it all a bit too long to post here)
http://www.dailyom.com/library/000/000/000000596.html
From "Your Guardian Angel and You: Tune in to the signs and signals to hear what your Guardian Angel is telling you" by Denny Sargent
Posted by: DailyOM (http://www.dailyom.com/users/000/000/000000001.html)
How can you connect with the angel that watches over you? If God has indeed assigned you a divine messenger, where do you start in your quest to reach out and grab your angel’s hand? It is easier that you think!
First, you must acknowledge that there are spiritual dimensions or ways of seeing reality that differ from your day-to-day material existence. If you are convinced that the only reality is physical, then you have created a wall of disbelief that your angel cannot climb over. You have created a prison of doubt from which you must escape if you are to see out of the windows of your soul and communicate with the angel who patiently awaits you just beyond the limits of your perception.
I have heard many people describe how their Guardian Angels were always there, but just out of reach, until they made an effort to make contact. How did they break through the barrier between the physical world and the higher spiritual world? By calling upon their angels to change their perceptions, by changing their way of seeing and, most importantly, by taking a deeper look at their own identities!
If you think of the spirit world as consisting of higher levels of vibration or energy, then spiritual or psychic phenomena make sense. Psychics are simply people who, through training, talent, or both, can experience ranges of energy that most of us cannot. And they are not alone! If you have a dog or cat, you have probably watched them intently observing things that you couldn’t see. My dog used to bark at a place on our stairway over and over, yet we could never see anything there. I myself have walked into places with my child that were “spooky,” only to have him cry and urge me to leave. Yet there was nothing there—nothing I could see anyway! If you can open your mind enough to accept that these things are possible, then you are ready to take the next step!
Here is a short exercise designed to let you contact and experience directly the power and love of your Guardian Angel. Experience is the great teacher!
Exercise 4: Connecting with Your Guardian Angel
You will need a white candle and some salt. Go somewhere quiet where you will not be disturbed. Toss a little of the salt about you. Imagine all negative energies and thoughts flying away. Light the candle and pray to God in whatever manner you like that your mind may be open to the divine and that you may communicate with your Guardian Angel. It is best that you make your own prayer, but it can be something like this:
God, energy and light that pervades all things
May I become open to seeing the divine in all things and places
May I be open to accepting the divine in my life
May I be open to receiving guidance and help from my Guardian Angel
By your love and will that you give to me, so may it be.
Sit quietly for a few moments and open yourself to the divine light and energy around you. Breathe deeply and feel the light fill you. You are opening yourself as a flower opens in the sunlight. Now, ask for a touch from your Guardian Angel. What you are doing is opening your mind and your energetic body to contact with the divine, you are opening yourself to perceive levels of reality to which you were previously blind! When you are done, absorb all the light and energy into your body. Sprinkle salt about to cleanse the area, and blow out the candle.
Sue did this exercise for a week and suddenly became aware of a number of negative and positive things about her workplace. Certain areas repelled her. One place made her feel warm and comfortable whenever she sat there. She also began to sense the moods and feelings of her coworkers before they said anything to her. In short, she became more sensitive and soon her coworkers began to come to her with their problems! She changed careers and is now a therapist. Though she accepted the guidance of her Guardian Angel in this matter, simply becoming more aware and sensitive to others was enough for her! She is doing her work, the work that her Guardian Angel is here to help her with, and she feels content with that.
You will see that, simply by opening yourself to the energies about you, the divine in all things, what the ancients called magic, you can change your life in a way that satisfies you! As you do this, take the opportunity to think really carefully about what it is you need in life.
Notice that I did not say “what you want in life.” The reason is simple. Wants or desires are created by the ego, by your false sense of self that has been shaped by your surroundings and who you have been told you are from birth. We are all in a constant state of wanting, and something as simple as a TV commercial can influence what we want. How many times has a soft drink commercial come on and made you thirsty? How often have you discovered that you wanted something just because a friend or neighbor bought that very thing? Although wanting things is not bad, confusing wanting or desiring with needing can completely skew your life and send you in directions that do not make you happy. You can end up in a constant state of dissatisfaction, of unhappiness, convinced that buying this or that will somehow help.
You are constantly being manipulated, pulled this way and that way by your transitory desires. You may want something very badly, then the next day or next week, you want something different. You run to and fro, always feeling rushed and yet often not really satisfied by what you accomplish! In this chaos of constantly shifting desires, you may occasionally have moments of calm when you are aware that you are being manipulated by others. This can cause despair, frustration, and anger, but can also be an opportunity for you to get some real guidance, a real “reality check.”
Your Guardian Angel is ready to reach out a steadying hand to you through this whirlwind of thoughts, desires, worries, and illusions, but first you have to become still and discover who you are. In fact, if you want to achieve anything of worth, if you want to find and embody the divine plan you are meant to manifest, then you must first discover something essential—something you knew as a child but have forgotten in the years of growing up and listening to those around you. You have to rediscover who you are.
To reach for the heavens, you must first have your feet planted firmly on the Earth. Your Guardian Angel is a reflection of you, a glowing divine energy light, a ray of God connecting the divine to Earth. It is wholly part of you as you are part of it. By looking at yourself, you will begin to see your angel, but only if you see yourself as you really are! By knowing yourself, by delving deeper and deeper into your own personal identity, you will draw closer and closer to your Guardian Angel. This is the first step to self-realization, and this is the journey your Guardian Angel yearns for you to make. Remember: As within, so without!
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there is quite a lot more to read on the page I read the above, I have posted the link below:D (thought it all a bit too long to post here)
http://www.dailyom.com/library/000/000/000000596.html