Is it Me or is it my Spirit Guide?

We are so happy to be able to be partnered up with True To You Radio in 2015 to be able to offer our services to everybody, near or far.  Every month there will be 4 new shows with topics ranging from Mediumship, meditation, crystals, Angels and more.  We thought we would celebrate today by offering you a little exercise to show you how quickly you can celebrate YOU!

How many of you have heard the saying that you have to just trust yourself and your Spirit Guides?  Trust, trust, and trust.  Sounds easy, but how do you build up that trust?  We struggle with TRUST vs. LOOKING CRAZY.  How do you know it is your Spirit Guide talking to you and not just you talking to you?  Let’s do a simple exercise to start on the way.   Walk with me step by step.  Do not read ahead.

• Take a deep breath and feel the seat beneath you.  This grounds you into your energy.
• I am going to ask you a question and I want you to just blurt out the answers after reading it.   Can you name be 5 different colours?
• That is it.  That was the “test”.   That is not the end of it though.  I want you to sit and notice where your energy sits when you answered that question.  Was it in your tummy, your throat, your bottom, or wherever.  Notice if the answers were fast, direct and confident sounding.
• Close your eyes and take a deep breath and call in your highest white light spirit guides.  It is all right if you do not know who they are, they know you.
• Now I am going to ask you to ask your guides for 5 numbers.
• Really pay attention now.  Where did the energy for those answers come from?  Was it different than where your own energy was?  Did you notice it higher or lower, stronger or lighter?  There is no right or wrong here.
• Now think back if your answers were slower, you were not sure if they were “right”, or even if you shook your head NO as you answered.  Did you use hand gestures that were indicative of frustration or surrendering such as shrugging shoulders? 
• Beautiful if you did.  Why this is you noticed that when you answered you were confident because they were YOUR answers.  YOU came up with them and you noticed where your energy sat.   If you were not sure of the answers it is because they were not your answers, which means they were spiritual answers.

The beautiful part about this exercise is now you can turn your doubt into proof.  How amazing is that.  What you used to throw away and say it was proof that you failed, is now proof that you succeeded.  Your analytical mind was telling your body that it was unsure of the answers because it knew it did not create them.  There was hesitation, body language and doubt.  You do not doubt your own self because you are what is called being self-aware.  Your own mind and body were proving it was not you.  It was your Spirit Guide.

Do this exercise over and over and start to become familiar with the difference of yours and theirs.  The more familiar you are with the difference, the more the doubt brings confidence instead of pain and distrust.

Above all, remember to have fun.  When you tighten the ropes, it makes it difficult to let love flow.  This is easy and you can do it.  You already are but just were not noticing that you were.   Science AND Spirituality combined.  Why pick one when you can have both? 

Maybe they are one?  Maybe our science is just beginning to understand our Spirit.

Namaste,

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

You have the key to your mind and your spirituality, but you have to be aware of who you give it to.  We all need many teachers.  It is part of how we learn how to create and respect our own journey.  We cannot accomplish this by comparing ourselves to others who are on their journey, but only focus on where our journey will take us. 

Recently I have had clients come to me with a new problem I wanted to address and share.  They are entrusting the keys to their mind to just anybody.  Most people are well intentioned and loving.  If they want to teach Spirituality it is not because they are mean and egotistically, it generally means their heart is in the right place.  Ask your teacher who their teachers are.  Ask questions.  Do they offer a money back guarantee?  If they won’t stand behind their work, why should you?  I have seen too many times where people have read a book or two, watched a TV show, took a class online or even took one class in person, start teaching.  What are they teaching you exactly?  They are teaching you everything, including their limitations, their fears and their mistakes.  Nobody is perfect, but teaching is very different than experiencing.    There is a surge of Spirituality on our planet right now, and it is so beautiful.  I love seeing people love and learn.  What I do not love is having clients having to come to see me after experiencing something they cannot understand or been guided into fear.

I wanted to share with you some of the things clients have come in with and some suggestions for them that can help you as well if you are not able to come in and see one of our pre-screened, proven and guaranteed staff.

Mediumship Issues

People being TOLD what their gifts are instead of learning for themselves what they are.  Problem is you are doing what THEY are doing not what you are meant to be doing and this sometimes makes it worse because you are going against a natural grain of your life path.  Just because something works does not make it good for you.   Smokers say that smoking helps people relax, by poisoning them.  Great. What helps is to build up trust with your unique fingerprint. Appreciate that your gift is your gift and not meant to be like another’s.   You can only build trust by using it.  Practice.

Ego Issues

I hear it all the time not to let your ego get in the way.  You question is it them or me?  I have had students come in and be told that their own voice is their ego and to ignore it.  My question to them was that if Spirit is trying to talk to you and you are not present, how could there be a conversation?  They were taught to ignore their input and their growth.  Yes you will question, yes you will doubt, it is so they can expand the knowledge and give you more.  Every good teacher invites more questions.  As a result I have seen people SHUT DOWN their intuition instead of opening up the conversation.  You have to be there in this friendship or else it is a dictatorship.  You have free will, so they will never work one-sided.  Stay present; you are exactly where you are supposed to be.  Your inner voice and higher self is not your EGO that should be shunned and placed in a vault. 

Past Life Issues

Being left half in half out of a past life, bringing back the fears of a past life, making up false past lives with another person to make you feel better, awakening something without knowing how to put it to sleep in peace and confusion.  These are all issues that clients have come to me by seeing somebody they did not research well enough.  If you have had these things happen to you, I suggest the following.  Place your right hand over your heart.  Your right is for giving.  I want to give back what is no longer yours in this moment.  Take a few deep breathes and ask that all cellular memory from all lives, past, present and future be removed.  Take a few more deep breaths and you can imagine butterflies, flowers, or even smoke leaving your body.  Stay here till they are all gone.  You will not see them fly out of you physically and some may even have trouble seeing it in their head.  Just imagine it, it is ok.  Take a few deep breaths of white light.  See yourself breathing in and OUT this white light from your source and smile!  Please feel free to contact us if you need more support.

Manifestation Issues: “I asked for it and it never worked”

If you are not taught the truth behind desire, you will only create a mask and draw doubt and fear to you.  For some they want to manifest money because it makes them feel safe.  They make a vision board or light candles and recite affirmations yet nothing comes.  What the problem is that they asked to feel safe.  We know that not all people with money are safe and happy.  It is an illusion you are asking to create, so you are indeed creating an illusion.  You are taught bits and pieces.  You are shown a piece of the puzzle and expected to design the Mona Lisa out of scrap. 

It is my humble opinion that anything you want to manifest comes down to six basic human needs that are never met by materialistic things.  Each thing that is in the material world comes down to these basic human needs:

• Growth
• Significance
• Variety
• Connection
• Contribution
• Certainty

Many times you will find you have them and you have been ungrateful for them.  When you are manifesting from a place of ungratefulness we are creating more things to be ungrateful for.  You will find you have always been provided the opportunity to have these things in your life but at times have chosen to say no to them.  For instance, if you feel insecure because your partner left you; you could choose to see it as a new start or dead in the water.  The choice is yours what you create and focus on!  Manifesting a strong sense of self instead of another partner to replace the void you feel is not for your highest spiritual growth.  Are you focusing on lack while you manifest and then create lack?  Congratulations you are a great manifestor!

Stay tuned, as I will continue this blog another day.  If you have some questions or comments you would like me to include in the next one, please feel free to contact me at info@thehomeofom.ca, Attention: Angel Rogers

Namaste,

Are You Crushing Spirit Guide Messages With Doubt?

I help people connect to their Spirit Guides all the time.  Clients are always surprised how easy it is with me and how it affects them.  Some get goose bumps, some cry, some just have a satisfied sense of knowledge and others look around not sure why they suddenly knew all the answers.  They asked to know something, were given the answers, and then doubt the validity of it because it was not shrouded in secret or shame.

Do not throw away what you have been seeking because you did not have to work hard for it or ask ten different people for the answer.  It is as silly as holding your breath because breathing in and out is unassisted and natural to you. 

Who are your Spirit Guides?  They are spirits that have crossed over that you have invited to walk with you on this plane.  What we need to remember is that every soul born here has one.  You do not need to worry about somebody being lost or “asleep” because their guides are with them as well.  They are on their path and their path is not your path.  Do not judge another’s journey.  We have free will.  Your guides cannot go against your free will, even if your free will is to dismiss their presence.

Lets do a quick exercise.  It is important that you answer the question before you continue reading.  Simply ask your guide to communicate with you.  There is no need for special crystals, meditation or prayer, although they all can help, they are not the driving force.   Simply pick 1, 2 or 3.  Ask your guide to help you.  It is all right if you do not know them, they know you.   Pick the first number that pops into your head even if you are unsure.

If you picked one, your guide is a friend from another life.

If you picked two, your guide is a family member from a past life

If you picked three, your guide is a mentor here to teach you that you have invited in that you may have known before or is new to you.

How many guides do you have?  This is personal and different for us all depending on our journey.  Your guides can change as you grow and learn.  Think back in school, you had different teachers along the way.  When you passed and went to another grade the old teacher was not bad or disappeared, they were busy teaching others that needed to know what they had to teach.  You got a new teacher.  If you ever had a question the previous teacher was still there to answer questions for you and be your friend.  You do have a main guide that is yours through your whole life.  I suggest that is the guide you connect to first because you can build up a friendship with them so you can understand how they communicate better and better. 

Some will tell you that you can only have a certain amount of guides, just bless them that somebody limited them.  Go to a library and some say you can only take out 6 books, your library you can take out as many as you need because there is no fear you will lose the book, damage it or not return it!  All knowledge is yours for the asking.  Let’s just say I take out a lot of books.  Have you ever taken out a book or bought a book really excited about reading it, then never really did?  Or did you read a few chapters and life got in the way?  Did you used to love reading but then got too busy and the book was put aside for the reality of your life?  Are you a reader who forgot to make reading important?

The Difference between your own mind and a guide speaking to you.

• Your mind is dismissive, Guides mind is constant
• Your mind tells you different things, Guides mind is consistent
• Your mind tells you that you cant do things, Guides mind tells you that you can
• Your mind tells you how to do things quick, Guides mind tells you how to do it right
• Your mind makes you feel stupid, Guides mind teaches you with love
• Your mind protects yourself, Guides mind reminds us of oneness
• Your mind tells you there is not enough, Guide mind reminds of abundance
• Your mind fills you with doubt, Guides mind fills you with curiosity
• Your mind reacts, Guides mind responds
• Your mind holds you back, Guides mind brings you forward

These are just a few examples of how you can tell the difference.  Basically what it comes down to is your mind fills you with doubt and your guides support you.  It does not mean that they are always rainbows and sunshine.  They still help support you to be a better person but never out of shame or a sense of lack.  It is always by awakening and shining light on the beautiful parts of you your mind said to forget.

How to connect with them.  First you have to invite them in.  Make sure you invite guides of only the highest white light guides.  You can call on guides you don’t know.  If you are learning something new, ask for a guide to help you.  When I was doing math when I was in high school I was asking Einstein to help me.  Darned if the guy did not show up. 

The most important thing is for you to talk to them.  So what if at first you think it is just an imaginary friend you have.  At least this imaginary friend is supportive, linked to love and creation and knows you are worthy of great things.   Your imaginary friend that you call your mind is just mean to you a lot of the times.  If you are going to have an imaginary friend, might as well be a nice one right?  Name them.  Whatever you want to name them, name them.  It is all right.  I remember when I first started and sat in a circle with people that had been doing it for a long time and they said their guide’s names were “ Running White Buffalo”, “Zeron” and “Priestess Albia”.    Imagine my surprise when my guide came through and just said “ Joe”.  Mine was not this mystical “powerful” name, but my Joe.  He was so cute, he even apologized that his name was so ordinary.  “ Just your normal Joe”.  Was their guide better than my guide?  That is not a game they play, we do.  I felt warm and fuzzy and like a friend walked into a room.  Do not judge, observe.   

It is ok if you get it “wrong” at first.  They will help you along the way.  I called one Guide Pierre for 6 months because he said he was from France.  He told me later his name was Jean Claude.  I asked him why he did not correct me before and informed me that the name did not matter and the soul has no name but ONE.  Beautiful.  See, my mind, I got it wrong, his mind, it did not matter.  My imaginary friend of the mind told me I was bad and took confidence from me, his mind gave me acceptance.

Once you start talking to them like they are real, they become real.  You will notice that sometimes when your mind is busy asking a question, there is a sense of knowledge in the back of your head that already answered the question.  You will start to become aware of the split seconds of time difference between you creating an answer and you observing an answer.  This is best to do talking out loud because your brain uses more neurons and goes into a meditative mode when listening. 

Some tools that can help.  It is no secret that I love crystals.  They work with the energy of your body and balance it out with the energy of the crystal.  They work on an electromagnetic field that we all have.  There is no way crystals cannot work and it actually takes more energy for you to believe they don’t work then to allow them to work.  Think how much energy it would take to block a stream than to let it flow.  You can search the Internet and it will tell you others opinions of what works for them.  It is important to know what works for your connection.  To get you started I am going to name a few that work well for my students and clients.

Ametrine-  I love this crystal because it is a combination of amethyst and citrine.  It will allow your crown chakra to open up with purpose and clarity but also let your self worth and self-esteem be positive about believing it.  Citrine is also a cleansing stone so will make sure that your affirmation of light is always in your mind.

Clear Quartz-  This is the closest crystal frequency to the human frequency and the most abundant on the planet.  Coincidence?  I also like this crystal because it cleanses out all chakras and allows you to start fresh with your connection.  Most people already have a piece and if they do not it is a very inexpensive crystal to get started with.

Rose Quartz-  Is a stone of universal love.  It is a stone that also balances out all chakras and helps you believe you are one with this love of the universe and your creator.  Again it is available everywhere and is an inexpensive crystal.  Things do not have to be expensive or large to work.  Do not get caught up in it.  Buy what you can afford and know Spirit does not care about money, but of intent. 

There are stones that are of higher and more intense vibration for those that are more experienced like:

• Moldavite- connection to universal energy.  Great for cosmic guides.  INTENSE.
• Apotholite and Celestite to connect to the Angelic realm
• Pink Kunzite -is a new favourite as it releases the wall around your heart and stimulates healing connection between your mind and your heart with your guide.
• Amethyst – opens the crown chakra to higher knowledge and energies.

Your connection to your guide is a gift.  Somebody trying to give you it is like somebody stealing your watch from you then giving it to you as a gift.  We can remind you that you are wearing a watch, help you find it, but never give you what is already yours.  You are not alone.  You never were.  Nobody is alone.  Talk to them, invite them in and start a friendship that will change how you see your reality.

Namaste,

Let me help you before you drown

“Here let me help you before you drown” said the monkey to the fish as it pulled it into the tree.

There are times in our lives where we have played the role of the monkey and the role of the fish. Neither one is comfortable. We want to help people. It is part of being empathic. If you had no empathy for people you would be considered a sociopath. Empathy is a beautiful thing. The universe and creation have empathy for every person here. In the eyes of creation there is no monkey that has to help, nor is there a fish that needs it. What you have to remember is that nobody is here alone. They all have a spiritual journey to take and they are exactly where they are supposed to be at that time. They are not alone. Trust their journey and trust that part of your journey may be to witness theirs and have faith in the outcome.

Let’s put it into perspective that you may be more familiar with.

Imagine you just got up after a nice full 8 hours of sleep feeling refreshed and ready to take on the day. You look over and see somebody fast asleep. You want to open the curtains, bring them a cup of coffee and tell them to not waste such a beautiful day. Sounds great doesn’t it? But what if that person was working all night while you were sleeping? What if that person took the night shift and just got home and only slept for 2 hours or 2 minutes? Would you still wake them up? Would you judge them for sleeping or would you cover them up, close the curtains and ask everybody to be quiet so they can rest? If they are sleeping it is because they need the rest. Do not judge them as being less spiritual because they are resting. Their guides are with them even while they sleep and they know the path and direction. They know where they are going.  Rest assured that everything is all right.

Somebody that you think is sleeping while you are awake is just an illusion of time. Does it make sense to judge somebody on an illusion? Does it make sense to call yourself spiritually awakened but then judge somebody else’s journey and call them sleeping? Judging means there is a right and a wrong, a black or white. It gives only two options and you are deciding for the person which one they are to be placed in. Catch yourself doing this and perhaps it is part of your spiritual lesson not to be the monkey or the fish. In order to judge a journey you must have the whole map of everything and everywhere laid out in front of you and nobody has that.

So what do you do when you see somebody in pain? Witness the pain with compassion, but do not become immersed in it. You do not jump into the ocean with a drowning man if you cannot swim; you throw them a rope. Let the person know you are there for them. Encourage the beautiful parts of them not the “sleeping parts”. Do not give them too much because then they do not have to create or explore it themselves. An example may be “ I see you are going through a hard time right now but I know you are a creative, strong and smart person. I decided not to worry about you but instead be excited to see what amazing things you create from this. I know you can do whatever you need to do to be happy again”. Trust their parts that are awake to waken the parts that are not.  

If somebody was waking you up after a sleep would you want them to do it with a bucket of water, an alarm clock or a gentle reminder that it is time to get up? We cannot take away anybody’s free will of when they wake up.   

Ever see the movie “Inception”? It is a movie about dreams within dreams.  Here is a mind bender. What if you believing they are sleeping is actually you in a dream seeing them sleep? What if you judging somebody, as needing your help to wake up is you nodding off into sleep while they are awake? What if they are looking at you while you judge screaming at you to wake up? Hmm, something to think about.

Imagine if you were on a bus with beautiful long hair and a hairdresser that was off work and riding the bus with you thought you would look better with short hair and whipped out their scissors and cut off your ponytail.   Hey they thought they were helping and they obviously know more about hairstyles than you little fishy!!  

Meditate. Sit in the stillness and close your eyes to awaken yourself to the energy around everybody. Nobody is alone. Trust that. Your quest is not to change the world but to change yours. In accepting that everybody is worthy of love and is on a path that is right for them at that moment, you will rid yourself of worry and feeling like you have to save the world. 

Witness, trust, release and love.

Namaste,

Embrace Sadness, and then let it go

If you saw this sad puppy dog, you would want to rush right up to it, give it a big hug and ask it “What’s the matter baby?”  You would want to know why it was sad and want to embrace it and love it even more because it was sad.  You would want to pet it on its head and tell it everything was all right and try to make it better.  When the dog would appreciate your help and lick your face and start to feel better, you would let the dog give you love and you would enjoy it.

Why then when you are sad do you think you deserve to be ignored, even kicked and turn away the love others offer you to try to help?  Do you treat a dog’s sadness better than you would treat your own?

Why do we hate sadness so much?  Why do you look at your sadness as a failure?  What part of you said that you had to be happy all the time?  Have you created a negative relationship with sadness?  What if you could learn to use sadness as a messenger of joy?  Think of it; when you are sad people ask you why you are sad so they can help.  If you are not asking yourself why you are sad and just sitting in the sadness, you cannot help yourself either.  Sadness can create movement.  Sadness says to your body, mind and soul that it needs attention and something has to change.  When you address the sadness, you can make changes and bring in more joy.  In order to bring in the joy you have to make room for it by letting go of the sadness.  First step in doing this is finding out what the sadness needs to not be forced out, but to leave with a smile on its face.  Sadness will not go away if you do not give it what it wants.  Do you know what all sadness wants?  It wants you to be happy.  How ironic is that?  You are sad because you were ignoring your right and need to be happy.  Ignoring it more does not seem like the right way to handle it.  Lets look at benefits of being sad.

In an article in Science News, Magazine Of The Society For Science & The Public, its author Bruce Bower links sadness with the important cycle of problem solving.  Think of it as an important link in the evolution of change.  He quotes another study where periods of sadness allowed for detail-oriented, and analytical thinking style and that sadness was an early warning signs of problems or even dangerous situations.  I don’t know about you but I do not want to get rid of a warning signal my spirit has to help me be happy.

Did you know when you are sad you are more detail orientated, have better recall and are more fair to others with less likely hood to judge them?  Now remember that sadness is different from anger or apathy.

Most people get sad for one reason I find; they believe their ability to give and receive love has been jeopardized.  It means you can get to the real details of the events that make you sad, and address it to make the necessary changes to feel and give love. 

Let’s talk to your sadness instead of ignoring it.  What should you be asking your sadness?  Just think back to that little puppy dogface at the beginning of this article.  What did you want to ask the little guy?

1. What made you sad?  Don’t know?  When did you start feeling the right to give and receive love was jeopardized?
2. Know where you saw or experienced this feeling. Really look into it.
3. Ask how this person or thing impacted your life?
4. Do not fill in the blanks if you do not know the answers.  Your best bet is to ask the person to fill in the blanks.  Do not create what is not there.
5. Take a look at where you can do better at getting what you really want.  Where could you work harder at being happier?

Knowing why you are sad can actually make you happy!  If you are worried about how sad you are, please talk to your doctor about it.  There are many chemical reasons why people may need some assistance.  There is no shame in needing help to retrain your brain to produce the chemicals it needs to be happy. 

Did you know that it is physically impossible to be happy if your mind does not produce the right chemicals?  You owe it to yourself to talk to some people to help you.  Talk to a doctor or natural path, or even a friend.  Do not handle sadness alone.  Embrace it.  Thank it for showing it to help you be happier.  It can be your friend.

Namaste,