| For the last twenty years, I have practiced asking | | | | move toward, then ask to be shown a different |
| for and receiving guidance consistently from the | | | | way, a different route. |
| angelic realm. Why the angels? It was my choice. | | | | 2. Ask what you need to see for your Highest |
| The angels were hot in the early 1990's and I | | | | Good. |
| wanted to connect. I could tell there was | | | | It's always a good idea to ask to see and hear |
| something loving "out there," and I wanted to | | | | from a higher level of consciousness than what |
| know what it/they knew. I wanted their | | | | you scrape up from your own judgmental ego. |
| protection and their knowledge. The angels | | | | It's why I consult only with the angels or the |
| seemed innocuous and safe. After all, in Sunday | | | | Divine itself before I do any readings for myself |
| School, it was always the angels or baby Jesus | | | | or others. |
| that showed up for kids. Since I was no longer | | | | 3. Be still and listen. |
| much of a Jesus follower, although I believe in the | | | | As someone who is only learning now to sit still, |
| Christ Consciousness, the angels were a natural | | | | this has been my most difficult challenge. Initially |
| shoe-in. | | | | the angels only connected with me when I was in |
| Little did I know that I already had the angels' | | | | the shower right after getting out of bed. Or |
| protection. Their knowledge was mine as well, but | | | | worse yet, they would babble at some ungodly |
| I needed to learn to ask. I was brought up not to | | | | hour in the way-too-early morning hours. All of |
| ask questions, because it wasn't "nice." My first | | | | this stopped once I caught on that either I gave |
| sales job taught me if I didn't learn to ask | | | | them their just attention or sleeping through the |
| outright, I would starve and be out of work in a | | | | night was not an option. The subtle energies do |
| week. | | | | not shout, they whisper until you are aligned with |
| Here are some useful and workable ideas on how | | | | their channel. |
| to get spiritual guidance for yourself. | | | | 4. How do I know who's talking? |
| 1. Ask for Help. Ask for what you want. Ask for | | | | Great question. You'll know for sure what you are |
| everything. | | | | hearing, seeing, or feeling is from a higher level of |
| Asking is not as easy as it sounds. We think we | | | | consciousness; i.e., your angels, your High Self, the |
| can muscle our way through life until one day we | | | | Divinity, because there will be no edge. There will |
| get knocked down one time too many. | | | | be no judgment. What you hear will be validating |
| Sometimes we are not sure what we want. We | | | | and not frightening. When your angels and higher |
| know we don't want what we have, but we have | | | | consciousness speaks, it will be through the voice |
| no idea of what we do want. | | | | of compassion, of love. If you are hearing |
| The angels suggest you work backward from | | | | judgmental, sarcastic, or combative things, you |
| what you don't want. For instance, if you are | | | | are not tuned in to a consciousness that is any |
| unsure whether to take job, or move to another | | | | higher than your own ego. Not a smart move, |
| city, or stay with your old relationship, notice | | | | because what you hear will get you into trouble. |
| what you don't like currently. Write down all the | | | | 5. Take action. |
| everyday incidentals that annoy you. When you | | | | Asking for what you want is only half of the |
| feel like you have regurgitated all your old | | | | game. The other half is learning to trust what you |
| self-righteous anger, then write down the | | | | hear and to take action to follow through. The |
| opposite, showing you exactly what you do want | | | | trick is learning to fine-tune your specific channel |
| to create in your new job, location, or relationship. | | | | to the angelic realm, or whichever path to higher |
| Then give yourself permission to ask your angels, | | | | consciousness you choose to master. |
| your guides of Light, or the Divine itself. Be | | | | Be patient with yourself. You are teaching |
| specific, although it is perfectly acceptable to just | | | | yourself a new way of living in peace by |
| ask for insight or guidance about whatever is | | | | connecting to the higher channels of Love |
| concerning you. If you are feeling secure in who | | | | available to each of us. |
| you are but are unsure of which direction to | | | | |