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Five Ways to Prevent Worry
Posted by: Ann
July 27th, 2010 >> Energy, God, Guides, Life, Relationship, Spirituality
OK worry is bad for you. This is the general worry that freezes your mind and sends you in a panic. Some worry is helpful. Helpful worry like helpful fear is that which spurs you to action; such as a child falls in the pool and can’t swim, the fear and worry causes you to dive in after them.
No the worry I am talking about is that which limits your view; you can’t see a positive future in fact you may not see any future at all. This is the worry that stifles and prevents action. This type of worry often feeds off of itself; one worry leads to another, snowballing to the point that you give up.
How do you drag yourself out of such a place without spending a fortune on therapy? I have some suggestions.
1. Start every day by reading something positive. You can even read the same book or chapter or poem everyday. The prime requirement is that it is uplifting. No downers. Some suggested reading material is listed at the end of this article. If you are not into reading, there are many audio tapes out there with uplifting material.
2. Reaffirm you faith and belief. If you affiliate yourself with a spiritual belief, remember it. When I was going through a rough time of worry I realized I was not practicing my faith. If I truly believed what I said I believed then I had to exercise that faith. The belief that I exercised was that all things work toward good and that God would take care of me. I also believed that God wants to give you good things. When ever I start to feel down or start to worry about bills or finances I turn back to that belief and feeling that I will be taken care of, and guess what, I have been taken care of. Have hope in the future.
3. Go for a walk. The exercise will do you good, but don’t just walk, look around you. Look at the trees, the clouds, the animals and feel gratitude for each of them. In sending the gratitude you are reinitiating the energy flow that worry has choked off. Keep the energy flowing through out the day by looking up and being grateful for what ever your eyes see. Try and really feel the gratitude.
4. Talk to your spirit guides. We all have them and they really want to help but they cannot help if you don’t give them permission. Just talk to them like you would a friend you are telling your troubles to, or you could just think the conversation. Ask for their help in what is troubling you or ask for them to help you be more positive. Just having some one else to talk to can help (even if you can’t see them). You can talk to a trustworthy friend but you run the risk of that becoming a pity party or one-up-manship competition on who has the worst life. This is not the kind of thing you want to dwell on and your spirit guides will not join in your pity.
5. Be open to solutions. As soon as you start letting go of the worry and replacing it with gratitude and hope for a better future, solutions will start to come to you. You may still be in a slightly negative bent and may be tempted to automatically negate any solution that pops up but try to realize what you are doing when that happens. Pay attention to the solution and give it a legitimate look. A true solution may seem weird but as you think about it, doors will start to open to allow it to happen.
There is a way to a better, worry-free life. You can do it!
Suggested reading material:
The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles down load for free from www.thesecret.tv
The Power of Positive Thinking
Moments of Grace 
Chicken Soup for the Soul
Paul and Jesse got back from a mission trip Saturday. The Youth and 5 adults from our church went to Durant Oklahoma to help put roofs on houses and paint and do general maintenance for the elderly and disabled in the area.
I am glad I was not there because Paul almost fell out of a tree. He had been cutting branches away from the roof and the branch came down and hit his ladder, knocking him off and sending him head first down the tree. Luckily he was able to grab a branch on the way down and was hanging on upside down. I guess survival mode kicks in and makes you reach out and grab at things. Paul told me that his co-leader at the job site was screaming when she saw him headed toward the ground. He did come back with some colorful bruises, lumps and scrapes.
I had also asked for angelic protection for the crew and specifically Paul and Jesse while they were gone. I believe in asking for spiritual help for anything and everything.
We had a discussion in Sunday school about what to ask God for help with. Most were of the opinion that only ‘big’ or ‘important’ things should be asked for. I was in the minority (of one) that any and everything was reasonable to request help with.
God is not too busy to help with even the smallest most insignificant task. God is universal power and is not limited by time or place constraints like we are. You are not bothering God when you tell Him/Her (God doesn’t really have a gender you know, human kind has provided that and it has changed over time) your concerns. We are denying our power when we don’t access God’s power. If we deny our power, we are not performing our task to the best possible effort we can and therefore we are cheating ourselves and cheating the world.
Archangel Michael and Car Trouble
Posted by: Ann
June 12th, 2010 >> Guides, Life, Physical/Material, Spirituality
Once I was waiting at a stop light, when it turned green I started across. My car started rolling but there was no power. No matter how much I put my foot on the gas there was no power. I made the corner and was able to pull to the side of the road. I tried to start it and nothing happened. What to do!
I was about 4 miles from home and another 4 miles from my destination. I remembered reading that Archangel Michael was good with computers so I thought maybe he could help with the car. I said a fast prayer asking Archangel Michael to help me ‘get my car started’. Then I tried starting it again; nothing.
I decided to call my husband who was 1000 miles away on a job in another state. I knew he couldn’t do anything for me, but just hearing his voice would help me feel better. While I was talking to Paul, a work truck pulled up behind me and a man got out and approached the car. I rolled down the window (the electrical still worked), and I said good bye to Paul. The man in the truck was a mobile mechanic!
He stayed there working under the hood, trying the easiest possibility first and progressing to the more difficult. Each time we would try to start it and nothing. After changing out about 4 smaller items with no success, he finally gave the car a full blown tune up, new spark plugs and new wires! He had been working on the vehicle for 3 hours! After he put the last wire on I had this feeling of ‘OK, I’ve been here long enough, it is time to get going’ I got in the car and it started! I happily paid him for his work and got going.
OK Michael did not directly get the car going, but I believe he sent that mechanic to help me ‘get my car started’ just like I had asked. Another oddity about the incident was that I was not upset or frazzled by the delay and there was a distinct feeling that it was time to get going again after the tune up. I just knew the car would start at that point because it was just time to go.
That makes me wonder what I missed by the 3 hour delay, was this a form of protection? I will never know in this life the significance of that event, but maybe when I get home I will understand what that was all about.
Most all cultures have something similar to the 10 commandments. What is so interesting is how theses commands and the law of attraction go hand-in-hand.
The first three pertain to what you value the most in your life. This is where you rest your hopes and your faith when you are out of options; although this should be the first place we go it is often the last. (Then again even if it is the first it will still be the last because it is our end of the road, faith stops here option.)
To really have life abundantly, you have to rely on something outside of yourself, something that is bigger than yourself. Some people call this God others call it Universal power, others may have different names but I think they are all the same. God is too big for any one person to truly know. The analogy of the blind men and the elephant fits here. We all see or feel a different part of God and may call it different things but the main thing is that God is all good and is bigger than you. Have faith in the abundance that God or the universe has for you, rely on it.
God is good, no matter that some religions try to tell you otherwise. Unfortunately, religion has given God a bad name. Don’t be burned out on God, if you have to call this power by a different name, do so. Just allow there to be something bigger out there than your mere, mortal flesh and blood body. This gives you something to rely on.
Another technique I use is to talk to my Angels and Guides. You can do the same. Tell them what you need; they can only act if you ask them to.
Thursday I will get into the rest of the commandments.
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you are sick all week and can’t get anything done? Last week was like that for me and I am still recovering. I could feel the cold coming on Monday. I did not think much of it. OK, a cold, which means two days of sore throats followed by three days of only being able to breathe out of one side of my nose. Then I suffer through two to three weeks of drainage down the back of my throat, keeping me from singing in church.
I started taking my vitamin C when the sore throat hit. Vitamin C can help cut the sore throat to a day and the clogged nose to 1-2 days. I did not think much of the cold otherwise, at least not for the first two days. I guess that is why it was different this time, it just kept coming. By the end of the week the sleepless nights were getting to me. I hate trying to sleep when I can’t breathe!
Finally on Friday I looked up the healing properties of amethyst and Turquoise (the stones on the necklace my spirit guides chose for me). From The Illustrated Directory of Healing Crystals: A Comprehensive Guide to 150 Crystals and Gemstones
The cold may have been running its course or maybe the necklace was helping. Believe what you want but I do not believe in coincidences.
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I have often referenced a book by Doreen Virtue, PH.D. called Healing With The Angels
The book is devoted to tell you that there are Angels and they are here to help you. They are here to help you with your love life, your career path and your family life. Doreen includes many examples of angelic intervention and, yes, dialogs with angels. Doreen talks about many of her clients and how the angels came to her or the client’s aid. Each chapter in the book contains many prayers to be used for specific issues such as “Prayer to Conceive a Baby”, “Prayer to Heal Parent-Child Relationships”, Prayer for a Friendship That is Ending” this is just a sampling from the chapter entitled “Angel Blessings for Your Family”.
Did you know that your pets have their own guardian angels? You can talk to them and ask for their help with issues. I’ve done this before. There was a time when I brought a new cat into the house. This new cat (Misty) and our existing cat (Harry) started butting heads right off the bat. It got real bad and I didn’t know what to do. I asked both cats guides to do something to bring peace between the two animals. It wasn’t long before a 3rd cat showed up at our door. He was a terror and made the ongoing fighting between the other two cats look like two kids in the back seat yelling “Mom, he touched me!” The two cats soon forgot their quarrel with a common enemy to be leary of. The terror cat soon disappeared. I can not say Harry and Misty became best friends but at lease they stopped their ongoing animosity. I will elaborate on the whole story one day in my Wednesday animal tales.
Other topics covered in the book include the afterlife, healing from grief, spiritual safety, healing past-life issues, and the Angels among us.
As a whole the book is a very fun, informative and easy read. I think I will go back and read mine once again.
Ok, I am doing it again. I am still expecting some major change in my life. I don’t have a clue as to what it is but I keep seeing number sequences that point toward a major change. I have been using Doreen Virtue’s book “Healing with the Angels”, where there is a chapter at the back titled “Number Sequences from the Angels”. These numbers have been helpful in the past so I do tend to look at them.
Last night I woke up and looked at the clock which read 3:55. This morning I looked up the numbers and just like the number sequences I have been seeing over the last six months it indicated a life change. It said “The ascended masters want to prepare you for a big life change that is imminent. They want you to know that they are holding your hand through this change and that everything will be all right. Embrace the change, and look for the blessings within it.” What is going on?!?!
I know that life and the future is in constant flux. I think another name for life is change. We tend to prefer for things to remain constant around us because that is familiar. Even if we are in pain and mental anguish we are often afraid to take the first tentative steps out of the situation because it is a change. I work with people with pain issues using EFT and they get great results (while I am working with them) and I tell them they will have to do the homework daily for two or three weeks before the pain will totally disappear and will they do it? No! Next week they are back to where they were the week before because they won’t take action for themselves to enact change.
But when change is forced upon us? How do you handle change? I must be honest. I don’t usually handle it very good. I often get anxious which is a normal reaction because it is new territory. With all this notice I have been getting of a change and now in the last couple of weeks that change is imminent you would think I would be a nervous wreck but I am not. I am actually very calm and curious as to what will happen. As soon as it happens I will let you know what the change is. Maybe that is the change, being able to stay calm in the midst of uncertainty (I haven’t even had to do EFT to stay calm!). That is new for me.
Last October I bought a bracelet that was made of Citrine and green Aventurine. The Citrine (also known as the merchant’s stone) opens the Solar Plexus Chakra and releases joy and brings spiritual powers into the everyday world. Aventurine works on the Heart Chakra. Since I am into healing energy work I felt this bracelet with these stones and their properties would be useful to me.
I have used stones before. When I was experiencing panic attacks, I often felt like I was not all here and I was less panicky if I could pull myself together. I was told to carry Hematite to help me stay grounded. So for years I carried hematite with me until I finally used the EFT to get over my panic attacks.
Everything and every emotion is made of energy and so has a vibration. Each type of stone and crystal has their own unique vibration that can help create a certain vibration in the person who wears or carries the stone/crystal. This vibration can help create healing, or some other emotional change in the person.
I have been so impressed with the use of crystals and stones that I wanted to offer some form of jewelry on my website. I was even looking at creating some myself (but I am no jeweler and really did not want to go there). While attending a metaphysical fair, I found some one who could provide the jewelry and do one step better. She communicates with your Spirit Guides to find what crystal or stone would be of best benefit for the wearer! I talk to my guides and my client’s guides all the time but I had not considered that angle to the jewelry.
I ordered a necklace for myself, both as a proof of concept, and as a bit of a “test”. After I’d ordered my necklace, I spoke to my Spirit Guides. I told them I really wanted something blue in my necklace — maybe Turquoise because I like Turquoise, but it didn’t have to be Turquoise if they felt a different blue stone with different properties would be better. When the necklace came, guess what? It had Turquoise, about every 8th stone. The other stones are Amethyst. I then talked with Karen, the artist, about the necklace. She mentioned that there had been a bit of a “discussion” amongst the Guides about whether to use Turquoise or Lapis Lazuli (another blue stone). They finally decided on Turquoise!
I just had to sign her up in a joint venture right away. So now –Ta Da – I am offering something new on my website: “Spirit Guided” Jewelry.
Go to www.naturallyresilient.com/cicada/ and read more about how to get your own or as a unique personal gift for a special person in your life!
Ok, this is getting weird. Some people would say I am weird as it is, but this is even weird by my standards.
Saturday morning I woke and looked at the clock, it read 7:55. On a whim I looked up the numbers in Doreen Virtue’s bookHealing With The Angels
Over the last 6 months every once in a while I would wake at 5:55. This happened enough to grab my curiosity and I looked the numbers up in Doreen’s book in the chapter on “Number Sequences from the Angels”. The sequence 555 says “Buckle your seatbelts, because a major life change is upon you. This change should not be viewed as being “positive” or “negative,” since all change is but a natural part of life’s flow. Perhaps this change is an answer to your prayers, so continue seeing and feeling yourself being at peace”.
I have been questioning my guides about my direction in life and if I needed to make some changes so you might say I have been listening attentively. I have also been questioning this ‘change’ in my life as I have not seen any major change yet.
When I saw the clock on Saturday morning, I decided to look the numbers up. Doreen’s book only deals with sequences such as the same number in the row or a series of two different numbers such as the 755. The book states that 7’s and 5’s such as 775 or 755 means “This is a validation that you are ‘on target’ with an impending change that will enrich you either physically, emotionally, or intellectually – or a combination of all three. Stay on course and you will soon see the evidence of how the changes add to your own life, and to that of those around you.” So I thought this was interesting considering what I have been questioning in my life lately.
Then this morning while meditating, I felt I should look at the clock and it said 8:58. I thought it was odd that I looked at the clock right then, especially since I try not to look at the clock until I am through with my meditations. So I brought the book back out. This time the book states that for sequences which includes 8s and 5s “This number sequence signifies that you are at the 11th hour, right before the change. Do not fear this change, as you will be supported and loved throughout this change, which is now imminent.”
No, all the number sequences in this book do not talk about change. Some are just reassurance that you are not alone, or that the ascended masters are being attentive, or that if you don’t like what you are getting change your attitude before you get more of it. So it has been interesting that all my sequences are pointing toward a major life change. I wonder what it is. I will let you know when I figure it out.
Intense Emotions = Manifesting
Posted by: Ann
April 24th, 2010 >> Change, Energy, God, Guides, Life, Manifesting
I am big on symbolism. Many of the inconveniences and problems in life are symbols of other things that are going on in our emotional life. Our emotions have a tendency of coming out in physical form. This is what the ‘law of attraction’ is all about. In fact the more intense the emotion the faster something will manifest.
I have heard that the prayers of mothers are answered the quickest and I believe that is due to the intense nature of a mother’s prayer for her child.
However, to our dismay we often materialize the negative things in life quicker than the positive. This is because we can quickly bring up the negative emotions with more intensity that we can bring up the positive emotions. Try it right now, think of something bad and see how fast and how intense you can bring up the fear, the worry or the anger. Now think of something happy or good and see how long it takes to bring the intensity of that emotion to the same level as the negative emotion.
Some people are good with the positive emotions. I am not – yet. I am working on it. As they say, the first step is recognition of the problem.
There are techniques that can help. Vision boards give you something to focus on. Meditation can help calm a person. Prayer or talking with your spirit guides can help you realize you are not alone and it gives you someone to hand your hard problems to. But all of these are difficult when you are in the middle of the trauma that is bringing on the emotions. Sometimes you just have to go with the flow and let it wash over you and when you come out on the other side you will finally see the sun shining.