Higher guidance

My dear friends, we love you so very much,

When I teach people to talk to angels I spend a lot of time talking about how they see life, because they aren’t human and they see things through the eyes of love. They don’t give us guidance and judge us if we ignore it. They don’t keep trying to force us along a path we don’t care for. They just readjust. Most of the time I listen to my guidance. Sometimes I ask for “alternate routes!”

The guidance right now for many, many people I’ve spoken to is simpler than you might think. Rest. Play. Stop pressuring yourself. Daydream. Be at peace. Do what you love. It might not seem like world service. It might not seem like steps to a goal. Right now, however, the world is rebirthing and as these amazing, intense energies continue to rush through us, it is best to be relaxed, happy, and open to the flow rather than trying to control things too tightly.

As a surfer in heavy waves, pointing ourselves towards our dreams is more important than paddling too far “ahead of the wave.” If we’re pointed crosswise with our desires (meaning we want something but don’t believe the universe is bringing it) then it feels like those waves are pounding us! If we paddle ahead too soon (meaning we act before we’re inspired) we miss the spiritual momentum that would have carried us more easily. If we miss a “wave”, of inspiration (because we hesitate to act on it), no worries, another one will come.

If however, you point your mind in a positive, expectant space, enjoy the moment, and trust in life’s flow, then, as surely as a surfer anticipates his ride on the perfect wave, you’ll act as guided, in perfect timing. You’ll know just what to do when because you’ll be inspired. Unexpected opportunities and surprises will delight you. Unexpected desires and talents may wash up from within. When you do anything you love – anything that helps you become fully present and engaged with your own heart in the moment – then you are more easily guided towards everything you love.

Best of all guidance is practical!

Last fall, some paper got sucked up into the blower fan in my car. I saw it happen and groaned as unpleasant, grinding noises ensued. Happily, the winter was mild and my road trips were timed – without thought on my part – during fantastic weather. I was spared the noise and forgot all about the problem until it reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit a week ago, and I turned on the A/C. Screech. Grind. Argggh. I forgot to get it fixed. “No A/C for me,” was my first thought. I wanted to take a road trip again. Then it dawned on me… I could practice what I preach!

So I focused on what it would feel like to be massively excited about having a quiet blower and cool air conditioning in my car. I spent time really imagining it and feeling it. I got in the car and turned on the A/C. Screech. Grind. “That’s ok! I told myself. It will clear.” I turned it off. I put my hand towards the blower and with all my heart imagined the paper turning to light and dissolving. Intense heat flowed through me and out of my hand. I turned on the A/C again. Screech. Grind. “That’s ok! It will clear!” I re-imagined the quiet joy of air conditioning with a happy blower. An hour later I was inspired to turn it on again, full blast. Screech, whoosh… quiet. Blissful, quiet, peaceful, air conditioning! Woo hoo! I’m pretty sure that paper is still in the system of the fan and got stuck elsewhere, sitting quietly, where I can get it removed at my leisure!

That is the power of getting in a high, happy, expectant, good feeling vibe, where you are an energetic match to what you wish to experience.

Likewise last week, I stepped into a lower vibration without realizing it. I had not slept much the night before and was concerned about a friend. I wasn’t in a vibe of expectant joy and because of my work I opened myself up to a lower vibe spirit. I sent him away quickly but my body had already reacted as it does sometimes to these lower vibes, and started breaking out in shingles. Happily, I’ve learned to “high-vibe” that sort of thing away very quickly. I thanked God for my perfect healthy skin, sent love to the little outbreak, then listened to my impulse to have a few squirts of an herbal remedy and get to bed on time. Before falling asleep, I gave thanks for my perfect health in the morning and imagined the feeling of waking up joyous. I woke up healed.

On a more playful note, one night late after work, I had the sudden urge to ignore everything I “should” have been doing and take a photoshop tutorial I had purchased some time ago. It was a persistent thought that wouldn’t go away. I call this “heavenly nagging!” So I got some popcorn, pulled up the internet on my TV, and enjoyed my geeky entertainment. I was so inspired by the information, that I jumped off the couch and had to go play on the computer. Two hours later bright, beautiful artwork was coming out of me. I say “coming out of me” because I didn’t sit down with any specific intention. Surprise!

This isn’t about me having any special powers or abilities. It is about what we are capable of accomplishing when we shift our minds into thoughts that feel good and listen to our natural guidance. Sometimes it’s easy. Sometimes it takes a lot of willpower.

As we learn to reach for the better feeling thoughts, listen to our hearts, and take action on things that feel inspiring, we receive guidance towards what we desire in life, and as well, we also become beacons that shine brightly in this world – capable of collectively dreaming the peace, harmony, kindness, health, and connection we desire into being.

Here are a few pointers to help you better perceive your guidance.

1. First High Vibe it, Then Get Guided!

You’ll more easily perceive higher guidance in a higher vibe. In the vibe of the problem, you’re likely to be guided by your own thoughts or other people’s lower vibrational matches to your own energy.

Start by focusing on what it would feel like to have a solution to your challenge or what it would feel like to achieve your desire, even if you don’t know what the solution or path is. Focus on what it would feel like to be looking back, joyously celebrating the miracles that helped you. Focus on what it would feel like to look back and know you were guided and assisted by angels. Imagine the wonderful feeling of success.

If you can’t find the feelings easily through imagination, try to recall a time when you had a problem you didn’t know how to solve or a dream you didn’t know how to achieve. How did you feel when the problem was behind you or the dream arrived? Recall that good feeling. Stay with it for a while. Marinate in the higher vibe.

Now that you’re in a good-feeling, high-vibe place, notice what you feel like doing. That is your guidance. If you receive nothing, that’s guidance too. Took me three years of working with angels until I figured out nothing means, “Relax. The universe is working on it! There’s nothing to do!”

2. When an inspiring thought persists, jump on it

When something pops into your mind again and again and sounds interesting or inspiring or fun, just do it. Make time. Stop making excuses. It might not seem related to your goal. It might seem small and silly. It isn’t. The heart knows what the mind cannot yet see.

You’re craving coffee but you don’t have any at home. Maybe you’ll meet someone or have an elevating experience at the grocery or the coffee shop!

You feel like learning something but don’t have a reason, only to find out you need the skill later, or you can relate to someone you meet in the future in a new way, or it opens up whole new career possibilities.

You have a million things on your to-do list but all you want to do is nap. In fact, you can barely keep your eyes open. Do it. Your soul is trying to say, “Please let’s rest your body and get your mind out of the way! ”

Each time you listen to these heavenly little nagging feelings, you are listening to, and acting on your guidance. Don’t judge the results. Sometimes they just make you happy. Sometimes you learn what you like or don’t. Sometimes you meet your soulmate! Trust.

3. If all else fails, go for loving, healthy, comfort…

Sometimes you just can’t “high vibe it.” Sometimes you’re sad, tired, or in some other dense energy and you just can’t make a quantum leap to positive.

You can, however, get to better.

I used to have a “Book of Happy Thoughts” – a journal in which I pasted uplifting quotes, happy pictures, inspiring thoughts, things and people I loved, etc. If you remember the song “My Favorite Things” from the movie, Sound of Music, this was my visual version!

When I was low or needed a boost, I’d open it, read it, enjoy the quotes, admire my own happier words, appreciate all the wonderful photos, friends, animals, landscapes, colors, and beautiful places, and before I knew it… I felt better.

Alternately, you can make a “Happy Basket” with things that uplift you – inspiring books, travel or beautiful lifestyle magazines, happy movies, headphones, tea, cozy socks, healthy dark chocolate, sparkling water… Collect things that you know will reliably help you feel better, then bless them and enjoy them when you’re in need.

You can even go digital. Create a happy, inspiring playlist, a comforting playlist, a ‘get out of your funk’ playlist. Create a Pinterest board of things that make you smile or quotes that uplift you.

Then after spending time being kind to yourself and uplifting yourself, take a few deep breaths, and say something simple, like “Angels, what next?” Trust the first thought or feeling that pops in your mind.

Guidance is always there. It comes quietly at first – a whisper that you want to rest, a desire to sit still or get moving, a quietly peaceful feeling that you’d like to do something or say something. Listen to that. Follow it. You never know what might appear, but it’s bound to be better and better.

It takes a little practice to discern heavenly guidance from all the other energies that bombard us from within and without, but if you reach for the better feelings, and listen to your heart, it won’t take long before you’re truly communing and communicating, with your angels more often.