Fun Facts About the Angels and How to Deepen Your Connection With Them

I work with a lot of angels, they each have their own distinct personalities, they help in different areas of life but each one goes far beyond their area of expertise. For example, Archangel Michael can help with courage but he can also help us to align with our higher path, and a little known fact is that he is very good with mechanical issues, so when you are in need of repairing something call on Michael. He may give you ideas, or lead you to a video, or even just straight out help you see what the matter is. Here are a few more fun facts about the angels:

Gabriel as I commonly see him is a serious, let’s get to work angel, he likes communication and meeting deadlines. Gabriel has a softer side that often comes out in readings but our connection has always been more business-like. Even if Gabe does appear softer to others he has another side that isn’t as well known and that is his creative side. He loves to help us get in touch with our creative spirit, he doesn’t care how we do it, writing, art, crafts, cooking, sewing, inventing, woodworking, metalworking, he just wants us to get in touch with it and go.

Raphael is well known for being a healer angel, but he is also very passionate about animals and the earth, their well being is paramount to our well being, he sees all things very clearly as connected and if healing is to occur within us it must also occur within the earth and the animal beings on the planet. Think of Raphael as the great balancing angel, who wants to bring balance for all living beings, including our mother earth.

Chamuel is known for new beginnings and shining a spotlight on what we need to see, he also helps us out with love but did you know he loves to hang out? He can help you out in the kitchen, watch tv with you, or just shoot the breeze. I learned this while going through a very trying time emotionally, his soothing, calming presence throughout the day helped me to feel balanced and have more clarity. Chamuel is one of my very favorite angels to work with, he can even help you find missing items like lost keys or your favorite shirt that has gone missing, just ask him and he will help you find it.

Azrael is known as the angel of transition and to some the angel of death, but that scary title is hiding a very amiable, approachable easy to work with angel. Azrael loves to hear us talk, you can spill about anything with him, he knows that often there is a lot pent up inside and before we can make transitions, we have to let it out. He’s part counselor, part friend and 100% loving, devoted angel.

Cassiel is an angel that helps us with comfort, he can help us through some of our darkest hours, many do not know that he has a very playful side, Cass can bring things to you to make you laugh (tv shows, friends, memes, if you can see it he will bring it to you) he loves seeing us smile and he will go to no ends to make it happen.

Metatron is the big guy who oversees the Akashic Records and is the holder of many profound metaphysical truths. He is also a very kind, patient, angel who is ready and willing to answer any of your questions. Have a question about a past life, ask away. Have a question about the meaning of life, Metatron is your guy. He reminds me of a scholarly professor, but a really large mystical one, most of us have soul memories of him, while we plan each lifetime, he is always there popping in to consult with us. In other words, you know him better than you think you do, so go ahead ask him questions in mediation, his door is always open. Metatron can help you with time, when you are late for an appointment or are pressured by a deadline, ask Metatron to help you bend time, it really works!

You may be wondering how does this work? The truth is we can all talk to angels or any guide. We all have our own unique way of hearing them. Meditation is one way and it can be a very direct way, but a lot of my communication with angels happens outside of mediation. If I have a problem, I say I need help (depending on what it is I will ask a different angel). Recently I needed help with money, I didn’t know which angel to ask and I wasn’t getting anywhere with my spirit guide. Chamuel came into my mind, and that’s how it starts, a thought of the angel, think of it like a phone call from them. I said, ok Chamuel help me with the money issues, I had had a great number of bills come in but was not earning very much and it had gone on for much longer than normal. First, he helped me by showing me a very useful article about money, this opened my mind quite a bit, then he helped me see that due to events that have been happening for months, I had slipped into old patterns of lack around money. The good work I had done before these trying events had been forgotten as when I was put into situations of struggle my mind went to struggle patterns in response. I immediately saw how I had made that shift in thinking and how different the results were for me not just with money but all things in life, everything had taken on a tone of lack. This is how Chamuel sends a bright light into our hearts and minds, he helps us have aha moments.

Let me elaborate a little more when I say Chamuel showed me an article, this took several days. I was searching for online magazines to submit articles, I had no intentions on reading any articles but one article about money jumped out at me and I opened it to read later. Several days passed and I still had not read the article, it was when I got another jolt of lack and fear and remembered to ask for help again that Chamuel (and perhaps a few others guides) pushed me, I had a sharp clear image of that article and I went to my laptop and read it dutifully. Follow those nagging urges, those repeated thoughts about something you can read, or someone to call, a project you can pick up again, or a class you want to take. These are often communication from your guides outside of meditation that can propel you along your path.

Give it a try, next time you have a problem, or just to work on your communication with the angels, reach out to one of them, the one that you resonate most within the moment and ask them to join you on your journey. You may find that you never want them to leave!

Soul Contracts

When we plan our incarnation, we make many agreements with others. Think of your past lives as a collection, there have been many people that you know, many things you have done. A lot of which has not been completed, it is unfinished business. As such, when we plan an incarnation, we have a sort of to-do list to complete, things we want to finish up, or sometimes things we want to do more of, to build on.

Soul contracts are what they sound like, an agreement with someone and this person can be incarnated like us or they can be a guide. We can have past life association with our guide(s), or they can be someone that we work with on the other side and want to connect with here to help us with our soul’s goals for this lifetime. Either way, the contract brings us together so that we can complete the work within its four corners.

Most soul contracts can be completed within in this life, others, however, may take several lives. On a  soul level, we know that going on and we have no issue with it. We know that the direction we go in and the amount of wisdom we gain will help us reach our goals. This easy attitude about a contract is a little different than how we may view them here in physical reality where we often do not understand our contracts and may feel upset in various forms as a result. We can adjust this by understanding that the people we cross paths with are there because we have a contract for it. We have a soul level agreement to exchange something, some of these things may be pleasant and some unpleasant such as betrayals, or some type of hurt and upset but from the level of the soul what we would label good or bad are equally important learning experiences. Remember, the soul does not judge, it is outside of duality where there is no need to judge, so the concept of good and bad does not exist on that level. This can perhaps, shed some light on the stuff of which your contracts contain.

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Soul contracts are found in all areas of life, we have them with family, friends, romantic partners, even our pets. As mentioned, they can also be with guides. Soul contracts with a romantic partner or a parent or child are often the most intense contracts, they offer us so very much in the way of healing and growing. It is important to remember that we heal and grow through difficult situations a lot of the time. Having an alcoholic parent or a spouse that cheated on us are examples of contracts that help us to heal and grow. We grow from the negative experience and we change as a result of it. We work on lessons such as forgiveness, self-love, and acceptance. We change as a result of our experiences with another, in meaningful ways, we can become more awakened, more connected to our higher self or guides or simply become a more compassionate, aware person.

Soul contracts exist for the purpose of our growth, we all have them, they are a part of the soul’s plan. We can help ourselves to complete them by connecting to our higher selves and following what feels right, what resonates for us. We can, in essence, get out of our own way and accomplish what our soul intended for this lifetime in that way. This makes life feel easier, less of a struggle. We didn’t come here to struggle with our contracts we came here to live them. We do that by flowing with the experience rather than to resist it. With allowing for the present to open up for us, letting go of the past, being in the moment. This is how we free ourselves, this is how we live in alignment with our soul.

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Find Your Balance

It seems like such a simple thing, balance. It sounds like an important thing to have and we all want balance but yet, it may be more elusive than we realize. One of the things my guides often have to remind me to do is to find my balance. Sure enough, if I check in with my chakra system, I can literally sense the imbalance. Things are leaning heavily to one side, chakras are blocked, you name it. This can be a surprise to see but really if we think about our busy, frequently hectic schedules and the demands we place on ourselves we can begin to see how we can quickly become imbalanced.

What causes this is stress, worry, fear, overactivity, poor diet, negative thinking, lack of self-direction as in doing what you feel others want you to and many other issues. Anything that leaves you feeling overextended or out of sorts is an imbalance. Finding your balance is all about honoring what feels right to you. Maybe you have to work a little less or play a little more. Maybe it’s about getting more exercise or sleep. It can be about how you think, such as worry thoughts or racing mind. If you have trouble with boundaries you may be allowing others to crowd you, to take more than you can give.

Remember you are in control, even though in life it may seem otherwise, it is you who determines how you react to things. One of the most common ways that we throw ourselves out of balance is by letting ourselves react in a negative way to someone else’s negativity. It can be tempting, someone cuts you off in traffic, someone is rude to you, someone you are close to is short tempered. All of these things can make us feel anger, upset, we may be very tempted to lash out, yet that isn’t going to help the matter and it is certainly going to cause you to fall out of balance.

Instead, reach within, to your center, some people are drawn to their midsection, others to their heart, wherever just go there. Feel yourself seated, in the present moment, allow any upset to fade, focus on being here, now. It may help to ground yourself, focusing on your feet, visioning them having roots that run deep down into our mother earth. Now, allow your vision to go back up to your core, see the light there, watch the light expand outward, into the space around you, you are covered by it. This light also extends up, to your higher self, your guides, and the divine. Let this all mingle in your center, let all of this become your present reality.

This is how you become balanced once more. We are all constantly bombarded with energy, other peoples thoughts, actions, our own thoughts, and actions, and it’s normal to become out of whack as a result. If we are able to have the dexterity, we can regain our balance, and then things fall into a space of ease. We can move more fluidly through our life as a result. Find your balance and do it often, this will help you align with your soul, your path and your highest potential. Namaste.

Depression: Is Your Soul Trying To Send You A Message?

We hear the word depression and think it's a negative, it's a bad thing, it's something to run from. We, society, has labeled it as such. The overall consensus is that when we feel bad something is wrong and we must fix it, at once! We are embarrassed by it, we feel we have somehow failed and we are ashamed. There is so much stigma attached to depression that it creates feelings of alienation from others. 

There are more people experiencing depression than we realize, in fact, according to the World Health Organization, 300 million people worldwide suffer from it. It is not so much a thing to push away, repress, or ignore, as anyone who has suffered from depression knows it doesn't go away like that. Instead of deciding that depression is negative, let's entertain the idea that it might be something more. Depression is a strong emotion, it is actually a combination of emotions, they are fed by your thoughts, these thoughts create an emotional response and this response becomes over time a pattern, this then becomes a belief. 

Now let us consider all of this in a different light. To do so let's get a better look at you. You are here, having an incarnation, we know that much, you have a physical body and you are living in physical reality. Yet, there is more to you than this. You also have an eternal soul, that part of you that will go on after this life and has lived many, many lives before this one. That part of you is here with you in this present moment. It is seeing and feeling everything that you are. You are a projection of your own soul. Which means there is never any separation from your soul, or higher self, ever. Your soul has a plan for this lifetime, it has to do with your life purpose, life lessons, soul contracts and the like. It has a path in mind for you to walk here and the choices you make either put you on that path or deviate you from it. The path is intricate, it's anticipated that you will make many choices that enrich it, even ones we might call mistakes, which can be our greatest teachers. However, the path can be stalled, ignored or even downright lost. This is when our soul comes to us and loudly starts sending us messages when these messages are ignored long enough, we can feel depressed or anxious. We sense something is wrong, we just think it's something other than what it truly is. 

We blame our relationship, job, the town we live in, the family we were born into, it's not that these things aren't factoring in, but it's more than that. It is often that we are failing to check in with ourselves and feeling what we need to. To hear ourselves out, through feeling, knowing or any other type of connection to our inner self is critical to staying on our soul path. We are here for the purpose of living our soul's plan, in order to do this, we must listen to our higher self. 

Start today, ask yourself, what do I truly want? When is the last time you asked yourself that? Find the answer through feeling, knowing, trust what you get. Build from there step by step and become authentic in your choices, in your beliefs, and in your actions. You are your soul, right now, today, in this moment, you are your soul, know yourself and you will walk a happy path. Not only that, you will walk a meaningful and authentic path each and every day.

Do You Have A Copy Of Your Life Map?

We all come in with a plan. We choose our life purpose, our life lessons and we have soul contracts, or agreements that we must honor.  We have karmic obligations and we have our path of destiny. All of this is contained in a comprehensive life plan which is like a road map of your life.

For example you might have a life purpose of Caretaker, and your life lesson may be Patience. There might be a soul contract with your spouse that involves Forgiveness. Now let's see how these elements might play out.

As a caretaker you want to help and care for others, this is a natural drive. However, the danger is to give too much and not balance it by giving to yourself. Due to the life lesson of patience there is a sense of impatience about much of life, this may manifest in terms of annoyance with small things such as long lines, paying bills, traffic. Without working on this annoyance it can increase and turn into anger and frustration. Finally, with the Forgiveness contract in place chances are at some point your spouse is going to hurt you, or may have hurt you in a past lifetime.

Without the knowledge of your life map this all seems rather unfair and hard to understand. Here is what you would need to know. Your habit of annoyance is caused by the need to slow down, to become patient with life and learn to apply this patience in every situation in your life, then you will be working through your lesson. Your need to forgive your spouse is why you feel difficult emotions around this partner. Above all else there is a strong drive to care for others the universe will bring in opportunities for you to live this life purpose, it always has but once issues such as patience and forgiveness are resolved these opportunities will be more apparent.

Knowing our life maps makes everything fall into place, we know why we are going through what has happened and is happening and we have a clear picture of where we are going, our destiny.

Namaste,

Joy

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Soul Contracts, We All Have Them But What Are They?

We have life charts, life purposes, soul mates, life lessons, past lives, karma but we also have soul contracts. Agreements made between us and other souls about our work together. We have several contracts with different people, parents, siblings, romantic partners, children, friends, I have seen agreements between people with their pets as well. 

These agreements can involve karma, what we did or didn't do in a past life when we lived with these people before. The agreements will often have themes, such as family, marriage, support, love, helper, role model, teacher and so on. If for some reason a soul contract is not honored the agreement is generally realized in a future lifetime. It is always best to complete them within this lifetime 

How do we know if we have a soul contact with someone? There will be a feeling of fate between you. You are drawn together, the universe opens a pathway for this to happen. Soul contracts are agreements so sometimes they can be negative such as when two people are caught in a destructive power struggle. Yet, typically I see them as positive and important to carry out agreements that two souls make for the betterment of their time here in this lifetime,

We go through a complex series of agreements, planning, mapping and coordinating before coming here. These plans involve all the people we will meet while here, the karma, lessons, contracts and everything in between. Free will fills in the rest, there are still plenty of choices to make and we can even steer off of our path, entirely going against our souls wishes, although it feels like we are swimming against the current if we do. The best approach is to follow the urges of your soul, when you know someone is right or something is right go with it. When you know that you need to be doing something else, change it. Our main goal here is to to be loving and supportive to one another. The soul contracts we have are just one of the many ways in which we do this.

Namaste,
Joy Thomas

Nature Spirits

If answers are what you seek, go to nature to find them. Anyone can do this but it does take a certain willingness and openness to receive the answers. The first requirement is solitude, to break away from the busy world and go where things are slower, more simple. Find the right space and allow yourself to let go.

Signs in nature vary and they will be different from person to person. To you a crow may be a sign of warning to me a crow or a raven is a sign of manifestation. They are black, like the dark night when all the world is asleep and dreams dominate the land. This is the time for manifestation, this is the time when mystery reigns. That is why so many ceremonies are held at night, under the sacred moon it is a fertile time. Crow and raven remind me of this.

Perhaps you will see a hawk, and this can represent seeing with a keen eye, it may be mean to search within and to do so leaving no stone unturned. Other times seeing a hawk can mean to watch the people and events around you closely, that there is more than meets the eye. If hawk is a totem animal it is likely a sign to remember this and to pay close attention to your dreams as well as your ideas and inspirations, for often these are placed on your path for you by your totem.

Nature itself holds many signs wind, snow, rain, clouds all of these can carry a certain vibration that you can pick up on. Tune into the sound of the wind, what does it make you feel like? Watch the falling snow, see how it glistens on the ground, what does it inspire? The idea is to get back to your core and to let go of the reactions you may have regarding your life circumstances, let these slip away, focus on the signs of nature and allow yourself to re-group and begin again.

To help you along this path I offer a Nature Spirits Reading  to connect you with your nature spirits and pass along their messages to you.

Namaste
Joy