Loving in a world of contrast…

After I quit engineering years ago, I became psychic in the window of a local metaphysical bookstore. A variety of people came in seeking readings, and very quickly, I was cast out of my engineering world of relative “sameness” and into a world of vastly differing perspectives. 

A few months into this new career, an agitated young man sat down for a quick reading. I had barely prayed when he interrupted me. “When am I going to get sex?” he demanded. I was in my thirties, and my first reaction was that I wanted to smack him. “GET sex?” I fumed inwardly. How about “share love?” I was filled with judgment.  I took a breath. I knew I had to calm myself to deliver a good reading.

So, I shut my eyes, backed out of body more than usual, and let the angels do the talking. As always, they came through with a love way bigger than my own at the time. They acknowledged that while he wanted sex, he was craving love, attention, and acknowledgment and that he was not going to get that while living at home with his mother and feeling like a failure. I knew nothing about him. They gently and kindly pointed out his strong points and gave him guidance on places to look for work.

He perked up, willing to do his “homework.” Several months later, he came back. He had moved out of his mom’s house, had a job, and was proud of it, but still wanted to know when he was going to “get sex.” Angels being angels, they guided him kindly towards the next steps in developing his relationship skills.  I was in awe of their ability to see the nuggets of goodness beneath questions I felt completely appalled by.  It was a great lesson for me early in my new career. Let love speak, Ann. You’ll learn. Love did feel better, although I continued to personally disagree with his priorities!

Over the last several decades of doing sessions I have heard so many diverse perspectives on life it would boggle your mind. The one thing that touches me in every case is how similar we really are in our essential desires. We all want the same basic things. We all want security, happiness, self-worth, whatever we consider to be abundance, and some form of love. We all want connection, truth, honesty, integrity. We all want peace and harmony deep down.

We all feel lovely when we embrace our own values and horrible when we do not. We feel fantastic when we align with love and miserable the farther we stray from it.  The outside world has far less power over us than we might imagine. In 3D, of course, it influences us in a number of ways, but the more aligned we are with the vibration of love, the more spirit finds ways to help us navigate the external and fulfill our desires in harmony—in ways we might not even have anticipated.

The election here in the US has come and gone. Half the people who wrote me were celebrating and the other half were mourning. Yet deep down, all want the same things. Can we all have the peace, prosperity, love, connection, and joy we are seeking? The angels say yes, but not if we give our power to the external. It has always been this way and always will. And it isn’t an easy concept to embrace because none of us were raised with the energetic paradigm of life. We have been immersed in the 3D paradigm for centuries.

There will always be things in the world to celebrate, and—until every soul labors in love—there will be things so shocking they shake us.  But God is still God. The grass is still growing. The bees are still buzzing, and the Divine—the creator of universes is guiding us all one by one, soul by soul, to a greater reality. Everyone is on a path of growth. Some know it. Some don’t. Nonetheless, we are all expanding.

So, how to navigate the challenges on earth and the perspectives that are not our own?  After all, there are wars raging and great divisions, even among family and friends, that have touched most of our lives in one way or another. In many cases, it seems that we have lost our innocence as a human race. But the angels remind us that everything is simply coming up and out into plain view. The ills of the world, the trafficking, the lies, etc., have sadly gone on for centuries, but now we have social media, cell phones, and easy ways to look at it all and share it. The world is not worse than it used to be. Instead, “all that has been hidden is being revealed,” and not all of it is pretty.

I did client sessions on election day, and focused on helping people with their human challenges. I didn’t have time to watch the news, looked at the results briefly at night, and then went back to my emails.  There are people who are dealing with what I call real problems—the loss of a loved one, situations at work, financial challenges, health challenges. There are people whose homes… and loved ones were recently swept away in the floods.  To me, these things deserve more attention than the things I cannot influence. I have people to help, friends who need love, and family to care for. When the 3D world affects me, I listen to my guidance and deal with it in the present moment.  Seeing through heaven’s eyes, I can no longer demonize or deify another human being. God is God. My relationship with the Divine is my highest priority.

So while in 3D terms it can seem like current events can make or break you—depending on your perspective—the angels encourage us to pray for all souls, to sit, breathe, and receive love often, to share love when we can, and to remember that with every choice we make, we are part of the eternal ongoing creation.

We can’t always change the world, but we can look for things to love and, in doing so, change our personal worlds. We can be the peace. We can be the souls we came to be and enjoy the results we came to enjoy.

Here are a few tips on how to live in love in a world of contrast…

1.  Learn to Discern rather than Judge

It is easy to look at the ideologies or choices of others and fall into fast judgment or even despair. If someone doesn’t see things as you do, it can be hard to understand why they think as they do. Nonetheless, after listening to human hearts for decades, I know that, for better or worse, everyone has reasons why they have come to their conclusions. They may not be your reasons. They may not make sense to you. But as the saying goes, it is hard to understand another until we walk miles in their shoes.

So instead of judging, far better to simply discern what and who belongs in your life and deserves your attention. The angels love the analogy of the buffet and use it with me often. They remind me I would not stand in front of foods I dislike and get upset. I would fill my plate with the things I enjoy.  In this buffet of life, we can do the same.

They have a little saying they’ve used for years:

Judgment says “no right to be.”
Discernment says, “Not right for me.”

2. Tune your Mind as if it were a Television

Most of us would not sit and hold a TV remote while watching a show that upsets us. Hopefully, you’d change the channel. We can do the same in life.  If you like the news, watch it and enjoy. If you can’t stand it, turn it off and watch the eternal news—the changing of the seasons, the singing of the birds at dawn, the birth of babies, puppies, and new ideas.

This is not putting your head in the sand and allowing darkness free reign. It is putting your heart in the light and robbing the darkness of the power and attention it want. It is how you stay in a space to receive higher guidance to empower the light. The most effective social workers, healers, and helping professionals I know realize that keeping their energy in a good space is essential to maintaining their service.

When you keep your energy in a good space, you have more to give, more power in your prayers, and a greater ability to be the change. Turn away from what pulls you down.

Focus on what lifts you up. Fill your heart, and in that flow of love, you will be guided to be a powerful force of light and love on this planet.

3. Ask to see through God’s eyes

The angels have coached me often to seek understanding before coming to a conclusion about anyone or anything. I pray often, “God help me see through your eyes.” I may not always agree, but understanding breeds compassion.

Years ago, when someone who was spiritually powerful got jealous of a friendship of mine and sent energies at me that were terrifying at first, the angels told me about this person’s childhood abuse. I couldn’t help but have compassion. Suddenly, the monstrous energy aimed at me looked like a child’s cry. I prayed for this person’s heart to be lifted. The nonsense stopped.

Eternity marches on. Sometimes, the world conditions are exactly what we want. Sometimes, they’re just the opposite. Whether recent events have caused you to celebrate or sob, God is still God. The bees are still buzzing. The grass is still growing. There are those laboring in light and love and those lost in darkness.

It is our task to live in a love that burns off any darkness that might try to infiltrate our lives. It is our work to keep our vibration in a space that helps us resonate with what we want to experience.  Rather than delegating the quality of our lives to the external, we can dive deep, align with the Divine, and in that energy be always guided, protected, and loved.