January 2005

Angelic Greetings and Happy New Year!

The angels are urging me to pass on this letter from Doreen (below) about the tsunamis. If you are like me, you have been trying to make sense of this disaster and feeling a need to do something to help. When I read Doreen's letter, it reinforced the guidance I had been getting and offered some important reminders.

I would love to hear what kind of guidance you have been receiving about all of this. I know the angels are passing on important messages to all of us. If you feel like sharing, please email me and we can pass along the collective messages/guidance to everyone. What a powerful, healing gift that will be for all of us!

Meanwhile, here are a few of my personal feelings/insights. Just as crises in our own lives serve to "wake us up," I believe global crises like these are serving to wake us up globally. Our world is getting smaller every day, thanks to technology that connects us instantly. We are given pictures, images, and detailed information that put us right there in the middle of it all. There is no accident in this connectivity. It is just mirroring for us a great spiritual truth: We are all connected. We are all One.
We are also reminded of our humanness. So many of us are clairsentients and empaths, which means that we feel what others are feeling. That can be overwhelming in situations like this. So try to stay centered in your own energy and recognize that if you are tuning in often to the Asian survivors, either through media or through your prayers, some strong emotions that come up may not be yours. Stay in the light and stay in your heart center. At the same time, embrace your feelings and emotions as they are gifts. They remind us that we are compassionate, loving beings.

I know many of you are already praying for the victims, the survivors, and Mother Earth. Let's keep it up and let's join forces! It doesn't matter when you pray. Just begin with the intention to connect with all the other souls who are praying. Then feel the wonderful, powerful energy as lightworkers everywhere unite to bring healing to the world!

Angel Blessings to all of you!

Ellen Valladares,
Angel Therapy Practitioner^TM
www.connectingwithlight.com
ellenwv@aol.com


Healing from the Asian Tsunamis
by Doreen Virtue

We've all been deeply affected by the Asian earthquake and tsunamis. It's human nature to wonder: "Why did this happen?" Our ancestors believed that natural disasters were punishing acts of God or deities. Yet God, as well as the deities, are beings of pure love and light. They aren't about punishment or judgment, because they are ego-less.

We want to know why disasters occur so that we can avoid them in the future. The human mind sometimes blames the victims, so that we can feel safe and invulnerable to the same sort of disaster. We obsess about WHY so that we can feel more in control of our lives.

But wondering about WHY is a waste of time. Instead, we need to focus upon: How can I help now? Here's what the angels have told me:

Pray. We know the power of prayer, and any prayer you offer is a gift beyond measure. Pray for the people who perished, that their souls are at peace with their transition into the spirit world. Pray for the survivors whose lives were changed in an instant. Pray for the clean-up crews, that they may have strength, resilience, resources, and the creativity to handle their monumental tasks.

Donate. Many wonderful organizations have mobilized to the areas affected by the tsunamis, and they need our financial support. Save the Children Foundation is providing relief supplies for children and their families in India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. Save the Children has proven itself in the past by spending ninety percent of donations on actual program services, and only nine percent for administrative costs and fund raising. www.savethechildren.org

Caretake. Mother Earth grabbed our attention with this disaster, reminding us that we live upon a powerful but fragile planet. Let's take extra care to respect the environment by only using earth-friendly cleaning supplies and toiletries (available at health food stores and www.greenmarketplace.com). Donate to www.oceana.org to help keep the ocean healthy.

Stay Positive. Worrying about the Asian disaster adds to the world's negativity. Worry, guilt, and fear won't help the survivors. Give your negative thoughts and feelings to Heaven, and ask for help in keeping a positive outlook. And very important: don't watch, listen to, or read accounts of the Asian situation (or keep the media to a bare minimum). Incessant media reports and upsetting photos and videos delay our healing by keeping the negativity front-and-center. Avoid "Ain't it Awful" conversations about the situation. Remember: your being upset doesn't help anyone! But your being at peace helps everyone.

I firmly believe that the universe is Divinely ordered. Many times, I travel during my dreams to classrooms in which I'm taught profound truths. These lessons are fourth-dimensional, meaning that they're beyond the space-time restrictions of our three-dimensional world. When I awaken, I can't remember many of my soul-travel lessons because they don't make sense in the third-dimension. But the angels assure me these lessons are imbedded in my soul and that they make sense to my higher self, who is unrestricted by time-space dimensions. Many of you have told me you have similar dream-time experiences.

My point is that the Asian earthquake/tsunamis are beyond the understanding of our third dimensional thinking. Sure, we can create theories such as this is Mother Earth's way of balancing. But they're just theories. If they help you to have peace about the situation, then the theories are helpful. But theories that bring up fear or guilt are a misuse of our power.

The December 26 disaster brought up many memories for us all. Memories of Atlantis and Lemuria's demise into the oceans. Memories from this lifetime of near-drownings or other brushes with death. Memories of losing or nearly losing your life. This is an opportunity to clear the stored energies of those memories. Give them to Heaven, specifically to God and the Archangel Raziel (who helps us with past-life memories) and Archangel Jophiel (who helps us to beautify our thoughts). Ask Raziel and Jophiel to be like chimney sweeps, clearing away old cobwebs of prior fears. This is an opportunity for you to feel more joy and energy.

The timing of the earthquake and tsunamis is remarkable. The week before New Years is when we prepare our resolutions for the coming year. It's a time to reflect upon our past year, and to make decisions and intentions about the year to come.

The Archangel Michael told me that 2005 will be a year of action for us all. What have you always wanted to do? What projects do you think you would like to do someday? Michael says: "That someday is now. Now is the time to put words into action, to stop stalling and delaying your joy and happiness for the future. Admit to yourself what you most deeply desire, and then take any step in that direction. Allay your fears and insecurities by giving them to me. I will open doors for you, and give you all of the courage you require. Think of the elation you'll feel as you move forward toward the light of your dreams coming true.

"We require thousands of lightworkers amassing in the direction of their heart's true desire. Their collective joyful and light-filled energy is the fuel which will shift the earth in the direction of true peace. Like turning a large speeding vehicle in a new direction, we need this large push of like-minded lightworkers. Your contribution comes in the form of overcoming any personal procrastination which you've allowed to rule over your dreams."

The Chinese word for "Crisis" is composed of two words: Danger and Opportunity. Let's
take the Asian crisis and turn it into a giant opportunity for world peace. Although it may feel dangerous to make the life changes you know that you need to make, it truly is an opportunity for us all. May you be at peace today and throughout the New Year.

In Love,
Doreen Virtue

February 2005

Angelic Greetings,

Are you feeling the intense energies of 2005? These are powerful times. It is a time to firmly grab on to your dreams and start living them. If things are falling away in your life, trust that the Universe is simply preparing you for better things to come. If you find opportunities coming your way, pay attention. If you find yourself pushing, struggling, or trying to force things to happen, stop. It is important to work with the flow of the energy and the Universe. You will “feel” when you are in the rhythm and when you are not. Play with it until it “clicks”.

Remember to ask the angels for help. Then have faith and expect a miracle!

Remember also to keep Mother Earth and all of humanity in your prayers. Send your Love and Light to all who need it around the world. Then open to receive the Love and Light that will be returned to you tenfold.

You Are Perfect Just the Way You Are A few months ago in a creativity workshop I took with Julia Cameron, she asked us to list 10 things we would do if we did not have to do them perfectly. I laughed because I knew this would be easy for me. I have a thing about perfection, especially when it comes to writing and creating. This is a “ lesson” I am working on right now. That’s why this particular exercise at the workshop was extremely liberating for me.

What really amazed me was that when we shared our lists in small groups, one of the women in my group could not complete this list. She couldn’t think of a single thing that she wouldn’t do just because she couldn’t do it perfectly. Whoa, I thought. She is brave. Or is there just something she “ gets” that I don’t? I’ve come to think it’s the latter.

I will tell you that the first thing on my list was “write my book.” I had been “stuck” for years on this book. And now I realize that what some may call “writer’s block” has a lot to do with this perfection thing. My writing is flowing now because I have convinced myself it doesn’t have to be perfect. I don’t get hung up on every word, sentence and paragraph. I just let it come out, no matter how bad it might be. It’s more important that I move forward and get it down, rather than remain stuck and stagnant. Then I can go back and clean it up and edit. Then, I can take my time in perfecting it.

A ha!

How does the need to be perfect manifest in your life? Perhaps you feel stuck in some area, unable to move forward for fear of making a mistake, or not getting it done perfectly. Perhaps you shun opportunities that arise.

Perhaps you constantly chide yourself for not quite being good enough.

What is the ideal of perfection that you are trying to live up to, anyway? Is it your parents’ idea of who you are or who should be? Is it about what your teachers or bosses think? Is it about living up to some standard presented on television or in the movies? Is it your own perception that you’ve created through the years?

Do you constantly tell yourself “Everything will be better when I have more money in the bank” or “I will be great when I find my soulmate” or “I will love myself when I lose 20 pounds and look 10 years younger”?

If you truly want to manifest your heart’s desires, then visualizing yourself having them is a powerful tool. However, that does not mean that you doubt or negate who you are in this moment. When you see your future self as perfect, the underlying belief is that you are not perfect or good enough right now.

Often, when you do finally get to that future self, you will find or create another future self that fits your current picture of perfection. It is a cycle in which you will never fully be happy and satisfied with who you are today.

So, if we truly want to move forward and feel freedom and peace in our lives, we first have to “get it.” The fact is that we are perfect, whole, complete, and very loved RIGHT NOW.

That is the Truth that God and the Angels see. They see beyond our physical body, personality, emotions, and all the illusions. They see through to the light of who we really are: Divine, Holy Children of God. How can we deny the perfection in that?

With all the outer and inner pressures on our lives, it is not always easy to remember our divinity and see the perfection. That is why it is so important to be still and go within as often you can. Meditate, contemplate, pray, walk in nature. Find a way to remind yourself about the true perfection of life and your True Self.

Examine your patterns of thought and the kinds of things you are telling yourself. Think of yourself as if you are a child. Would you talk to a child that way? Encourage, love and appreciate yourself the way you would a child. Give yourself unconditional love and see how beautiful and perfect you are, right now in this moment.

Recently, I noticed that even my 8-year-old son feels the pressure of perfection in his life. He was reluctant to try a new sport. Then he asked my husband if it was okay if he did the sport, but was not good at it? Daddy assured him that it was and he changed his mind. Now, he is having a blast learning and playing the new sport.

Think of all the fun we miss out on when we give in to our need to be perfect at everything. Think of all that we can accomplish and move toward if we just allow ourselves to write the scripts of our lives without having to do it perfectly.

Meanwhile, in an effort to help my sons feel more secure, I have added a little something to our bedtime routine. Before they go to sleep, I say, “Do you know what?” They say “What?” Then I quietly tell them, “You are perfect just the way you are.” Maybe you want to try something similar. Before going to sleep, tell yourself, “I am perfect just the way I am.” Because you are.

My CD is Complete!

This has been a very exciting and wonderful learning experience and now, I can finally say that my meditation CD is complete. It is called “ Archangel Journeys: Meditations for Healing and Manifestation” and includes two 20-minute guided meditations. The CD is priced at $14.95 plus tax. I hope to have audio samples available on my website soon. In the meantime, if you are interested in finding out more, or ordering, please email me at ellenwv@aol.com.

Angel Blessings!
Ellen Valladares