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Angels, Guides & Loving Spirits:
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It is Safe for
You to Receive
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by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D. |
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When I was giving angel readings to workshop audience members recently, a shop owner asked me why all of her hard efforts weren’t being rewarded. In fact, she said that quite often, negative experiences happened to her and her shop.
The angels instantly replied that her energy was unbalanced. She was practicing too much male energy behavior by only giving, and not allowing herself to receive. Male energy is outwardly directed. It sends and gives. Female energy is receptive and inwardly directed. It’s important for us to have a balance of both male and female energy. The easiest way to do this is to practice both giving and receiving daily.
Many lightworkers are uncomfortable receiving. The woman whom I gave the reading to had difficulty receiving when I gave her a gift of one of my books. She immediately said to me that she wanted to give me a crystal from her shop, in return. The angels told her in the reading, “Because you are only giving, and not allowing yourself to receive, your shop is reflective of imbalanced male energy. Therefore, you’re attracting experiences of the male energy, such as competition and aggression. If you’d like to attract gentler experiences, you must allow your female energy to be expressed.”
The angels also said that she was trying too hard to make her store a success, and struggling to ensure that everyone around her was happy. All of this pushing and striving were expressions of male energy, and the universe was pushing right back at her as a result. If she’d allow her feminine energy equal time, she’d find that success and love would be easily attracted to her. All she’d have to do is give and receive in equal allotments.
I requested that audience members help the woman become adjusted to receiving, by giving the woman something, such as a hug, a compliment, or a gift. Then I asked the woman to practice graciously receiving these gifts. “Release any guilt, embarrassment, or other discomfort to the angels,” I counseled.
The woman seemed clearly uncomfortable, and I watched her body stiffen when a woman from the audience gave her a warm hug. Throughout the event, I watched as she finally relaxed and enjoyed receiving. I saw her laugh and smile. I know that, as she practices this simple and very important principle of receptivity, she’ll find her entire life reflecting the benefits of balance.
Why would we be reluctant to receive? Usually, control issues are underlying fears about receiving. If we only give, we play it safe and don’t risk feeling obliged or ingratiated. Trust issues also play a role, when we feel suspicious about receiving. Many lightworkers were programmed that it’s selfish or greedy to desire anything for yourself. And lightworkers with low self-esteem feel that they don’t deserve to receive. Because they don’t allow themselves to receive, their self-esteem stays low.
Certainly, a key component of our life’s mission is to give to others. That’s our male energy in expression. Yet, if this giving isn’t balanced with receiving, we become drained This leads to depression, low self-esteem, and low energy levels. And as the angels told the woman, if we only practice male energy behaviors, that’s what we’ll attract in return. So our life becomes surrounded by competition, aggression, and other aspects of male energy. These experiences then reinforce our staying in our male energy. So a vicious cycle ensues.
To break this cycle, practice receiving graciously. The more you allow yourself to receive, the more resources you then have available to give to others. You allow yourself to be supported in your life’s mission, and you enjoy dancing in the flow of abundant giving and receiving.
The angels say that we ask far too little from them. When we do ask for their help, we sometimes don’t allow the angels to fulfill our requests. Our angels are our teammates. We all work together to infuse the world with love and light. If your light gets dimmed by life stress, or you don’t feel loved or lovable, you can always lean upon the angels’ high energy to reignite and replenish yourself.
The affirmations which the angels suggest we use are: It is safe for me to receive. I now receive good graciously into my life.
May you enjoy the abundant flow of receiving and giving today and every day.
What on Earth is Going On?
If the news reports about upheavals has caused concern for you, you’re not alone. Doreen has received many questions about the topic. The angels have assured Doreen that all is well.
The angels say that if we check our history books, including the Bible, we’ll see that there have always been violent acts that could be called terrorism. The angels say that CNN and the Internet, which give us instant access to world events, make it seem as if the world is becoming more violent. In fact, the angels say, the world is actually less violent now than in the past.
The angels also say that the earth changes are because Mother Earth is detoxifying. They say that just as our bodies shudder when we release toxins, so does Earth’s body.
The angels say that they’ll protect you and your family during these earth changes, like an emergency broadcasting system. All we have to do is pay attention to our Divine guidance and then follow the messages we receive. You can ask your angels for help with this, including giving you clear messages and validation that you’re hearing them accurately.
The angels say that the best thing that lightworkers can do right now, is to keep our frequency levels high. Instead of worrying, pray. Give any fears to the angels. Take steps which help you to feel more peaceful, like meditating, practicing yoga, playing, detoxifying, and spending time in nature.
The angels say that the most important contribution lightworkers can make right now, is to be happy and peaceful.
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Dr. Doreen Virtue, P.h.D., Spiritual, Clairvoyant Psychologist
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Dr. Doreen Virtue (yes, that is her real name) is a spiritual clairvoyant psychologist who holds B.A. M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Counseling Psychology. Dr. Virtue is the author of 22 books on mind-body-spirit issues. Included in this list are such titles as: Healing with the Angels, Divine Guidance, Angel Therapy, The Lightworker's Way and The Yo-Yo Diet Syndrome.
Dr. Virtue is the founder and former director of WomanKind Psychiatric Hospital at Cumberland Hall Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. She was also an administrator at Woodside Women's Hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area. Both all-women psychiatric hospitals specialized in treating women's psychological issues. Dr. Virtue also directed three outpatient psychiatric centers, including an adolescent drug and alcohol abuse center.
As a child, Doreen was a natural clairvoyant, seeing and conversing with what many people call "invisible friends" (which are really angels and deceased loved ones). But this natural gift and ability was little understood by the young Doreen and her family, and was the cause of teasing by her friends. Consequently, Doreen learned to deny her abilities, effectively shutting them down before she was mature enough to fully appreciate them.
But on July 15, 1995, Doreen's personal life and her career, marked by exemplary but conventional success, would be irrevocably altered by an incident that is nothing short of miraculous. Doreen had been ignoring her angels' guidance to become a teacher of mind-body-spirit issues. So, when an angel warned Doreen that her car was going to be stolen on that fateful July afternoon, Doreen ignored him. After all, her habit of arguing with and ignoring the angels was deeply ingrained by then. Despite this, the angel did not abandon
Doreen in her most dire moment - as she was parking, two armed men, intent on a carjacking, brandished weapons and physically accosted the unsuspecting Doreen. The voice spoke to her again - it was loud, distinctly male and it instructed her to scream with all her might. This time she listened, she screamed, and her life was saved by passersby who became alarmed and sent her attackers running.
Dr. Virtue immediately began a daily rigorous practice of receiving and deciphering her Divine Guidance. Simultaneously, she was reexamining her spiritual beliefs, along with her Western psychological beliefs, the end result being twofold: Dr. Virtue was guided to look at psychology from a whole new perspective, and her natural clairvoyance rapidly returned with the same clarity and strength of her childhood experiences.
Dr. Virtue's practice then naturally evolved into "Angel Therapy," in which she combines her skills as a psychologist with her spiritual abilities. Dr. Virtue's belief is simple; everyone is born with some form or forms of psychic abilities - in other words, a sixth sense. This ability, or abilities - like all other God-given abilities, needs to be nurtured and exercised to maximize it's strengths. Dr. Virtue cites over 300 scientific studies from Harvard, Cornell, and other leading universities supporting her beliefs in people's natural psychic abilities and in the power of prayer in healing.
Dr. Virtue currently lectures and gives experiential workshops on spiritual psychological issues worldwide. Doreen's topics include: angel therapy, angel communication, spiritual healing, mediumship, reincarnation, channeling, and other spiritual topics. Many of her students are medical and psychological professionals, including M.D.'s, R.N.'s, psychologists, and social workers.
Dr. Virtue's national media includes: Oprah, CNN, Good Morning America, The View with Barbara Walters, Donny & Marie, Roseanne, and other national programs. National print media includes: Redbook, Woman's Day, and USA Today.
www.angeltherapy.com
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