If our souls contract for events and people in our lives before we come into form, how are we also creating our own reality with the thought/feeling energy we are putting out?  Are the others involved co- or dual- creating the reality, being a contract had been made?  The question, posed to me by a close friend, brought up the seeming dichotomy of fate versus free will.  It is true our souls make contracts before coming into form in order to learn lessons, to bring lessons home to the soul family, for karmic choices, for contrast, to be of service, or for healing.  This seems to be what some people would call fate.  And there are all the other people involved in that fate.  So wouldn’t our life in form be co-created by all others involved as well and not just us?  I feel the answer is yes and no.

            When we come into form, we consciously forget these contracts.  Our soul will put us into positions with much synchronicity along our path to remind us.  It puts us into the very situations it deemed necessary for whatever reason it came into form.  But now there is an ego and conscious mind to deal with.  This is where our free will comes in.  We make choices in each moment and our choices might not always be parallel to what the soul had planned. 

            The greater part of our soul, still in another dimension, is guiding the part of the soul that is within us, but it does not always succeed in breaking through the ego and conditioning we are subject to in our lives from the time we are small children.  Though the soul might nudge us to where we need to be, our ego does not always agree and can take us in another direction.  And though we have co-created the reason the soul comes into form, the choices made by others involved might not be in accordance with the soul’s wishes due to their own egos and conditioning, for they have the free will to follow the agreement or not.  If hearts and minds listen to the soul, than the choices will be the ones deemed necessary.  So you see, the answer is yes and no. 

            The soul has a great deal of power in this, however, and will create synchronistic events, that if followed, will keep us on the path that was pre-ordained.  Our energy will bring to us through our thoughts the very things that the soul had desired.  But one or the other of the people involved might not follow this guidance, so are we co-creating with those that agreed prior to birth.  Not always.  It is a dichotomy, but one that works beautifully through free will when our choices follow our soul’s perfect plan.  If our choices do not, the soul will try again in another life, for human lifetimes to the soul are a very temporary thing, as the soul knows no time.

            Here is an example of this.  Someone has an accident and becomes paralyzed.  The accident was planned by the soul, for this soul needs to learn how to receive because perhaps, it was a caretaker in another life.  Or maybe the soul needs to become something of a motivator for others in the same situation.  The person involved in the accident might very well follow the soul’s lead and learn to receive and become a great motivational speaker, or follow the opposite route in becoming depressed, sullen and not even self-motivated, let alone capable of motivating others.  So the ego makes the choice through free will in how it will deal with what the soul has brought to it.  Hopefully, the heart and mind will follow what the soul had desired, for then the lesson is learned, the healing is done, and the service to others fulfilled.  So there is no dichotomy in truth.  It is rather like having it snow or rain while the sun is shining.  Both things can be congruent, even though they seem to be in opposition.

            Another thought I wanted to share this week is one that is becoming a mantra for me.  I have been working on the discipline of my mental and emotional bodies, allowing the ego to be in the back seat of my life, sitting back and enjoying the view instead of doing the driving.  I have been very conscious of coming from the soul and the heart and not the ego fears put into the thought process.  What I came up with is this positive affirmation.  Try it for yourself and see if it helps.

            I see through the eyes of my higher being.

            I hear through the ears of my higher being.

            I know through the wisdom of my higher being.

            I feel through the heart of my higher being.

            In being conscious of this and repeating it during the day, I find I am much more from the heart and soul instead of the head.  As I surrender to my higher being, I also know it is my main connection to the I AM within me, and so am very willing to put it in charge of my life.

            Raziel, the great spiritual teacher of teachers, adds to what was said by him a few weeks ago regarding the soul’s purpose and fate versus free will.

            “Only the ego mind sees dichotomies because it is very singular in its thought process and does not necessarily believe in other possibilities.  The Universe is about all possibility.  There is no dichotomy at all between what the soul desires, which could be called fate, as that is the direction the soul will take through its pre-ordained contract, or the free will of the form.  Both can work quite well together to bring the desired result.  If choices are made according to the soul’s desire, there is harmony between fate and free will.  If choices are made against the soul’s desire, the soul can push the lesson, or choose to try again another time.  And if the circumstances do not seem to be working out according to the soul’s plan, the soul can change things at a moment’s notice to take a different path – perhaps toward the same end, or not.  The soul guides, but the human mind can make choices.  On this earth, in this third dimension (which is ever changing and rising now), the soul realizes it can be at the mercy of the ego mind, but because there is such contrast and so many lessons available on this earth, it is always willing to take that risk.  It can guide quite strongly to bring a human back to its path.  So you see, there really is no dichotomy.  It is possible to have one with the other, as they are not as opposing as you might think.  As far as the soul it concerned, it is all one thing, even with the choices of free will.

“The best way to know if you are choosing from your soul or your ego – soul’s plan versus free will – is to see how it feels to you.  The soul and the heart are strongly connected.  If it feels like fear, or another negative feeling in the solar plexus, it is from the ego.  If it feels good, even if there might be some butterflies in the stomach because of newness or anticipation, it is from the soul.  If you look and feel hard enough and are totally honest with yourself, you will know.  Follow the soul, for it is your true reason for being in form to begin with.  The body, though a temple and vehicle for the soul, is transient.  The soul is forever.”

Love and blessings to you all.

Entering the sacred space of the dying and the grieving can be such a deep experience of love and peace that the only word to explain it is profound.  I was honored to step into this space this past week and came away from it with a deep knowing that the most important energies that need to surround such an experience are allowance, patience, and unconditional love.  I had the privilege to share with a dear friend, the end of her partner’s life.  There is something about being close to the energy of death that brings deep sacredness.  It is like touching the energy of God.  Anyone who steps into this space can sense this if they are open enough, and it is a feeling that words are difficult to find in explaining that otherworldly sense of being.

            One of my massage therapy students from twenty years ago was losing a partner with whom she had spent over thirty years.  This partner, going through much pain, illness, and breathing difficulty, was sent from the hospital to hospice.  This is where I saw her last.  Being the energy I am, the combination of Azrael (Angel of Death) and Magdalena (Lady Mercy), being a certified hospice person,  and someone who has communicated with those on the other side, I understand the sensitivity necessary to not only be present for the dying, but to be present for the grieving - creating a space of allowance of their priorities, needs and wishes.  This is a time for them to say good-bye to each other and to the life they knew together.  The space that needs to be created for them is one of stillness, peace, love, and safety for them to express all things from the heart to each other without interference or agendas of our own.  We are merely there as observers holding that space for them, and we need to be aware of their needs as the priority, for it is their life that is changing, their sorrow and grief, not ours, though we feel that deeply in the caring for them.

            Some people, out of what they feel is concern, try to interfere with their own thoughts or ideas of what is best for both the dying and grieving, or bring forth their own past experiences of sorrow, attempting to deal with this new one in a way that might have worked for them, but not for those truly involved.  They must realize that this is not their experience, it is someone else’s, and they need to come to this new situation with no pre-conceived notions of what is best, and that is where allowance and support come in.  All people deal with grief in different ways and no one way is right for all.  We cannot push ideas on those deeply involved, or interpret how they choose to say good-byes that might be our way, for this time it is their way, covering their needs.

            So many well-meaning people can sometimes be almost pushy, as my friend found out, in putting forth their own opinions and thoughts as to the best ways to handle the dying process and grieving process.  Or sometimes in not understanding that if a private moment is wanted, these people still want to push their well-meaning-ness upon them, thinking that their presence is needed when it clearly is not.  They might even get huffy and take it personally through misinterpreting the desire of those involved merely wanting to be alone.  The well-meaning actions turn into an ego thing for the visitor in this sacred space, perhaps unknowingly, but there is no room for ego in this space.  Agendas need to be left at home.  Opinions need to be kept behind the teeth.

            Allowing and quiet support – listening, with quiet love and peace flowing from the heart is what is needed, and a sensitivity to what the dying and grieving need from moment to moment - for it is also a confusing space for those going through this and the emotions swing widely with needs changing from one moment to the next.  What we need do as observers is to allow this and be aware enough to know when words or actions are needed and when they are not.  Sometimes a silent hug is the best action.  If they need to laugh, laugh with them.  If they need to cry, cry with them and put your arms around them with love and support from the heart.

            When I walked into this room of the dying and grieving, it was as though I was walking into the Light, standing in that tunnel of passing, but just at the entrance, just enough to see and feel the power of that Light, that sacredness.  What I felt was complete peace and love.  Personally, I did not want to disturb this profound sense of rightness, of the perfect space that had been created between the dying and grieving.   It was their space and I was invited as a privileged spectator, friend, someone who could talk softly, be supportive of their needs, allowing whatever emotions came through for them at the moment, and to merely flow with that.

            Death as it is seen by the Western world is so put into a closet that no one really knows how to deal with it, speak about it, behave around it.  It is, to me, a truly joyful moment when someone who has been wracked with illness is about to be freed from that pain and taken to their true Home – a reunion with others from the soul family. 

            American medicine looks upon death as a failure.  They don’t like to talk about it.  The only group I’ve ever seen that truly understands the sacredness, the mystery, and joy of it are hospice workers.  I applaud their willingness, their inner strength, and their spirituality in allowing each dying person and all the grieving parties involved to be what they need to be during this time.  They are truly angels of mercy.

            The combined energy of Azrael and Magdalena, or Magdrael as we are called, have a few words here. 

“Oh beings of form upon this earth – know that in truth you are not your bodies but are truly the energy of your souls.  If you would but believe this, the passing of a form would not be so painful, so grievous, so very sad.  The soul is the truth, and souls come together in form for a time, but it is temporary and only to complete contracts made with the other for the growth of the souls involved upon this earth.  Going back to the true Home, the place where the soul was created is a joyous event.  Those left behind are missing that form, that relationship, that sounding board, that person who was all and everything.  So grieve as you must for the loss of that form.  But please know that the energy of that form is so close to you that if it was still form, you would walk into it.  Talk with the soul as you would as though they were sitting with you, for they are.  Love that soul, as they still love you even if you cannot see them.  They are beside you always.  Some might not believe in this, but will come to find the truth of it when they pass. 

“It would be wonderful for both if you could believe in this before you also go Home, for you could still enjoy the energy of the one you miss so very much.  It is a cycle as all things in this Universe are a cycle, for in truth, all things are pure energy and nothing else.  The body is but a costume that is put on for this life upon the earth and you have all changed costumes many times through many lives.  The body is an illusion, but the energy of the soul and the love of the soul will remain always.    Grieve as you must, but do know and have faith in the truth that souls will come together again.  Your loved one is not any further away from you that the thickness of a hair on your head.  Believe that and find comfort in that, for it is truth.  You will find that out when your cycle on this earth is done.  It would behoove you to believe that now to bring peace to your heart.”

Love and blessings,

Magdrael

           

            

            Sometimes truth dawns on us in simple, but profound ways.  I have been strongly guided to do a workshop on the Universal Laws and finally admitted to myself the sad truth.  I was procrastinating about it.  I have been studying the material, outlining, coming to a point of “owning” the material so I can pass it on to others in a clear and meaningful way, so that they can also understand the importance of it all.  I had myself totally stressed about it, feeling that this workshop was such a big part of my purpose that I became single minded about it.  I knew I had to break through all the ego fears associated with being in front of people, talking, teaching, being able to answer all questions, etc.  My higher self has brought ideas and thoughts to help me overcome this hurdle that the ego has so steadfastly put into place, and I have been working with the higher being and it is helping.  But I realized that this dragging of feet has been totally the ego’s doing.  It was in a comfort zone.  I reluctantly owned the blame for this, and in doing so it has moved me forward with greater determination to just do it and move past any fears the ego has put in my head.

            The other morning brought me to a much deeper, though simple, realization.  This workshop is not the only way to be in purpose for my path, it is only “another” way.  The Universal Mind is much more concerned with a constant high vibration than it is concerned with whether or not I complete a satisfactory workshop.  That will come.  What is more important is how I take on each day, each moment. 

            This week in particular has seen some of my days double and triple booked with things that need to be done – visiting with someone who has a dear friend that is dying, working with another that is looking for path and purpose, keeping a promise to do readings at a wedding shower, taking my niece to a museum (which has been promised since December).  That, along with a day job, has had me stressed, thinking, “When will I have time to work on my true purpose?”  I also do volunteer work at a nursing home and have a hospice client I see, all done in a day off from the day job once a week.  I look upon those as a great part of my purpose, but all these other things, other than being with the grieving or guiding someone on their path, were making me feel I did not have enough time to devote to reading, studying, etc.  Suddenly I realized, in hearing the higher part of my being talking in my head, that purpose comes with all things, regardless of what the appearance of it may be. 

            Every human is here to learn that we are not our bodies, but our souls.  Our soul is here to express the one truth of the Universe – love.  It does not matter if you are an Archangel in form, an angelic human, a lightworker in form, or whatever purpose your soul is here for – it is all about love and expressing from an open heart and living from the soul and not the ego mind.  With that as a truth, all things, regardless of what they are, can be on purpose and in purpose.  Every moment of every day is a challenge to come from the soul and an open heart with unconditional love.  That makes for a consistent high vibration within our being so that what we think of as the “bigger” purposes can manifest, or actualize, in our lives.  Yes, it is good to pass on wisdom to others through workshops, books, and talks, for you are reaching a larger group of people who also wish to walk their path.  But the Universe does not measure it that way.  It measures it by the vibration you put out each and every moment, not only when one feels they are finally doing something that is the “bigger” purpose.

            In my thinking that doing a workshop would put me in my purpose, and seeing other things as “lesser” than my purpose, it was rather like thinking that, “When I have that thing, I will be happy,” or “If only I could be doing something different than what I do in my job, I’d be happy.”  That thinking will keep one in the “what if” vibration, or the “when” vibration, so it will never be in the moment.  And isn’t that all we have – the moment?  Oh yes!  My thinking that “When I do the workshop I’ll be more on purpose,” isn’t any different than someone thinking “When I have that swimming pool in my backyard, I’ll be happy.”  Maybe wanting to do a workshop is a bit more meaningful than the desire for a swimming pool, but the Universe is only reading the “when this happens, then…” feeling. 

            In this realization, it lifted the stress, took away much of the fear, for it diminished the ego-thinking, and put me in a totally different perspective of being on purpose always and in all ways.  Bringing love and an open heart to any situation is being on and in purpose.  Whether it is talking with another who also wishes to find their path, sitting with a friend who is grieving, or cooking dinner, it can all be done with the same purposefulness of giving a workshop.  For in each moment we are setting an example.  In each moment we are teaching.  In each moment we can be in that space of unconditional love.  Whether that is being given to one individual, to self, or to a room full of people, the love you are feeling is all the Universe is getting a reading on, and that is what is going to be coming back to you.  Whatever frequency is put out will be answered. 

            I say, let us all realize that every moment is what our purpose is – to be the love and light of truth.  If we feel we are here for a “bigger” purpose, it will come much faster if we keep living life on purpose in the moment we are in.  If we keep waiting until that “bigger” opportunity comes to feel we are on purpose, we might wait a long time.  Carpe diem!  Seize the moment, each moment, for that is all we are given as a sure thing.  Past and future are an illusion, but build a good foundation in the moment for the next moment, and the next moment. Be on purpose and in purpose with each breath and the Universe will answer your joyous and loving frequency with abundance on every level of your being.

            A workshop on the Universal Laws is forthcoming.  That will also be part of my purpose, but today I am called to other things, and those things are also are part of my purpose, for I choose to see my purpose in all things and I will make it so.  We have a choice in what perspective we see things from.  If you are in the moment, enriching that moment with focus from the heart, even if it is taking out the trash, it can be heightened into something much more meaningful.  Do whatever you do to the best of your ability and it brings much more meaning to it, especially when done with the purpose of love.  Do all things as though you are doing for the All That Is, your own higher being, the Divine within you, and everyone and anyone else as one with you - for in truth, you are.

            I end with a quote by Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking on this very thought.  “If you are called to be a street sweeper, sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry.  Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.'” 

Love and blessings,

Magdrael

Did you know that every relationship and every event that has an impact on your life was planned by your soul before you even came into form?  It’s true.  Even down to the place you live, go to school, work, friendships – all planned.  Your soul has an agenda before it comes into being in form for its growth needs.  This is true for every soul.

Robert Schwartz wrote a wonderful book called Your Soul’s Plan:  Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born.  In this book he covers ten lives, some with physical illness, parents of handicapped children, being born deaf or blind, drug addiction and alcoholism, death of a loved one and accidents.  He uses mediums and channelers capable of going back to when the soul was planning these events to find out why the soul chose these routes, how the people were inter-related, and how things have turned out for them all.

            What Rob also covers in this book is why souls reincarnate and gives four main reasons.  First, is a choice of balancing another life, which we call karma.  An example of this is in one life, one is a caretaker, so in the next life must learn how to receive by being taken care of.  The second reason is for healing.  Some people are born with addictions so they can learn to find the Divine within themselves, therefore, being healed.  A third reason is the desire to be of service to others.  The fourth is because of the contrast in the third dimension.    In the dimension the soul abides, there is only love, and so the soul seeks a contrast to understand the depth of what love truly is against the duality within the third dimension of love/hate, good/bad, etc.

He has also discovered that the first and foremost thing about all souls, regardless of appearances within the current life, is that all things were done from love.  He gives a case history of a man who had aids.  He had chosen to be born into an area of the country where this was totally unacceptable, and also his parents were not accepting of his choices in his life and basically disowned him.  He had made this arrangement with those who were to be his parents before any of them came into form.  The soul of his future parents were reluctant to cause so much hurt to his soul, but agreed, as he told them he needed to learn self-love and self worth in this life.  He needed them to be hard on him, not accepting his life style and disease.  He ended up in his life, finding strength from self-love and knowing his self worth, which was exactly what his soul needed. 

The channelers and mediums who worked with Rob on this book were able to “sit in” within the planning rooms of these souls to hear and see what kind of blueprints are laid out for a soul coming into form, and why they chose the life they did in order to learn the lessons their soul desired to learn.

After reading this book, I realized that the word “judgment” needs to be struck from the vocabulary.  It is rather like the saying about not judging someone until you walk a mile in their shoes.  Each soul makes their own choices for lessons, and there are other souls who will help them in this lesson by creating the life that needs to be created for them to learn this.  The important thing here is that it is always done out of love. 

There is no event or person in your life that has not been planned.  When you look upon it this way, how can you judge anything another person is doing, even if the appearance of it is horrific to your perspective?  You cannot.  All the souls involved had a contract to have things happen just as they did.  The understanding that you are a soul having a temporary physical experience helps this, as the form is truly an illusion.  The soul is the only truth, the only reality.  A Course In Miracles also gets into that truth.  Marianne Williamson once talked of a plane crash, which she felt was so horrifying only to realize in reading The Course that it never truly happened.  It is illusion that the body creates while in the third dimension, but the soul does not experience it in the same way, for the soul sees it as a temporary journey to learn a lesson.  We are not our bodies!  The truth is our soul is Divine, and comes to learn in this dimension to bring the lessons home – to our true Home, to our soul families.

This book inspired me and explained many things that we see in our lives on a day to day basis.  It also taught me there can never, ever, be judgment in viewing another’s life, choices, or behavior.

More good news!  Rob has a new book out this month, which goes even deeper into this truth.  It might be difficult for some, as the subject matter covers things we tend to think of as horrific – rape and incest for example.  Again, I’m sure what will come out of this is that we can never judge why a soul would choose such an event or life, but that obviously it came here to learn something very deep for the soul’s growth.

Rob’s new book is entitled Your Soul’s Gift: The Healing Power of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born.  It delves much more deeply into soul planning on so many issues, some difficult, that many people live through.  I suggest you visit his website at www.yoursoulsplan.com to read the information about this new book which has just been released.  However, to get into and understand the foundation for his research, you might want to check out his original work first.

Archangel Raziel has stepped forward with a few words.  He is the Archangel who is a teacher among teachers, and is all about spiritual understanding.

“Your soul does indeed plan each and every life before it comes into form.  There are lessons it knows it needs to move closer and closer back to the Source from which it was created.  Contrast is a very good way to learn, and so many of you choose to be born into this third dimension, which is all about contrast.  This planet is more about duality than any other in the Universe and many souls like to take part in this to learn, to study, to feel the contrast so they can enhance what they already have learned, sometimes elsewhere.

“Each soul has a role to play upon this earth.  Nothing is done randomly.  Therefore, in knowing that each soul chooses its life, there can never be judgment upon the path it chooses.  Even in what you consider evil people, such as murderers, each soul that crosses that person’s path has made the decision to do so.  I realize this sounds absolutely fantastic, but it is true.  Each soul who crosses the path of a murderer did so to learn something, or to have those left behind learn something – perhaps forgiveness.  Nothing is done by accident.  The Universe does not work that way.

“You see, dear ones, events for the soul are very different than they are for the body, but the body, the form, is an illusion of the truth of the energy your soul is.  The soul feels that any temporary pain of the body is worth the lesson that was contracted for.  And the pain, or illness, can be healed many times by the thought energy that is put out by the mind.  Many times things can be overcome by the focus of the mind on a high vibration.  And this could be part of the lesson!  The mind, depending on its perception of an illness can either overcome it, or use it to its best advantage instead of being depressed about it.  There are many that take on difficult handicaps through accidents that their souls chose in order to be a strong example for others.  Think of Christopher Reeve.  Here was a man upon the earth that was considered a superman, not only for playing the role, but also for who he was – even after his accident.  You see?  His soul’s purpose was to be an example of strength and positive thinking, and also probably to learn how to receive.  Always know the soul chooses its path for a deeper reason than the mind in form can ever grasp.  Never judge another for their soul’s choice, and if you feel you are “a victim” of a circumstance, realize your soul chose this for you for a reason and look into that deeply.  Perhaps you are here to help humanity through whatever you feel victimized about.  And know it has all been done through love.”

Love and blessings to you all, for we are all one.