Asking for Outside Guidance

For most of my life, I have gone about making my decisions and choosing my path without asking for any help. Recently, I have learned just how supportive the Universe can be in such times. There is no reason to sit and stress over what one should do, when it is so easy to get quiet, go within, and ask the Universe, Source, God, your Higher Self, angels or your spirit guide for assistance.

Answers come in many forms. Usually it's not an mysterious voice coming from the ethers telling you what to do. It can be a person that comes into your life or something you hear on the radio or read somewhere. It could be just a newfound sense of clarity. Something might happen "out of the blue" that helps lead you down the right path.

My spirit guide happens to be a toad named Roger. I know this sounds kind of odd, but I didn't choose him, he chose me. I have a tank that is home to a few firebelly toads. One day I found the remains (just a tiny little toad skeleton) of one that had hidden himself away and reached the end of his life. I was astonished, due to something that had happened just prior to this; I had done a free meditation I found online that was supposed to help you determine who one of your spirit guides are. (I didn't know I had any before, except for a set of hard core anonymous guardian angels who had bailed me out of nasty situations time and time again.) I was surprised when the image of a frog came into my mind. But what surprised me even more was when I asked for his name, he replied, "Roger." I thought, "How strange!" I was expecting something much more tribal sounding. But when I found the dead toad, everything suddenly made sense to me. I didn't know his name was Roger when he was living here as my pet, but I have developed a close relationship with him ever since I did that meditation.

So now, whenever I need help, whether it be finding a set of lost car keys, finding the answer to a test question or deciding to keep or change a job, I summon Roger the Toad to help me. And wouldn't you know it, as soon as I remember to do that, the situation rights itself. Every time. Sometimes I forget to ask, and spend forever trying to get a result. Finally it will dawn on me to ask for help and I get my answer within minutes.

So whether you know you have a specific guide assigned to help you out or if you just pray to your God, try asking for help! You'll be surprised at how well it works! And it's a good lesson in being humble, as well. It's true, I don't have all the answers. But now I know where to get them!

Join Me on the Positivity Pathway

Welcome to my new blog! Here I will be sharing with you different ways of aligning with your Higher Self to manifest whatever it is you desire.

I'll begin with a quick introduction. I am 28 (turning 29 on September 6!) and a Southern California native. I have been blessed to land on this part of the world, which has given me so many opportunities in life. Growing up in LA, I was 16 when I found the first book by Carlos Castaneda. It was on my mom's bookshelf- she happens to be a very well-read and spiritual lady. This started me down my new path of conscious development. I was thereby introduced to alternate realities and the power of thoughts. Totally fascinated by such ideas, I continued to read more and attend workshops by people like Barbara Marx Hubbard of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution and Alan Watts.

Back in 2003 I decided to finish my bachelor's degree by taking classes all day Saturday and Sunday for two years. I nearly had an emotional breakdown at the thought of losing my weekends for such a long time. It seemed like holding down my full-time job and going to school this way was going to be impossible. Then I got so stressed out, that when I was on my way to my 6pm class (mind you, I had gotten off work at 6pm and driven 30 minutes to get to school so I was rushing around like a mad woman), I manifested a minor car accident. I went to see a mentor of mine who taught me about Law of Attraction. She didn't call it that, but she did explain to me how focusing on something will attract more of it into one's reality. I took this and ran with it. It made total sense to me, since I had always believed I could control things with my mind since I was a small child. (I remember sitting at traffic lights trying to turn them green with my thoughts and not wanting to talk about earthquakes for fear I would cause one- which actually happened once!)

By the time I was out of college, I finally learned how to reprogram my mind in regard to limiting thoughts that were holding me back. One tricky one for me was around the area of wealth. My parents grew up during WWII and the Great Depression, and had adopted a serious lack mentality (God bless 'em.) This was inadvertently handed down to me, and I grew up thinking one had to work hard to get by, that we were "upper middle class" and that's where I would stay, and that money didn't grow on trees. One day I finally learned that all this was not necessarily so. I had what it takes to get myself off of the paycheck to paycheck grind with all the anxiety it entailed. I'm proud to announce I actually have some money saved, I don't bounce checks anymore and I rarely pay an overdraft fee these days.

During the years to follow, my relationships also improved. I used to attract very volatile and codependent love relationships. Each one I've had since high school has been markedly better. I'm still using contrast (identifying what I don't want) to refine my desire, and feel I'm closer than ever to the true love I always dreamed about having.

A few years ago I was introduced to Abraham-Hicks and the channeled messages about how to deliberately create your world. Mom and I attended one of their seminars a little while back and were both very impressed. I find that channeled information, whether in books or on CD's or otherwise always seems to focus on exactly what I needed to know. One of my favorite authors of channeled information is Sanaya Roman. I highly recommend her whole series of books.

These days, I find I'm manifesting things without giving them a second thought, so it feels like something has shifted. I'm opening myself up to all life has to offer, and love sharing my ideas about this with others. This blog is my way of reaching the people who are ready for this information and interested in what I have to say. Many have seen the movie The Secret and are beginning to understand that we have greater power than we ever thought possible. You can transform your life, and it's just a matter of letting go of negative thoughts and beliefs and replacing them with good ones. Using your emotions as an indicator of your vibrational level and point of attraction is a sure way to head down the Positivity Pathway. So let's go!