Messages From Archangel Gabriel

In the interest of the old saying, “we teach what we need to learn,” I have been focused recently on all the different ways I have been working with Light over the past 30 + years. When I met my guru, Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas, back in 1977, he taught us about the power of Light through meditation and ancient Hindu spiritual practices. We were fortunate because very few people had ever heard of him, so a small group of us were able to spend personal time with a true spiritual master from India.

One of the things I experienced was the amazing Light filled presence of a being who personified unconditional love. He was a Shaktipat guru, which means he was able to awaken a person’s Kundalini or spiritual energy, with Divine Light through a touch or a look. Guruji had written a book in the 1960’s called “Light on Meditation,” and practicing meditation in his presence was definitely a Light filled experience. He would suggest we not be attached to these experiences or even to his presence, but to use this Light energy to find our own deep connection to God by the pathway he had opened through Shaktipat initiation.

Ayurveda, the ancient system of healing in India, teaches that rubbing our physical bodies with sacred oils, such as rose, sandalwood or sesame is a valuable way to keep balance in the different pathways between our spiritual and physical bodies. Guruji ran such high frequencies of spiritual energy through his physical body that his head would become very hot. This and other manifestations of his awakened Kundalini were benefited by daily massage. It was often a question for me who was actually benefiting, because many times there would be 2 or more devotees giving him a massage at one time. We could ask him questions, he would tell us inspiring stories, or even lovingly tease us. Often those giving the massage would slip into deep meditation during the process and become unable to complete their task. At those times it was often my job, since I seemed to be somewhat immune to this powerful urge, to move their inert bodies aside, and complete the healing massage for the benefit of our guru. Oh, how I wished I had been able to be so sensitive as to let go into that desire to drift away. My sensitivity, however, was to the service that was needed, and a few of us always seemed to show up when something needed to be done.

I had early in my association with Dhyanyogi decided to go to massage school in Santa Cruz, California where our ashram was located. I wanted to give Guruji as much healing energy as I could in return for the intense work he did with thousands of devotees in India and across the U.S. This massage training entailed working with Light energy through a bodywork process. Because of my proximity to the Light and spiritual energy my guru embodied, the massage and bodywork training really allowed me a new form of creative process and healing service. Then Guruji decided to teach ancient forms of healing because so many of his devotees were healers themselves. He felt it was important that we learn how to protect ourselves, use this energy for awakening within and work with others to bring a higher frequency of Divine Light and healing energy into the world. It was to be the most profound period of Grace I have experienced in my long life.

Divine Light as a Force for Healing

After Guruji went back to India in 1980, I continued my healing practice in Northern California until getting married and moving to Hawaii in 1984. There I met another healer I will call Kaiona. Through a spiritual awakening, he began to see into people’s bodies and worked with Divine Light to bring healing energy through his own form of bodywork. He called this energy Light Force. He told me when we met that I had the same pattern and colors of Light energy in my hands that he did, so it would be possible for me to do that same work. I jumped right in and for the next fifteen years, he trained me to bring Divine Light into the cells of people’s bodies to activate a higher frequency of energy. When the Light was activated in the cells healings would occur on the physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual levels. For many years I enjoyed this healing work, and was able to teach Light Activation Therapy as well.

It was, in fact, during one of these healing sessions in 1988 that Archangel Michael showed up in, no surprise, a blaze of Golden Light. Continuing from 1990 when Archangel Gabriel came to teach me, my Light energy work took differing forms, from hands on to hands off. Archangel Gabriel was adamant about the need for us to bring Divine Light through our bodies, in order to create a bridge from Heaven and Earth. He taught me about using Light as an activation tool in my own body to clear away debris and blocks to my soul’s purpose, as well as bring Light Frequencies into my own being for higher sacred attunements. It was through working with these Light energies within me that Archangel Gabriel taught me how to receive messages. It has been a real gift to find that these messages spoke to others in a deep way, and it was heartening to find that when I showed them the techniques, other people were able to use these same processes to prepare them to receive their own guidance as well.

Divine Light as a Force for Protection

While I was in Hawaii, I began work with another spiritual teacher, Nancy Shipley Rubin, who also had been working with the Light Body and frequencies for healing for a great length of time. I have worked with her for many years and still find that her cutting edge teachings have the capacity to go deeply into areas necessary for my spiritual growth. In the late 90’s, one of the things she had been emphasizing was the need to surround ourselves with Divine Light after clearings. She would suggest bringing Light to us and send it “3 times round.” This was an interesting process I worked with for several years until it proved itself to be extremely beneficial in what could have been a very dangerous situation. I was obviously very protected in one grueling trip to Chicago. I was driving through a very heavy rainstorm with jagged flashes of lightening all around me over the prairies, the likes I had never seen as a Californian or in Hawaii. This storm was so intense, I found myself repeating a powerful Sanskrit prayer, the Gayatri, some say is the oldest written prayer in history. I also was praying to Archangel Michael to surround me in 3 rings of Golden Light, and to fill me as well as the car with Divine Light. I kept this up for hours, so delayed by the weather that I did not arrive in Chicago until after midnight. I had directions to a home where many students were gathering with an Indian spiritual teacher, but I was concerned that my lateness would be too disturbing. I decided to find a motel and then get a fresh start in the morning

Then it got even scarier

I stopped in a convenience store to get directions to a place to spend the night, and the woman sent me to a section of Chicago where she said there were many motels to stay in. Following her directions I found out that there were indeed many motels but they were all for rent by the hour, with a key deposit so you could not go out to find clients and bring them back, if you get my meaning here. There were not big X’s on the windows but that is the kind of rating that neighborhood would have had. I tried a number of places over several blocks and they were all the same. I started getting more and more uncomfortable, when I realized I had no idea where I was in a huge, possibly dangerous city in the wee hours of the morning. Finally I just took one of the motels, and paid their $50 key deposit for the night. When I went to my room, I found out the walls were covered with mirrors and there were two tiny little towels and a small bar of soap in the bathroom. Extremely yucky, however I was still chanting the Gayatri, and I asked Archangel Michael to fill me with Divine Light, and surround the room with 3 rings of Golden Light.

I went to the car and found my own bedding, the flowers I had brought for the teacher, and some candles and spiritual pictures to make a little altar so I could bring more positive energy into the place. I placed my bedding over the bedspread with my head facing the pictures, candles and flowers at the foot of the bed. I am not sure if I slept much. I know that whenever I surfaced in consciousness, I was still chanting the Gayatri mantra. At one point I heard someone try to open the door but the chain was on it. I just lay there repeating my mantra, filling and surrounding myself in Light. As soon as there was a hint of dawn I jumped up, did a small shower and put on clean clothes. I gathered up all my things and prepared to make one big fast trip to the car and get out of there. But I could not find the key for which I had given the $50 deposit. I looked everywhere, and said my usual “find it” prayers, until finally it was getting later and I just decided to go. When I opened the door, the prayers must have worked because I did find the key. I had left the key in the door lock outside the room. I was so freaked out the night before that I had not been grounded and acted stupidly, and yet the Divine Light of God still protected me. I will never forget that demonstration of power and Divine Grace.

Divine Light as a Spiritual Tool in any Situation

That was in 2002, and over the years I have still been using this prayer and working with Divine Light as a spiritual tool. I consider it one of the most powerful teachings I have ever received. I have been very fortunate in my life to have met and spent time absorbing the wisdom of some very evolved teachers. To have that deep connection was necessary for my spiritual growth. We are in a very different time right now – a time when it is possible to contact the inner wisdom that lives within each of us. The veils are much thinner between worlds, and the frequency of energy on the planet has quickened to such an extent that we are able to immerse ourselves in the vastness of Light in the Divine Heart, and receive Love and Wisdom to our greatest capacity. Of course, we still have those who inspire us through the media, books or meetings and this is appropriate. We need to take these teachings and apply them to our daily life, so we gain more inner balance and less separation. At the same time we also have access to our Higher Self and teachings that are available in a way that was never possible before.

The Gabriel Message Cards say: The teachers you seek are Truth and Wisdom. They are within you. The vast intelligence of the Divine Light carries the truth and wisdom, as well as the love we are seeking. There is nourishment and inspiration available when we tap into the power of Divine Light. Working with Light is the first step to any of my spiritual practices. I have seen Divine Light clear the way within my own body and clear the way for me to be safe in the world. I have watched Divine Light working within the body of a client and seen its powerful process connecting them to their soul’s purpose. I have experienced Divine Light as the one tool that I can use for any situation and any person no matter what it is, knowing that Divine Light is a valuable, empowered energy force that can bring healing. I know that Divine Light carries the Love and Intelligence of God so it is able to find its way into areas where its healing power is most needed and will do the work required in perfect Divine Order.

Archangel Gabriel said to me, “Receive Light. Give Light. Be Light.” And so it is.

Shanta Gabriel
Copyright: April 24, 2011

Shanta is available for private spiritual sessions and also will be teaching some of these powerful Divine Light techniques at the Terra Nova Summit conference in Quebec, June 10-12. More information at www.TheGabrielMessages.com.

Photo of Cloud Angel taken by Shanta after she asked for a sign on her husband’s wedding day

Finding Your Way through the Mayhem of Life

Signs and synchronicity are living guides to life on Earth. The power of these signals, and what some call “coincidence” is to enlighten our path and reassure us that we are taking the right steps – no matter how radical they may seem.

As these times become more filled with disruptive events and change, we need to become very connected to our inner guidance, in order to function with mastery on the earth. A spiritual practice becomes a practical, empowering tool for inner peace and wisdom in perilous times. I have produced many messages from Archangel Gabriel over the years with a similar message. Like most everyone else, I have been watching the increase of natural disasters and the amazing collapse of economic systems and world governments. I have been observing people who are unable to stay in their homes and jobs, and it is abundantly clear that we need inner guidance more than ever. There is no longer any security in our outer world, and we need to cultivate faith and trust in ourselves in order to find our way.

As a people we immerse ourselves in worldly activities, numb our minds with television, and let worry and fear overtake our mental states. Of course there needs to be an element of responsibility and logical behavior, but if we make clear intentions to follow our soul’s calling, all of the outer plane existence will fall into miraculous order, even if it includes the sometimes dramatic dissolution of life as you have known it. I have seen this repeatedly over the years and after recently receiving some nudges from the Angelic Dimensions in the form of repeating phrases and synchronicity over the past week, it seemed like time for me to come out my hermitage to share with you some of my personal stories of signs and synchronicity. Believe me, I am not advocating that you do what I did. Hopefully you will take intentional steps to take care of your life before it is necessary to go through such radical transformation.

In my late 20’s I first began to notice synchronicity when all of the many varied books I was reading at the time began to carry the same message. They were pointing to a life oriented by a Higher Power combined with clear inner intentional awareness. During that time, events occurred that suddenly freed me to explore these ideas in action. I began an adventurous 7-year road trip, with only my dog for company, in order to find my “true calling and path in life.” During that time I became more comfortable with prayer and began paying attention to coincidental meetings and signs from the road.

My Very First Sign

One of the more humorous, not to mention clear, signs occurred when I was just over 30. I had taken a temporary job that had promised another position in the future. I was not a match for the job or for the location where I was working, and I became very unhappy. One day I was driving from the beautiful mountain hideaway where I lived down into the central valley of California to work. I became increasingly disgruntled as I drove out of clear sunshine into the brown smoggy fog that was normal for the area. I began to pray harder and found myself asking for a sign from God to show me if it was time for me to quit this hated job. I said I was willing to stay if it was in my highest good, but I needed clear guidance. I prayed throughout my 30-minute journey. When I walked into work, I was called into the manager’s office where she promptly fired me. I don’t even remember why it was done, but I do remember trying not to laugh at the blatant and very obvious sign from the Universe that I was not supposed to be there. Of course I found new creative ways to take care of myself, and my life became more harmonious.

From that point in 1975, I did my best to live according to the signals of my heart. Were there times when I did not pay attention? Of course, and times when my desires overcame my inner guidance. This was especially true after I was married and began to give away portions of myself and lose touch with my true feelings. It was all in the name of service to another and keeping peace in my marriage, (blah blah blah), but it had the affect of eroding my connection to the impulse of my spirit in the relationship. There came a time, while living in Hawaii in late 1998, when the signs and signals could no longer be ignored. Throughout a one-year period my outer life began to dissolve a piece at a time. The Angel business I had poured myself and enormous sums of money into for years went bankrupt, we lost our house, my appendix burst, I had a car accident and went into menopause. I was so confused about the future I began to pray for clarity and signs to help me know what to do. The only message I received at the moment was, “Just when did you think you would need faith?”

And Synchronicity and Signs Came into Being

Soon after, however, I was invited to teach a class about Angelic communication in Michigan. While I was there, I visited a retreat center whose spiritual director was someone I knew in the past. He invited me to stay at the center while I sorted my life out and I could feel myself being drawn to the idea. While I had happily lived in Hawaii for over 20 years without a thought to leaving, I was enticed by the peaceful country setting and regular spiritual practice. I knew that it could jeopardize my marriage, so I wanted to be really clear before taking the radical step. I went out to the river on the property to seek guidance. I called on the Divine Presence, my Soul, my higher self and every angel, guide, and master that may have guided me in this life, to come and help me. What was revealed was surprising in its simple clarity. I was told, “you will not fulfill your spiritual destiny unless you come to this place and stay from October 1 through January 15.”

I sat there in awe. Even though it seemed like that was a long separation in a marriage, my husband and I had always given each other time for spiritual retreat. In fact, our relationship began over the months that he was traveling with our guru. So it was not impossible that it could still work, but it did not bode well, considering the shakiness of our marriage after all of the recent losses. As I sat on the bank of the river and let my thoughts unfurl, I realized that all of that clear guidance was in my mind, and maybe my heart, but I needed some clear physical demonstration in order to follow such an extreme path. As I walked away from the river, I asked for a sign that would be unmistakable. I declared that I was willing to follow whatever guidance was revealed to me beyond a shadow of a doubt.

As I continued to walk there came a signal that is still without equal in the years that followed. I was stopped suddenly because I was covered in hundreds of butterflies. They flew to my head, walked on my face, crawled on my arms and my legs, and totally surrounded me. Then just as suddenly, they flew away leaving an light-filled energy sparkling in the air around me. What would you have said? That good old faithless part of me said, “well that was really good but how about just one more little sign.” And there at my feet was a small puddle into which flew two blue butterflies that were then joined by one yellow butterfly. That was what it took for me to totally surrender and trust that I was being inspired by my soul’s presence. God had taken charge and I had faith that no matter what happened, I would be protected, guided and directed from then on. I was allowing my new life to burst into being.

And did we all live happily ever after?

I am not going to pretend it was easy after that day in late 1999, but it was the catalyst for my husband and I to create the lives we were meant to be living in order to follow our unique destinies. He immediately found a new wife, got married a week after our divorce was final, and had a baby a month later. On the other hand, I became a somewhat aged, wandering sadhu, (in India, this is a spiritual aspirant without earthly belongings who wanders in search of enlightenment). In the seven years that followed, not only did I meet a number of great spiritual teachers, I also received inner guidance and lessons that are the basis of my life today. Even though our lives look very different from what we had planned, I have no doubt that my former husband and I are both happier and more fulfilled in all the ways that matter. After our divorce, he told me that he would never have had the courage to do what I did. I can understand where he was coming from, because we had created a beautiful life in the material world that was hard to give up. But for me it had less to do with courage, and more to do with Faith. Many years before any of these occurrences, I had turned my life over to God and had devoted myself to service in whatever form that manifested for my highest good. When the signs were so clear, how could I refute the guidance I had asked for and received so abundantly.

There are times in our lives when our soul’s call for the Divine, in the form of what one of my friends calls “The Lone Arranger,” to step into what appears to be our secure lives. The purpose is to pull the rug out from under our complacency and attachment so we can fulfill our true destiny. We have all committed to completing our soul’s purpose in different ways, and we have lessons to learn. I believe that all that transpires in our lives is working toward that end, no matter what it looks like.

Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign

We are living within a compressed time line of tremendous upheaval and change. We can see what is going on in the world and how it often mirrors what we are feeling in our individual lives. All that we trusted to be secure and stable in many ways has been subject to surprising changes we never imagined. In the midst of this upheaval we only have our faith in Divine Guidance and our connection to this Source energy to assist our process and we might feel very separate. Of course we are never really alone, as there are Angels that step into our lives at just these moments in order to guide our paths. We have to invite their assistance, however, so this is really an important part of our process.

What else can we do before our lives start falling apart? One is to gain balance and equilibrium in yourself through a meditative practice and other steps that help you feel harmony within. Sometimes that still quiet voice within is buried in the cacophony that is our mental state, yet the commitment you are making to have inner connection with your Divine Self starts a powerful process in motion. When we take one step towards God, the Universe pours out abundant miracles to support our path. This dedication to knowing your inner spirit allows you to learn to trust your inner guidance. While you are creating a spiritual practice, you are also cultivating faith. You are learning to value your peace so much that you will go to great lengths not to lose your inner balance.

These were some very valuable lessons I have learned during the ten years since the divorce. Another has been the importance of staying present and grounded. Without an awareness of how I am feeling, and what is happening around me, I might miss some of the tremendous opportunities the Universe is always providing for me. I am also allowing myself to be loved and supported on both the physical and non-physical level, reaching out to friends in a new way. I keep my spiritual practice, and give myself time every day to make my intentions for the day and my life. Even if it is only for five minutes, I give myself the gift of silence, and fill myself with Divine Light. I invite into my life my angels and the masters that guide me, and I allow their presence to remind me that I am not truly alone. And most importantly, I ask for signs and pay attention to synchronicity because I know this is one of the best ways for inner guidance to show me I am on track. I do my best to stay very present to whatever is happening in the moment because this is where the opportunities and creative solutions abound.

Here is what Archangel Gabriel has been saying about this process:

Dear Ones,

As the time approaches for mastery of the physical plane, there is confusion in the minds of those who work to bring more clarity to their life path. Extreme measures are often necessary as life’s twists and turns become ever more frequent. A daily check in for energy flow is helpful when it becomes the norm. Often it is necessary to ask for more obvious guidance when life is moving at a such a fast pace. The request for physical signs has been one of the ways people have tracked their progress for millennia. Requesting a sign can provide an obvious designation in moments when extreme clarity is paramount.

There are moments when there is an impulse from within and often a message that repeats in the mind. If you feel you need more clarity, a physical sign can be requested. When this request is sent into the Universe, there needs to be a framework – asking for it to be obvious, as well as a prayer for alignment with your Higher Self, Divine Wisdom, Guardian Angels and Masters. After you have called forth your highest guidance, you know that the demonstration must be trusted. The signs you receive become Relevancy Markers on your Path.

It takes great faith and courage to follow your inner guidance in the face of logic, the need for security and unknown outcomes. But what other way does your Higher Self have to get your attention, except through signs, signals and synchronicity?

Be at peace, and know that all is truly well.

Many Blessings to all,

Shanta Gabriel
For Archangel Gabriel
Copyright: February 24, 2011

Hello Friends,

For many years people have been suggesting I include more of me in my posts. I have preferred to let the work speak for me, and allow the greater presence of Archangel Gabriel to shine through. But recently, there have been more times when I wanted to share experiences that seem to mirror what others are going through in these tumultuous times.

As I paid attention to these impulses I have found that my story touched people in a way that surprised me. I have decided to begin including these stories to be a part of the creation of a new book that will include some of my experiences over the 40-plus years on my active spiritual path.

I invite your comments on the writings, and encourage you to give me feedback on areas that need more clarity. If you have questions or suggestions on areas that may be of interest to a larger community, I will be happy to consider those in the process of creating a new book.

Thank you for including me in your spiritual life.

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Namaste,
Shanta