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How would you recognize the voice - the message - of an angel? By the truth of who you are. How do you put yourself in a position to hear an angel? You say, "Hold on, mind. I want to hear what the angels are saying."

Scriptures of all different religious groups tell us that as we think in our heart, thus we become. Thinking in our heart is connecting an emotional, loving quality to the content of the mind. Otherwise, thinking can be limited to an intellectual experience. Intellect without caring can be cold and sterile, not exactly an abundant experience. Conversely, if we have only emotions, we may not be accessing our wisdom. Thinking in our heart includes the ability to see into what is present and to put it together in a chain of thoughts that we can move on physically as we share with other people.

The Mystical Traveler doesn't ask a lot of you. He asks you to do your spiritual exercises every day, to love one another, and to live without hurting yourself or others, in ways that will nurture and care for yourself and others. Within those parameters, all the choices are yours.

We cannot know for sure we are doing God's will unless we see through God's eyes and know from God's perspective. Here are some pointers along the way, questions you can ask yourself: Am I being loving? Am I being forgiving? Am I being peaceful? Am I truly asking to do what is for the highest good for all concerned in this situation? Then you do the best you can and live your life as it presents itself to you. You will make mistakes, and that is to be expected as part of the process of life. Mistakes are not wrong and bad; they are really your stepping-stones to learning and growth, and, seen that way, they are steps towards God.

You may have to disturb yourself in order to become aware of yourself and establish a reference point for your progress. Then you can know that you are forever moving upward in your spiritual progression into the heart of God.

Q: How can I experience the Christ in my everyday life? A: The answer is very simple: serve, serve, serve. I should say, serving, serving, serving. To serve means getting up and going and doing what's in front of you to do. I think we find the Christ more readily in that serving than we do in anything else. In the Bible, Christ says, "How do you know that ye are my disciples? That you do love one another" (John 13:35, New International Version). How do we know that you do love one another? Because you help each other, you work with each other, and you support each other. And you just don't judge each other.

The unconscious transmits, and you can have awareness of what's being transmitted. You ask, "What is this? What am I to do with this?" Consider that you can handle whatever is brought into your awareness from the unconscious. When you've put things in motion that are no longer necessary, resolve to use the awareness for greater good or let it go.

"Now I am depressed, so I will eat." Part of this depression-fat syndrome is called, "I don't get to do what I want to do when I want to do it." In other words, "I want freedom."

I have come to believe that the suffering of humankind lies in its perceived separation from God, the ultimate source of our power, creativity, and life. I believe this separation is a temporary condition and that we have the power to "come home" when we choose, to return to our awareness of the divine, to the knowledge of our Souls and Spirit. I believe this is the message of all great spiritual teachers throughout all time. It is a universal message and remains the same, no matter the time, culture, or tradition. In the Gospel according to Luke, it is written that Jesus taught the parable of the lost son, the prodigal son who realizes the error of his ways and comes home to his father (Luke 15: 20 – 24, New International Version). Though in the parable, the emphasis is on the son who comes home, I think of it as the parable of the "forgiving Father," for it exemplifies the nature of God, which sees the perfection of each Soul no matter what the circumstances, and experiences only love.

It's easy to judge people who are doing drugs, but it's best not to do that. Judging doesn't change anything, and more likely will shut off communication. You can help others, including your children if you are a parent, understand the pattern of drug abuse early so that when they are faced with it, they'll see what it is, confront it, and choose to bypass it. Then it is abolished and they are free to pursue other options. This can take strength and the support of loved ones who call things as they see them in a nonjudgmental way.