by natha -yoga centre 

The angels are always with us, witnessing our problems; wary friends, which soothe our pains, teachers and companions full of love. And, in full honesty, we cannot say that we, the beneficiaries of their existence, do much for making their task easier.

A good relationship with the angels implies a greater spiritual opening, the availability to accept the others and to better understand oneself. All we need is just to change our habits a little bit: a good thought in the morning, a small prayer – are enough to resume our lives in a different way and to feel more serene and trustful, aware that we are not alone and that we have never been.

Before learning how to listen to the voice of the angels, we must know the way they speak to us.

G. Del Ton says that “their words without sounds correspond to the silence that speaks to the heart”. To lead us on the path of wisdom and love, the angels establish a calm communication with our soul; thus, they inspire our thoughts so that we do not make mistakes or bad deeds. They “suggest” us to take the best direction, in order to not expose ourselves to any risks which could endanger our physical or psychic state. Also, they can intervene on our memories, restructuring the accumulated experience and reminding us what we have to do or, on the contrary, what we should not do. They encourage us to reflection (spontaneously or by triggering events) and to diminishing our weaknesses, they encourage us to follow new, beneficial ideas and to constantly nourish our inner life, so that it does not get numb into the routine.

Thus, the angles whisper their advices to our soul and not to our ears. Nevertheless, because we have our free will, they cannot interfere over it: we are free to accept or to refuse their suggestions, we can follow the path the angels show us or we can ignore their advices and struggle because of the mistakes we make. In short, we are the ones deciding upon our attitude and behavior; the angels cannot do anything without our collaboration. It is clear for everybody that, although each one of us is assisted by a guardian angel, people keep on offending the principle of good. For this reason, sometimes, this precious guide does not save us from accidents or painful situations (which would be much more without his help): an imprudent and superficial attitude from us makes us face some experiences which are necessary for us, because they allow us to become aware of the negative consequences of our actions and, therefore, to be able later on to avoid the tougher trials we might have to go through.

The angels watch over our soul, but they can also help us deal with daily problems and even to protect our material needs, if they are important for our spiritual evolution.

It is highly unlikely that the one who is not willing to pay any attention to his guardian angel, for example, or who even denies his existence, the one who never addresses him and never asks him for anything, will really benefit from his advices. The angel will always be by his side, willing to protect him and to fulfill his demands, but his action will be diminished, because he will never be able to really contact the person he has in his care. By the opposite, the one who consciously addresses his guardian angel, opening his heart to his silent words, calling for him in the difficult moments and asking for his help, can count on the valuable support of a loyal friend.

This is why it is important to learn to listen to the angels. It is the first step to make in order to contact them and this step is easier then we imagine. In this direction it is good to also consider some important considerations. Modern life, so stressing and so full in stimuli, so stupendous in images, sensations, information, gives us too little time for ourselves. Everything is done in a hurry. We eat fast, we sleep little, we think and we speak at high speed: we are constantly projected into tomorrow. Thus, the future becomes the most important dimension of life, thus losing the value of the day.

We are constantly stressed by the environment we live in. We no longer find the necessary place or time to perceive our inner world. Silence frightens us, because we are constantly immersed into a noisy and agitated world, traversed by mediated messages. Thus, silence becomes synonym to loneliness, which, of course, frightens us. And then we try to oppose the absence of noise and of the outer stimuli by allowing modern communication devices to invade our intimacy. We rarely search for this silence, which is in fact in ourselves and which allows us to contact the divine source of the Whole.
In fact, listening to the angels means to reserve for them a space of silence and then to allow them to free our being from tensions and preoccupations that keep us anchored in the throbbing reality. Thus, we finally come back to ourselves, with the feeling that we belong to the entire Universe.

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