Archangel Metatron: Greetings, we come to you today to bring a renewal of energies, so that you may be lifted above the negativity that surrounds you now.

We cannot help but notice the sense of hopelessness that abounds in your home. But beware; for hopelessness creates depression. When you look around you and feel helpless to change anything, or that your options appear bleak, it is very important that you become aware of your situation. For in reality, it is a spiritual signal that ‘you’ have to change if you wish your life to take a different direction.

For everything you experience, is because you have an emotional need to. It is not a case of looking to others. It is a case of looking to the self. We often feel that by getting others to change, your life will change. But this cannot be further from the truth. For many people fail to face those things that need to be changed.

If you no longer had the emotional need, the experience you find yourself experiencing would no longer exist. This is why people smoke, drink, over-eat, choose abusive relationships. Many people in these life experiences will say they have no will power, or that they’re just weak, when in fact that is not the case at all.

The real reason why someone continues to abuse themselves or be in an abusive situation is because they refuse to face the real cause of the problem. Over-indulgence in cigarettes, alcohol, food or drugs is really a reflection that you emotionally feel unworthy and have little self-worth. Over indulgence is a form of emotional punishment. Learning to love ones self and value ones self is one the most important life lessons you can learn.

When you love yourself, you honour yourself; and it paves the way for success and happiness. Instead of self-criticising yourself, you have to begin by being willing to release the need for approval or love from others and begin to replace your thought energy patterns with loving thoughts. For when you do this, you begin to connect with your own inner power and strength; and you can change the situations you find yourself in that are unacceptable to you.

The key to doing this is to remember that you are dealing with thoughts. You have the power to change your thoughts; and if you change your thoughts, you can change the beliefs that have held you back.

The energy you put into thought will create your reality; and once you have chosen to act, you can draw more of the same problems to you. In other words, you may find a situation gets worse before it gets better. But again; looking objectively at your situation, the real truth is that the situation is changing and even though the situation may appear worse, it is a signal that things are finally on the move.

Life is a set of experiences and you have a powerful tool to help you deal with everything. The power of God you possess is consciousness (the mind). The way you choose to think is down to how you perceive life and those around you. If you’re a negative person, this is because you’ve chosen to form a habit of negative thinking. The wonderful thing about the mind is that you can change, if you choose to do so. Instead of your thoughts controlling you, learn to control your thoughts. The way you find your life now, is a direct result of your thoughts, so control your thoughts and you control the situation.

Why do we need to get this point across to you? Because we’re here to remind you all that you’re not helpless victims of life, but the masters of it.

If you feel unloved, then take a long hard look at yourself and be willing to let go of feeling unloved. Release the feeling in any way you feel you need to. That can be talking it through with someone. Even a cat or a dog make good listening pals. Write your feelings down, or if you prefer find a physical outlet. Take up jogging, Thai boxing, whichever way you feel the need; but let go of these feelings, so that the past no longer has any hold on you.

You can continue to read our guidance and then continue in your old thought behaviours; or you can decide to enjoy life, believe in and love yourself. Your past is a mere thought, it cannot be undone, nor changed; but you have the power to change now and every minute that you continue to stay in your old thought patterns. You are losing precious minutes of happiness and fulfilment.

As well as facing up to your fears and learning to let go of the past, remember forgiveness will also be required of you. When life does not go the way you planned, do not hold onto anger, blame, resentment, hurt, sadness or a feeling for revenge. Forgive those who have hurt you, for it is important to remember that in ‘their’ mind, they have done no wrong. Their level of consciousness is different from your own. You may find this hard to do, but in your past, you went to school every day, and for most of those days you don’t have any particular emotional attachment to those days. It’s just something that happened. You can choose to have the same emotional detachment to those painful experiences too. For they are mere memories. You can build a new life for yourself if you choose to change your emotional attachments to the way in which you think.

Instead of thinking you don’t want to end up an old lonely person, or you don’t want to end up divorced, release your negative thought patterns and think about what you ‘do’ want in your life. Positivism will change your life a lot more quickly than dwelling on negatives.

Jill: Many people find this hard, including me; so why is it that we allow this to happen?

Archangel Metatron: It happens because you ‘allow’ it to happen and you raise your children to do the same. You raise each other through criticism and when you criticise you destroy the ability to love oneself.

Think back to your childhood, you were criticised by your parents, your teachers, your peers and your friends. Humans as a race, tend to raise and nurture your offspring through criticism and not motivation.

Jill: You have to be able to point out where someone’s gone wrong sometimes, so they understand.

Archangel Metatron: Yes, you do, but in a loving way; through explaining the situation and pointing out all the areas that a person has done well. Teaching someone with motivation and encouragement results in that person learning self approval, self acceptance and self love.

As adults, you place much emphasis on the thoughts and opinions of others. You allow those thoughts and opinions to disempower you. Someone else’s thought and opinions ‘only’ affect you if you give them meaning. When someone criticises you, do not accept it. Anything that does not nourish or support you is of little use. When someone thinks you’re wrong, decide for yourself before responding.

Others are very quick to point out what’s wrong with you, and you instantly accept it instead of remembering that, as every snowflake is different, so are people; and that your qualities that they see as being wrong, is in fact your uniqueness coming to the fore.

Jill: Yes I can accept that, but you also stress that we are all one, so this could be quite confusing.

Archangel Metatron: The soul is unique. When you accept your soul is unique, you have nothing to compare it with. Therefore you cannot measure yourself against someone else.

As a human being you are all one and the same. You are all in search of happiness and you are all sharing your planet. The aim for you all is survival. In your 3D world, the human body is the same, in so much as, it requires a brain and a heart to function. The soul, however, knows that there is no beginning and no end. Your soul seeks to share and experience everything.

Your body needs exercise to remain healthy, and just as important, so too does the mind. Meditation, visualisation exercises, affirmations and even hypnosis will help you to deal with your hidden emotions that block your way.

You will always find life frustrating and complicated whilst ever you fail to acknowledge and release the negative thoughts and emotions you hold inside. If you feel the world is against you, then it will be. If you feel you don’t deserve to have your dreams, then you won’t.

Your soul desires to learn and grow. To do this, requires you to work on the self, to achieve self-realisation. You are ‘work in progress’ and you can soar high and achieve much; or you can surround yourself with hopelessness and negativity. Which would you prefer?

Blessed be, Metatron.