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Friday February 5, 2010

Fearless Fridays: how can angels help

How often do you experience fear on a daily basis? Realistically, how can angels help you deal with fear?

I still remember my first day of school. I was so excited about learning and looking forward to having a new adventure. I remember my mom walking me to school, holding my hand. I knew I was safe and walked into that classroom with my head held high. I was so happy about being in school I smiled as my mom left. Most of the other children were crying and I remember the teacher asking me why I wasn't crying too. In hindsight I wasn't crying because I felt safe and viewed school as a big adventure.

Tuesday January 19, 2010

Categories: Angels, Beliefs, Joy, Love

Magic, miracles and muses

Every time we take a breath we are given the gift of life from our spirit. The first time I had that thought I was terrified. What if my spirit, what if God decided to withdraw that gift? My terror was generated by my belief that I was my body and not my spirit and that God was less than unconditionally loving. Today I know I will live and breath until the moment I go home to the place from which all existence springs forth and that knowing brings me peace.

Life is such a miraculous gift and wonderful adventure. Some people take the time to align themselves with their spirit and connect with the celestial realms and some don't. Each day when I write my blog posts I open my heart and my mind to the angels and my muses, those spirits that inspire creativity.

Friday January 15, 2010

Fearless Fridays: why do bad things happen

I so often hear these type of questions: "Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God let a child die needlessly, a natural disaster kill or displace millions? Why does God allow violence? Why did God allow the earthquake in Haiti?"

Life is God's unconditional gift to us, the rest is just part of living here on planet earth and all of the events in life are incredible gifts. I believe we can use every event to either deepen our experience of oneness and our connection to the divine or enhance our filter system. A vengeful God that believes there is only one path to salvation or one that punishes people is one way to maintain our limiting beliefs and deepen our sense of isolation from the divine.

Let me explain ......
 

Tuesday January 12, 2010

Angels and happiness

There are countless studies that show the profound relationship between attitude, spiritual connection and happiness. People that believe in angels are simply happier than people that don't and people that take sometime each day to pray and meditate are even happier.

Angels are always filled with love and compassion. They are never stressed or overwhelmed. Perhaps we could learn from them how to be happy and live a life filled with ease.

Monday January 11, 2010

Angel cards

Years ago a friend of mine gave me a deck of angel cards. They are simple, cartoon like pictures of angels that have words on them like faith, joy, surrender and forgiveness. When I first began working with angels I would pull one every day and work with that angel for the day.

Since then I have been given many decks of angel cards but they are still my favorite. I decided to pick a card to share with you today and it was the angel of forgiveness.

Monday January 4, 2010

Angels and demons

This weekend I watched the movie Angels and Demons. This weekend I watched the movie Angels and Demons.

Friday December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas 2009 Hawaii Style

My your holiday be blessed with great joy, love, peace and happiness. Here is a video of Bing Crosby singing Mele Kalikimaka.

Friday December 25, 2009

A letter from God

Merry Christmas! On this Christmas Day 2009 I am forwarding you a letter from God

Thursday December 24, 2009

Meaning of Christmas

Angels certainly play a pivotal role in the Christmas story. What would you do if an angel came and talked to you personally? A physical, in the flesh, so to speak, angel talking directly to you? What do you think your reaction would be?

Monday December 21, 2009

The Miracle of love

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. One was love the other two wealth and success.

Monday December 14, 2009

Holiday blues: Monday Monday

The holidays in and of themselves create neither joy nor sadness, they are emotionally neutral. The holidays are an event, then we tell ourselves a story about the holidays and then we create our emotional response based on that story.

Thursday December 10, 2009

7 Ways to overcome depression

Over the next few weeks I will be writing a series of posts to help put joy back in the holiday season, relieve stress and just help everyone have an angel filled, magical holiday season.

Tuesday December 8, 2009

Depression and the holidays

Depression and the holidays often go hand and hand for some people. Joy to the world seems allusive at best so how can angels help?

Monday December 7, 2009

Categories: Angels, Joy, Love, Magical Life, Miracles

The littlest angel

I was thinking about the littlest angel the other day and how I loved that story as a young girl. I remembered listening to Bing Crosby sing it and was filled with a sweet remembrance of childhood Christmases.

Sunday December 6, 2009

Susan, Sunday and the divine inner child

I'm very excited. Today I am going to speak about the Divine Inner Child. I am going to try to record the talk and if I succeed I will post an MP3 of my talk.

Tuesday November 24, 2009

Thanksgiving 2009: history and a prayer

Here in the US we are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving 2009. I offer you a short prayer and some interesting facts about Thanksgiving.

Monday November 23, 2009

Be a Thanksgiving angel

I think gratitude is a wonderful spiritual practice and dedicating a whole day to gratitude is awesome. I challenge you this week to commit at least two random acts of kindness.

Thursday November 19, 2009

Acts of compassion: Amma the hugging saint

Recently I was introduced to Amma the hugging saint. I was deeply moved by the love she shows. She will spend up to 22 hours a day hugging and blessing people, an amazing act in and of itself.

Wednesday November 18, 2009

Wordless Wednesday: Joy

This week's theme for me has been love, joy, compassion, prayer and meditation. Today I will share images of people in my groups that share those feelings.

Tuesday November 17, 2009

Charter for compassion: angels in action

The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions. But how can this principle affect your life if you are unemployed, underemployed, having health challenges or just simply afraid? Read on.....

Tuesday November 10, 2009

Men who stare at goats

What does the movie, "Men Who Stare at Goats" have to do with working with angels? Let me tell you a story and then you'll see the connection.

Sunday November 1, 2009

All Saints Day

I found the saints absolutely fascinating. I used to mistakenly think saints were about suffering and martyrdom when in fact they were amazing men and women who had managed to profoundly connect to the divine.

Thursday October 29, 2009

The power of prayer and angels

When I look at the world today what I see is a hunger, a hunger that can only be filled with a deep and profound connection to our spirit. Last night I had an amazing dream in which I was talking to some people about the power of grace.

Thursday October 15, 2009

Categories: Angels, Happiness, Joy, Kindness

Angel Tree Program

I just noticed that the Salvation Army is starting to take applications from families in need for this coming holiday season. Many years ago I went to the mall around Christmas and there was an angel tree. I bought shoes for a family.

Monday October 12, 2009

The Words Behind the Words

When my mother was a young girl, she wanted to be a poet. Her teacher made fun of her poetry and my mom believed her. Based on her teacher’s opinion, my mother gave up her dream.

Tuesday October 6, 2009

Angel blessings

Since I began to consciously work with angles my life has changed in so many ways, all of them elegantly gracious, easy, gentle, loving and kind. I had angels lurking in every corner of my house before I finally woke up and started actively working with them.

Monday September 28, 2009

Love, connecting with angels and laughter

People often ask me how to connect with angels so I thought I would share the story of my birthday hike and how the angles let me know they were there.

Thursday September 24, 2009

Heaven on earth

Here is a teaching story I wrote years ago. The Grandmother and the children sat at the edge of a large stand of tall pine trees. She looked out over the land.

Tuesday September 8, 2009

How could God let this happen?

When a child dies or someone is murdered they ask why God let it happen. Personally, I don't believe God causes suffering. God only creates perfection, love, peace and joy.

Thursday September 3, 2009

Angelic affirmations

Affirmations are a very powerful way to change both our thinking and the circumstances in our life.

Wednesday September 2, 2009

Wordless Wednesday: Lithuania

Travel certainly gives us the opportunity to step out of all of our habits and routines. Lithuania is an incredibly magic and wonderful land. Here are some of my favorite images.

Tuesday September 1, 2009

7 Reasons to be grateful

Gratitude has the ability to return us to that childlike nature where we are amazed and excited by all of life and are connected to God in a concrete and constructive manner.

Sunday August 30, 2009

An angel-filled new day

As I watch the dawn I am once again reminded that each day is a new beginning, a story yet to be written and I can write anything I want on the pages that follow. I say a prayer and ask to be guided so that all my thoughts and actions are loving.

Tuesday August 25, 2009

Categories: Joy, Kindness, Love, Prayers

The gift of giving

When we give without any thought to receiving miracles do occur in our life. That is what angels do all the time.

Monday August 24, 2009

I am off to Lithuania

I am off to Lithuania for the month. I absolutely love going there and have fallen in love with the country and the people.

Saturday August 22, 2009

Today is "Be an angel day"

Today is your chance to be someone's angel by committing an act of random kindness! August 22 has been the official Be an Angel holiday since 1993.

Friday August 21, 2009

Fearless Fridays: ordinary angels

The third Friday of the month is dedicated to ordinary angels. This month I honor Soldier's angels, people that save the life of a badly wounded horse and share pictures and angels swimming.

Thursday August 20, 2009

Be an angel week: why do angels attract you

Why are people attracted to angels? Let us count the ways.

Tuesday August 18, 2009

Be an angel week: 7 ways to be an angel

used to have a bumper sticker that said, "Commit random acts of kindness and senseless beauty." Here is a list of 7 ways to be someone's angel.

Friday August 14, 2009

Be an angel week: faith always looks up

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, But faith looks up. Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly and trust in our Creator who loves us all.

Tuesday August 4, 2009

Making an angel your best friend

Make an angel your best friend. Spend a bit of time making Archangel Jophiel your best friend and watch your life transform!

Monday August 3, 2009

A real life angel from Queens, NY

A real life story of an angel who lives in Queens, NY. This school bus driver's acts of love and compassion touches hundreds of people's lives.

Tuesday July 28, 2009

Abortion, angels, and the economy

What do dreams, miscarriages, abortions and the economy have to do with one another? Susan explains how to live life in a limitless fashion.

Tuesday July 21, 2009

Something different

Aloha everyone,I just uploaded the latest episode of my podcast Food for the Soul and thought some of you might enjoy listening to it. It is all about the power of allowing for possibility and how we can avoid, what...

Monday July 20, 2009

More on gratitude

Aloha everyone,I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I am still in healing mode from knee surgery, so I spent a lot of time laying in bed with ice packs on my knee. This morning it was sunny, and I...

Sunday July 19, 2009

Heart Hugs

Aloha everyone, A student sent me this story, telling me he heard it on a wonderful CD by Dr.Wayne Dyer. This makes you think harder about choices. Two Choices What would you do?....You make the choice. My question is: Would you...

Friday July 17, 2009

Fearless Fridays

Aloha everyone, We are either in faith or in fear. When we are connected with that divine spark within, we see life differently and enhance our ability to love others. Today I thought I'd share some of my favorite quotes...

Tuesday July 14, 2009

We see what we believe

Aloha everyone,It is amazing how powerful what we say ourselves and how much the words we speak to ourselves matter. I remember hearing a joke about a man who found himself stranded on his roof during a flood. He was...

Thursday July 9, 2009

A sacred image

Aloha everyone, A friend of mine e-mailed me this image as part of a chain letter. I have always disliked chain letters with their veiled threat that if you fail to pass them on, something bad will happen, but if...

Friday July 3, 2009

Fearless Fridays

Aloha everyone,I get lots of questions about how to deal with fear so I thought I'd share my favorite and most effective tools for dealing with fear.7 Ways to Overcome Fear1. Have faith. Fear is an illusion, only the love...

Monday June 29, 2009

Monday Monday

Aloha everyone,I loved the song "Monday Monday" by the Mamas and the Papas. The sense that we never really know what is going to happen next really struck a cord with me when I first heard it, and whenever anything...

Thursday June 25, 2009

Fearless Fridays

Aloha everyone, Sometimes fear can get a bad reputation and we begin to think it is a bad thing. Granted, choices made based on fear often lead to results we aren't wild about, but fear in and of itself is...

Wednesday June 24, 2009

Wordless Wednesday

Aloha everyone,Here is an image from my recent retreat in Sedona that really moves me. Sit quietly with her until you can feel her presence.With love and aloha,Susan...

Tuesday June 23, 2009

Grief, Father's Day, angels and moving on

Aloha everyone, As you probably know my dad died last Tuesday. It amazes me how fast a week can pass. Last week this time I was sitting by my dad's side reading him stories knowing he was about to release...

Monday June 15, 2009

Be someone's angel

Aloha,How are you doing today? Have you taken time for yourself? Have you allowed yourself to be loved by the host of celestial beings surrounding you? If you haven't, why not take a long, slow deep breath right now...

Monday June 8, 2009

Allowing yourself to be 'Touched by an Angel'

Aloha Everyone, I used to love the TV show "Touched by an Angel." When the angels would reveal themselves and talk about god's love, I would often get teary eyed. Many of my readers have expressed the desire to meet...

Friday June 5, 2009

Fearless Fridays

Aloha everyone,I get so many e-mails from people asking me how to overcome fear. Ultimately, living a life free of fear is so much easier when we trust the process and have faith, but faith in what? As I...

Friday May 22, 2009

Aloha from me and all the angels!

Welcome to my blog's new home. I am so excited that Beliefnet asked me to join them. It is quite an honor to be here, and I am looking forward to getting to know each and every one of you....

Wednesday May 6, 2009

Categories: Angels, Joy, Love

Wordless Wednesday

  With lots of love and aloha, Susan...

Tuesday May 5, 2009

In the arms of the angels

My dad has Alzheimer's and he’s  been living with me since last September. His disease marches on taking more and more of his mind. The other morning when I went in to wale him he was obviously upset. He thanked...

Friday May 1, 2009

I'm Making Life Transformation Videos Again!

I really enjoy making videos.  Because of the wonderful feedback I got about the video teaching series I did for the introduction of the Mastering Life Program I decided to create a completely new course called The Art of Allowing. For...

Sunday April 12, 2009

Categories: Angels, Joy, Love, Magical Life

Happy Easter everyone

What a great day to rewrite the story of your life and make it a happy, joyous and abundant one!   Photos by Rys Jones With love and aloha, Susan...

Tuesday March 24, 2009

Allowing yourself to be touched by an angel

I used to love the TV show Touched by an Angel. When the angels would reveal themselves and talk about god’s love I would often get teary eyed. Many of my readers have expressed the desire to meet an angel...

Sunday February 22, 2009

What sort of house does fear build?

One of the things I love about angels is the feeling of love that they bring. Even if people are very cynical they are often willing to allow for the possibility that the parking angel exists and are willing to...

Tuesday February 17, 2009

Mastering Life 2009

After a few technical hitches I have finally unveiled my Mastering Life Program. I will be taking applications for the next 7 days and then the chance to join will be gone. If you really want to transform your...

Tuesday February 10, 2009

Can you spare $2 to save a child's life?

The house I bought on the Big Island of Hawaii has catchment water.  There is no municipal water system so I catch rain water from my roof. I liked the idea, it seemed very ecological. It does require work on...

Thursday February 5, 2009

The only thing that is real is love

Here is a wonderful meditation that I find very comforting. I hope you enjoy it! With love and aloha, Susan...

Wednesday January 28, 2009

Categories: Joy, Magical Life

Wordless Wednesday

Where in the world is this? With love and aloha, Susan...

Sunday January 25, 2009

Do you believe in angels?

I recently got an e mail from a reader saying they didn't believe in angels. I've always had an affinity for angels even when I didn't think I believed in them. I love listening to people's stories about their encounters...

Friday January 9, 2009

I have really been enjoying myself

Aloha everyone! I recently began experimenting with making videos and have really enjoyed the process. I love working with people and watching their lives change and their eyes light up with joy. I have only shared these videos with a...

Friday December 12, 2008

Help Me Provide Clean Water

The house I bought on the Big Island of Hawaii has catchment water.  There is no municipal water system so I catch rain water from my roof. I liked the idea, it seemed very ecological. It does require work...

Sunday December 7, 2008

Categories: Happiness, Joy

EVEN GOD ENJOYS A GOOD LAUGH!

A friend sent me this and I had a good chuckle, so I pass it along in hopes it brightens your day as well. I must admit I like the last one best! With love and aloha,Susan There were 3...

Thursday November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving

Here in the United States we celebrate Thanksgiving the 4th Thursday of November. I love dedicating a day to gratitude. I just ran across this movie and love this scene even if it was cut from the film!! I hope...

Wednesday November 26, 2008

Categories: Ease, Joy

Wordless Wednesday

With love and aloha, Susan...

Tuesday November 25, 2008

Categories: Ease, Happiness, Joy, Love, Magical Life

It is almost Thanksgiving

Of all the tools I have learned over the years I think gratitude is the most universally useful. When I take the time to be grateful my entire experience changes. Over the years I have learned to be especially grateful...

Wednesday November 5, 2008

Categories: Ease, Happiness, Joy, Magical Life

Wordless Wednesday

With love and aloha,Susan photo by Rys Jones...

Friday October 24, 2008

Raphael

Here is a video I made about Raphael. I hope you enjoy it! With love and aloha,Susan  ...

Wednesday October 15, 2008

Categories: Happiness, Joy, Magical Life

Wordless Wednesday

Life is a lot like a cactus, at times it is prickly but it is always magical. With love and aloha,Susan photo by Georgia Raw Elements Photography...

Wednesday October 1, 2008

Categories: Happiness, Joy, Love, Magical Life

Wordless Wednesday

With love and aloha,Susan...

Tuesday September 23, 2008

Categories: Happiness, Joy, Love, Magical Life

I will be traveling so....

I will be traveling most of this week so I thought I would just post some beautiful (at least in my eyes) photos of my journey this far. With love and aloha from Lithuania, Susan...

Friday September 19, 2008

Categories: Angels, Ease, Joy

What angel is on your shoulder?

I have been teaching workshops for the past two weeks here in Lithuania. I have been mainly teaching about the Toltec tradition. I also receive the emails I send about angels, spirit guides and ascended masters. This morning I...

Monday September 8, 2008

Angels are....

As a young girl I remember having imaginary friends that were very real to me. When I spoke about them to the adults in my life they told me they weren't real, except for my grandfather. My grandfather would...

Tuesday August 5, 2008

Angels Come in Many Shapes and Sizes

Angels sure do come in many shapes and sizes. I recently got a puppy. She is so full of unconditional love. Her antics bring a smile to my face and joy to my heart. When she runs her ears flap...

Wednesday July 30, 2008

Categories: Angels, Joy, Magical Life

Wordless Wednesday

Angels around my home. . . With love and aloha, Susan...

Wednesday July 23, 2008

Wordless Wednesday

Angel in the waves Angels in the sky With love and aloha, Susan...

Saturday July 12, 2008

Angels come in all shapes and sizes

What I love most about working with celestial beings is the surprising way things show up in my life. I'll try to make a long story short. Through a series of coincidences the idea of YouTube kept coming up, over...

Tuesday June 10, 2008

Angels in little chicken's bodies

Yesterday I got 24 three day old baby chicks. They are little balls of fluffy down that peep a lot. They are so cute. As I sat watching them I thought of all those sparks of spirit animating their...

Sunday May 18, 2008

Perfection is in the way you look at life

I have received this as an email several times. Each time it touches my heart. I have no idea who the author is but it is beautiful. I talk a lot about dominion and the perfection of everything. In the...

Sunday May 11, 2008

A man of peace

Aloha everyone, In my writings I talk a great deal about the paradigm of dominion. It is a way of looking at the world that is very freeing and expansive. Symbolically it is represented as a sphere. Society is generally...

Sunday May 11, 2008

Categories: Happiness, Joy, Love

The Rainbow Bridge

Aloha everyone, A friend of mine sent me this story when one of my dogs died. I found the idea of meeting my four legged friends when I die very comforting. I hope you enjoy the story too. Just this...

Saturday May 10, 2008

This one really touched my heart

A friend of mine sent me this article a number of years ago. I did some research and Father John Powell did write this story. So I give thanks to him and to Tommy. It is a wonderful reminder that...

Saturday May 10, 2008

Categories: Ease, Happiness, Joy, Magical Life

One of my favorite stories

Someone sent me this story years ago. I think it is a wonderful reminder about the magic of life, that the thoughts we water most often bear fruit and that at times I have no idea what is going on...

Friday May 9, 2008

Aloha Everyone!

Welcome to my new blog. There is a story behind its name. One of my friends in San Diego was a crusty old man with an incredibly beautiful spirit. Whenever he’d say good bye he’d smile broadly and say, ‘Angels...

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About Angels on Your Shoulder

Susan Gregg is the author of eight books including the award-winning "Mastering the Toltec Way" and "The Encyclopedia of Angels, Spirit Guides and Ascended Masters." She has been exploring spirituality since the early 1970s and completed an apprenticeship with Don Miguel Ruiz. Her greatest passion is showing others how they can be happy and this passion has resulted in her "Food for the Soul" podcast.

Currently, she lives on the Big Island of Hawaii where she is an avid gardener, hiker, and writer. She often spends time playing with the four-legged friends she's rescued or swimming with the wild sea turtles and dolphins.

About the Art

The angel image in the header art above and the Pele image below are from Susan's book, "The Encyclopedia of Angels, Spirit Guides and Ascended Masters." The images are used with permission from Fair Winds Press.


About Pele
Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of the volcano as well as the goddess of transformation, passion, vitality and creation. Pele is a powerful force on the Hawaiian islands. Shortly after I moved to Hawaii, a friend suggested I have my property blessed. I asked Pele if I could live and work on her land. She graciously agreed, so I always take time to thank her and ask for her blessing in my endeavors.

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