You       You have probably been searching for a long time. You may have been reading a lot of books or watched TV shows hoping to find practical answers for yourself.   Many people go to psychics or channelers for their answers. Some people search for a guru or even a next door neighbor hoping they can give them their answers to life.   Guess what?  None of these people can help you.   Why?  Because they only have their own answers.  They do not have your answers.  The way to find the peace and harmony you are looking for is to look inside.   But how do you do that?   Did you know that you have a "team" of spiritual helpers you chose before you came in to this life? If you came to work with ideas or concepts, you may have one or two guides working with you.   If you came here to work with people, however, then you most likely have at least three or more guardian angels assisting you all the time - 24 hours a day.   Do we really have guidance?   It is important to realize that you have your own answers.  And that you can learn how to tap into this inspiration at any time.  You can re-connect with the spiritual side of you.   Sometimes we get so busy doing what we think we "should" do that we lose sight of what is most important to us - ourselves.  You end up being loyal to everyone else and not yourself.   This is programmed into us from the time we are born.  Our first seven years is the most important time in our life because that is when we pick up all of the concepts of our parents or whoever raised you.   Then, when you hit a "brick wall" in your life, you act out what your "parents" would do about it.  But are these your standards?  Absolutely not.   Your angels are there to back you in every part of your life, whether you realize it or not.  When you get those "chills" or "goose-bumps" on your physical body, this is when they are close around you.  They are always giving you insight into what you can do to solve whatever problem you may face.   But why do we get so frustrated?  The main reason is that we doubt ourselves.  We get a hunch, a vision, an idea or a feeling and we "sluff" it off, thinking that it was only our imagination.  Our intellect takes over the feelings and we become very emotional.   The key is to listen to your feelings first - and trust them.  Do not discount what you feel because 90% of the time, it is coming from your personal guidance, your guardian angels.   How do our angels communicate with us?   There are four ways that your spiritual helpers will give you 80 to 90 hunches, visions, ideas or feelings you get every single day.   Everyone has four spiritual gifts, but they come in a certain order.  Everyone is different.  Some people may have the first gift of Prophecy.  This is a person who gets an "inner knowing" about things.  They have deja vu experiences and sometimes will have prophetic dreams.    They are very creative and sometimes will become musicians or artists.  They like to be managers as well because they can keep a big picture and juggle many projects at the same time.   Then, some of us have the gift of Clairvoyance as our first gift.  When your angels communicate with you through this gift, you will see a "picture" or vision in your mind's eye.  This is why some people call this your "third eye."  Everyone is psychic.  All you need is to know the best way that you pick up the information that is being channeled to you through your guidance, your spiritual helpers.   If you see pictures in your mind, you are not alone.  Many people visualize what they want to create in their life.  This is what makes them successful.  If they can see it, they will create it.  They are very organized and have a tremendous amount of empathy for others because they can see what it is like to be in another's shoes.   The third way of communicating with your angels is through the gift of Clairaudience.  These are all those thoughts and ideas that float through your mind.  You're not crazy if you hear voices in your head. Most of the time, these are your guides sharing with you tremendous insight into what you can do for yourself.  Especially if you ask!   If you are Clairaudient first, then you will be a "bottom-line" person.  You like to be in charge and love challenges. Being Clairaudient means being fair and honest.  You want to help people to help themselves and this is very important to you.   Finally, there is the gift of Healing.  Everyone has this gift, but it could be first, second, third or fourth. If this is your first gift, you will be a "people-person."  Relationships are very important to you and helping others is your #1 priority.   If you are not careful, you may pick up the feelings (or emotions) of others and have a hard time throwing off these impressions.  It is also beneficial to learn how to be detached so that you can help others, but not get involved in their problems.   All of these spiritual gifts are the key to helping us learn how to communicate better with ourselves and with others. This is also your inner sensitivity.  Your spiritual helpers will always be around you, giving you an impression or hunch about your next step in life. If you follow it, you will always be in the right place at the right time.   How can I heal myself?   As we mentioned earlier, we pick up concepts about ourselves that do not belong to us in our first seven-year cycle of life.   But how do you change them or get rid of them?  Especially the ones that don't work for you?   The first step is know what these concepts are.  Most people think that stress is caused by other people, but if you can understand yourself more and realize that you are in total control of your own energy, then you can avoid much of the pressure and depression you may have experienced in the past.   The first concept to avoid is doubting yourself.  This is what throws your timing off. If you do not trust the impressions that come from your own inner guidance, you will end up procrastinating on making decisions.  This will create a lot of pressure.   The second area that will create stress is avoiding to set goals or deciding what you really want for yourself.  In other words, you have become so loyal to everyone else that you end up leaving yourself out. This is not healthy for you - or for your family or friends.   The third cause of pressure in our lives comes when we do not allow ourselves to express our creativity. This could mean not letting yourself share your innermost feelings with others. You hold it inside and then you feel frustrated that you can't communicate. This is the worst - because now you feel as if you are locked in and no one really cares about you.   The fourth area that keeps you from being who you really are is trying to help everyone else and ending up feeling depressed or with a lack of personal energy.  This is caused by getting involved with everyone else's problems and letting them drag you down. Shame on you!  How could you have let this happen?   The next concept that really hurts is when you try to compete with others. Really, you are competing with yourself because you are trying to live up to the false expectations of your mother or father. Everyone does this.  It just has to do with the degree that we do it.   What happens when you judge yourself or other people?  You may feel separated or nervous when you really want to communicate on a soul-to-soul level with others. This is taught to us when we are really young by well-meaning people because they wanted to instill self-esteem and confidence, but without realizing it, it will cause us to feel either greater than others or lesser than others.   Finally, the main concept that really puts us under a lot of pressure or stress is when we want to give, but don't know how. Sometimes we try to help others so much that we give up everything we have just to please them.  Is this really healthy? Only when you give because you want to and not because you have to will you feel the fulfillment that you are looking for.   What is my relationship with the cosmos?   Once you realize that you are a soul that has a physical body - and not a physical body that has a soul, then you will immediately feel a part of the universe.   As a matter of fact, when you dream at night, your spiritual helpers will take you out and regroup with you on what you are learning on Planet Earth on a daily basis.  This is why you feel so refreshed when you come back in.   If you go to sleep feeling depressed or angry, you do not stretch your "silver cord" quite as far and you may not be able to clarify what is bothering you during the night.  Therefore, it is really important to know how to "cleanse" your personal energy and relax so that your angels can take you out as far as possible to work with you.   Your dream symbols are your own.  When you learn how to re-connect on a conscious level with your spiritual guides, you can ask them what these symbols mean.   What happens to me when I die?   How many books or television shows have you watched recently that deal with "life after death?"   Most of them just deal with half of it.  In other words, we always hear about loved ones or friends who have passed on. Everyone wants to "re-connect" with their loved ones or get advice from the "other side."   The reality is that there is no such thing as death.  Because you are energy (and energy cannot be created or destroyed - only change its shape or form), you live on forever.  This is what religions have said for centuries...that you are eternal.   When people have "near-death experiences" (NDE's), they are just experiencing what it is like to pass on or cross over to the other side. Actually, you will sort of float back out to the cosmos because you are a part of it.   If you hold on to your family or friends after you have passed on, it is not healthy for you spiritually. Your angels will always be with you no matter what. They want to take you to a place where you can regroup and understand more about what you learned while you were here.   This is why it is really important just to "release" our loved ones when they pass on so they can go with their own spiritual helpers. Do not make them feel that they have to stick around and make you feel comfortable.  You haven't lost them. They just need to grow spiritually at a higher level.   How can I get a true balance in life?   Most people think that their intellect is the boss.  Actually, it is your feelings.  This is why people strive so hard to get good grades in school so that they can get a higher paying job or a prestigious position.   There is nothing wrong with this as long as you are being true to yourself.  If this is what you truly want, then go for it! But don't do it because you are getting pressure from other people to perform for their convenience.   Be a success because you want to - not because you have to.  We did not come here to be a "servant."  We came here to "be of service."  What is the difference?   The key is to realize that you are the most important person in the entire universe to yourself.  Without you, where would the universe be? There would be a big "black hole" where your soul used to be!  In other words, respect who you are and everyone else will, too.   There is so much negativity in the world, how can I cope with it all?   The first step is to realize that Planet Earth is a school.  As a matter of fact, it is one of the most advanced schools in our galaxy system because we can come through here many, many times.    There is a big difference between an "old soul" and a "high soul."  An old soul has traveled through many physical bodies to get where they are today.  A high soul has done the same thing, but there is one main difference.  The latter soul is willing to share with others what they have learned for themselves.   What most people don't understand is that life here is a means to an end - not an "end" in itself.  In other words, it is important to be concerned about what you are learning here, but not to try to take care of everyone else.   Does that conflict with the above statements?  Not really.  When you realize that you need to learn your own lessons here and let others learn theirs, then you will not worry so much about what others are going through.   Then, you are free to share your own wisdom to help others to help themselves.  This is called "live and let live" and what the golden rule is based on.   How can I gain more fulfillment in my life?   As we mentioned at the beginning, the first seven years of life are the most profound and have the most affect on you in later life.   If you have a lot of pressure in your environment between the ages of 0 to 7, then you will end up putting a lot of pressure on yourself later in life.   If you do not have too much pressure and are free to grow up at your own pace, then you will respect yourself more and respect others in the process.   Every single cycle of life is important because it helps you to mature into who you really are. Even our teenage cycle (between 14-21 years of age), can be tremendously fulfilling if we just realize that all we are looking for is our own identity - away from our parents.   When you reach 49-56, you will take a second-look at what you have accomplished for yourself.  This is what some people call "mid-life crisis." It simply means that you are evaluating what you have done for yourself up to this point. If you have been loyal to everyone else up to now, you will feel frustrated and angry.    But if you have been relatively loyal to yourself and have taken care of your own personal needs, then you can expand on what you have been doing already. This creates tremendous enthusiasm and a hopefulness that you can really fulfill your life dreams - once and for all.   What is the next step?     Your guidance is there to help you in every aspect of your purpose for being here.     All the best to you in your search for yourself.   Contact us at: musictherapy@acido8.com   Acido Global Productions Inc.