Laughing With Angels

By Ruth Magan

Laughing With Angels is a delightful book filled with spiritual truths, like no other! It blends wisdom and humor with true stories about how easy and natural it is to have a meaningful, real relationship with spirit guides and angels--even without psychic gifts or special training.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ruth Magan
• Release date: Jan 3, 2011
• ISBN: 9781452443638

Ruth Magan

Ruth Magan travels the world sharing spiritual knowledge through workshops (playshops) and seminars—all presented with a lighthearted touch and a bit of humor. She is the author of: Visions of Earth Beyond 2012 Laughing With Angels, My Angel, My Friend (for children) Our Fun, Feel-Better Book (for children and their parents) Ruth feels that a lighthearted approach to spirituality helps one to lighten up and paves a smoother path toward enlightenment. After she completed Laughing With Angels, which is a blend of spiritual wisdom and humor, her spirit guides encouraged her to write a gentle angel book for children. My Angel, My Friend was published a year later. Ruth wrote Visions of Earth Beyond 2012, from material Dawon Washington trans-channeled. This book takes us from where the Mayan Calendar leaves off and gives powerful insights as to what is coming beyond 2012. It is a very positive and uplifting book, with surprising information— which is very easy to read and understand. Her latest book, Our Fun, Feel-Better Book is for children who are terminally ill or are facing big challenges. It gives the child and parent a positive, creative focus during difficult times. Ruth and her husband, Mike, live half the year in Sacramento, California and the other half in Tasmania, Australia. Ruth recently returned from Kenya, Africa where her gentle picture book, My Angel, My Friend was blessedly received in villages, orphanages and schools. Her passionate curiosity for understanding humanity, higher truths and All That Is, keeps her on the eternal quest to find answers through spirituality.

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Introduction

Jot this down. Put it on your fridge:

I am never alone.

There is always hope, help and hordes who love me.

Through experience, I’ve discovered the above mantra is true. The Other Side, or the heavenly plane, is teeming with loving beings who are enthusiastic and delighted to assist each and every one of us. Spirit guides and angels are our greatest untapped resource—and they’re free.

I have been consciously playing and working with my guides and angels for about ten years. Since making my connection, life is much easier, filled with magic and miracles and a lot more fun. They are beside me; loving, guiding and cheering me onward. I regard them as my dearest friends. The experience has been extraordinary and exhilarating!

Often I’m asked: What exactly are spirit guides? and "Do I have angels and spirit guides?"

"Yes, everybody does." When you are drawn to books about spirituality, your guides and angels are encouraging you to expand your awareness. They are eager for you to recognize their existence and take full advantage of their help and loving guidance. The relationship helps them too, for your heavenly helpers grow stronger in love and light from interacting with you.

Most believe we are a spirit in a body and we existed as a spirit on the astral (The Other Side), before we incarnated onto this amazing star-ship called earth. Before birth, we meet with our closest spirit friends. Together, we make agreements as to who shall oversee our journey. Selected spirit guides and angels become our co-pilots, offering encouragement and loving support, as we trek through earth experiences. Our main spirit guides and guardian angels have been there for us through many past lives, since long before our birth, from the moment we incarnated, until long after we cross back over. Getting acquainted is easy. And we do not need psychic abilities.

Understandably, most of us are unconscious to this phenomenal source of guidance and companionship. This is expected. But, there is a clamoring of those, on the astral, to make contact in one form or another. When we do consciously communicate, our spirit friends rejoice that we are waking up.

The story of my relationship with those on The Other Side takes unexpected turns, sometimes bordering on the bizarre. They often hovered in to shield me or to help dig me out of self-made hellholes. It took a substantial sum of faith, on my part, and persistent prodding from them to reveal myself. I have written only the truth. Anything less is useless. Although aspects of my spiritual life may seem unbelievable, I hope that by reading Laughing With Angels, you will allow your guides and angels to be part of your everyday life, to love, treasure and support you.

1

Contacting Your Spirit Guides

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine spirit guides could be such a spirited bunch of spirits. I was not prepared for all that was to come of our initial meeting.

I hear that buzzing sound—it bugs me—I’m not into buzzwords, I joked with Doris, the psychic reader, who was about to introduce me to my spirit guides for the first time.

That buzzing or ringing sound is a tone of love. It’s a vibration that’s constantly being sent out to humanity, from The Other Side. It’s a positive thing, Doris said.

I heard it constantly as a child, I said, remembering its tune, similar to a summer June bug.

Of course you did, because children are more connected to those on The Other Side. If the buzzing is annoying, ask your guides to lower their energy, she replied. Guides vibrate at a much higher rate than us. They’re at a different frequency. That’s why seeing and hearing them is on the same scale as hearing a dog whistle. Not easy for the average person to decipher. As I introduce you to your guides, you will see and hear them in your mind’s eye. It is really quite easy.

Doris was right. Contacting your spirit guides or angels does not have to be a phenomenal freak of physics. It was quite ordinary. This was a good thing since, at the time, I did not see visions or hear voices; I never had a near-death experience or felt kundalini energy course through my body to awaken me. In fact, even when I’d get an occasional psychic reading, I never thought to ask about spirit guides or angels. Mainly, I just wanted to get questions answered about relationships or the immediate future. The first time a spirit guide was mentioned was when I foolishly went to a young neophyte for a reading. As I sat facing him, he closed his eyes and announced, Oh no! It looks like one of your spirit guides is trying to climb into your space. This can mess up your aura. (The aura is the energy field around the body.)

Should I get a new guide? I asked, adjusting my posture, hoping to wiggle free of this invisible intruder.

"I’ll clear him out, but you need to tell him to stay in his own space," he warned.

The advice I got from him was adamant and all wrong. He was unaware that this spirit guide had been one of my dearest friends for eons. This guide was simply holding together a tear in my aura to prevent my energy from leaking out. (In fact, he was being a hero, like the Dutch boy who stuck his finger in a hole in the dike.) The damage happened when a disgruntled student threw his anger at me from behind. The impact ripped through my aura, like an angry gale against a soap bubble. Sometime later, I learned all this from Doris, who effortlessly contacted my spirit guides.

The process was simple; Doris just called my guides in to be introduced, as if we had not met before. The first guide was the one I was warned about. He zipped in from behind my left shoulder as a streak of energy. Doris saw a flash of light. Once he settled in front of me, she could get a visual on his valence, or features. As she described him, an image formed in my mind. He looked like a cross between Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson. Lucky me.

She said, "He’s telling you, ‘Just call me Zip! I’m here to help you learn to not take life so seriously—to lighten up and have more fun.’ He also wants you to know that he will do anything for you, anytime. All you need do is ask. You two have been great friends, for countless lifetimes. And you have been a spirit guide to him before."

Me? A guide? I thought. This unexpected news added another pucker in my brain.

I see that Zip is quite the prankster, she went on. And he is particularly proud of his ability to catch people off guard.

Grasping the reality of a world beyond was mesmerizing. It was as if I had found an elf living under the back steps, where the geraniums grew. Yet, I realized that this guide was a real person, more than just some ethereal being far removed in some other dimension. Zip was a guy ― a guy who liked to play pranks. The only thing not real was the lack of a physical body and a real boy’s name. (I’ve since offered him another name, but he prefers Zip. He is fond of the nicknames it lends itself to: Zippy, Zip-per, Zip Code, Zip-pity for short—and Zippity-do-da for long.) Back then I had no idea what I was in for…

Doris continued, Close your eyes. Another guide is stepping forward. See if you can get a visual. It’s a woman. She is dressed in an old simple garment, long and faded, layered in folds. Women wore this style a thousand years ago. Can you see her? She has the appearance of a grandmother; calm and loving.

I could imagine her. In my mind’s eye, there she stood; strong in love, gentle in spirit. Mother Earth is a good way to describe her.

She is telling me that one reason she was chosen is because you needed a mother figure to sustain you as you grew, since your earth mother couldn’t transmit much loving energy. Her name is Elizabeth. She’s asking: ‘Don’t you remember me?’

I did not.

I shook my head slowly, keeping my eyes closed, as Doris continued: One of Elizabeth’s wonderful qualities is that she looks directly at you. She wants me to tell you that she still loves to nurture you. She’ll also teach you to comfort yourself. Ah, such deep affection and understanding, Doris sighed, as if this had been missing from her own life as well.

This guide, Elizabeth, then showed us a view of her garden. As Doris described it, a picture in my mind took form. Wearing a wide brimmed garden hat, Elizabeth now stood proudly between the budding rose and lavender bushes. Looking in the space above my closed eyes I envisioned gardens beyond gardens of bountiful colors, luminescent in tone.

This garden is a place for comfort and healing, Doris explained. Elizabeth would like it very much if you would meet her there."

Finding my voice, I said, I’d like that, but when? I mean how?

How about the next time you meditate? Elizabeth wants me to tell you that she’ll meet you in her garden and to wear your garden hat.

I slumped at the thought of wearing anything binding. But I can’t meditate as well with a hat on, I said, opening my eyes.

Just bring it with you to the garden in your mind’s eye, Doris said gently, as if warmed by Elizabeth’s presence. "She’s pleased you wish to spend time with her. Before she goes, she wants you to know that she also helps tend the flowers that you grow. Whenever you work in the garden, she’s by your side, admiring your creations. Her appreciation gives them life force. Now, Elizabeth is giving you a hug and kiss and is stepping back."

Thank you, was all I managed as I wondered how I had gotten hugged. I had not felt the kiss either. What I was most astounded by was the fact that there were spirits out there for me. This was all so foreign-planet. I had my doubts. Maybe I was just imagining it all.

Doris picked up on this. Opening her eyes, she looked straight at me with fixed intent. These guides are not just figments of your imagination. They are real. They just don’t have a solid physical body, that’s all. Meditate and let them come into your mind’s eye. Start there.

"Like seeing the person you’re thinking about or talking to on the phone?" I asked.

"Exactly. Talk to them and listen for their messages. They probably won’t speak to you out loud, but they’ll send you thoughts, visuals or maybe a feeling."

Trust Your Instincts

After that session, something really clicked. I took off like a missionary on a mission and began to interact with my guides. Due to self-doubts, trusting our communication was an issue. I’d have bouts of disbelief; I’d wonder if I was fooling myself and just wasting my time. This is normal. However, that way of thinking impairs your connection by placing barriers between you and your guides. Go with brazen faith instead.

During the first few years, I visited various psychics to get validation for what I was seeing, hearing, and doing with my guides in my meditative state and as I dreamt at night. It was helpful to get confirmation since spirit communication is so subtle and rarely recognized. I discovered that different psychics were all getting the same messages and the same images of my guides. I was rapt. It gave me the confidence to make it all work—or rather, all play.

After about a year of mixing it up with my spirit guides, another reader told me that I also had a high-guide, with male energy, from the constellation Orion. Most people, before birth, select at least one high-guide who has a considerable amount of experience and expertise in whatever areas they choose to excel in. A high-guide may also guide your other guides. Mine makes sure that I, and those spirits guiding me, stay on course to accomplish what I have mapped out for my spiritual growth.

High-guides will certainly come in during times of danger, or when vital choices may blow you way off course. Mine waited until I had grown spiritually to a certain level of understanding before he became more focused on me, sending energy, messages and information from The Other Side. If I hadn’t chosen to grow spiritually, this high-guide wouldn’t have worked much with me. He can’t mess around—he has at least a dozen others on earth to guide simultaneously. He also works on large-scale, universal projects involving the energetic grid that lies over the earth. Adjustments in this grid are necessary to prevent earthquakes and natural disasters. Shifts in this grid can affect our weather and even the degree of love and light that permeates from the heavens. This guide is a busy fellow. On The Other Side, they call it being involved. (Sounds like he has a girlfriend to me.)

As the reader, Doris, gave me information about this high-guide, she asked me to notice his form. I fully expected to see a person. Instead, I saw only a bright light in my mind’s eye. It was as if a huge diamond, lit from within, was vibrantly shining. His glow hovered where the ceiling met the corner.

All I see is a diamond, I said, flatly. I wanted a real man. Guess I’ll just call him Diamond Guide.

Being a very evolved spirit, Diamond Guide runs an extremely high or light vibration. But, I could not relate to him like the others. A bright diamond-like light seemed impersonal and untouchable. And Diamond Guide seemed superior. When he’d channel information through, I’d stare unblinking at my hands, while my fingers twisted themselves into nervous knots. Fighting a trickle of tears and unexplainable inner demons, I felt completely intimidated. Embarrassed to be stuck in my present state of humanness, my churning stomach told me I was doing it all wrong. It meant everything and yet I couldn’t really pinpoint it. I acted the part of the peon before the king.

Doris realized that it would be helpful if Diamond Guide looked more personable and less like a locomotive headlight. As if her realization had rubbed Aladdin’s lamp, his bright light transformed into an attractive dark-haired man of medium build, trim, with eyes that shone with eons of understanding. The valance, or appearance, Diamond Guide chose was similar to a recent past life we’d shared together, when he was the adored father and I was the dutiful daughter. I renamed him Diamond Dan, which I soon shortened to a more familiar Dan.

Many spirits do not resemble human form. There is no need for form on The Other Side. They are recognized through their tone, rhythm and color. A spirit’s energy, not their chiseled features, identifies them. Looks may not be important, but most of us like human images to relate to. Guides and angels are accommodating and they’ll conform to any image you are comfortable with.

Although my diamond guide, Dan, now had a form I could relate to, he still spooked me. There was karma to be cleared, on my part, between us. When a psychic reader would announce that Dan wanted to channel through, I’d think, "Oh help, what’s he going to say to me? His messages were always uplifting—it was just my own unrecognized fears stepping forward. I was too timid to talk to him about this. Finally, in a fit of courage, I confessed to Dan. Sometimes I have the feeling that you are not pleased with me. Why is that?"

Ruth, how could I be anything but overjoyed? I’m very aware of all the choices you’ve made to further your spiritual growth. I am well pleased. We all are. Dan’s voice was laced with kindness. You are just bumping back into energy of a past life we had together. Times were tough. We were farmers, strapped by mere survival.

Luckily I taped the session, for I couldn’t absorb all that he said. Besides, I was crying again; tears of relieved dread. Relieved that Dan was well pleased, but dreading that he won’t remain so if I backslide on my way up the spiritual-spiral….

Dan continued with that same loving tone: These feelings just show you where you have programming that still needs clearing from that past life when I was the stern father figure. There is no reality base here. It is something within the self. We are very close as spirits. Peers even.

Peers? Dan lost me with that reasoning, but his message was memorable, nonetheless.

There are many ways to connect with your spirit guides and to find spiritual answers. Three effective ways are: 1. Through dreams, 2. In meditation, 3. To have information channeled through by a clear psychic reader.

Honor what feels most comfortable to you.

Skip this next part if you have your connection and just want to get on to the good stuff.

Meet in a Dream

We are all dreamers, and dreaming is an effortless way to bring in spiritual information from The Other Side. Ask your guides to please appear in a dream that you will remember. Ask out loud, if you wish, just as you would ask your best friends to come visit. They will be delighted and will comply, even if you don’t remember the dream.

Before bed, it is helpful to do a candle ritual to set the energy for your dreams. The technique is simple—first, hold the candle under running water or rub it with salt mixed with a little water to clear out any stagnant or lower-level energies. Then hold the candle in your hands or rub it on your skin to infuse it with your own energy. Write a simple note stating that you would like to have one of your spirit guides appear in a vivid dream. Light the candle and reiterate that intent. Place the note beside or under the candle. Lighting a candle and writing your requests are actions that help to bring spiritual information into the physical. In this case, it’s in the form of a dream. The flame acts as a beacon of light and solidifies your intention. You can ask your guides and angels to do a candle ritual on The Other Side, as well. As you are doing your ritual, imagine them doing one simultaneously. This can be quite powerful.

Let the candle burn for as long as is safe, before snuffing it out. I read somewhere that the fire fairies do not like you to blow out their flame because it’s offensive to them. (Personally, I would rather have someone blow me than snuff me.) If I have nothing to snuff the candle with, I’ll blow it out with a kiss as camouflage.

Another physical act is to put a snowflake agate stone or a clear quartz crystal under your pillow. First, clear the stone of any lower energy by soaking it in salt water or holding it under the water faucet. Then speak into the stone. Say: I would like to have a vivid dream introducing me to one of my spirit guides. Have a pencil and paper beside your bed to write down your dreams. Include everything: descriptions, feelings, symbols and messages. Even short dreams are powerful.

After I got into the habit of writing down my dreams, I began to have lucid dreams with my guides. (During lucid dreams you are conscious you are dreaming.) The subject matter of these dreams was actually quite ordinary. Usually we were just hanging out and talking or playing. Once we played hide-and-seek. Zippy (Zip) wore a bright pink knapsack that stuck out noticeably, like a neon sign, advertising his hiding spot. It was great fun. I tagged him before he got to the oly-oly-oxen tree.

Meditation for Communication

Another technique to be introduced to guides and angels is through meditation. A regular meditation session gives our body, mind and spirit solace and peace. From this state, you can knowingly connect to your guides, angels, your Higher Self and even God. I say knowingly because we are always connected. We can’t always feel our connection, especially when our emotions swing into fright and flight or doubt and depression.

Lighting a candle, especially one with a rose scent, is an effective way to set the energy for spirit contact. Sit in a quiet, meditative state with your eyes closed. When you close your eyes, you more easily lose your focus to the outside world, which brings your attention to the inner worlds of light and truth. It is also important to ask for a bubble of white light to be placed around you for protection.

I like to also say: Guardian angel, fully protect my space from all lower level beings and any negative energies. Only those of a high and positive spiritual nature may come in. So be it. Or make up your own. You need to protect yourself whenever you open up to the spiritual realms. There are more than just angelic beings out there. It is wise to request protection at all times. You will be protected when you request it, but you must ask.

Once you’ve requested protection and surrounded yourself with a bubble of white light, breathe deeply, exhaling fully into a relaxed state. Ask one of your guides to step forward. One will be there. What you see is what you get. Trust whatever image, thought, or feeling comes to mind. If you do not get a visual, but a loving feeling encompasses you, know your guide is close beside you. The communication is genuine. Even if you feel nothing at all, know that one of your guides is there regardless.

My guide, Elizabeth, advises: If you want another process, first you can imagine white light all around you. Then ask your guides and angels to come in and simply talk to them or send them a message. Record your thoughts; any thought that comes in, even if they do not make sense. You are learning to pay attention. The more you do this, the more information will begin to come through and the more you will begin to trust your connection.

If the idea of meditation inhibits you, I understand. Years ago, I didn’t resonate with the idea of meditating. I was too busy. The race was on and I was in it. I worried and wondered about how I could possibly keep up the pace all the way to the finish line. All I knew was that I couldn’t stop. I was miserable. I wanted out. Fortunately, I stumbled across an intuitive counselor who told me I had a choice; I could sit and meditate for an hour a day or I could prepare to die prematurely. Hmmm… choices. I tossed them around, juggling these two balls; dying, meditating, dying, meditating. Learning to meditate seemed like another task to accomplish and I certainly didn’t have the time, where dying sounded rather restful. Luckily, I chose meditation because I’ve since learned that those on The Other Side are usually very busy souls. They have an unlimited source of projects, programs and creative interests to choose from, as we do here. Although they’re not busy in a negative sense. There’s no stress, worry, or exhaustion—no time, no sweat. The state of meditation brings that same peace to us here on earth.

When I was first learning, I made meditation hard. I was fidgety. Sitting with myself wasn’t easy. It was as if I needed a seatbelt to keep me from running away. After a few minutes, I was compelled to snap to and straighten the cushions or dust the window ledge. I finally forced myself to just be. I actually did it, which meant doing nothing at all. Then I began to like it. Drifting into a sea of calm, I found I could meditate for an ageless hour. My body learned to relax and my brain-rash began to clear up. My motto became that of the yogis’: Don’t just do something—sit there.

If an hour seems impossible to you, start with ten or fifteen minutes. Actually, we all meditate for short periods throughout each day, especially behind the wheel. When we don’t remember the drive—we’ve driven on automatic pilot in a meditative state. In a sense, your Higher Self takes over and drives for you, but you’ll need to snap out of it. This is not a safe time to meditate, obviously.

Through meditation, when you go within, your guides and angels can more easily connect with you. Communication can take place while the radio is blaring and the dog is barking, but it is harder to break through the barriers of commotion.

One common complaint during meditation is that unwanted thoughts take over. When a disruptive thought pesters you, embrace it briefly as you would a niggling child; acknowledge it and tell it you will put your attention on the matter later. Then it can then move on. If it doesn’t feel heard, it may cling tighter.

Thought forms are powerful. They can even become living entities in their own right. Many people thinking along the same lines will actually feed a growing thought form until it takes on a life of its own. This is why group consciousness is so powerful. For example, if we all meditated on world peace, within about three weeks, peace would be a reality worldwide.

Daydreaming is also a state of meditation, as is staring blankly off into space. Meditating is a familiar feeling. Just aim to match that same feeling when sitting with eyes open or closed. You may wish to use a candle flame as a focal point to draw you inward and upward into a meditative state. Fixating on a candle’s light relaxes the body and makes it feel safe. It merges you with your true essence, which is love and light. Staring into a candle flame can mesmerize you into your inner self, into the seat of your soul, which glows behind your heart. Focusing on your breathing will do the same. You have the freedom to sustain any state, within, including one of peace and joy. This is exercising your free will.

Using a Psychic Reader

Like a smorgasbord, I like to try different methods ofconnecting with guides and angels, but I thoroughly enjoy getting information and confirmation through a competent psychic reader. I ask many questions. I make lists and tape-record the sessions. Being eternally curious, I even asked why blowing out a candle was an offense to the fire fairies. The psychic reader channeled an angel who answered: We will tell you a secret. It is not such a huge offense. But because there are those who believe this to be, then it is. In essence, it is not such a big thing to the fire fairies. It is in the mind of man and woman that makes it so, as with most things. When ideas become ingrained deeply into the consciousness, they become a reality. But do keep blowing kisses, for the fire fairies appreciate that very much.

In the beginning, I needed plenty of validation about my interactions with my spirit guides. I found psychics who could channel messages effortlessly and accurately. Not all psychics can. Psychic readers have their specialties. My guides have scrutinized each one I’ve gone to. If they were not impressed, they would mess with the psychic. One time, my guides jumped about so much that the reader became quite irritated. She tattled to me that my guides were not standing still long enough for her to separate their energy to get a clear message—as if I could make them mind their manners.

When I get a psychic reading, other than for the purpose of validation, I don’t want to be told what I already know. I want information that I am unaware of—information that will help me live my life with more harmony, joy and truth. I know by how my body feels if it’s accurate. My stomach will clunk uncomfortably or I’ll feel agitated if the psychic is not a clear enough channel. Our bodies are barometers. Although you may not always like what you hear, hearing the truth will set well in your body.

If you decide to learn about your guides through a reader, go with a recommendation of someone you trust before you make an appointment. A good psychic will teach and encourage you to develop and trust your own intuition and recognize your own truth. Any psychic who tells you they have all the answers and you do not, is using you as their meal ticket. Since you are the creator of your reality, you must feel free to create without the barrier of believing that anyone else, guides and angels included, should tell you what to do or think.

How you choose to connect with your spirit guides doesn’t matter, they will respond. They will be delighted. Acknowledge their presence and request their help and healing. This lets them directly express their purpose in your life. It makes them glow in love and strength. Since all are connected, your energy adds to and helps raise theirs as well. The more you communicate, the more real they’ll become in this dimension we call reality.

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What if You Can’t Hear, See or

Feel Your Guides and Angels?

Proof is for