Last night in the “Healing Conversations” class I was teaching, we were talking about possible blocks that people have that keep them from truly opening up their heart to having a dialog with God (not a monologue, where you do all the talking, but a true dialog).
One of the participants shared that she blamed God for “taking” her only sibling…her 19 year old sister that she had loved so very much. “Why did God take her, Sandy? Why did God DO that to me?” she said with tears in her eyes.
Her questions mirror the unspoken questions that keep pain lingering in so many hearts. As I imagined life from her perspective, I could see why she had some blocks that kept her from opening her heart to God’s wisdom and guidance. Who could possibly trust a God that could all of a sudden, with no warning, “pluck” a loved one out of one’s life and whisk them to some place way above the clouds that seems so far away? I’d not want to engage in any sort of discussion with God…it would be too hard to hear anything through the anger or unfairness I’d feel.
I took a deep breath, and went into my heart. My experience as a Spirit Medium for nearly 17 years has shown me a different perspective. I know a different truth about death. And in my personal conversations with God which became my book, What was God Thinking?, I know a different truth about God.
Here is what I know to be true:
~Death is simply the transition from being a spirit energy with a body, to being a spirit energy without a body.
~Death is often hard for us, because we’re mourning the physical that is no longer. We are in a temporary place of forgetting that our loved one’s spirit doesn’t die.
~When we remember that our loved one is pure spirit, we can begin to open our mind and our heart to their presence around us, in a different way.
~God doesn’t “take” people. God is love. God/Love is the greatest healer of all.
But I couldn’t tell her all of that, because I wanted her to find the answers in her own heart. (It’s where all the answers always have been.)
I asked her to go into her heart, imagine God right there with her, and ask God directly…”Did you take my sister from me?” She paused, and wiped her tears. “Let God respond,” I encouraged her. Quietly, she said, “God is saying, ‘No…my sister just died.’” As she breathed in her new truth, I knew this truth would help her feel freedom and peace that she had been searching for, but didn’t know how to find.
This young woman left the class a different person. Her face looked softer, her eyes looked brighter.
Driving home, I silently thanked God for moments like these…to share simple truths that God and Spirit have been giving me.
I wonder, as you’re reading this, where this story took you to in your own life and in your heart…I’d love to hear from you.
For over two decades, Sandy Alemian has been receiving Divine Inspiration. Through her compelling written and spoken word, and her compassionate heart, Sandy inspires her audiences to see life through the eyes of love.
1 comment:
Sandy,
3 weeks ago I was fortunate enough to be in your Spiritual Development class in Maine. I walked in assuming I would learn some helpful tips to help me in connecting with Spirit, that I would write down in a neat little notebook, and look at from time to time, to remind myself. Boy, was I wrong.
What I got instead was, a completely different perspective on life, mine, yours, everyone's. I generally like to know what's coming my way so I can "have the solution ready", but that was not the case!
Within a very short time, you reintroduced me to God. It had been a long time since I really believed he was even aware of me. I always understood we were all loved, but beyond that, I lost the trail.
You, Sandy, put me face to face with God. I had thought I had been there many times before when my life had thrown me some sharp curves, and I was on my knees. Well, I realize now, during those times God was there listening to my pleas. . . I just didn't know how to listen.
Before I even knew what was happening, you had me face to face with God and I started to feel a sense of knowing, a familiarity, and pure love. In this process, the self imposed blocks I had placed in front of me (a glass wall where I could see the future I have dreamed of, but couldn't touch) dissolved right in front of me. I could actually feel the road is all clear ahead. I have both of your books which I love and I play your music cd everyday, it's beautiful.
My deep gratitude to you for your work and sacrifice, as I now move forward to establish my safe space healing center. It has been a desire for 20 yrs and you showed me how to see that it's time.
Thank you Sandy, gotta go. . . . GOD is on the other line!
Kit Warner
Maine
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