I was at a funeral the other day for a favourite aunty and was talking to a cousin about life after death and 'the other side'. He was asking me questions about my beliefs and I kept sharing... It was a lovely experience, being able to give him comfort, insight and validation at such a sad time. I decided I would share my beliefs here as well, in the hopes that it will help or inspire others.
I believe we create our life plan on the etheric plane before we come to this earthly plane. The problem is that life is so perfect there, with no pain, loss or suffering there, we sometimes sign up for as many experiences as we can, believing we'll be able to handle it.  Some of us struggle with varying outcomes, like dis-ease within our bodies/minds or even suicide.
Each life journey has its own lessons, you don't necessarily come back and repeat that life over and over again until you 'get it right'.  After all what is getting it right? Is it learning from the experience, mastering the lesson or ignoring it completely? And if you were to believe you came back until you got it right, surely your life plan would change anyway, because you still learn from some of the lessons no matter what.
Now, just because I say we created a life plan, this doesn't mean it is cast in stone. We create many backup plans, like; 'If I don't realise x is my soulmate, he/she will turn up again at this time', or 'I will meet y and he/she will be my mate instead'. 'If I decide to disbelieve in my spirituality, I will meet someone at ages 15, 26, 40 or 59 who will help me remember.' 'I will meet z and he/she will teach me what kind of relationship I don't want in life, then I will meet w and he/she will show me what unconditional love is'.
This brings me to my next point, we have a soul family who are around us as we live on this earthly plane. If you believe in reincarnation, and I do, then these people will have different relationships with you in different lifetimes. You mother might become your daughter, your best friend could be your enemy, your partner could be your brother or sister, etc..
You are drawn to these people because of this link within your soul family and this explains that 'innate knowing' you have when you meet some people for the first time.  As strange as it might sound, everyone you meet is here to teach you something, whether it's love, hate, fear, anger, sadness....  The person you loved in a past life could be here to teach you to show compassion when they make your life miserable this time. Your mother, who was your sister last time may be here to teach you about standing up for yourself.
Just think how hard it is for members of your soul family to be the baddie in one lifetime when they were the love of your life in the last!
This is why I believe our biggest lesson is not to sit in judgement of others, but to accept them as they are, warts and all. It isn't necessary to hate them or change them, just let them 'be' who they are. Don't get me wrong, I still struggle with this myself, but I try my darndest to remember when I am challenged by interaction with others.
If you are interested, a great story to read is 'The Little Soul and the Sun'. If you google it, you should be able to find it. It's not a very long story, but it does shed a different light on things.
I will write more on this in another blog, but in the meantime, if you would like to ask for more clarification, please do. If I know the answer I will tell you.  If you have something you would like to add to this, either on the website or through facebook, please do. I encourage your comments, thoughts and opinions.
with love, integrity and respect
Cherie

Tomorrow is a New Moon, a time of beginnings and planning for our future. It is also a time to attract abundance in all forms and levels of our lives:

Instructions for Abundance Cheques

Focus as though you HAVE what you want instead of concentrating on what you don’t.

Abundance checks are a tool we can use to create more abundance in our lives. They are written within 24 hours after a New Moon (The next one is Thursday, 27th October 2011).

You don’t need to believe this will work, but you will be amazed at the results, as increased abundance appears within some life area. It’s not always financial, but it will appear in the area you need it most.

Here’s how to do your Abundance Cheque:

1. Within 24 hours after a New Moon, use a cheque. Where it says "Pay to," write your name.

2. On the line underneath your name, write what it is you want, whether it’s love, career or financial abundance. Don’t put a specific dollar amount on it.

3. Sign the cheque: "Attracting Abundance." Do not put a date on the cheque. Put it in a safe place and forget about it. The Universe will take over from there.

Many people are skeptical about trying this until they do it. After the first time they realize the power of these cheques and do them every month! Try it yourself and see!

If you would like a cheque to try this full moon, they are in the ‘Abundance’ album on my Facebook page – ‘Angelic Messages with Attitude’. (There is also an example for you to follow)

Feel free to share your experiences on Angelic Messages with Attitude – website or Facebook page.

Wishing you an abundant life on all levels.

With love, integrity and respect
Cherie

 

For the past six weeks, this song has been haunting me.
The first time I heard it, I thought it was a lovely tune, next time I listened to the words, and had an A-ha! moment! Although it is a song about 'alive' lovers, it also resonates within my belief system. I believe there is a far bigger picture, that when we pass on we still exist, just not in the form we knew here on the earthly plane.
Since my husband Butch has passed, I have felt him around me, noticed many synchronistic events, had proof of his presence through email, my mobile phone and other occurances in my home.
I have always told friends if you hear a  song on the radio that reminds you of someone who has passed, especially if it's  not a common song, or doesn't fit with the radio playlist, you can guarantee  this is a message from the other side. There are a few songs that were special  to Butch and I and not popular playing, so I know he is saying Hi or I love you  when I hear them.
Mind you, I'm the sort of person who will be  driving in the car, mulling over a problem, needing help with the answer and  will say 'Okay, the next song will help me with this problem'....and it usually  does! Try it! You might be surprised!
Anyway, back to my  story... This song has been playing every now and then since late August. I  started waking up in the middle
of the night with it rolling around in my head  (and I have a theory on that too, but I don't want to get sidetracked again!). 
The last three years have been tough, losing the love of my life as well as  my best friend.  For a while there, I lost my faith, I tried to stop believing  there was more to life, but my spirit family wouldn't let me.  They kept making  mischief, sending me signs, situations and people until I 'remembered'! 
I  knew this song was relative, I was getting a  spiritual lecture every time it came on the radio, or heard it when out  shopping, but I tried to convince myself it was just a funny  coincidence....unsuccessfully I might add!
The more I laughed it off,  especially the timing of it, when I was feeling particularly miserable or  needed a reminder, the more it played. Two days ago, I heard it three times....same again  yesterday....I woke up at 3:00am today and there it was in my head again. I got  out of bed this morning and turned on the radio to hear....yep, you guessed  it...Goodbye doesn't mean forever...
Okay, okay, I get the message! Six weeks ago when I first heard this song, I thought I should do a blog about the words behind it, to give others a message it isn't really over, that our loved ones are here for us, they  can communicate with us in surprising ways and even though it feels like forever  before we see them again, they are still around us. I didn't do it though, did  I? It has taken six weeks of being sung to in my sleep and 'nagged' via the  radio to get to this point.
So from now on, when you hear a song on the radio that stands out  from the usual blah blah of background radio, take note of what it's about. Is  it a message you need to listen to, or perhaps a 'spiritual smile and wave'  through a shared song/memory? Everyone talks about seeing the same time on a clock continually that has a special meaning to them, why shouldn't a song  have spiritual significance?
I wonder how often we get messages or think  about doing something but don't take any action, only to be reminded over and  over, sometimes in the subtlest of ways, what we need to do? 
with much love and integrity
Cherie

The other day I was doing 'psychic reiki' or a 'reiki reading', I'm never sure what to call it, and what came out of it was pretty interesting, so doing a blog was a perfect way to clear up a few myths and fairy tales.
As I was talking to this lady, offering her healing, insight and advice, she turned to me saying 'You are a powerful person, you know'.
I told of her none of us is powerful, we are all on the same level. There are no gurus, no 'more than' or 'less than', no more advanced or less advanced.  Get the feeling there is a lecture coming?
I'll repeat that, just so there are no misunderstandings. We are all on the same level, how we choose to live on that level or where we want to be on that level is what defines us. When I say it defines us, it defines us as a person, not as a comparison to anyone else. We all move at the speed and rate we need to, or are comfortable with...although sometimes the universe has a way of giving us a nudge every now and then if we get stuck!  And how we love that....Not!
If, as we choose what we want in life, this gives us a knowledge others feel they don't have, we can all be safe in assuming they have some knowledge we don't.  We aren't meant to be superior or inferior, we are here to help each other, to complement each other's gifts and talents, to complete the jigsaw puzzle that is our earthly existence.
Each of us has an inner knowing; some of us can tap into it easily and readily, while others only recognise it when it kicks us up the bum or bitch slaps us. Whichever way you use your inner knowing, be it voluntary, involuntary or dragging you kicking and screaming, it doesn't make you more or less than anyone else. It just makes you YOU!
Don't give your power away to those who believe they are gurus or experts - appearances don't always ring true and sometimes their actions and words can disempower you...if you let them.
If you need an authority on your life, pick you! If you want to know the answers for you, then believe you will find them and you will! By all means ask others for insight, advice and inspiration, but don't believe they know more about you than you do, don't believe they have all the answers or that you are not on the same level as them.
As I said to this lady at the end of her sesssion.  None of us is perfect, we are all 'stuffed up' to some degree, no matter how much we have experienced or 'know'.  Some people are just better at hiding it than others.
When I do a reading for someone who asks a question like 'Should I leave my job...my husband....my town...' I tell them I don't do those kind of readings, but what comes through will generally help you realise you knew the answer all along!
Be Strong, Be Powerful. Be YOU!
with love, integrity and inspiration
Cherie