The Purpose of Receiving Messages

Most of us love to receive messages from Spirit through readings or meditation. There is nothing quite like the thrill of being told something about your future and watching it come true.

I have been receiving messages about my life for over 15 years now (from readings and from my meditations). A few have come true, but the ones that mean the most to me have yet to manifest in my life.

When I first began this journey, my Spirit Guide/Teacher asked if I really wanted to commit myself to this path. Of course I said yes! He told me that I would be tested like I have never been tested before. He told me that I would be told many things and then I would have to wait for them to happen. I thought, "No problem, how hard can it be?" How naive I was.

The last 10 years of my life have been the most difficult years of my life. I have lived through a series of tests and challenges without much of a break between events. What my Guide/Teacher told me was 100% true. I have watched people around me get messages and watched their messages manifest in their lives. And yet, I still wait AND I continue to look for the messages from Spirit. Some of my messages have manifested but I usually have to wait 3 years or more to see it.

The messages I receive are consistent. I am still being shown the same pictures and told the same things that I was told from 15 years ago. I move forward on my path, confronting my fears and choosing to believe that what I have been told will indeed happen.

So, why do I keep asking questions and looking for messages that rarely if ever seem to come true for me? I have noticed my thought patterns have changed over the years. In the beginning it was, "show me what my future will bring." In the beginning, I believed what I was being told would manifest within a short time period because when I asked them when these events would happen I was told "soon, shortly, just around the corner".

As the years passed and the events did not occur, I would still ask questions but when I was given the messages (which were often the same as previously given) I would write it down but think "yeah...right". And I noticed that over the last year or two, I was no longer looking at the messages for what the future would bring but instead I simply wanted to hear words of encouragement or hope that would simply get me through the day. I realized that all of the messages were simply given to get me through the next day, the next challenge, to give me hope and to help me believe in what I knew to be true in my heart.

I have learned to live in the moment instead of in the future - which is easier said then done as anyone who is pursuing this type of life path will tell you. My decisions are now based on what I feel in my heart on the day I am making the decision, and not on what I think will get me the end result (ie. if I do this or that, it will make this or that happen). In a way, I have learned to live without expectation and with patience.

It's much too exhausting trying to "make" things happen. I have found a sense of peace by finally letting go and waiting until the feeling pushes me into the next action. For example, although I was told I would be quitting my job almost a year before it happened, I did nothing until the day I felt in my heart that "now was the time" to quit - and I did. And although I know there are many things that need to be done in my business, I wait for the feeling in my heart to tell me that now is the time instead of rushing into things.

While in the beginning I thought the reason I got messages from Spirit was to get guidance about "what I should do next" and to know "what does my future hold", I now understand the deeper meaning to the messages. I undertand that the messages were meant to give hope. I understand that I had to learn to live in the moment. I understand that I had to learn to live by what my heart was telling me. I understand that I had to learn patience. Without getting those messages, I don't know how I would have survived through the last 10 years of my life.

Of course, I still hope that the messages I was given will manifest. The messages portrayed a life of happiness beyond belief. But for now, it is more important for me to live through the day in peace. I still use the messages to give me hope but I also understand that no matter what my future brings or doesn't bring, I trust that there are lessons being learned that will ultimately make me a stronger and more content person.

Wendy Kay, has been studying and researching the spiritual realm for over 20 years. In 1997 she founded her web site www.oralin.com which specializes in providing information for those who are just starting to explore the Spirit World, those who want to develop their psychic abilities or for those who want to expand their awareness. Her goal is to provide a community for those of you who want Higher Level Awareness so that you can reach your full potential.