Dear Ones, stepping into being a co-creator is thrilling and exhilarating. It can also feel scary and stressful at times until you develop an even deeper level of faith and trust in the process of unfoldment and staying open to the energies of the unknown. Be kind and gentle with yourselves! You are developing a new skill set.

Think of when you first learned to drive. It was so exciting to think of all the ways you could expand your life and experience freedom, but it was also nerve wracking until you were able to practice and develop familiarity with the process. Before long, it became second nature and the stress ebbed away and what was left was enjoyment and appreciation for your new abilities.

The same it is as you keep developing your skills, continually expanding your vistas, and embodying new energies and levels of mastery. Before you know it, you will be far more comfortable with the entire process, the stress will dissipate, and what will be left is the joy that comes from being an experienced co-creator. ~Archangel Gabriel through Shelley Young

When you are trying hard to be positive, you are not quite there. The fact that you are trying and forcing indicates you are not able to access the space you desire, that you are seeing it as outside of yourself. You move into alignment not by forcing, but by flowing.

So rather than trying, we suggest finding things you easily accept. Look around for what you are grateful for. Spend time in activities you love. Surrender into the experience of happiness and see where the flow takes you. Meditate. Watch a show that makes you laugh. Connect with friends who lift your spirits. Go outside and pay attention to the beauty that abounds in nature.

It is the choosing of activities that make it easy for you to simply be in a space of open acceptance that shifts you into a space of more comfort and appreciation which then naturally creates the experience of positivity. ~Archangel Gabriel through Shelley Young

We were recently asked in our new Ask Gabriel feature two questions related to connecting psychically. The first was, “How do I open my third eye?” The second was, “How do I know I’m receiving a message and not talking to myself?” We would like to address these today.

One of the most effective ways of opening your third eye is to play with your imagination. Visualize. Meditate. Use your imagination as a means of connecting within meditation. What many of you don’t realize is that your imagination is the bridge to the psychic part of your mind. Many of you have wonderfully active imaginations as children but slowly begin to stop using that skill in adulthood. There’s a reason why children are so wonderfully psychic! It is because their imaginations are still honoured and active.

The imagination is a powerful stimulant for your third eye. So meditate and play with visualization and allow your imagination to take the lead. What will happen before long is something will happen that surprises you, and that is how you will know that you have entered the realm of psychic experience, for your imagination can never surprise you as you are the one who directs it.

There is a great balancing occurring of both your masculine and feminine expressions of power. If you have been oppressed in one aspect of power, either in this or pastlife expressions, you will be releasing those wounds and then integrating what you need to shift into the embodiment of that masculine or feminine expression of authentic power.

If you have misused power yourself, either in this or pastlife expressions, you will be releasing the guilt, shame, and regret associated with that time, forgiving yourself, and getting clarity on what the mindful use of power is, in order to move forward and use it beautifully and appropriately.

So for many of you, you will be releasing masculine and integrating feminine. Others will be releasing feminine and integrating masculine. It is all part of moving forward as an empowered human being, beautifully embodying the divine attributes of both. ~Archangel Gabriel through Shelley Young

As you start moving forward as the pioneers and empowered co-creators of your life expressions, we want you to understand the power of playing in the energies of expansion.

To put it in terms that are easy to understand, using the power tool of expansion involves always being one step beyond what you are creating. For example, let us suppose you wish to manifest a new place to live. As soon as you have put out that intention, you may wish to think of how you would like to decorate it. The act of considering the next step of the manifestation holds the energy that the first step is already a done deal. It is another way of anchoring it into your existence and expressing your faith and trust that it is already manifested.

If you keep creating just beyond what you can see, you are letting the energies continue to expand to serve you, and you will stay in constant forward movement while allowing the universe to do what it does so well, which is come up with the solutions that match you and your desires perfectly. ~Archangel Gabriel through Shelley Young