PROFOUND MESSAGES: HOW TO LISTEN TO CLOUDS

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It’s been raining at Summerhill Ranch and Denise’s four-legged family members somehow seem to think that she caused the rain – as a result, they weren’t very friendly towards her when she went out to greet them!  And Denise’s dog Sadie has taken to chasing coyotes!

Clouds throughout history

Throughout history, Shamans, medicine men and women, visionaries and prophets all looked to the clouds for messages.  Angels are often associated with clouds and even in the Bible there is evidence of this.  So it is in our collective consciousness that there are spiritual beings communing with us through clouds.  In modern times too, people have received messages through clouds.  At every moment, the Universe is whispering to you, giving you messages and signs – it’s simply a matter of learning to decipher those signs.

Why do messages come in clouds?

1. Your guides, spiritual beings, angels, ancestors – because of the nebulous nature of clouds, it’s a lot easier to impact clouds and “move them around” to give you a message – clouds are not dense and heavy like most matter on earth.
2. It’s easier for our inner knowing to project onto the clouds – we see images and symbols that can allow us to tap in more readily.  These images are what our inner wisdom/our subconscious/our higher self projects onto the clouds.

How to get messages from clouds

1. If the weather is not suitable, you don’t have to go outside to get messages from clouds, you can look at them through the window.  If it is possible, go outside and get really still.  Imagine that your thoughts are clouds and those thoughts are drifting and floating – just allow the thoughts to flow and allow your breath to deepen.  Get into that quiet place.
2. Ask a question.  The way you phrase questions is very important – do not ask a yes or no question, ask an open-ended question.  Also, ask a question that is specific eg.  is this new job the best for me?  What energy will I find in this new relationship?
3. Hold that question in your heart and mind, focusing on it but allowing your thoughts just to drift and not being attached to any answer.
4. Let your eyes get “lazy” – similar to the time just before you drift off to sleep.  Look around, but not looking at anything specifically.  Look at the clouds, just watching them.  As you do this and as you continue to take deep breaths and go deeper into yourself, allow your imagination to run. 
5. At this point, you’ve put the question into the cosmos and you’re not thinking about the question.  You’re looking at the clouds, just asking yourself:  what does it look like?  What is it similar to?  Take into consideration the colour, shape and speed of the clouds.
6. Then ask yourself:  what does it feel like?  Just scan your emotional self and ask yourself what emotion you’re feeling – that can be a good clue as to what the message is.
7. Also scan yourself physically:  What is your body experiencing?  Your body is registering the messages and trying to tell us something.
8. Look at what memories are coming up for you.  What associations are coming up for you?  The words or images that come up will have unique associations based on your experiences eg.  the word “dragon” might represent magic for one person, fear for another and a memory of someone “draggin” them for a 3^rd person.
9. As you look at the clouds, ask:  If I knew what the message was, what could it be?
10. Another method is:  with pen and paper, assign meanings to the different kinds of cloud formations eg.  when I see a circular cloud, this means love (or whatever you decide it should mean).  Get a list of different cloud formations from the internet, print the list and write the meanings next to each formation if you like.  In this way, you’re programming yourself for meaning.  
11. Always capture/write down the messages – it may have meaning for you, even at a later stage.

How to connect to the energy of clouds:

· Get into a very relaxed state and imagine that you’re a cloud – you’re floating over the planet with the hills and valleys below and the sun above.  Feel and be as a cloud.  You’re entering into cloud consciousness and this will make it much easier for those messages to come.

· You can also do cloud boring – this is a way to practise and deepen your ability to project and focus energy.  This is a technique which is better to do outside:  If there is a large cloud, imagine you’re a beam.  The beam can come from the center of your heart.  This beam of light is moving out of your 3^rd eye and is moving through the cloud and boring a hole through the cloud.  You can do this in a group and notice the speed with which you can bore a hole through the cloud.  Clouds don’t mind this.

· Another technique is that if you see a little cloud, a cloud just forming, you can embrace that cloud with your consciousness.  It’s not uncommon for the cloud to get bigger when you do this, and it moves and shifts and changes.  Those messages, the ones that start with almost nothing and grow really quickly, are very potent.

· Even if it is overcast, there are still subtle shades in the clouds and you can still get messages.  If you live in a place where you don’t see clouds, there are many other ways to get messages – insects, stones, trees, etc.

Additional Info:

· Your loved ones who have passed on can communicate you through clouds.

·  Often there will be one particular sign that Spirit or your guides have with you to let you know that they’re there.

Denise’s Wisdom of the Week:

“Start working with cloud energy.  There is consciousness in all things and as you connect to the energy of the clouds, the clouds are more likely to give you messages.”

PROFOUND MESSAGES: HOW TO LISTEN TO WILD ANIMALS

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Denise just arrived back from Tampa Florida where she was speaking and she was really excited to connect with many of the people who listen to her show.  Mork, her resident rooster, missed her terribly.   Denise also discovered that her “dream self” has a different personality to her!!!

The messages of wild animals

· Listen to the messages that the Universe is giving you.  Wild animals have messages too.

· In native and ancient cultures worldwide, people had an animal totem or ally – all these cultures understood the power of having a particular animal that was aligned with your soul. 

· Much as we have guardian angels, people in native cultures knew the importance of working with their power animals (their own unique animal).  Power animals can’t be compared to angels or Spirit guides since they have their own unique messages and activate different qualities within you.

· If you don’t know what your power animal is, research it and find yours since your power animal can open up a vast universe of awareness that is not available without them.

Why have an animal totem?

· Animal totems connect you more intimately with the ancient wisdom of the earth – this is a different kind of wisdom to that which angels connect you to. 

· Your animal totem will also activate qualities within you.  You’ll have a main animal totem, but sometimes another animal totem will also come to activate a quality for a particular time – so you may have more than one animal totem. 

· The more you communicate with that particular animal, the more you connect with that animal and the more those particular qualities begin to grow within you.

How to find your power/Spirit animal/animal totem

· While you can choose a Spirit animal and this does work, rather let your animal find you – let yourself be chosen. 

· You can do this by watching the messages and watching your dreams.  Watch the coincidental synchronicities around you, the conversations people are having, what you hear on the radio, the billboards you see, the license plates you see.

· When a message appears 3 times, it’s a good sign that you have found your Spirit animal.

Connecting with and gaining messages from your Spirit animal/animal totem

· Once you know what your animal totem is, spend time in meditation communicating with that animal, connecting with it, honouring with it – if you have an altar, put a picture or statue of that animal on it to deepen the connection with your Spirit animal.

· Do research about your animal.  Find out how they react in nature.  Denise recommends Ted Andrews’ books (eg.  Animals Speak).  However, there is no one meaning for an animal – the meaning is what you feel is true for you.  Eg.  Horse can represent freedom to one person, but beauty to another.

· To find your particular message, look at how the animal reacts in nature – eg.  if your Spirit animal is a bear, and you know that bears hibernate, then it may be indicative of the fact that you need to take time to go within.

· Contribute in some way to that animal eg.  give to a cause that supports your particular animal in some way.  This deepens the connection between you and your Spirit animal.

· Another way to gain messages from animals is to watch them in nature.  When you focus on doing this, the messages cascade in.  As you slow down and begin to observe animals in nature, messages from Spirit will start filtering through.  Be aware if there are unusual animals that come into your life (animals that aren’t usually in your area).

· If you’re in the city, wild animals can come to you in unusual ways eg. billboards, radio, inner journeys and dreams.

· Also be aware if animals around you are acting in an unusual way.

· Be still for a moment, perhaps close your eyes and imagine that the animal was talking to you, and ask:  if this animal had a message for me, what could it be?  You can do this even if it’s an animal on a billboard, because it’s an energy.  Trust those flashes that come to mind.  Thank your mind for the help, and even if you think that you’re making these thoughts up, go to that original flash – this is your gut response and there is a message.

Denise’s Wisdom of the Week:

“Once you open your heart and soul for your Spirit animal to come, the messages will cascade in.”