Mindfullness Take 3 – You are Worth It

A few days ago I received a video from my favourite channel on u-tube  - The Honest Guys - with the subject line, "Mindfulness - 3 Minutes and I looked at it and thought to myself, I will view later when I have more time. I heard this very distinct voice say "you mean you don't have 3 minutes to set the intention for your day?" This was like a huge alarm for me. I was reminded of the old Zen adage "You should meditate for 20 minutes each day - unless you are too busy then you should sit for an hour" 

I asked myself how could I actually be too busy to sit and listen for 3 minutes? Surely I have wasted more than that gazing out the window, looking at my closet, fussing with my hair, checking out facebook or some other times I am not even aware that I wasted, after all, it is only 3 minutes. I decided to take my jacket off and sit back down and take 3 minutes to set my state and intention before I left the house. It felt simply wonderful!

It is a beautiful reminder and I have been doing it each morning after I do up my daily angel message, then I am ready to start my day with clear thoughts and a peaceful mind.

Your angel guidance for this week is to become more mindful of each moment and see if this doesn't help you become more peaceful with whatever the days brings your way.

We would love to hear back the results of doing this short meditation - try it for 21 days (they say it take 21 days to form a habit). Do it every day and don't miss a day. If you do miss a day, begin your 21 days again and see what a difference this makes for you.

Tons of love, Sharon and the angels xox

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Messages from Your Angels part 2 

posted by Sharon Taphorn

We have talked about some of the ways your angels share you messages, signs, and signals to let you know that you are not alone and that they are listening to your questions or requests for assistance and guidance. Here are some other ways your angels send you messages of love, support, wisdom, and assistance:

Hear a positive or supportive voice or message: also often called clairaudience or clear hearing. My research and personal experience have found that this is the most commonly wanted or requested

way we want messages back from our angels and yet often one that happens during times of emergency or when one has worked on developing the skills to better hear. I have found it is easier to hear when we are a closer vibratory match.  If you are getting a supportive message, trust it and act upon it and see the results for yourself. 

Smell Something – Clairscent or Clairalience or clear smelling. This is one I have rather developed and not because I wanted to expand it. When I was a child I would always say “I think I used to be a blood hound in a past life” and now that I understand that sense a bit more and learned to live with it (I often say this was my most challenging to work with and yet also a great gift as I learned to smell illnesses on people as a nurse that could help to intervene before a medical emergency arose e.g. I learned to smell of diabetic shock.). We can often smell odors like perfume, foods, or tobacco as messages from our deceased loved ones. If the smell makes you think of someone you love on the other side, it is often a sign they are with you. 

Déjà vu – Feeling you know this or have done this already. This can sometimes also be clairsentience or clear knowing and is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced, has already been experienced in the past or a forewarning of something coming in the future or you  just have a knowing of something without knowing how or why you know it. Claircognizance requires tremendous faith because there’s often no practical explanation for why we suddenly “know” something and is often hard to explain this knowing to others. This is also often the category for emotional empaths fall into. Learn to trust yourself and your feelings.

Remember that your angels cannot do your journey for you, but they certainly can guide you and work behind the scenes on your behalf.

Here is Messages from Your Angels part 1 http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/angelguidance/2015/12/messages-from-your-angels.html

Tons of love, Sharon and the angels xox


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A Message for A New Leap Year

A Message for A New Leap Year

2016 is a nine year and that means it is a year of completion. Some of you may have been feeling the affects of this already over the past few months as cycles that are done have needed to be completed. If you have caught the message and did the work then you are probably feeling more optimistic than those who haven’t done the work are feeling. None the less, there is no time like the present and that is truly what counts. This is the year to take a leap in your spiritual growth, you are being prepared  for a new cycle and so there is no time like the present to start planting the seeds you want to create and finishing off all cycles you are done with.

My son gave me  a Buddha Board for Christmas. It is a board that sits on a tray of water and has a brush. You can paint something, a picture, a saying, or whatever, but it only lasts a few minutes and then it is gone. The slate is clean and ready for a new creation, thought of intention. It is great. I have been using to affirm things, to write messages of love to those on both sides, to release unwanted thoughts, and to give freedom to wanted ones. I have drawn pictures, made hieroglyphics, and more. The point is, that it is only ever in the now and then the masterpiece begins to fad. I like to watch at the interesting messages that are created as it transforms… a kind of scrying. This is the perfect tool for this new year.

Be fearless in your pursuit of a happy life. It is a time to take action and complete cycles and to make the most of the amazing opportunities that are becoming available to you. Information that can help you but which can also be sometimes difficult to hear will be a theme for this year as expanded growth is not always comfortable, especially if you have been failing to see the signs or do the work that has been necessary for you. If you have been resisting, it will persist and with a bit more energy than before. Do the work and know the score and you will be just fine.

Walk away from distractions and dishonest associations. Take a good long look and know that it is okay to realize that what you thought you wanted isn’t the best choice for you, your happiness, or your life. It just isn’t worth the effort when there is so much more you can do with the tools you now have at your disposal. Indecision holds you back. Make the choice that is best for you rather than trying to please others or make them happy at your own expense. To thy own heart be true.

Be practical and yet also generous and gracious as you move forward. You have the magical ability to make anything more beautiful and when you take this outlook out into the world it makes a difference. You will find other human angels on your path to help you as this energy for great shifts is becoming stronger and more of you are expanding your Light.

Tons of love, Sharon and the angels xox

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Messages from Your Angels

Messages from Your Angels

We get messages from our angels and spirit guides in a variety of ways. It is a skill and a great accomplishment when you learn to interpret them in ways that are meaningful to you. As you develop this trust and inner knowing, you will find it easier to discern what is best and right for you at that time and not second guess your choices. Here are some of the ways your angels might be trying to communicate with you:

Learning to trust your gut feelings: Your body often gives you signals to let you know there is something you need to pay attention to. This is neither good or bad but often perceived this way based on past experiences. If you felt a knot in your stomach and something went wrong, they you begin to always think that a knot in your stomach is a warning. It might be interesting to pay attention to your thoughts and feelings, keep a record of them at different times and see if you can’t find your own decoding system. 

Shivers down your Spine: This is one that we are often asked about and is indeed a signal for you to pay more attention to what is happening around you. This is often a sign I receive from peoples guides when I am doing a private session, the stronger the vibration, the more right we are. Often guides will use a form of communication they like to use with their people. If your guardian angel gives you messages this way, they will give them to me that way so I can share with you how they are communicating.

Seeing a vision or a flash in front of you or in your minds eye: Clairvoyance – or clear seeing is not as common as most think. Some of us who are very visual are communicating telepathically as a knowing that is enhanced by the visions and yet others see nothing at all. It comes with trust and working on the skills. If you are visual, often your angels will show you visions as a way of communication.

Our guides and angels are always giving us messages and clues, it is just that we don’t always notice them, or expect them in a certain way that is not always possible. We must be open to receive!

Tons of love, Sharon and the angels xox

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Sharon's Take for 2016 ~ Write it on your Heart

We are heading into a 9 year, an end to a cycle that we have been going through for a bit and now we are so ready to move on. This next year is a big one so make sure you are doing the work you need to do. If you are not, if you are procrastinating, my guess is it won't be much fun. On the other hand, you have skated through before... is this one going to be different? I say yes, a whole new level is about to be breached, secure your seat belt. 

It should be a fun year too and so set aside some time to enjoy yourself and plan to have some fun. It is an important part of the healing process and helps to create. Write it on your heart that today is the best day of the year and all you really have is today, so each and every day will be the best. See how adopting this mindset makes a difference. You don't really have anything to loose by trying and make that commitment to yourself.

For this year of completions, action is key. Success that comes from dedication and self-discipline. Celebrating your accomplishments will be an aspect of that success. As you listen to your heart, trust your intuitive self and your insights, you find that making the best choices for yourself, and not on what others think you should do will help to put you in the spotlight you desire. Worry not about pleasing others, focus on pleasing yourself and blending the intellectual and the emotional worlds so that you are creating your intentions.

As I write this the TV has music on and it turns out to be midnight at Time Square, how appropriate. I have never really been a big fan of New Years Eve parties and so thought it was strange and interesting as I do feel bringing this year in is something to celebrate. 

Positive changes are on the way. This will be a welcome relief for many of you as you have been ready to move on for some time and have been waiting for the Divine timing of the All that Is. This is your year and you may even find you are finally doing the traveling or even relocating that you have been longing for. Some of you will be getting new homes too. Be clear and assertive when it comes to what you know is right and best for you. Everything is going your way because of the hard work you have been doing and so reward yourself by being happy in your creations as well as remembering to cherish you alone time for rest and rejuvenation. 

Be open to a generous, gracious, and also practical benefactor to help you create your intentions when they involve the good of all and your life purpose. Beware also of wolves in sheep's clothing. How can you tell the difference? The one that lifts you up is there to support you. The one that brings you down or makes you feel small is also their to support you, but in ways that speak of standing up for yourself and your beliefs. Follow your heart and be true to you, that is the best advice we can give you. 

Remember that one can still speak their truth and be assertive with kindness. Information can be helpful and sometimes difficult to also hear, yet try to not take what others say personally but extract what is good and beneficial for you. Courageously stand up for yourself but also do so with compassion. Changes are happening, the success you desire is available to you, successful multitasking will help you maneuver through the mace.

We start off with your first mercury retrograde of the year in January. The 5th to the 25th, so start your projects right away.  This should be fun with our solar activity and starting out the year with some good geomagnetic storms. Expect more storms and flares this year as they accelerate out shifting and isn't that what we have been asking for.

I haven't been doing my monthly readings as life has kind of gotten in the way. I do enjoy my new angel blog at beliefnet http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/angelguidance/ it is a lot of writing, but I do enjoy it and so appreciate those who read it as that is how I get paid. I am not sure what is ahead for this next year, except that things are changing.

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This will be a good year to take action. Do what is right for the right reasons. Sounds simple and yet often the greatest challenge. Take the power of your creativity to make smart choices that bring wonderful news of rewards, success, and recognition! Finally! This is news worth celebrating and gives you memories to cherish, and a life of luxury and success.

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Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her spirit around the world through her daily angel wisdom, programs, personal Guidance Sessions and workshops. See www.playingwiththeuniverse.com for more information.