Kari Samuels, Intuitive Counselor

Radio show: Discover your life purpose with numerology

Sue Lundquist in Seattle has created an extraordinary forum for growth and inspiration called the I’m Thankful Network. She is a joy and a gift to us all. On her show, we discuss life purpose in depth and how your destiny is revealed in your name. We also explore  numerology as a tool to discover your true gifts and the many spiritual lessons that stem from your challenges.  Free readings were given to several callers as well.

Click here to listen: Im Thankful Radio April 2010

Angels are fierce!

I was doing a meditation with my angels, and with the four major archangels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel. I was teaching a class on healing with the angels and I asked them what they wanted me to share with my students. What I discovered surprised me!

First of all, they wanted me to share that angels are not always “nice”. Many people, especially those who feel they are “earth angels”, or want to be good spiritual people, feel they must be nice all the time, and do good deeds, and if someone bothers them, they should accept it, bless that person and give them love. Well, it’s not quite that simple!

Angels are fiery fierce creatures. There is a lot of darkness here on this planet, and these incredible beings help us transmute that darkness into love.  This is more warrior energy than pacifist energy. After all, Archangel Michael, the head honcho of the angels carries a sword!

Many of my clients and students who are overly concerned with being nice and not causing any disharmony, so they take in other people’s negativity and don’t stand up for themselves. Consequently they find themselves in unhealthy relationships, illness, and poor finances. Angels can help you heal these issues, not by giving your power over to the angels, but by asking the angels to help you own their powerful, dynamic, healing, radiant energy and share that with others. This is bold energy!

When you connect with your angels, try to envision their dynamic radiance, and match their energy. This is will help you heal your life on all levels. They are working with you to heal your life, but they can’t do it all for you. One of the lessons we are meant to learn here is to co-create our lives. So if you want healing on any level – physical, financial, emotional – visualize these powerful beings and allow their energy to work through you as you match your energy to theirs. You will be amazed at the level of healing that can occur. And listen to their guidance. They will always lead you towards love.

And love truly is the most powerful force in the Universe. It’s fierce!

Being as good to yourself as you are to others

In the Intuitive Development class that I teach, I often ask people to close their eyes and listen to their hearts instead of listening to their thoughts. So often we get wrapped up in all of our responsibilities and worries that we don’t even know what our own needs are. We know what our responsibilities are to other people, to creditors, bosses, friends, children, spouses, etc, but we don’t always remember where we fit into the picture.

So I ask people to close their eyes and listen to their bodies. Tune out the world and just empty their minds so they can listen to their bodies and hearts. I then suggest they ask themselves what their needs are, if they did not have any responsibilities to other people or obligations. “What is it that YOU want?”.

It’s a very simple question, but often meets with a lot of resistence. Many people are so used to disconnecting themselves from their bodies, that they don’t know what their heart it telling them. Even more often,  people who are parents feel exremely uncomfortable asking this question. They find it impossible to believe that asking themselves what their needs are, without taking into account their responsbilities to others, will bring beneficial results.

I can understand the dilemma and the fear that this might lead to selfishness and neglecting their children! Not so however. Your heart is connected to all that is good for you and everyone else. It is also in the center of your chakra system, connecting you to heaven and earth.  Tuning out outside distractions is imperative to listening to your heart and your intuition. Listening to your intuition is imperative to being a good parent!

We all want what’s best for our children and loved ones. However, in order to be our absolute best for others, we need to take care of ourselves. We want to be strong, grounded, well noursished, rested and happy. Not only is that best for us, it is best for our children . It helps them feel strong and protected.  When we are not paying attention to our needs “for the good of others”, we lose our power, strength, and energy. In the longrun, nobody is helped by that dynamic.

When we listen to the widsom of our hearts, we can trust that what is good for us is best for all. Only through nurturing our needs and our spirits can we be the best we can be. And that is the greatest gift you can offer others.