How perception is everything

[Dyan]

In Mercury retrograde, but actually all of the time, we must try to understand how our perceptions and perspectives and belief systems can get in our way. I have a bazillion examples of this, but here is a recent one and see if any of you can relate to this. My goal is to help you understand the many ways we prevent ourselves from manifesting and moving forward.

Example:

I belong to a lot of internet groups, and particualrly some spiritual groups.  A group member posted that she needed help with her product. She wanted people to buy her product. Now, it's a lovely product. It's something unique and special and I thought it would be a very good addition to the Voice of the Angels online store here and also I was very interested in buying these items directly from her and including them in my Relaxation Baskets. They are lovely!

So, I answered her plea. Actually I wrote to her three times inquiring about whether or not she would like me to add her product to my store and also perhaps include them in my baskets. She finally answered and her reply really astonished me. You see, I think I'm communicating pretty well, but then, everyone has their own perception of what you've written or what your intention might be, based upon their own belief systems or idea of what they think you are saying.

She said she could not afford to advertise at this time. Huh?? I don't take advertising here on the site. I was offering to simply add her product, which amounts to completely free advertising, doesn't it? It wasn't going to cost her anything at all, except perhaps some time in sending me over some JPEGs, pricing, and descriptions.  And also, I wanted to purchase some of her product outright from her at wholesale to include in my baskets.

Is this not what she was asking for? Is this not what she was putting out to the world as prayer, intention, and so forth? And she received an offer for "help" but did not recognize it as such.

Those of you that have read my little book "Fish Tale of Woe - Lost at Sea" will appreciate that scenario, yes?

It is paramount that we completely examine where we might be in our own way. It is paramount that we examine our belief systems, especially as they relate to manifesting.

If we're sitting in a boat in the middle of storm waiting for some help and help comes along, but we do not recognize it as such, then what? The boat sinks while you are still waiting for help and you go down wondering why no one was willing to help you? We can throw someone a tow-rope, but you see, they actually have to be willing to grab onto it. And that entails getting out of immobilizing fear mode and getting out of preconceived perceptions. We cannot move forward very well through the fog.










 

[AnneToinnette]

Wonderful post Dyan.. I really like this example of perceptions and perspectives.. It's true we all have our own belief systems and sometimes we misinterpret some very important information or something special that is being offered to us towards our manifesting.. We live on a oneway street and sometimes dont know when to step out and look beyond our own perspectives.. Instead of asking questions or taking another look at what is being offered to us.. Does this make sense?

Thank you Dyan..

[Dyan]

I think it's important to note that everything is for a reason and everything is  reflection. If we can find the reflection, we can find the forward moving energy.

I had someone call me today to alert me about something and during the conversation, we talked a little about the abuses that take place in the spiritual realm, particularly in the Internet arena. I find this completely appalling.

I know that so many are seeking real guidance and real answers. And people just want Truth and really just want someone who can connect with them. We have an innate trust that when we're going to what appears to be a legitimate psychic reading site, that we're going to be talking to a legitimate psychic.

It's a valid assumption, right?  But you're calling because we are attached somehow to knowing the future and while a lot of times someone will tell you what's already happening, that isn't helping you to move forward. That isn't "psychic."  You are paying someone to tell you what you already know. Right?

Well, I'm working on getting a phone psychic reading service together and I am only going to invite those who I have tested and know for sure are able to connect with someone that is on the phone and actually be able to read their energy that way. Not everyone can do that.

For example, if you call a phone psychic and they begin the reading by saying "I see changes. I see confusion," please, please hang up the phone, no matter how rude that may feel to you. The truth is that everything changes and if you weren't confused you would not be calling a phone psychic. 

Perception truly is everything.

[Dyan]

Anne T: Please move it if it goes somewhere else. :-) Thank you.

Ok...so, why are we so attached to knowing the future? It's about validation really. It's not really about is so and so going to call me and when. It's not really about am I going to get the job or not. It's about am I really going in the right direction?  It's about do you see me, do you really see me? It's about do I really matter and what am I doing here anyway?? It's about self-worth.

Please ask yourselves why you are willing to pay someone $760 dollars an hour to validate you. I'm saying that because some of these phone psychics charge this crazy amount of money per minute and tell you what you already know anyway. Then they hit on something - maybe some teensy little thing out of the blue -  that is right and then you run with it. Because you need someone to tell you you are important, that you matter, that someone somewhere knows you and actually cares. 

Well, of course you are important!!!! You do matter! You are definitely here for a reason!  And maybe sometimes it's worth paying someone $760 an hour. Because we do have certain perceptions regarding worth. We seem to think that if something is priced higher that it must be better than something priced more reasonably. We do have perceptions regarding money and worth, do we not??

But you need to pay your mortgage or rent, right? And you need to get out of the patterns and the belief systems that get in the way of you seeing the reason for you being here, right?

My goal is to make this a place where you can find validation for free. It's not about free readings. Because free readings keep you in some pattern of entitlement and don't ultimately help you move forward. Truly.  It's about free information that you can use to empower yourself. Every tool you need to do that is here. You have only to explore and seek.

It's when we begin to look at the bigger picture and see everything that happens to us as some kind of process of helping our soul group move forward, rather than looking at if from a smaller "I" centered point of view, and becoming immobilzed by whatever it is, that we have forward moving energy. Do you see?

[Dyan]

So, my point is that if we take things priced somewhere in between the spectrum of $760 an hour and something on the spectum of what we consider a "low end" then look at how our perceptions lead us into perceptions of "worth." Does it mean that something priced in the middle is mediocre and something priced at some hideous amount of money is more valuable?? We must absolutely study our perceptions of value and worth and self-worth. And most importantly, where did we get these perceptions in the first place?

[Dyan]

Wonderful post Dyan.. I really like this example of perceptions and perspectives.. It's true we all have our own belief systems and sometimes we misinterpret some very important information or something special that is being offered to us towards our manifesting.. We live on a oneway street and sometimes dont know when to step out and look beyond our own perspectives.. Instead of asking questions or taking another look at what is being offered to us.. Does this make sense?

Thank you Dyan..

Anne: Yes, makes total sense. Yes. When we are stuck, we must look to the root (route!!) and get off of the oneway street.

[faith777]

Dyan,

Thanks for the information on perceptions and psychics.  I have had personal experiences with both of these topics.  I have found that the reality of a situation can be very, very different than my perception or first impression.  What I have learned is to try to step out of my little world...and see the bigger picture....does this make sense???  When you do this, the reality is much clearer.  And I sometimes laugh about my perceptions....they were ridiculous....LOL!!!

I hope other members find you phone psychic experience helpful.  Because I have found that the most rewarding experiences with psychics is not about the future....but the information you discover about your past that you may not have known on a conscious level.  And how these past experiences have made you feel "stuck" in life but when you process this information and feel these emotions, and then you can take action to move forward in life.  And you cannot put a price tag on this but the key is finding the credible psychics who truly wish to help you.  Caution is very necessary!!

[Dyan]

Dyan,

Thanks for the information on perceptions and psychics.  I have had personal experiences with both of these topics.  I have found that the reality of a situation can be very, very different than my perception or first impression.  What I have learned is to try to step out of my little world...and see the bigger picture....does this make sense???  When you do this, the reality is much clearer.  And I sometimes laugh about my perceptions....they were ridiculous....LOL!!!

I hope other members find you phone psychic experience helpful.  Because I have found that the most rewarding experiences with psychics is not about the future....but the information you discover about your past that you may not have known on a conscious level.  And how these past experiences have made you feel "stuck" in life but when you process this information and feel these emotions, and then you can take action to move forward in life.  And you cannot put a price tag on this but the key is finding the credible psychics who truly wish to help you.  Caution is very necessary!!

Hi Ann. Yes, it maks sense. Thank you. Interesting perspective. We are living in an illusion where perception and perspective is everything. As to phone psychics, you know my goal, as I am in the beginning stages of maybe setting up a phone psychic network here, is to invite credible psychics whose main focus is to help people and have the bona fide gifts necessary to do this. It bothers me very much that there is SO much abuse in this area.

[AngelTruthseeker]

Thank you Dyan for posting this.  I told Ann that when I received my reading from her that it was affordable and full of love, hope and compassion.  I did not have a lot of money set aside to have my questions answered and decided to go to a "Psychic" site to get a message from my angels.  The prices are ridiculous and 99% of the time, to get accurate information that prices were off the charts per minute.  I chatted with one person and decided that it was not worth it.

I was later let to this forum (although I had been to your site before gushing over your Angel Cards), I did not know about the forum.  I received your email and came in and decided that the money I had on paypal must have been for a reading here in this loving forum.

I was in for a treat!  After my reading I was in tears as I could feel the love of my Angels who are there around me always!  I relayed to Ann how sad it is sometimes when we need answers and people are out there taking advantage of people.  WE have to decide and choose WHO we spend our money and TIME with and what is best for ourselves.  They can only do what we allow them to.

Thank you for the quality of readers you offer here and for posting these messages regarding perception and how we choose to give our power to others.  If you feel something is not right about a reading....more than likely it isnt.

Blessings
AT

[faith777]

AngelTruthseeker:

Thank you for the kind words!  You are a caring and giving person who has much to offer to others.  As far as the psychic experiences, sometimes you have to "live and learn"...I know I have....but once you learn it helps you to be more cautious.  It is great to hear from you.   Keep in touch!

[Dyan]

Here is something for everyone to think about as we find ourselves in this Mercury retrograde. If you're in a job or relationship that does not bring you joy, ask yourself why you are willing to stay in whatever it is. What do you derive out of it? Happiness is not something that comes later when you have time for it. We have opportunity for happiness and joy in every single moment. It is a choice. Truly.

[Dyan]

Perception truly is everything. When we look at something like "change" if we really look at it, we can begin to understand that perhaps in general we have been taught as a belief system to view "change" as transformation and we've been taught that transformation has something to do with death. So, it's logical that we may perceive change as death. However, it is important to note that there truly is no death, no matter what your religious beliefs are. There simply is no death. But, there is definitely change and transformation. And as a planetary society we are definitely in the change and transformation phase. If we can find the courage to overcome our fears, we then have forward moving energy and of course that's what everything here is about. Let's move forward knowing that the change or transition does not have to be scary.