Our Angels and Guides are always at hand to help us, but here are a few thoughts about how we ourselves can help them to help us......

Anger!

Becoming angry can also become something of an addiction!  And I know that that sounds strange, but we do become addicted to various emotions and go into them at the drop of a hat if we feel that this is the correct thing to do.  The way to deal with persistent bouts of anger is to take each bout individually and to establish a short routine as soon as we are aware of the feelings that are beginning to overwhelm us, this way we will re-learn a more acceptable response to the difficult situations that cause the anger in the first place.

The very best first thing to do is to stop what you're doing, and if possible take yourself off to somewhere private (preferably in the open air somewhere green and shady) but in an emergency the nearest toilet will do!

The next thing to do is to lower the shoulders and allow the body to relax slightly, and then take a series of three deep breaths, holding each breath for a count of four, before letting it out again

Then stand up straight again and physically relax allowing your attention to move up from your feet the top of your head and as it moves up relaxing each part of your body that it touches.

Take another deep breath hold it for a count of four once more, and as you let it out feel that you letting out all the anger, visualized as black smoke… that flows from your mouth down to the ground, into the earth to be transmuted into positive energy once again.

Then go and drink a glass full of cold water, as cold as you can make it (if this is simply from a tap allow the tap to run a few seconds before you collect the water to drink) make this as big a glass as you can manage. It also helps of course while you are doing this, to enlist the help of your guides and angels, particularly the angels that deal with anger.

What you're actually doing here is by taking deep breaths and holding them (we call this Pranic breathing) you are filling the lungs and the brain with oxygen, which will immediately put a different perspective on to whatever is happening in your life to make your angry, and will make you see more clearly and yet in a slightly more detached manner.

By relaxing we are allowing the body to ‘know’ that the anger is over, and that we can now move on.

By drinking cold water we are taking in something that is purifying and cleansing, and the very coldness of the water will lower body temperature, blood pressure and heart beat to a point where we become rational and cool once again.

Wearing colours in the 'BLUE' spectrum and avoiding reds and pinks may also help to dispel anger before it begins to affect us too badly.

 I have found this is the best way of dealing with the anger of any sort, whether it be self anger, or anger against others.

Envy!

 None of us like to think that we suffer from this negative emotion, but at some time in our lives we all do!

Possibly the worst thing about this emotion is the way it makes us feel afterwards, because we don't want to feel envious, and deep down we would not take away the success of anyone else…. we simply rather it was us than them sometimes!

The best way out of this one is to stop for a few moments and go back over your own life and think of the points where you accomplished something perhaps unexpected, or something was given to you that made you very happy.  Then feel how that feeling was, and how you enjoyed it.  Now think of the person that you are envious about, and feel how  they too must have times of envy of other people, how it is a very difficult emotion to deal with, and how in the future they may even be envious of you!

When you have done this, give them a silent blessing and congratulate them on their success.  And ask your angels and their angels to assist in their success and to help them, and also you to achieve all that you need in your life right now!

 Simply by doing this you will bring success to yourself for the future.

Lust!

 This is an extraordinary emotion and can be very interesting!  The old meaning of lust was more to do with strength and energy than to do with sex as it is in today's world.  But actually the feeling is the same whether it be a lust for a certain person, or a lust for power and money.

This emotion can be overwhelming and has an enormous amount of energy along with it, therefore people experiencing these strong and overpowering feelings find it difficult to stop, and connect with their angels and their guides and ask for their help.

The best way of handling this emotion, is to emotionally detached yourself from these feelings to a point where you can observe them from the outside but not actually be ‘ in’ the feeling.  And at this time also be good to your body, (as this is where this emotion will affect your most) give yourself a treat, do something physical like swimming or running, or treat yourself to a facial, massage, whatever made you feel good!

This will calm things down and will enable you to bring things more into perspective.

Stress!

 Although stress is not strictly speaking an emotion as such, it is something that can be very negative for the main part (the worst kind of stress that is) it's something that can put our lives at risk as well as making it difficult is before us to work at our full capacity.

Most people nowadays know the difference between good stress and bad stress. Good stress is the sort of stress athletes feel before they run a race.

Bad stress is caused by a feeling of being trapped, and of not being able to see a way out of that trap.  Whether the trap is in work or in relationships, or in any part of your life does not really matter, the feeling is the same, it is one of dis-empowerment, and of not being able to be in control of what's happening in your life.

This long-term could lead to heart disease to name but one killer!  And it is thought now that prolonged stress of the wrong sort can  lead to cancer and other major illnesses.

Stress itself is probably one of the biggest killers we have, and it gets more and more difficult all the time to find a lifestyle where we can balance the amount of stress we require to succeed, with the amount of control that we can also exert in our life for ourselves.

My answer to this would be primarily learning to say ‘NO’ in whatever occasion you realise that you are being pushed into doing something that will put you in a stressful situation, surely better to say ‘no’ now, than to suffer the physical effects later!

Secondly... regular leisure time, preferably something act of like walking on the beach, (connecting with the sea or any other large body of water is a particularly good antidote to stress) taking time off and pampering yourself, or simply shutting the door and sitting reading a good fictional book.

Thirdly, learn to meditate!  And through deep meditation, let go of the stress in your life and bring healing into it in its place.  Through deep meditation learn to speak to your angels and guides and enlist their help thus lessening stress in your life.  Also, if you feel that it will suit you personally, learning some kind of moving meditation such as t'ai chi or Yoga which is incredibly beneficial where stress is concerned!

With the help of your Angels and Guides, learn to take control of the stress levels in your life, learn not to let the stress levels take control of you!