The Truth About Angels Among Us

The term ‘angel’ often means different things to different people. The true definition of the term is ‘messenger of the Divine.’ The English word angel derives from the Latin angelus, which in turn was borrowed from the Greek angelos, literally meaning ‘messenger.’

Angels in this context can therefore be anyone who brings us a message or gift from the Divine! In my own life I have experienced several physical messengers from God – both human and animal angels! However, this blog is about the spiritual angelic beings who are not of this world, but merely interact with humankind.

Firstly, we need to discern the difference between an angel and a guide. All spiritual beings emanate from the Divine Loving Essence, the Source, God, the Eternal, and exist in the Oneness, which is why all beings can be angels. However, the spiritual definition of angels, that stems from many religious traditions, are beings that have never had any physical, incarnated experiences.

Spirit guides have had prior incarnated experience. They are either a being who has had an incarnation on this earth plane, or another plane of existence. Guides can therefore relate to our human struggles of free will and soul growth, as they have faced these challenges themselves. They can help guide us through these challenges with deep empathy and wisdom.

Angels on the other hand are beings that have never experienced the potential hazards and hardships of free will. They have never gone through any of the contrasting experiences we have as humans. They are an expression of pure, unadulterated love, joy, and peace. They do not have the capacity to empathize with our physical experience of contrast, but they deliver instead direct messages from Spirit, that emanate from the Divine Source.

Angels are heralds of eternity sent to help mankind break through when they cannot break out ~ Graham Cooke

Angels are the emissaries of Divine Love, which means that they will never contradict the principles of Divine Perfection, expressed in pure Love, Joy, and Peace. Therefore, their messages often seem ‘sugar-coated’ to some people, because they can only see us and our experiences through their lens of pristine spiritual perfection. We dwell within the mind of God, and the highest form of consciousness within this mind is perfect love, perfect joy, and perfect peace. All these things without contradiction.

Working with the angels will naturally elevate the energy of any given situation. They always bring with them messages of hope and healing for our highest good. This is the primary message that angels bring us, and they lead us into our holiness or wholeness. They also celebrate the wholeness that we already are.

Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections ~ Matthew Simpson

As humans we have free will, and can exercise this free will in whatever way we want. This means that we can have experiences that seem to contradict wholeness, but since we are also emanations of Divine Love, we also dwell in its perfection. Whether we recognize this, or not.

Angels increase our awareness of our spiritual perfection, and in doing so, they bring forward our wholeness or holiness by expanding our capacity to experience love, joy, and peace. They guide us back to our center, the place within ourselves that has never experienced the illusion of separateness. They help alleviate our judgments about our world, and about our lives.