-- by Peter Sterling--

What follows is the true story of an experience I had while participating in a shamanic ayahuasca ceremony. I believe that the visions and information I received at that time have extreme importance for humanity as we approach the event horizon of 2012 and a planetary alignment with the galactic center. As with all information of this kind, I suggest that you weigh it on the scales of your heart and higher self. If it resonates, you can use it to better prepare yourself for a possible future scenario. If not, let it go and continue your search for truth elsewhere.

I would like to share a bit about who I am. I am best known for my healing angelic harp music, which I have been playing around the world ever since I was contacted by a group of angelic beings and taught to play the harp by them while living in the solitude of the Sedona canyons. I was given this mission some 20 years ago, and it continues to be a great honor to share the angels’ music with receptive souls the world over during this time of great planetary awakening.

Jade A. Lauryne--

My son and I were talking the other evening and we touched upon an issue that I had not thought about in quite some time – although I am sure this age-old question still rages on. My son was speaking with me because he is suffering from a very bad case of wrong decisions.

He found himself embroiled and under the spell of a young lady that has brought him nothing but mental and emotional anguish and financial ruin - the likes of which he had never heretofore experienced. And, as with many of us; he is wondering what he has done to warrant having such an experience. His question to me was did I think his meeting of this young woman was fated and pre-destined and out of his hands; or, was he being punished for some past-life indiscretion of which he has no memory. He is in much pain and this prior relationship has paralyzed him and made him suspicious and gun shy. I fear he is walking away from a potentially sane and beneficial relationship for fear that the new young lady is putting up a false face and will show her true colors when it is too late. I feel his pain.

I came to the conclusion years ago that if I were going to accept that I had been endowed by my Creative Intelligence with divine free-will; then my life could not be pre-destined or pre-ordained or fated. I think many of us suffer from the consequences of not paying conscious attention to our mental, emotional, spiritual and manifest surroundings. So many of us are sleepwalking through life and simply do not pay attention until we are drowning in some quagmire of issues and circumstances that we alone have created.

Most people who are reading the Messenger might consider themselves advocates of the New Age point of view. So what is a New Age point of view. When I looked it up Wikipedia, I found things like; "drawing on Eastern and Wester traditions", "spirituality without border or defining dogmas", "creating a world view that includes both science and spirituality", and finally "the dawning of the Age of Aquarius". 

As I embraced New Age when I was younger, it seemed like it was about love. And crystals, and festivals, and dancing, and joy. All great things. 

But with my current experiences of inter-dimensional communications, I've had to review certain aspects of New Age against all my new understandings, that weren't so obvious in the past. I could still see New Age as a group of lofty ideals and ideas but as I paid closer attention to the purveyors of the ideas I found some of the same old stuff that was pervading old age attitudes: competition, jealousy, greed, and even dishonesty. I started thinking about it and got inspired to write this article.

When difficult or traumatic experiences occur in our lives, we naturally wonder, “Why did this happen? What does it mean?” Often, such experiences may appear not to have any particular meaning; they may seem to be nothing more than purposeless suffering. Yet, in my years as a spiritual author and teacher, I have found that not only are our greatest challenges rich with meaning and purpose, but also that very often we ourselves planned those experiences before we were born. I explored this premise in detail in my first book, Your Soul’s Plan, and I do so again in my new book, Your Soul’s Gift: The Healing Power of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born. In this article I would like to share with you some of the healing and empowering insights in my new book.

First, a word about my methodology. In both books I interviewed people who had experienced common life challenges like physical illness, the death of a loved one, addiction, or mental illness. Those individuals then had sessions with gifted mediums and channels in which I asked Spirit, “Was this experience planned before birth, and if so, why?” In my books I present all the wisdom that then came forward. My intentions are to help people see the deeper meaning of their life challenges and, in so doing, heal from them. It’s important to understand here that painful experiences can catalyze profound healing for our souls if we, the incarnate personalities, respond to those challenges with love (including self-love) and an open heart, and if we learn the lessons offered by these experiences.