Archangel Uriel is here to assist humanity in the Shift in Consciousness. He has provided information that answers some of the basic questions that are asked today.  If you have a question about a global issue that you would like to see on this page, please send us an email. For the May 2008 message, click here. Hurricane Katrina This is another example of the earth changes that will occur in the world in order to assist humanity in the awakening process. These events are occurring to create opportunities for compassion and an opening of the heart connection for all of the people on earth. Honor  and pray for the souls that participated in this process. Approximately one million people have given their lives to this cause. Act with compassion towards the refugees and the grieving, whether that involves giving of your time or financial resources. The Tsunami in Asia The tsunami in Asia is one of many earth changes which will occur over the next year. Beginning in 2005 you will experience many changes in weather patterns, climate and unusual storms and events. These are part of the earth's cycle. The souls who left the earth, and there will be close to 1 million deaths, although that number will not be reported, did so voluntarily. Their purpose was to create compassion and understanding, which they did. The outpouring of assistance for these areas was tremendous. At this time, the entire world stands together to help the survivors. Let this continue and become the new paradigm for humanity. Why is there War instead of Peace? Some of you wonder, if we have reached such a stage of enlightenment, then why do we still have war, why is there so much chaos? Remember that all things in the world are done by choice and each individual must choose their own spiritual evolution.  So for many, the Shift will go unnoticed and they will continue to experience their karma. Each of you evolves at your own rate and you must not judge others' rate of evolution based on your own. As you shift you are able to send more and more light into the world. Each person who walks in the light can decide to choose peace. When enough of you make this choice, war will no longer be a choice. Focus on peace and on spreading light to the world. Be at peace in your own heart. This is the greatest gift that you can offer to others and it will assist in humanity's shift in consciousness more than you can know. Global Unrest and Overpopulation There is much confusion in the world today and much social and political unrest. This is causing much fear among humanity. You must remove yourself from the fear and see the situations as what they are, part of the spiritual plan. At this time, humanity has been invited to participate in an unprecedented Shift in consciousness. It is essential that you understand that the Shift in consciousness is one from your third dimensional reality, which is karma-based, to higher dimensions, beginning with the fourth, where karma does not exist. But karma must be experienced and forgiven in order to be fully erased. These incidents are opportunities to heal the karmic hierarchies that have been the center of humanity's existence and indeed, its central purpose in its incarnation on the Earth. That is why there are more people on the planet than there have ever been before, as many souls are incarnating in order to heal their karma, which can only done on the Earth plane. Sickness and Disease These are occurring at what appears to be an unprecedented level only because there are so many more people on the Earth at this time in order to participate in the Shift and to heal their karma. Of particular concern is heart disease and there will be many more incidents of 'heart attacks' in the upcoming years. This is because the Shift in consciousness is a movement in your emotional energy center from one of the three lower chakras to the fourth, the heart chakra. Many will be unwilling to shift this energy or will be unable to withstand the intensity of the energy at this heart center. The result will be a 'heart attack.' Cancer is a 'wasting' disease, representative of the fear, negativity, judgment and lack of love that has long been central to the human condition. Removal of these emotions, in the form of unconditional forgiveness, is a source of healing of this condition. There will be a rise in the number of cancer cases in the coming years, as well as other diseases, which appear to highlight areas of the human experience which require forgiveness.  Obesity On a global level, obesity has become part of the human condition.  This problem affects both men and women, but is particularly apparent among women. It is linked to your perception that you are 'less powerful' in spiritual terms which causes you to expand your size in your third dimensional reality. You live in societies whose sole purpose is to control and to keep you in your third dimensional state. Every day you are bombarded with messages that you are 'not enough' or do not 'have enough.' Once you reconnect to your spiritual center and realize that you are an infinite, unlimited emanation of the God Creator, you will not need to increase your presence on the physical plane in order to create a perception of more power.   Global Warming and Pollution Your physical lifetimes are merely a speck in the flow of Consciousness and therefore you do not have an awareness of the Earth's ecological cycles. You worry about whether the planet will be destroyed through your wars or weapons of mass destruction or its ecology permanently damaged. Understand that the Earth will not allow humanity to destroy her and whatever damage is done to her environment will be healed. The increased interest in the Earth's ecosystems and the peace movements are part of the Shift. Know that these processes are guided by unseen forces on the spiritual and angelic realms and as more of humanity awakens to its spirituality, this type of harmful activity will diminish. What is more important is that the awakening of humanity is creating such an awareness of the Earth's needs that it is greatly accelerating the Shift. So do not be discouraged by what appears to be a battle that cannot be won because the battle is being won on the spiritual realm. The global problem of pollution is a reflection of the pollution within your own lives. Ask yourselves how your own lives are being polluted through your negativity, unforgiveness, judgment and relinquishing of your power. 'As within, so without.'  As each individual clears the pollution in their emotional, mental and physical bodies, the Earth's environment will begin to reflect those changes. May 2008 article This article is part of a series from the Archangel Uriel's book 'Shifting Our Consciousness--the Process of Healing and Transformation'' that will be available soon. Creating a Happy Ending Every story should have a happy ending and every situation should have a joyful and pleasant result. If that were true we would not experience pain, we would never experience betrayal and disappointment and every relationship would be loving. That sounds good in fairy tales but it is not always true in our reality. In real life, we have painful experiences, relationships often cause our greatest heartbreaks and disappointments and our happy endings do not materialize. But is that really true? Does a happy ending always have to look like the fairy tale or can we re-define happy endings so that we find them in every situation?   Our definition of a happy ending determines how we will interpret the outcome of our lessons. And we will then judge them as good or bad, depending on how we feel about them and the final result. What if we defined a happy ending as something that provided us with such an enriching learning experience that it changed the course of our life? What if a happy ending meant that we gained knowledge that would help us make more powerful, informed and enlightened decisions in the future? What if a happy ending meant that we became so confident in our abilities that we could step forward into our divinity with absolute faith and trust in our Source connection? That would indeed be a happy ending.   There is a happy ending in every situation but it is not always happy, in the sense of how ‘happy’ is generally defined. Sometimes happy endings are sad, involve loss and disappointment, teach us that we can’t control anyone or their behavior or show us that we are limited in our ability to heal or change others. Sometimes happy endings show us that we have powerless results when we make powerless choices.  But they are empowering, help us make different choices and can take us out of our personal cycles of karmic lessons and healing. Just as we create our reality, we also create our own definition of happy endings.   In taking responsibility for our reality we can look at these situations as setups, where we deliberately created something that was difficult and painful. Then we move into failure mode  because the outcome was not as joyful or successful as we expected. And then we are at a crossroads—do we move forward and recover or stay stuck in the pain and berate ourselves for not knowing better, for not applying our spiritual knowledge and avoiding the situation, for not being able to see what was going to happen and create a different outcome. We can move forward when we change our definition of a happy ending.   We can create success out of what appears to be adversity when we change our definition of happy endings. And we can do that by examining the process of learning. First, we deliberately create a situation in order to help us gain knowledge, confidence and increase our spiritual understanding. Then we allow it to erode our confidence and trust and become stuck because we have an attachment to the outcome. We judge the outcome as a failure because it did not meet our expectations and he ending was not happy—but we are judging it based on how we feel not on what happened.   And, our definition of a ‘happy ending’ is not the same as that of the Universe. From a spiritual perspective, a happy ending occurs when we have achieved new levels of spiritual growth and understanding, which is not always ‘fairy tale’ happy and sometimes involves painful endings. With a happy ending we are stronger, wiser, more confident and always gain on a spiritual level. But it also means that we may have to release something or someone, let go of an expectation, or change our perspective.   Recovery is an important part of this process, one that we often forget or cannot move into. It is the most important part of our learning process because it allows us to assess what has happened, see what we created, every aspect of learning and healing that was available to us and how it has moved us forward on our path. Self-forgiveness is an important part of this process. We are often hardest on ourselves when we feel we should have known better, seen a lesson coming or been able to avoid it. We can’t always create happy endings by simply avoiding lessons but we can create them by celebrating what we have learned.   Every step forward we take helps us create a more powerful reality, every painful lesson we learn moves us into completion with that aspect of our healing. And this is a very happy ending because it means that we have completed a karmic cycle, finalized an aspect of our soul growth and moved into a new phase of our spiritual journey. Rather than allowing one difficult experience to stop us in our tracks and permanently damage our confidence, trust and faith in ourselves and in the Universe, we can find the happy ending and use it to help us create a different outcome for the next lesson.   The happy ending may not be what we imagined and the process may take longer than we anticipated. But what have we learned, how much more do we know and what are we now able to create with that knowledge? That is the happy ending, one that we can take with us as a permanent source of knowledge and understanding and use it to create new and different happy endings.    About the author Jennifer Hoffman is an intuitive, spiritual healer, mentor, teacher and author. She also channels the energy of the Archangel Uriel.  Jennifer has helped many people through the Shift through her unique insights and counsel, facilitating their healing journey. Jennifer is the founder of www.urielheals.com, an on-line spiritual healing and growth center and dedicated to the messages and teachings of Archangel Uriel.  Information about Jennifer's books, on-line seminars and services is available at her websites, or email healing@urielheals.com for information. Article Copyright © 2008  by Jennifer Hoffman. 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