Your Healer Guides surround you and lovingly embrace your momentarily injured spirit. They want you to recognize that all attacks, betrayals, or injuries you’ve suffered (whether they were through the unconscious behavior of others or through your own misunderstanding or poor choices) have left you psychically wounded and fragile. It’s no wonder your guard is up! It’s difficult to trust even yourself at this time, but you must. And the only way to do so is to stop blaming yourself or others for what has occurred, and forgive all the way around. Learn from your experiences, and strengthen your boundaries and judgment.

All human beings make grave, and sometimes terrible, mistakes. It’s not your fault that you feel violated; it’s a lesson to learn from. Nor is it weak to acknowledge that you’ve been hurt. Denial may serve you in the midst of crisis, but it only handicaps you if you stay mired in it. Admit to your injuries and disappointments, and allow the nurturing forces of your Healer Guides to step in now. They’re able to soothe your soul and reweave your aura with their loving light and nurturing forces. Trust their influence by dropping your defenses and acknowledging your wounds. They urge you to seek support from capable, caring professionals who can help you learn from these disturbing experiences and show you how to prevent them from occurring again. Their message: “The danger has passed; you are safe. It is time now to heal and learn from your experience.”

Your desire to seek solitude is appropriate at this time. You’re being counseled by your Higher Self to retreat, and to renew your soul through quiet contemplation. Your nervous system has been overstimulated, and you can’t absorb any more input from the outer world. Step away and give yourself the necessary peace and time alone you require to revitalize your system. In doing so, you’ll begin to sense, feel, and even hear the voice of your Higher Self, but only when you step into more natural surroundings.

Reconnect with nature in whatever way is practical, given your circumstances. Fully open your heart to your Higher Self, even if you fear that you can’t make contact. You are making contact. Furthermore, your Higher Self asks you to take your time when contemplating your circumstances and considering your options. Resist the temptation to yield to any sense of urgency. There’s no emergency. Your true direction will make itself known if you’re patient. Your Higher Self also alerts you to the fact that not all the necessary pieces of information to make the best decisions may be apparent yet. Your Higher Self wisely counsels that sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is do nothing. The message: “Be quiet and wait.”

You may be entering or experiencing a period of loss, regret, disappointment, pain, and perhaps even grief. These feelings may have arisen from present painful circumstances, or they may be the result of a surfacing of unexpressed or unprocessed loss from the past. Whether caused by something in the past or present, your heart is ready to unburden your pain and your soul is ready to grow from these experiences. Your Healer Guides are present to assist you in your healing through these difficult times. These soothing helpers assure you that your present pain will transform into learning, and this too shall pass. Your joy will return.

Ask your Healer Guides to help lift your heart, and turn your loss and pain over to their loving care. Trust their counsel as they urge you to call a grief counselor, seek a healing massage, or pick up a book that will assist you in your current situation. Their message: “Seek sources of help.”