You Don’t Have To See It To Believe It
I was hesitant to write another article on covid-19, but I was awakened at 4:30 this morning with this article writing itself in my head. I couldn’t ignore it. My angels were calling!
I’m going to share here why I believe one of the greatest silver linings of this pandemic is to finally wake us up to believing in the unseen.
Around the globe, no part untouched, we humans are experiencing what it’s like to live in the folds of a mysterious, unseen force. I’m of course talking about the coronavirus. Scientists are doing everything they can to understand it and come up with a vaccine so we can all get on with our lives, whatever they may look like when this comes to a finish. Its toll has been vast and in many parts, only beginning. I have no intention in writing this to discount the great losses and hardships many are experiencing, including of loved ones and financial. My heart goes out also to all those on the front lines of this crisis, risking their own lives and the lives of their family members. There is still so much we don’t know. When will it end? Will it reappear? Much is still a mystery.
This is a force so great that we’ve somehow quickly adapted to physical distancing, to vigilant hand-washing and wipe downs, to jobs and schooling switched to virtual, to cooking at home…the list goes on.
The truth is we’ve always been surrounded by a mysterious force, call it what you like…your angels, guides, Divine, Universe, Spirit, God/Goddess, Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, Allah, deceased beloveds, ancestors, Love. It doesn’t matter what we call it. It’s there.
These unprecedented times can certainly leave us in one of two ways …either in complete despair and lack of faith, at the mercy of the drama, or believing that there is a greater force at play here than our little minds can fathom, so why not just trust and go for the ride. I choose the latter. Of course this doesn’t mean I don’t sway back and forth between these two in a single day. I do! But the key is to keep coming back over and over to a faith in the unseen.
There is so much happening around each of us daily that is impossible to explain with our linear, rational minds. Well, we can try…but I think most of us have had at least one personal experience that have left us dumbfounded, looking up to the sky in awe and gratitude.
I’ve been thinking of my dad more than usual through this crisis. What would he make of it? Since his passing in 2017 there have been an incredible amount of experiences whether my own, or through my mom (his bride of 60 years) that have left me and my family feeling dumbfounded.
How Do You Explain?
For example, how do you explain just a few hours before my dad’s unexpected and deadly attack by a nest of bees in his backyard, as I’m walking out his door from a visit, him handing me his stack of journals he’d been keeping for the last several years that chronicled his life story?
How do you explain my 83 year old widowed mom with severe osteoporosis one early winter morning walking to her car from attending mass and slipping so badly on black ice, it sends her whole body air bound, landing on the ice and coming out from the ER without a single break? By the way, the ER doctors were dumbfounded!
How do you explain, weeks after my mom accidentally donated her favorite winter coat to goodwill, she happens into my dad’s closet where she’s only been once or twice since he passed, and discovering a brand new coat similar to her lost one, that’s she’s never seen before and fits her perfectly? It was even nicer and newer than the coat she gave accidentally gave away.
I have more of these kind of stories related to my mom and deceased father. I believe the above were the sneaky workings of my dad from spirit realm and perhaps our angels.
How do you explain how a Reiki client of mine who I send distant Reiki to twice a week can feel and sense exactly which body parts I had been focused on through the session, her feeling what I feel?
How do you explain my niece with Trisomy-18, not expected to live through her birth day, is now 5 years old?
How do you explain another niece at three years old being diagnosed with leukemia one day, and then two days later her parents getting her clean bill of health?
I just can’t explain these and I think they’re not meant to be explained. They’re simply all part of the mysterious force, the unseen.
I’ve always had a trust and belief in the unseen, particularly in angels. Don’t ask me where this came from. I was raised Catholic with barely a mention of angels expect at Christmas. My husband of a more rational mind is a more reluctant believer. I just know they’re with us, as are our deceased beloveds.
I don’t see them myself, but I believe those who do. I’m not a channel for angels to speak through me, but I believe and trust in most who are. Perhaps, it’s all the little ways, the synchronicities, that I can look back on and see so perfectly lined up, leading me exactly to what’s for my highest good. Perhaps it’s simply a deep knowing I can feel in my body, like goosebumps one receives when a truth is spoken.
We all have had experiences big or small that cannot be explained away. We certainly might dismiss them but the truth was some unseen force was at play.
There’s also the being in the right place at the right time. How do you explain that? I don’t believe there are any coincidences or accidents, only signs and synchronicities.
Earlier this month I was in India when it was cut short because of the pandemic. Shortly after returning home I was offered the opportunity to co-author a book, a dream of mine. If my trip had gone on as planned, I would have missed this.
Everyday, everywhere we’re surrounded by the unseen. As I used to tell my kids, “Just because you don’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not real.”
Certainly, the germ that causes covid-19 can be deadly and we must be cautious. At the same time, one can’t help but be aware of its incredible force — the way it’s turned every one of our lives upside down, stopping everything but nature in it’s wake, all in a matter of weeks. We have no idea what is on the other side of this pandemic but what we probably can sense is that our lives will never be the same, whether it’s in your own homes, your community, your work life, or your world.
I prefer to hold the perspective of this being a sacred pause for the planet and perhaps we’ll be experiencing it’s effects (hopefully for the good) for years, maybe centuries to come.
My hope is that this pandemic will have awakened us to a greater acknowledgement of all that is unseen, particularly the benevolent, light beings and that we will call on them more and more for help and guidance. They love us dearly and are simply waiting on the sidelines for us to call to them, to reach out to them! They respect our free will so we must ask!
Stay open and receive!
What is a personal experience of yours where the unseen was at play for your higher good? Please share in the comments.
Karen Tasto is a certified women’s empowerment life coach & Reiki Master. She’s been leading soul-enriching retreats, sacred circles, workshops & programs for many years. She loves to help women break free of good girl & unleash their authentic, wild selves. Learn more about her at www.karentasto.com.
