The Angel of Flow and Surrender

Write down your deepest desires, your wishes, your intentions, but also your worries and fears and then fold the piece of paper into a little boat, he says to us. Our writing conjures up a variety of emotions, but as we fold the paper into little boats and release them onto the water, we suddenly feel relieved and much lighter than before. The little boats remind us of our childhood and we get immense pleasure and joy out of seeing them being taken away by the stream. When one of our boats gets stuck between a protruding rock and some waterplants, we hurry to release it and as we sit down again at the river bank enjoying the sunlight and the tranquility of the natural environment, the angel of flow and surrender walks over to us once again. This time he points to colourful balloons floating towards the clear blue sky, another joyful reminder of our childhood. He hands us some empty balloons and encourages us to blow them up, close them with a little knot and then release them in the soft breeze. The universe will now take care of your little paperboats and balloons and all the messages attached to them, so you can joyfully continue on your way without your heavy load, he says to us. As he points to the boats and balloons beautiful swirls of little stars surround them, giving them a magical appearance. The angel smiles and says: All that is left for you to do now is to trust and to be open to receive the universe’s answer, which will not come in the form of paper boats and balloons, but in a form, shape, revelation or epiphany that will be meaningful and recognizable to you.

The reason why I have chosen the little paper boats and the balloons as the symbolism to illustrate my message to you, is because I would like to take you back to the simplicity of being a young child, experiencing moments of pure joy and flow without a care or responsibility in the world. The difference between a child and an adult is that a child is more open, receptive, trusting and flexible in life. Most adults believe that their required knowledge and experience in life has made them wiser and able to predict the outcome and results of situations, which is true to some extent, but if not combined with a certain amount of trust and openness to the magic of life, this knowledge and this experience will turn into a rigid and suffocating armour. This armour that some adults believe will protect them from harm and failure, now restricts them from gracefully moving forward and wholeheartedly embracing new opportunities and people. Cognitively you are not a child anymore and as an adult you carry responsibilities and display a certain amount of discipline, but there needs to be a recognition that there are higher forces at work as well, flows of energies that you as a human being cannot control and that are there to help and guide you, symbolized by the river. The river flows in a certain direction and you cannot change the current, the river flows and keeps flowing no matter what you do, say or think. I have come to teach you, dear ones, to make the most of this flow. You cannot swim in your armour nor smoothly steer a boat on the river when your movements are restricted. So let’s see how we can slowly, but surely remove this stuckness and lack of flow and surrender.

When you have lived a certain amount of years as a human being on your planet, you have made assumptions and have come to conclusions on how the world works and how it must change as well as how the people in it must change to make you feel better and happier, but by now you have also experienced that there is often not much you can do about these outer conditions and other people’s behaviour. Trying to force change or trying to convince others will only strengthen your built up armour and leave you frustrated and stuck, so let us move into another direction, the direction of radical acceptance and surrender. This feels vulnerable to most of you, because this means that you have laid down your armour all together. There you stand, initially frozen in fear, but after a while you realize that the world is still turning, the sun is still shining and the river is still flowing, and more importantly, you start to feel the warm sunlight on your skin, you pick up the sound of the rippling water and you notice the buzzing sounds of life all around you. Without your armour, you become more sensitive to life, to the flow of life, and now you are ready to take it one step further and at this stage I would like to point out the symbolism of the paper boats and the colourful balloons.

The paper boats symbolize release and forgiveness. When you write down what is weighing heavy on your heart, you order and collect your thoughts and allow their energy to transfer onto the paper, which will make you feel lighter and refreshed. The river will speak to you, asking you to let your boats drift away beyond and out of your control, and when your worry and anxiety play up again, like a paperboat that gets stuck between a rock and a waterplant, as described in my analogy, you release it once more until your paper boats disappear into the distance and nothing remains of them. Now it is time to put your focus and attention elsewhere, because without your armour of restraint, you are able to move freely. Breathing air into the balloons, is like breathing life into your dreams, your wishes and your gifts. Instead of wasting your time and energy worrying about situations and people that you have no power over, let alone the power to change them, you go into the direction of joy and upliftment. You are going to fill your balloons with air, you are going to spend your time and energy wisely by doing the things that have your natural interest and that you get excited about.

As I promised in the vision that I showed you, the universe will send an answer in response to the releasing of your paper boats and balloons. Offering your paper boats to the metaphorical river of life, the flow of the universe, will bring you inner peace and calm, it will make you more receptive of life, more in awe of the natural world and the wonders that occur around you on a daily basis. When your swirling thoughts are floating away with the little boats, you will also receive more clarity on what is important to you and where you wish to invest your time and energy. Your sensitivity that will become more apparent without your restictive armour will require you to set boundaries and prioritize your activities and engagements, which will keep you in the flow. Breathing a breathe of life into your balloons and allowing them to take off will bring you joy and fulfilment, because when you are busy working on projects and spending time with people that uplift and inspire you, you cannot simultanuously spend this time in stagnation and anxiety. You will create a new and better energy for yourself, which will then attract more of the same once it gains momentum. My dear ones, allow me to take you to the river of life and gift you the sheets of paper to fold into boats and the balloons to breathe life into your dreams, gifts and visions. It is easier to take off your armour once you realize how much better you can live without it. Ask me for help and support whenever you feel stuck and I promise you, I will be there to happily guide you towards freedom and flow again!

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