Snake Oil Angel stuff
While they are actually one of the easiest oracles to learn to use, it was actually far easier for me to learn about Astrology, Tarot, Runes and Druid animal totems than it was to consider learning how to use Angel cards. While I immersed myself in mastering using many different types of oracles, I held off on the “Angel card thing.” Maybe it was because I saw it as something that was connected with being too religious. Maybe I just saw it as too “cheesy.” Well meaning but often corny shows and movies like “Touched by an Angel” (which may have actually been a good show, but I never even saw it) and “Angels in the outfield” made me even less interested in the subject. The sarcastic side of me thought; “yeah, like we all have a bunch of winged helpers that fly around, playing harps and trying to protect us?” Aspects of the whole subject made the male side of me more inclined to poke fun at the whole idea rather than embrace the possibility of angels being not only a real presence at some levels, but even tremendously valuable.
It wasn’t until my mid thirties and after years of metaphysical studies and already being very comfortable with things that others would see as “woo-woo,” did I begin to feel the angelic realm reaching out to me. I had just left an extremely difficult relationship break-up (talked about in more detail in my first book - Dirty Little Secrets). I had a lingering sense of hurt, anger, sadness, and I could not stop thinking about how badly I had been mistreated by someone that I thought really loved me. I was in a book store and was drawn to some of the Doreen Virtue Angel cards. They had an open deck on display so you could look at them more closely. I picked up the deck, shuffled them while thinking about my issue. After a few shuffles the card on the top felt like the right one. It was Archangel Uriel: “Your emotions are healing which enables you to open to greater love. I will help you release anger and unforgiveness from your heart and mind. I am called the ‘psychologist angel’ because I help to heal toxins from peoples thoughts and emotions. I am especially able to release stubborn anger and unforgiveness. I am with you right now to clear away such toxins...” I was blown away. It was difficult for me to keep the intense emotions that were surfacing reasonably contained as I quickly bought the deck and left the bookstore.
In the years I have worked with Angel cards for myself and with clients the guidance and insight have not only transformed me but many other people. In addition, it has opened me to allowing far more help from the angelic realm in my everyday life. The more I practiced asking for help and protection, the more it seemed to come. Now it has become a normal part of my life. I get signs, insight, messages, help, and even little miracles often. After a few years of working with the cards and becoming more attuned to how the angelic realm communicates with us, I started getting messages in the form of white feathers. I started to find that when I got caught in worry or just needed a reminder that everything was going to be okay I would find white feathers. Sometimes they were just on the ground obviously left by pigeons and other birds. My logical mind rationalized this as being not exactly an amazing thing to find outside. It was when they showed up in pants pockets, inside the door of hotel rooms when I just checked in, on my car seat, or other strange places that I felt that increasingly familiar sense of warmth, joy, safety and protection that would wash over me. These types of feelings are often a sign of spirit guide or angelic contact.
One of the most profound experiences I have ever had with white-feather-angelic-contact happened about five years ago. I was at a friend’s house for a summer part comprised of mostly couples with young children running around. There were many children happily playing, while the adults enjoyed a barbecue and a few cold drinks. I have never actually regretted not having children of my own and as a creative person it was simply not the right road for me. Yet that day as I watched the kids playing and all the couples who seemed so happy together I felt very alone. I felt a wave of heavy sadness come over me. I began to feel painfully single and depressed. My buddy’s three year old daughter walked up to me and said: “Uncle Jim, they told me to give you this.” She handed me a beautiful white feather, smiled and then skipped off to continue playing with her friends.
Months after I had a car accident a few years back, I was still a bit phobic each time I got into my car. A driver had ignored a stop sign and totaled my previous car. The phobia was a nagging fear that someone might do this to me again. I asked the angel cards for advice one day to help release the pieces of fear that still lingered. The card I pulled was an angel named Zanna: “You are protected from all types of harm. The worst is now behind you. I ask you to relax and feel safe. No matter what has happened in your past, your present and future are now safely protected by angels. I am helping to heal your heart of worry and fear... The other angels and I stand guard around you, your home, your family, your vehicles, and your workplace. You can rest assured that no lower energies can permeate our protective fields...”
There are other planes of existence that coincide with our world. The angelic realm is one of many. We tend to think of it as “above us.” Yet, this is just our way of attempting to understand concepts that we can’t explain in words. Being religious is not a requirement for connecting with angels (although it can be also). The angelic realm is there for us if we are open to asking for protection and guidance. They love unconditionally. There is never anything we could ever do or have ever done that will close off this love and assistance if we are open to it. Toxic, angry people resistant to letting go of past hurts are not “punished” by seemingly not having access to this. They feel unworthy, so they block insight from higher chakras and close off to it. Opening yourself to the unconditional love and guidance of angelic assistance will not weaken your position in the functioning tangible world. You will not become ungrounded or delusional or crazy. We can live and deal with the practical rules and laws of the physical plane, while opening to the messages and help from the Otherworld. In fact, adding more of a connection to the Otherworld can make our ability to do positive things in this world even more powerful.
Jim Ventura 1-2013
Editors Note:
I’m happy to say that I think this has been a good year so far for me. And the majority of my Regular clients seem to concur. It seems that the turbulence that I experienced toward the near end of 2012 cleared the way for some major shifts in my thinking. As usual, the Universe responded with a physical reflection of good things around me in my corner of the universe. The holidays and family issues that surfaced brought up a lot of issues for many people. Yet, it has also strengthened their resolve to plan and implement creative ideas and goals for the new year. When adversity and difficulties in life surface (like illness) they have emotional stagnancy and limiting beliefs behind their appearance. Problems that surface are our “helpers,” when we are willing to look at and deal with their origins. We may need to adjust our external behavior or/and change limiting beliefs, but when we do, life changes for the better!
I “sold out” and agreed to have a 30 second video commercial to help pay for the costs of doing my Thursday radio show. You will now have to suffer through a video of Chili’s restaurants at this time to listen to archived shows lol. All of my past shows are archived. Remember you can listen to any of them at your leisure. I am opening my schedule to take in a few more Regular clients now. Check out the information about the program later in the newsletter and see if it is something that feels right for you to do at this time.
It’s the month for Valentine’s Day. Love is such a popular question that comes up in many of the sessions I do. Yet, it seems that love seems to come more easily when we are not specifically looking for it. Fulfilling love also comes more easily when we are internally happy and know how to be good to ourselves. When we treat ourselves well and feel deserving of being treated well by others we can experience a relationship with someone that mirrors this type of healthy love. Happy Valentine’s Day! Cheers, Jim V
“ If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for.” Florence Scoval Shinn
Regular Client Program
One of the best programs I have been doing for nearly ten years now is my Regular client program. The program is designed to benefit my clients at multiple levels. Clients who enroll in the program come in every three months for personal sessions (monthly, or every other month is also an option). This can also be done for out-of-area clients by phone. Session prices are discounted for Regular clients. Regulars also receive discounts on classes, books, and CD’s. The focus of the program is on consistent work in developing your intuitive abilities, learning how to use the signs and signals that are all around us, and conquering fear-based programming permanently. We also get to do work with all the many different oracles I currently work with! My Regular client program has resulted in some tremendous spiritual evolution for hundreds of people over the years. Many of my Regulars have gone on to do spiritual counseling, or similar types of work and some are healing and guiding others personally and professionally. The progress I have seen over the years among the majority of my Regular clients has been phenomenal. I feel like a proud Dad when I see the spiritual, physical, and emotional progress I have helped to motivate. So many of my Regular clients have dramatically changed the way they now view life and are enjoying a more enlightened point of view. You too can join this program, just ask.
More about the Regular Client Program... This program was designed to create an easy, cost effective way for my clients to progress in their spiritual development.
When we are consistent at attending to our body/mind/spirit, we naturally move through life with more harmony and greater joy. When our spiritual awareness is heightened and fine tuned we are often happier. This helps us to enjoy all aspects of our lives, including occasional personal challenges because we see them as inevitably beneficial. We can truly assist the people around us. Human beings learn by example. Your intimate partnerships, friendships, family, and children benefit when you are in a good space.
The Regular Client Program makes it easier to prioritize keeping your spiritual, emotional and even physical “garden” free of weeds. In China, the professional soothsayer is a reverent and dignified calling. It does not attract the sort of suspicion it does in the western world. In fact, in most eastern cultures, seeing an oracle reader is a sign of wisdom, success, and prestige. If you have an interest in increasing these attributes and working with a highly skilled life coach then the Regular Client Program may be right for you.
Dirty Little Secrets (available in print, audio CD, or kindle)
Storyteller and professional oracle reader Jim Ventura takes his readers on a wild literary ride. Dirty Little Secrets is a collection of short essays. The book explores some of society’s perceptions about what people often consider to be dirty little secrets best kept to oneself. The book tackles subjects with unflinching honesty: drug use, sexual addiction, unrequited love, revenge, childhood weirdness, homosexuality, and the old souls quest to experience magic and miracles in everyday life. The author holds little back in expressing his quest for enlightenment. Dirty Little Secrets illustrates how meaning, spirituality and humor can be found to be embedded in every experience.
Excerpts from Dirty Little Secrets:
Light as a feather, stiff as a board “Childhood for me was a time of experimentation. I was attracted to the occult, there was something about its danger and mystery that was compelling...”
What’s wrong in this world? My belief has always been this: life is meaningful and safe, and people are basically good by nature...”
Criminal “My nightmare with the bad-boy showed me parts of myself that were not honorable. While I never even came close to the type of thievery Jim was involved in, I had still been a thief when we met. I tried to manipulate this young man, by making him need me, and he manipulated me right back, tenfold...”
The Raven “I began to remember every violation done to me in past relationships, every client who was loving and kind in relationships and was treated like garbage ran through my head. Every piece of slime who walked all over my brothers and sisters, and close friends passed through my head. I felt rage, someone needed to take a stand, someone needed to fight back. I appointed myself, through an imaginary election, to the position of righter of all wrongs...”
Another queen singing I’m coming out! “Everyone who knew me was comfortably aware that I was gay, except my parents, After they went back home it nagged at me for days. I could not carry this anymore, it no longer mattered that they might be upset. It was the truth; it was who I was and the last part of me still in hiding...”
To order a CD audio recording of the book (this is a dvd audio and will play on most computers and dvd players) read by the author, or a soft cover print version of Dirty Little Secrets, contact the author directly at Venturasag@yahoo.com
Either CD recording or print version $12.00 including sales tax. Please include $3.00 for shipping ($15.00 total).
Or send check or money order to Jim Ventura 2515 N 52nd St. #206 Phoenix AZ 85008. I can also be contacted my e mail if you want to use a debit card over the phone or pay pal to order.
Dirty Little Secrets is also available at Amazon.com
Snake Oil Radio
Thursdays at 3:30 pm (there will be three live broadcasts this month)
My next live broadcast of Snake Oil Radio will be Thursday, February 7th, at 3:30 p.m. (MST). Almost every Thursday you can catch a new show. Each 45 minute show will expand on my current column’s subject matter. It will also offer an opportunity for you to call in live (or chat with other listeners in the chat room) with comments and your thoughts about the topic of discussion. Halfway through the show you can even ask me for a free 5 minute mini reading with your personal question. If you miss the live show, you can catch any of my previously recorded shows on the web site’s archive. You can also catch Snake Oil Radio on I-tunes (download my pod-casts there).
All you need to do is be at a computer and tuned into: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jim-Ventura You may also access it by going to blogtalkradio.com Type “Snake Oil” into the search option.
You can also go to the shows that are currently “On air” at that time and find me. The call in number is 646-200-3966 for questions and comments.
“The thoughts that you think, regarding those things that you want, set into motion the creation, and eventual fulfillment, of that which you want. And likewise, the thoughts that you think, regarding those things that you do not want, set into motion the creation, and eventual fulfillment, of that which you do NOT want.” Abraham Hicks
Spring Classes
MICHAEL MATERIAL
* What is your soul age? The soul age of friends and family ?
* How do past lifetimes influence us in the present ?
* What does karma feel like, and how does it work ?
* How does your chief negative feature impact your life, and can it be changed?
* What happens when your partner is an idealist and you are a realist ?
* What is your life goal? Is it dominance, acceptance, flow or submission ?
*What is your essence, your soul mate’s essence ? Artisan, priest, king, server, sage, warrior or scholar ?
* What is a soul mate, task companion, heart link ?
* What do the higher centers feel like?
After this workshop you will understand all of these questions and many more, and more importantly have the answers.
There are no tests to pass, just some great information. 5 classes, 2 hours each.
What is the Michael teaching?
The main goal of the Michael teaching is agape or unconditional love. The teaching views life as a learning game in which fragments of the Tao - that essential part of each human being - set up lessons which continue over lifetimes. These lessons are learned via the personality which Essence chooses each lifetime. Michael teaches us what the components of the personality are so that we can learn to use and see these components in ourselves and in others. In that way we can learn to understand why human beings behave as they do. Michael is composed of 1,050 individual Essences who have lived on the physical plane and now teach from another plane. One of the most basic and important principles of the teaching is that it is not a religion or a belief system. Michael encourages their students to self validate all of the information they receive. The system was originally in print in over 12 volumes of information. “My studies of this material have been extensive and now I offer what I have learned to my students” Jim Ventura (Old Scholar). The classes will help you to use and understand the material without the need to read all the out-of-print books.
Saturday mornings 10 am till noon March 9th, 16, 23, 30th and April 6th. $90.00 for all five classes ($80.00 pre-paid and for current Regular clients). Maximum of 8 students for this home class (one student may call in out-of-area on speaker phone) and minimum of 4 sign-ups to hold the classes. A $20 deposit is required to hold your space in this series.
Here’s my contact information to make an appointment for a session, or information on current classes: Phone: (602)957-3035 Email: Venturasag@yahoo.com
Information about the different sessions and types of readings and services, past Snake Oil columns, and how to order my books and audio CD’s can be found at my website: Http://JimVentura.com
“Friend” me on Facebook to get other extra offers and in between column extras! Signing up for my fan page will get you even more extras and first shot at reading specials.
All Current Snake Oil subscribers get $5.00 off all listed prices below.
All sessions/readings for 2013 are: Full (70 minutes) $110.00; Shorter session (45 minutes) $80.00; Extended session (90 minutes) $130.00 (two people can split an extended session back to back for $65.00 each).
I accept cash, checks, debit cards, Master Card, Visa, and PayPal for payments on sessions and for books and classes. Send me your birth month and year to get added to the yearly Birthday mailer promotion.
End of newsletter February Special.
Clients requesting the Valentine’s day special can have a 45 minute, 70 minute or 90 session that is all about healing our relationship patterns or drawing new relationships to us. We will use a combination of angel cards, Runes, and uncovering and changing limiting beliefs that block us from experiencing balanced, fulfilling relationships. Current Snake Oil subscribers receive $20 off my listed prices for this session (february 2013 only) exclusively!
“The best way to love is to love like you have never been hurt.” Unknown author
