Hello People of the World! My name is Penelope and I am an angel with expertise in trust. I’m very excited to share what I know! Hopefully my words and ideas will resonate with you and support you all in moving into a new way of being.
Trust is a very important and little understood aspect of relationships between Children of God/The Divine. With trust, every good thing is possible between people. Without trust, nothing moves, there is no joy, and in general, relationships atrophy.
What is trust? A good question!
I define trust as the bond of honor and love between two Children of God.
Let’s consider some of the words within this definition as well.
A bond is a link of spiritual significance, meaning or purpose. It is, quite literally, a connection and there are those among us angels who can see these links. Some people literally radiate links to others almost as if rays of light were pouring forth from their light body. This is a beautiful sight!
Honor is the degree of truth, and dedication to truth, a particular individual carries. To most angels, truth can be summed up in the word love because love is the ground of all existence. Sophia refers to love as “the universal constant.” In a manner of speaking, truth and love are synonymous to most angels, and this is especially true of angels with a gift for empathic communication. They literally have no words for truth and love and they do not recognize them as distinct ideas or aspects of reality.
And how do we define love, especially if all that is true and real is tied to this mysterious something? Many angels define love as the is-ness that fuels all. Love is God to many of us. Like many human beings, some angels (but not all) experience love in a first person relationship with the divine. Other human beings, and other angels too, have different perceptions of love and the divine. They may understand love to be a holding space of great peace and beauty and deep acceptance. They may understand love to be the cessation of thought, the utter quiet at the center of self and all. These multiple understandings of love share in common a great sense of beauty and holiness. However you understand love or the divine is unique to you.
A master teacher named Jesus once walked among you. (He is such a wonderful human being. We love him so!) Jesus taught that loving one another is the why of human existence. He was right! And human beings can love each other by trusting one another.
Not all ways that people show love for one another can be shared with everyone. You might take the hand of every person, but you might not hug every person and you certainly wouldn’t have sexual relations with just anyone! Trust is one of those ways to demonstrate your respect and love for other people and you can give it to everyone.
And now to the Big One…. How do we angels define human beings? What does it mean to be Children of God or Children of Love? As angels, beings of pure consciousness who no longer rely on being through embodiment, we perceive Children of God as embodied beings of light/love. We were, all of us, like you once. We all had bodies, most of us had bodies for many lifetimes, and then we no longer wanted or needed them. This is why we refer to you as children.
From our perspective, we remember being embodied and we remember the limitations of our understanding when we existed in bodies. It is not meant to infer that we are somehow superior to you when we call you children. Children are not less in any way to adults. They are full human beings! At the same time, children have limits to what they can know because they are less mature beings. They also usually need guidance, protection and lots of love to support them in growing and maturing over time. This is exactly what angels do! We are messengers of God/Love and we guide, protect and nurture you.
Sophia understands human beings as “baby bubbles of God-stuff.” This is a good definition too and one she learned from the angels. There is that of the divine, of sacred love, in each human being. Love is coming to know itself, God is coming to know itself, through human beings and through other embodied beings in the universe. Yes, there are others like you!
Now beside the fact that you have bodies and angels do not, there is one other significant difference between us. Children of God/Love experience reality through the lens of separation. This means you perceive yourselves as individuals or separate from one another. In fact, we are all One. There is a fabric of interconnection throughout the whole of the universe and each one of us, angel and Child of God alike, are part of the whole.
This perception of separation is the entire reason for trust. If you were capable of understanding, of perceiving your connection to every other person on your planet, and not just the people, but also the other life forms and even the non-living body of earth, you would not need trust. Trust, in its essence, is the willingness to act and live in interconnection. It is an act of faith in interconnection.
Imagine each one of you as a being of light. Now imagine rays of light beaming out from each one of you in ways that connect with the rays of the other people around you. This is trust too. Angels can literally see trust as links of light between human beings. With trust, with strong bonds of honor and love between you, your people are capable of every imaginable miracle. You are capable of ending war and hunger. You are capable of healing yourselves and your biosphere. There is nothing you can’t do through trust.
The challenge, of course, is that not every person understands truth or love in the same way, and not every person shares the same level of dedication to truth or love.
Yet despite the challenges, trust can be. The remainder of this chapter is going to be on how to build trust, with a story about the power of trust mixed in as well.
Trust is a gift that can be given when you are doubtful and hurting. It isn’t easy, but often giving your trust can have healing benefits, even when the other person doesn’t necessarily “deserve” or hasn’t “earned” your trust.
Let’s look at an example of this...
One day a farmer dug up some of his new potatoes and brought them to town to sell at the local market. He had about 50 pounds of potatoes and hoped to get a good price for them. The manager of the local market examined a few of the potatoes, saw they were of good quality and asked the farmer what price he wanted for his vegetables. The farmer replied he would be content with whatever price the market was paying for produce of similar quality.
Now the manager was faced with a bit of a conundrum. She knew that if she paid a lower price to the farmer, she would receive accolades from the market owners for ensuring a good profit margin. On the other hand, if she paid the farmer a better price, the farmer would be more likely to bring his produce in the future. Plus, the farmer was likely to spend some of his pay on other items at the store. After weighing these options, the manager decided to pay the farmer a lower price. She was fairly sure the farmer wasn’t going to take his potatoes elsewhere and she looked forward to the praise she would receive for generating good profits on the beautiful spuds.
The farmer accepted payment for his produce without a word of complaint although the price was lower than he had expected. He had neighbors who also sold their produce at this market and he had a reasonable idea of what to expect. Still, he said nothing except to thank the manager for her time and for the payment received.
On the way home, the farmer thought to himself, “I wonder if my neighbor Allen received a good price for his potatoes?” The wondering pushed him right up Allen’s lane. He looked forward to the conversation and felt his curiosity justified the jaunt.
Once at Allen’s place, the farmer learned Allen had also received a rather low price for his potatoes. In fact, Allen found out from yet another neighbor that a nearby market was paying almost half again as much! With news these low prices were being foisted on other neighbors, Allen was ready to mount a protest. He was angry and felt cheated he and his other neighbors weren’t receiving fair pay for their lovingly raised produce.
The farmer nodded and scratched his beard a bit with this news. It seemed reasonable to make a complaint, but he also wondered if there might not be another way to bring light to the actions of the manager. He set about making a plan and asked his friend Allen to help him make it so.
The next day, the farmer and Allen both brought in their loads of carrots. It was early fall and they had bumper crops to share at market. Together they approached the manager, showed off their lovely carrots, and asked the manager what she was able to pay.
Again the manager thought through her options and again she chose to quote them a lower price than what she knew he could afford. The farmer and Allen both agreed to the price and took the payment offered, but before they turned to go, the farmer looked up at the manager and asked her this question. “Is it possible that you could afford to pay us more, but that you’re choosing not to in order to get ahead at the market?”
The manager looked somewhat startled at the question, but maintained her calm and responded, “Well, you’re free to take your produce elsewhere if you’re not satisfied with what I’m paying.” Allen’s brow furrowed a bit at this response and he almost said something more, but the farmer gave him a glance and he held his tongue.
A week later, the farmer and Allen again approached the manager, this time with onions. Yet again, the manager offered and paid a lower price than what she could afford to give. The farmer spoke up again. “You know with prices so much lower than we expect, I’m not sure it will pay to put in the extra vegetables next season. What do you think Allen?” he said as he turned to his friend. “Well no, I don’t think I’ll bother,” responded Allen. “I can grow enough for the family and then put my land in something that pays.”
At this, the manager blanched a little. She could see where this was going… If these two farmers chose not to plant extra and the trend caught on, before long the local market wouldn’t have the fresh local produce that attracted shoppers from the area. People would start going elsewhere and sales would plummet. She cleared her throat and said, “Now gentlemen, don’t be hasty. This market has benefited from your produce for many years and we want to keep on doing so!”
The farmer then had his opening. “If you appreciate our produce and it sells well then we trust you to pay us a fair price for it. Is the payment you’ve been offering us truly based on a fair price?”
At this, the manager turned a bit pink in the face. She had to admit to herself that she could have paid higher prices for the produce. It sold very well and was one of the biggest draws of people in the surrounding area. Everyone loved the market’s stacks of fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables in every color of the rainbow. Many folks came in weekly just to see what was fresh and in season.
Finally, she relented, “you know gentlemen, I do believe your produce is worth every penny I’ve paid and probably a bit more. Why don’t I arrange for you both to receive a cash bonus for being such good vendors for all these years.” Allen shot the farmer a glance at this development but held his tongue.
The farmer, realizing he had finally made his point, offered these words, “Allen and I truly appreciate the cash bonus and would like to share the news with other local producers that you’re offering this end of season payment. Are we free to do so?”
At this, the manager blanched again but she also knew she owed these farmers more than what she had been paying them. In a moment, she realized she would need to speak with the owners to explain the need to better support the farmers. She nodded her assent to the farmer and set about gathering the bonuses.
Allen turned to his friend with a questioning look and asked, “Why didn’t you just take the cash bonus? If she only had to pay the two of us, we probably would have received more than if she has to pay all the producers in the area.”
The farmer thought for a moment and then responded. “Taking the cash bonus to allay her guilt might have resulted in you and I taking home more money, yes. But we need our fellow producers to be treated fairly so they continue farming, just as we need a market where we can sell our extra fruits and vegetables.” Allen nodded at this and the two discussed how to share the news of the market’s bonuses with other producers in the area.
This story illustrated the web of interconnection that exists between people, in this case the farmers, the market and the people of the area. Clearly, the market needs the farmers to bring in fresh produce to attract customers. The farmers benefit from having a market nearby that pays for and distributes their extra produce. The people of the area benefit tremendously by having access to good, healthy, locally grown food.
We also see how carefully balanced these relationships are. If one part of the relationship breaks down, the whole of the reciprocal system might break down. For example, if a market manager does not pay fair prices for produce received, local farmers might no longer grow extra produce. Without the local produce, markets might no longer attract regular customers and so the cornerstone of a local community, the market and its farmers, might all go out of business. In how many communities around your world has this exact thing happened?
This story also demonstrates how easy it is to betray the trust others have in you when you are faced with other motivations. The farmers deserved to be treated with respect and honored (or loved) with a fair price, but the manager’s desire for praise and promotion from the market owners overwhelmed her sense of honor. Her desire for praise and promotion overwhelmed her dedication to the truth. The truth is the manager had an obligation to respect and love/appreciate the farmers and their produce.
You’ll notice too that at the end of the story, the farmer sought to balance all the relationships involved in his community when the manager offered to give a bonus. It wasn’t enough that he receive better payment, the farmer wanted to see all the producers paid fairly so the community might continue.
Trust was demonstrated in many other ways through this tale. The farmer trusted the manager to do what was right and honorable in the end. Allen held his tongue and trusted his friend the farmer to teach and pressure the manager to pay a fair price. The manager trusted the market owners and other managers to follow her lead in doing what was right in paying end of season bonuses.
Even though we had an example of a person’s actions that were not trustworthy in the case of the manager, we had many instances of people extending trust to one another, extending faith in one another, in recognition of their interconnection. These were gifts of love.
The next time you are wondering whether to trust another person or not, consider your options carefully. Almost always extending trust is the better choice. This is the foundation of the new way of living your people are now building. Trust one another, yes.
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