Beauty is defined as qualities which give pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalt the mind or spirit.  Pleasure is being in a state of gratification – it is finding delight and joy.  At the opposite end of the spectrum there is shame, a painful emotion stemming from guilt or regret and the fear of not being good enough.

Archangel Jophiel is noted as the Angel of Beauty.  Whether in our surroundings, our creations or our inner landscape, this Angel is the one to call on to beautify anything in your life.  Heed the ideas and directives that come as you call on this energy for relationships, for thoughts, for living.

The beautification of our thoughts in regard to any situation creates more beauty in our experiential lives.  Remembering that beauty is a pleasurable exaltation of the mind or spirit, it’s just what we need at those times when we are down on ourselves, in a state of stress, worry, or  helplessness.   Ask the amazing energetic presence of Jophiel to assist you in altering your thoughts and perceptions about yourself and your life experience.  Shame and guilt, two of the lowest vibrational emotions, can be transformed by the realization that all is well, that we are a growing and expanding and learning spirit meant to have had this variety of experiences.

Now, turn and look upon joy.  Contemplate peace.  Meditate on the beauty that does exist in your life as you open your eyes to it. Do not dismay at your hurts or seeming shortcomings.  These are all a part of your beautiful self which is a full spectrum being. When thoughts of worry, guilt or ugliness arise, ask yourself – Is this what I want more of??  No! Call on Jophiel to assist you in bringing in the thoughts that create more beauty, joy, pleasure and peace in your life.

After reading the following prayer, close your eyes and allow the beautifying energy of Jophiel to enfold your being:

Archangel Jophiel, I ask for your energetic presence to come into my auric field, my mind, my heart.  I see the sparkling energy of deep rose pinks flowing around me as you come.  I surrender any thoughts that bring me down.  I surrender and choose instead to focus on beauty within me; on all of my wonderful attributes; on my request and promised fulfillment of love and peace within.   Let me feel this fulfillment in my heart and mind and energetic field right now.   I feel thankful appreciation for your wonderful presence and I listen to your reminders to love and accept myself just as I am as I embrace myself as a divine creation.   In appreciation and love, I invite and allow you to flow in now.

Forgiveness is a gift we give ourselves.  It isn’t based on deserving, it is founded on the desire to wash clean our minds, emotions, lives.

Given the foundational principal that we are self responsible – completely accountable for all that we have experienced – it is to ourselves that we must offer the most important forgiveness.    Self responsibility opens us to the truth that all things we have experienced bear gifts, mirror our inner beliefs and feelings about ourselves, and balance our development of compassion.  This truth can carry us through processes of helplessness, blame, and anger  into acceptance, peace and strength.  Honesty, when coming from a place of love, guides us to ‘make right’ anything that involves other individuals.

Forgiveness is freedom.  Peace.

As you look within your life, allow any areas of un-forgiveness towards yourself or others to surface that it might be washed away. Ask to be shown peace.  You deserve it.