The Journey: Inner Guidance, Ego, and The Balance of Spiritual Life

A Note From Angela Woolcott (2025)

This post is shared for historical reference to help document my journey as a writer and author. It was originally published in 2017 on my first blog and reflects my personal and creative journey at that time.

My spirit would be content to meditate on a grassy knoll. If I lived in a monastery, I could placate the ego’s need to surround myself in identity and material belongings.

But I live in a suburban town, with bills to pay, jobs, and kids to take to school; life. A good life, but life gets busy, and time to meditate and be with spirit is a treasured moment. Busy, family time is also treasured.

The ego is a part of my experience and yearns for the expansion of my identity. Balance and harmony come through a fusion of meditation and expression. I live the adventure of exploring the inner spirit and experiencing the world, fulfilling the need to make a positive difference in the world.

I believe the reason I came here is to experience the world of duality, to overcome my separation from God, and to connect with my inner guidance and spirit, which helps me make positive choices in my life.

As long as I lead with my heart and learn to subdue the ego’s voice, I can find peace. Prayer guides me to overcome my own tribulations and gives me the strength to help others to do the same.

The iconic phrase, ‘We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience,’ was originally written by the French philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. This profound concept was later popularised and frequently discussed by the esteemed author and speaker, Dr Wayne W Dyer, in his lectures and works on spirituality. These teachings inspired the following message, which came to me in a meditation one day. When I am facing a challenging situation, I often affirm it to strengthen my resolve to get through it.  

I am a student of the Universe. I recognise that I am a spirit having an earthly experience, and I am aware that I am part of a Universal, magnificent love.

I fall, but God gives me the strength to get back up again. Sometimes I turn away from the light as I experience anger or resentment. Still, I eventually hear the echo of unconditional love and turn towards the light to experience the tenderness of forgiveness. I come back to affirming Louise Hay’s teachings: “I love and approve of myself.” Leading me to the realisation that I am love, peace, compassion, kindness, joy, beauty; creation expanding.

The climb to that grassy knoll is challenging, and I get dirty along the way. Blood, sweat, and tears find me on my knees in surrender, but angels pull me up through my determination to allow my consciousness to expand.

I am a messenger, and I serve the great spirit of creation, the light and love that I came from and will return to once again. 

Messages from Spirit

Meditate, close your eyes, live in the now, and connect with spirit; breathe, fill your lungs with gratitude, and swell your heart with compassion; think joyful thoughts, connect with spirit, and know that you are on the journey to inner peace.

The beauty of nature provides a perfect setting for this energetic connection, reminding me that peace is found in appreciation and a focus on detail. I have also realised that I can meditate anywhere my heart desires. All I need is a quiet moment to go within, and I can visit any location in my mind.

I am reminded of this connection in the following powerful passage from The Celestine Prophecy book, where the appreciation of nature’s detail is directly linked to receiving and sending energy:

I know I don’t need to escape life and live in a far-off, isolated temple to feel at peace. When I meditate, I am connected, and can go anywhere I wish to go. Through the power of visualisation, I can hear sacred chanting, smell ancient oils, feel the mountain breeze and see the sun rising over my very own inner sanctuary.