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Graffiti Interviews Index
An Interview with Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.
 Doreen
Virtue, Ph.D., is a spiritual doctor of psychology and fourth-generation
metaphysician who works with the angelic, elemental, and ascended master
realms. She is the author of 22 books on mind-body-spirit themes, including
“Healing with the Angels”, “Divine Guidance”, “Angel
Therapy”, “The Lightworker’s Way”, and “Archangels
& Ascended Masters”. Dr. Virtue is the founder and former director
of WomanKind Psychiatric Hospital at Cumberland Hall Hospital in Nashville,
Tennessee, and she served as an administrator at Woodside Women’s
Hospital in the San Francisco Bay Area. Both all-women psychiatric hospitals
specialized in treating women's psychological issues. Dr. Virtue also
directed three outpatient psychiatric centers, including an adolescent
drug & alcohol abuse center.
Dr. Virtue has appeared on
The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, Good Morning America, The View with Barbara
Walters, Donny & Marie, Roseanne, and many others.
Her web site is www.angeltherapy.com
SG = Soul Graffiti
DV = Doreen Virtue
SG: SOUL GRAFFITI URGES PEOPLE TO LEAVE A SPIRITUAL
MARK ON THE WORLD THROUGH CONSCIOUS ACTS OF KINDNESS AND COMPASSION. DO
OUR ACTS REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LONG TERM?
DV: Absolutely, yes! Many people to whom I've given
psychic readings have a soul contract that involves diffusing world tension
and stress, simply by being nice to other people. These acts of kindness
have profound ripple effects, in which other people pass along the smiles
and helpfulness that we've offered.
SG: IN AN ERA OF WAR AND CONFLICT AROUND THE WORLD, HOW CAN WE OPEN
HEARTS TO EMBRACE KINDNESS OF EVERYONE?
DV: I don't feel that we have any choice but to see the Love and the Light
that exists within every person. First, we start by seeing it within our
own self. This means honoring yourself, and respecting your needs for
rest, exercise, play, alone time, etc. When you see the Light within your
own self, it makes it infinitely easier to see it within others. If you
dislike yourself, you'll project that dislike outwardly onto others. The
angels have a great affirmation that works wonderfully whenever you become
irritated with another person, whether it's a stranger or someone you
know: "I am willing to release that part of me that irritates me,
when I think of you."
I also like to reframe situations. For instance, if something on the news
is upsetting, look at it as an opportunity to pray and surround the situation
with light. The light and love of lightworkers (who come from all cultures,
religions, and spiritual paths) is keeping the world intact right now.
When you visualize light surrounding a situation, person, or location,
you've just invoked powerful angels to watch over them. And that's a powerful
contribution toward world peace.
SG: AS YOU KNOW FROM YOUR EDUCATION, PSYCHOLOGIST ARE TRAINED TO ASSESS
AND DIAGNOSE MENTAL DISORDERS AND TO FOLLOW A RATHER RIGID TREATMENT DISCIPLINE.
HOW DOES YOUR WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING EMOTIONAL HEALING AND GROWTH
DIFFER?
DV: As a former psychotherapist, I was trained to begin my sessions by
asking the client, "What's wrong?" and then we'd spend the next
hour analyzing the problems. This violates the first rule of metaphysics,
which is: Whatever you think about, is what you attract. So, by analyzing
problems, we were actually feeding the problems!
Now, I begin my sessions by asking, "What would you like to know?"
This puts the emphasis on the positive, upon faith, and upon hope. As
the angels say, "Think only about love and success. In this way,
you only attract love and success into your life."
We can apply this principle to world peace. We as lightworkers must avoid
thinking negatively about the world and about governments. We must continuously
visualize world leaders as having open-hearts, and as being compassionate
and loving. We must visualize and affirm that humans are wonderful, and
that we are all at peace. In that way, we put energy into our desires,
instead of into our fears.
SG: IS CLAIRVOYANCE REALLY A GIFT AND HOW HAS EMBRACING
YOUR CLAIRVOIANT ABILITIES CHANGED YOUR LIFE?
DV: We all have psychic abilities, according to scientific research and
my own experiences with teaching psychic development classes around the
world. The four ways that we receive psychic information are: seeing,
feeling, hearing, and thinking. Each person has the ability to receive
information from all four of these ways; however, you have one primary
way that you receive most of your information. For most people, it's through
feelings, which is called clairsentience or intuition. The second most
common way is through visions, and that's called clairvoyance.
As a psychotherapist, I was trained to believe that visions were hallucinations.
I know now that many so-called hallucinations are just undiagnosed psychic
experiences. It's ironic that I once diagnosed people who had visions;
and now I teach them how to have more visions! But my training has helped
me to understand the primary reason why people block their clairvoyance:
fear.
I help my students and readers to gently unblock their fears about seeing
angels, auras, and departed loved ones. As a child, I was often teased
for being weird and different, because of my connection to the angels.
I find that many lightworkers have histories of being teased, and it makes
many of us feel afraid about openly speaking about our beliefs. In addition,
we remember the many times throughout history when lightworkers were persecuted
and killed for speaking up.
However, it's now safe for lightworkers to come out of the spiritual closet.
We must speak up about our beliefs. We can no longer remain silent. We
must openly share the principles of manifestation, spiritual healing,
and peace-loving. We're born to be spiritual teachers and healers, and
yet, the ego wants us to delay this purpose. We mustn't listen to the
ego's voice, because the world is depending upon lightworkers to become
loving and peaceful leaders.
SG: IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
WITH OUR SOUL GRAFFITI FAMILY?
The angels would like all of us to visualize the earth
surrounded with white light, as we fall asleep at night. In this way,
the planet is shielded, healed, and protected as lightworkers in each
time zone continue to spread this light each day.
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