Working with angels?

[Guest guest]

I would be curious to know what you all think about working with

angels. I read a book by Doreen Virtue on communicating with them,

and have mixed feelings. My first concern is: How do you really know

that the entities you are dealing with are good? If I remember

correctly from my childhood Sunday school, the category " angels "

includes a lot of evil beings, as well... Not that I would trust

church-based doctrine, but I still believe that opening us up for

external interference may invite deception. Next question: aren't

entities, angels, etc. (even the good ones) crutches we use to

accomplish things we should do on our own? Third problem: ethical

issues. It seems to me that people often end up asking angels to make

their material life easier. I know this is common to all religious

practices at an unreflexive, vernacular level. However, using one's

direct access to angelic powers to, say, find a parking spot or win a

lottery seems to defeat the purpose of being on a spiritual path in

the first place. Last concern: once we start seeing angelic guidance

in everything that happens, there seems to be a risk of fooling

ourselves. Sure, it sounds comforting, but reading too much into

everything that happens in our lives can also lead to plain

gullibility or even obsession. I know people who think that, each

time they get an angel picture in their junk mail, divine guidance is

at work. I'd love to believe they are right, but I simply cannot.

 

So, these are my two cents... What do you all think--what's the deal

with angels?

 

Happy holidays,

 

Sel