While I’m a relatively new course host for The Shift Network, I’ve been a participant and follower for some time.

I’m no stranger to the topics of spirituality, expansion, and consciousness, and I enjoy holding space for a variety of faculty and learners in my current role in this community.

I’ve quickly realized that I cannot possibly begin to implement all the specific rituals and knowledge from the skilled Shift faculty. And I know at some level, many of them are having an impact on my consciousness as I’ve seen an uptick in synchronicities.

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The Shift Network course, Making Miracles With the Beloved Dead with Perdita Finn (author and co-founder of The Way of the Rose), has had a profoundly impactful effect on my personal spiritual journey. Each week, Perdita shows up with sincere vulnerability, accessible wisdom, and encouragement.

As someone who has been deeply exploring connections with my unseen angels and guardian team through oracle and Tarot decks, I was fascinated to learn how to extend this practice to include those who once lived — by inviting them to become helpers from beyond.

Perdita taught us that we can assign these beloved spirits specific tasks when we’re facing challenges, whether it’s finding a new car or seeking support for a health issue.

These helpers can be people we personally knew or even figures we never met, like Elvis, who struggled with an autoimmune disorder. In that case, we might call upon Elvis to assist with healing or to help summon the right doctors and support for our wellbeing.

Perdita shared stories of proof that we are supported beyond measure — and encouraged us to ask for our desires to be granted by specific supporters from beyond the veil.

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For example, she told us the story of her old, worn-out couch that held many memories for her family and was ready to be retired. Not having the financial means to buy a new one, they searched for a used one at thrift stores high and low, to no avail. In a final push by her daughter to make a turn into a thrift store they didn’t usually visit, a chance meeting in the parking lot with a man dropping off a couch was the perfect fit.

Perdita’s methods make the esoteric a reality. Prayer comes alive with validation of signs from beyond — like the story of the couch.

Now, I think of walking as a pilgrimage, instead of only exercise.

Walking as a pilgrimage in petition or gratitude has shown me evidence that I am not alone — from the feathers I see on the ground, to the hummingbird that startles me as it buzzes into my view, to the crows loudly announcing themselves to show me the baby coyote that stopped in its tracks to look at me.

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The validation of looking at the world beyond the 3D has impacted my daily life. It roots me in knowing that I can ask for help from the other parts of the universe and that faith is the opposite of fear.

I meditate in front of my altar where I often speak aloud to my teacher, Ram Dass. One day, in a moment of despair, I left my space to clean instead of sitting to move the energy. I found a random talk of his from the 1980s to find solace and listen while I cleaned.

Within seconds, he declared that he was sitting in Palm Springs, California, where I currently live. He clearly stated it twice. The goosebumps lit up my back in agreement that his spirit was right there with me. He then proceeded to tell a joke in the typical Ram Dass fashion, that was exactly what I was in sorrow about. What validation that the dead are still with us when summoned!

The dead are our teachers, the heart is the guide, and we can see guideposts in everyday messages our angels leave along the way, like breadcrumbs on the trail.

When we become practitioners of mystery, we find humility in everything we do. I know I will continue to learn from Perdita, and I look forward to tracking the evidence of more miracles along the way.

My Own Shift tells stories of personal moments of transformation. If you have a story of your own to tell, send it to TheDailyShift@TheShiftNetwork.com

Shelley Karpaty is a course host for The Shift Network. She earned a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach and is currently in their Mindfulness Mentoring program. You can connect with Shelley on her Substack, Spicy Soul Mama, where she writes about self-care, personal growth, spirituality, parenting, and mental health.

The title of my book, Through God’s Eyes, reflects a pivotal moment of personal enlightenment. At a 1998 weekend workshop, spiritual healer Dr. Ibrahim Jaffe shared a life-changing story with his students. He said that after watching a TV nature program in which a lion savagely ripped apart a gazelle, he had been distraught.

Retreating into meditation, he implored God. “How could you allow such carnage and tragedy to exist?” He told us that the response he received humbled him and restored his faith in Divine Intelligence.

“I felt and saw through inner revelation how this incident was experienced from a higher level as pure love and that it was beautiful beyond description.”

Ibrahim explained that this world may appear cruel and harsh to our unenlightened eyes, but even the brutality inherent in the animal kingdom has meaning, purpose, and a stark beauty all its own. Indeed, looking through God’s eyes, we see that simply by living our lives, we all serve each other in ways both simple and profound.

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From that day on, I challenged myself to see the world through God’s eyes — to the extent that I could, of course — so that I too could witness every moment unfolding with beauty, love, and perfection.

Granted, that is much easier said than done, especially on days when I am the gazelle. Yet, I’ve found that the more I train myself to view the world in this way, the more peaceful and grounded I become.

On the final day of the workshop, Ibrahim demonstrated his healing method on a few of the participants. One woman he brought up to the front of the class had sustained injuries in a car accident that restricted the use of various parts of her body, including her hands.

After only a minute or so of working with her energy, Ibrahim, who is clairvoyant, stopped and gently said, “You could be healed right now, but you’re not ready for that, are you?”

To my astonishment, she agreed.

She explained that she had obsessive-compulsive disorder and was actually thrilled when she could no longer use her hands because that meant she didn’t have to touch doorknobs. She said that the thought of being healed was such a foreign concept to her that she was afraid of it, that she wouldn’t know how to think or act in the absence of her maladies.

I was dumbfounded. For the first time, I realized that some people would prefer not to be healed.

Her confession affirmed that the best outcomes occur when healing the mind and spirit precedes the curing of the body, and that if the underlying reasons for the body’s ills are not addressed, the same problems may resurface after the body is repaired.

That day, I understood that healing is a choice, and the more consciously we make that choice, the healthier we will be.

My Own Shift tells stories of personal moments of transformation. If you have a story of your own to tell, send it to TheDailyShift@TheShiftNetwork.com

Phil Bolsta is a senior editor and manager in product marketing at The Shift Network and author of the book, Through God’s Eyes.