Nel: Guardian Angel of Transmutation

Daniel appears to those who are ready for a change: movement means things won’t stay as they are currently. Movement shifts things around, and people and places tend to move with this new energy. Though as Daniel always reminds me, major shifts take a lot of concentrated movement to create. For our purposes here, you probably won’t see life-altering moves, unless of course you want them. Nevertheless, it is a good idea to set an intention at the beginning of Daniel’s chapter. Let him know in exactly what areas of your life you are seeking movement. Use the daily prompts and lessons to keep consistent movement energy flowing through that intended area. And allow Daniel to show you where else this energy could be channeled. You will know when your guardian angel of movement is around: life won’t feel so hard. Your mind won’t feel so bogged down, and your body will want to get up and move. Energy is meant to move and we are pure energy. Luckily for us, we have such an incredible guardian in Daniel to make sure we stay moving.

Nel: Guardian Angel of Transmutation

Of all the lessons in this book, this was the one I personally struggled with the most. It wasn’t that I did not understand the mission—it was the fact that undergoing the transmutation process requires total and utter surrender. Guardian Nel’s job is to help us let go and hand our control and power over to what cannot be recognize mentally, physically, or with our senses. I also think Nelys, who prefers to be called Nel, has a much harder job than some of the other guardians; it’s not like humans have ever been known to be pig-headed and stubborn. In reality, we are transmuting or changing all the time, shifting from one phase of our lives to another, transforming from one way of being and doing to another. Nel points out that this sort of change is often undetectable to the ego mind, meaning we are less resistant to it and move more easily through the stages. The trouble happens when we mentally process change, which allows the ego mind to start calculating risks and benefits. That analysis in turn usually leads to us digging in our heels, such that we end up having to be dragged through the transmutation process.

This resistance to what is a very natural process is at the core of a lot of human suffering, or so the guardians say. I am somewhat of a poster child for this suffering: I suffer from acute stress, and my worry meter is often through the roof. Nel is one of the angels who helps me navigate stress, reminding me