Depression

"Anger is a strange thing. It wears many faces and one of those faces is depression. ...It is one of those things that sort of creeps upon you and doesn't even let you know it is there until it has its roots deeply embedded in your psyche. Then you become aware that you are depressed.

One of the symptoms of depression is a lack of caring. ...The other is an abiding sorrow that seems to have no basis, a sadness that doesn't ever seem to get better, a feeling of deep grief without there being an external purpose behind it.

That is anger unexpressed as anger, but nonetheless it is anger and its roots lie in the realization that you have to be forgiven. It doesn't matter if you don't know what for. Most people have not a clue. You don't actually have to be forgiven for anything, but because you believe you do, that is your awareness.

You may not think, 'I was a terrible person, therefore God must forgive me.' You may not even consciously have any connection with that. But underneath, in the pot of your soul, there is the belief that somewhere, sometime you did the unforgivable. It isn't necessary for you to know it. Al that is necessary is for you to be aware of that feeling in the soul.

This is the time when you listen to the voice of the Holy Spirit and you ask the Holy Spirit to come in and to intervene in your life and to take from you that which you do not see. That takes many steps. It isn't a single step. The Holy Spirit comes instantly. The moment it is invited, it is there. But most people go through a series of steps. They ask the Holy Spirit to come and for a little while things get better. Then things get worse again because ...the ego will call up things.

The other reason things get worse again is because you take back from the Holy Spirit that which you have given. ...Sometimes you are outwardly working very hard at being helped, but inwardly you are not releasing to the Holy Spirit's power the grief, the anger that you are holding onto. So the depression will come back. When it does, simply ask again. Choose again to have the Holy Spirit come and take it from you.

...But in truth, Beloveds, step-by-step, each time you ask, the Holy Spirit takes away more and more and more of the fear and if you must ask a thousand times a day, then so be it. But ask and willingly let go. Also, when you ask the Holy Spirit to take something from you, it is wise to say, 'Holy Spirit, please take this from me and please help me to allow you to take it,' because many times on the one hand you are giving and on the other hand you are pulling it back. So it is very important for you to be aware that you have to also ask for help to let go of whatever you have asked.

Don't forget, Beloveds, you have had this anger inside of you for thousands and thousands and thousands of years. So it is not something you are going to get rid of in the twinkling of an eye. But you do get rid of it. Each time the Holy Spirit is called upon, spirit becomes more powerful and the ego becomes less powerful. And so it goes until at last you discover that you are forgiven. Because you are forgiving, you are forgiven. Then the love of God comes flooding in upon you and that love becomes your reality.

[Editor's note: Gabriel has taught us that one of the ways the Holy Spirit helps us take away problems, such as fears, anger, depression, is by working through appropriate physical avenues such as medical specialists.]

06/23/2025 Blog. Archangel Gabriel, INTRODUCTION TO PRACTICAL SOIRITUALITY, Pgs. 88-90. Copyright 2013 Rev. Penny Donovan. All rights reserved. To buy this book, please click here.