DEPRESSION    What is Depression? It is the body's way of dealing with change, buried emotion and stress. It is quite normal to be depressed, and when one is depressed one should try to ride it through. The human body is used to having one way of doing things. When change comes, it can create a huge turmoil in the physical. The same with buried emotions, the body has to cope as the emotion comes to the surface.     Often there is a need to cry, but this is suppressed because it is not 'normal'. The body has periods of Earth time when it has been overloaded with stress, the person feels they are invincible and just keep pushing themselves. Then one day they have to stop and the body goes into complete and utter chaos. This also can cause depression because the old way is not being followed, you are in a state of change, but the body does not know how to cope. When Depression comes into your life do not fear it. It is there to make you look at your life and the way you are. Ask Spirit to help you find the answers, if you ask you will find them. Allow whatever is in there to come out, whether emotion, (anger, frustration, fear etc.,) stress, or just release. Do not fear it, for it is meant to help you cleanse away something that is no longer needed. If drugs are used to help the depression then seek the help of someone who can help you find the cause.   You can also find natural sources to help you also. It is nature's way of cleansing. Remember that. Maitreya . Answer(s): By living in the NOW, one does not worry about the future, or live in the past. When one lives in the NOW, one gives the body permission to release a lot of suppressed emotion. This is often known as depression. When it comes to the surface, one should let it go. If one is not trying to avoid it, which one would do if one were not in the NOW, then it will come to the surface to be cleansed away.   When one is not living in the NOW, then one is concerned over so many things past and future. If one is in the NOW, then all one concerns oneself with is the NOW. One can plan for the future, but then let the future happen, instead of MAKING it happen. It is not easy to explain, it is far better demonstrated. Most souls have depression and do not know they have it. Only by being still and living in the NOW with no concerns for anything but that moment of time, can one allow all that is buried deep within to come to the surface. As one does this, layer upon layer can be released because there is nothing stopping it. The soul is simply living in the moment. It has total faith that all its needs will be provided. It has no fear, doubt, insecurity, it is one with the divine. Free of worry and concern it can release all that is buried within, often from many previous incarnations. As one cleanses away the deeply buried emotions and feelings, then one becomes more intuitive and sensitive to the world of spirit and its energy. Maitreya                                                                               Assembled by Marmie..@ A & M Background Retreat