Interview with Linda Dillon

A. No one comes to me unless he or she is in the process of change, very dramatic change. One of my first questions to people is, “What is going on in your life?” When they come to me it is always a pivotal moment. Literally, no one else picks up the phone to call me unless they are in the midst of great change.

Q. Do you channel every day or only when a client comes to you for guidance?

A. I channel every day. The Council speaks to me about people and their connections to Spirit and to God and how to proceed on their spiritual path. They also channel matters of universal importance such as healing the Earth, anchoring love in the heart of the planet and in the heart of every being on the planet.

Q. When you channel, you are in direct contact with the Council of Love, which you describe as a gathering of archangels, angels, saints and beings who have evolved to pure energy. If you had an “open-mike forum” for the Council to the whole world, what would the message be?

A. To open your heart to give and receive love. When you do that your own world changes. And in turn the larger world changes.

Q. Many of us would say, I have a child. I have a spouse or “significant other.” I have a pet. I know how to give and receive love. Is that kind of “feeling” enough?

A. That response only addresses a portion of a person’s life. All pieces — the good, the bad and the ugly — have to be integrated within your heart. You have to love and accept yourself to experience love with others and with God. There are three keys to opening your heart: prayer, meditation and ritual. That means setting aside a time every day to speak to God and to hear his responses.

Q. So this can be performed in the context of traditional, organized religion.

A. Absolutely. I use an analogy about how religions used to be organized vertically. We talked to the priest and the priest talked to God. Now we are in a time when religion and spirituality has become horizontal. Our connection to God is direct and immediate.

Q. Do you believe we are in a time of spiritual renaissance?

A. Yes. During the Renaissance following the Dark Ages, people looked to what was happening in art and architecture for evidence of the change. Today, we see our signposts in the media, in television with family-hour programs such as “Touched by an Angel”. There have been so many books on angels published. There are movies that speak to the paranormal as everyday occurrences. The Dalai Lama is one of the most influentialfigures in the world. That is a huge shift, especially in terms of the Western World!

Q. But the world is still full of crime and hate and horrific violence.

A. Yes, the world is full of horror. But that is because so many people upon the Earth have lost connection to their hearts, to their soul, which is God. All you have really got is your inside world. If you are truly connected with your heart and the Divine, and you are consciously living each minute of your day as a reflection of what you believe, then you don’t go out and murder people. You don’t poison Mother Earth. You don’t beat and abuse those who have been sent to you to be nurtured.

One of the things I have been noticing is the growing theme of stewardship in society. Stewardship of the Earth, of our resources, of our bodies, our families, and ourcommunities. We are seeing it everywhere. If you take the role of stewardship seriously, then you cannot put yourself in a position of destroying yourself or those things around you.