Photo: Amara Retreat, Sunshine Coast. Taty Rivera Hindes sits and gives a spiritual channelling session to a group of women.
I am a daughter, mother, wife, Fulbright scholar and graphic designer. I was born in El Salvador and live in Australia, where I’m living my dream: working as a designer on my Mac, connected to the world and close to the beach.
God is not religion
I grew up Catholic, although today I don’t consider myself a religious person. When my mystical experiences began, the Church gave me a great deal of spiritual help.
I will always be grateful for the love, understanding and patience Father Óscar showed me in the face of my endless questions. In 2000 he was the parish priest of the Don Rúa Church in San Salvador.
For example, I didn’t understand why my angel told me I was a «channel of light», because the Church does not accept the word «channel».
That is how I realised that God is not religion. But religions do need God to help us organise ourselves in this mess called life. After all, nobody is born with an instruction manual tucked under their arm!
Throughout history, each religion has called God by different names and given God human traits, such as being jealous or punishing. In my conversations with God, I have never sensed those traits.
God is neither man nor woman. As Father Óscar explained to me, God presents to me as a Father. That is why, in my messages, I refer to God the Father.
How it all began
The beginning of my experiences brought great joy, along with the doubts and questions of those who knew me. There was nothing special about me, nothing to suggest a life of contemplation or purity.
I was aware of where I was in my life and of the choices I had made. But that is a story for another blog.
While I lived in El Salvador, I received messages every day, some general and some specific, for people I knew and people I didn’t. You can read how it all began in Message 1 and in the story told by my friend Claudia Allwood.
How I receive messages today
Today I deliver messages in person and write very little. I still fulfil the mission I accepted, but everything has become more natural.
At first, the messages came in the early hours and woke me up (the first time, with drops of water!). Now I sleep through the night. In my daily life I feel the presence of God, the angels, beings of light, and people who have passed away and need to get a message to their loved ones.
Sometimes everything around me goes still. Other times I’m cooking or watching TV and I simply begin to «listen».
God always finds a way to communicate, and I gladly accept.
Uncle Harry
One day, while I was watching TV, I felt the presence of a man who had recently passed away. He wanted to give a message to his son, who lives here in Australia.
I told him, «Later, I’m busy.» Then he turned off the TV, and I understood that he urgently needed to speak.
My husband, Paul, helped me record the message. A few hours later the phone rang. It was this man’s son! He and his family live in another state, far from our home. He was calling to say he was passing through the area and would come to visit us.
That was God’s perfect timing, so this man could receive his father’s message.
It wasn’t easy to deliver, because the son doesn’t believe in any of this. That’s when I understood what God had told me: «People must be set free.» In other words, free from me and from my expectation that they accept what I give them.
The son listened to the message and told me plainly that he didn’t believe it. What made him doubt most was his father’s goodbye: «I have to go now, Uncle Harry is here.»
I understood that his father meant another spirit who was with him, guiding him to leave the earthly plane. Spirits can’t stay here for long, because the energy of the earth is too heavy for those who have already crossed to the spiritual plane.
My friend assured me there was nobody by that name in his family. There was no Uncle Harry.
A few weeks later, my friend called me. He had shared the message with his mum, and she cried when she heard the ending. «Uncle Harry» was the joking nickname she used for her late brother. My friend didn’t know this, but his mother recognised the detail straight away.
Experiences like this are a natural part of my life. I bless them with joy, because what I feel when I receive these messages is beyond words.
A message for Gustavo
One of the most memorable messages was for Gustavo S. God spoke to him with such pride and love that I was left admiring this man.
God told him how much He rejoices in the life Gustavo leads: doing good, with a clean soul and pure thoughts, and honouring his family.
I imagine it was a real shock for Gustavo, because his beliefs don’t include God. The message left him thoughtful, especially because of something that happened on another occasion. During a prayer session, my angel passed on the blessing his wife gave to their marriage. My angel also said how much they liked his wife’s medal.
Gustavo smiled. His wife always wears a medal of the Virgin Mary.
In the years I shared these channelling experiences with Gustavo, I learnt a great deal about the virtue of marriage, and about how we can stay virtuous in our dealings with others.
And what are pure thoughts? They are thoughts that create rather than destroy. We destroy a lot of creative energy when we envy someone, or when we’re pleased that something has gone wrong for them.
It’s part of human nature, but we are here to learn to love, starting with loving ourselves. The more we love ourselves, the more everything that comes into our lives will reflect who we are.
«The child comes in the name of the Lord»
I will always carry in my heart the message Honestidad, my angel, gave me for a pregnant woman. It was short: «Tell her the child comes in the name of the Lord.»
When she heard it, the woman burst into tears. She told me that ever since she fell pregnant she had woken each day with anxiety and distress. She was asking God why He would send her a child at the worst time of her life. Her husband was out of work, and she felt her own job as an executive at a major company was at risk.
Months later, she called to tell me that thanks to the message she had found peace. She let go of her distress and looked forward to her baby’s birth with joy.
A son who came back to say goodbye
On another occasion I was visited by the spirit of J., a young man who died in an accident while playing soccer. J. asked me to tell his mum that it all happened very quickly, and that he chose to leave rather than stay in this earthly life.
A few days later (coincidence?) I went to a dinner where J.’s mother and her husband were guests. Her husband didn’t believe in any of this. There, in front of the other guests, their son’s spirit came again. J. was able to tell his parents many things as they lived through the immense pain of losing him.
J. asked them to accept the money. And he asked his father not to forget to have a tooth checked.
When he heard this, the father stared at me wide eyed. He’d had a toothache for a week and hadn’t told anyone, not even his wife. I believe J. mentioned it so his father would know for certain it was his son speaking.
The money was from the insurance J. held as a professional player. His girlfriend was claiming it, although the policy named his parents as beneficiaries, and his mother didn’t know what to do.
J. explained that there had been no love between him and his girlfriend, so there was nothing to share. The money was for his parents, and J. asked his mother to accept it without guilt.
This is my life
This is my life, between heaven and earth.
If you would like to know how it all began, Message 1 is for you. And if you are reading this because you want to know me better, thank you for your interest. I hope you find what you’re looking for in these messages, and that your life is filled with joy and love.
I am blessed to know God through my own experience. I know not everyone will accept what I share, and I’m at peace with that, because people must be set free.
I know God will always find a way to communicate with the world, and with you in particular. God works through a great many people to speak with His children.
If you’d like to hear messages from other channels, look up Esther Hicks on YouTube. I also recommend reading Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch, and God Spoke to Me by Eileen Caddy.
Some of these people are controversial. But remember that God’s channels are human beings, with faults and virtues, fighting the same battles as anyone else. Criticising them achieves nothing, it only keeps them where they are. We can all help each other by sending love and creative thoughts.
For my part, I have accepted the mission of sharing with the world what I receive. This is my service, and I thank you for being part of my path.
Thank you
I know God placed the perfect people in my life at the perfect time. As a rational person, adapting to and accepting all of this was hard work.
Thank you to my mother, María Teresa Martínez. I know her worry about what was happening at home (the energy, the unexplained changes in temperature inside the house, the sleepless nights) was a great test.
I will never have enough words to thank my friends Claudia Allwood (may she rest in peace), Rosemarie Vázquez (may she rest in peace), Ana Julia Ibarra, Carlos Ibarra, Gustavo Soriano and Mauricio Ponce. Thank you, Mauricio, for explaining God in the natural world to me. «God is in the naturalness of life,» you said.
To my aunt Yolanda, a light and blessing in my life, because «one word from her will be enough to heal me». That is what she does when she prays for me and my family: she heals me and fills me with love. Thank you, Tía. May God keep blessing you.
To my uncle Eduardo Fernández (Lalo), thank you for being God the Father’s number one fan.
To my friend Yanira González, whom I found again through Facebook, and who offered to help me type up the messages so I could share them here. Yani, there is joy in heaven for your work.
To my son, for the gift of being a mother. I know God has a mission for you, and every day I pray that your heart, mind and soul become one in God’s truth and love.
And always, to my husband, who fills my life with love and helps me pass on the messages.