8 Ways to Find a Lost or Stolen Object

by Julianne Kulosa

Julianne is a Spiritual Intuitive and Ascension Guide, empowering others to live a life of miracles and magic through trusting the power of love.

Losing an item can be very frustrating and stressful.  Luckily, there are ways to increase your chances of finding a lost object.
 
1.  Re-frame from lost or stolen to misplaced.
A lost or stolen object implies that the item is either gone forever or will be extremely challenging to find.  Rather than thinking of the item as lost, consider that it is simply misplaced.
 
2.  Begin by relaxing and trusting your intuition.
It may seem that time is your enemy, especially if you can’t find your car keys and are already running late.  However, desperately and frantically looking for your keys could take longer than the time it takes to relax before beginning your search.  Make yourself some tea, get out in nature, or just take some slow deep breaths to kick in the relaxation response.
 
Now that you are relaxed, your mind is clearer and your intuition is heightened.  Ask yourself about the object.  Is it in your immediate vicinity?  Can you see yourself with it the last time you used it? 
 
You may think I’m crazy, but there has been more than once that I’ve misplaced my wallet or a credit card and chose not report any credit cards as stolen.  This is because I knew intuitively that the card was somewhere in my house.  One time I didn’t retrieve my ATM card for over a week, probably because I didn’t even look for it, trusting and knowing it was somewhere safe in my home (which it was), and I’d find it when I needed it. 
 
Your intuition might prompt you to report that card stolen, and if so, trust that and make that phone call. 
 
3.  Use your powerful intention and expect to retrieve your belonging.
Focusing clearly on what you want with a calm expectation that you will have it puts aside, and can even alleviate, any fears around losing an item.
 
In my youth, a friend and I were mugged.  I put up a good fight (probably not the smartest move), as the mugger and I played tug-of-war with my purse.  The strap broke, and he won.  My friend went along with my crazy idea to retrieve my purse.  I was determined, knowing I would find the purse, and was ok with the cash missing but wanted at least the other items.  Looking in nearby allies, I soon found my purse, and yes, with the cash missing.
 
Recently, a friend had lost her wallet and assumed it was gone forever. I told her the above story, along with others.  She lit up at the possibility.  When I saw her the next week, she had found her wallet!  However, hers also contained her cash.  She said she decided she wanted to find all the contents of her wallet, including the cash.  Where was her wallet?  When going to pay for a meal at a restaurant she regularly goes to, the person behind the counter asked her if she had lost her wallet, recognizing her from her driver’s license.  She handed her the wallet, with all cards and cash intact. 
 
4.  Be open to magic and miracles.
Your mind assists you by being logical and scientifically predictive (based on past experience) regarding how any future events will unfold.   Rather than getting trapped into limited possibilities, you can be open to magic and miracles.  Expect the unexpected!
 
Long ago, my mother, grandmother and I were visiting Vermont.  After a nice dinner out, we returned to our hotel room, where my mother realized she had lost her $100 bill that she had stuffed in her boot for emergencies.  She was certain that the money was gone forever.  Using principle #3, I knew I could retrieve her money.  I went alone in the rental car (not wanting my mom’s bad vibes with me – sorry mom, I was young…) back to the restaurant, absolutely certain and excited that I would find her money.  I looked all around and under the table we ate at, the surrounding tables, and asked our waitress if she had seen it.  I did not find the $100 bill. 
 
I left the restaurant feeling confused, standing in the parking lot with my mind not understanding how it could be possible that I did not find her money.  Just then, a man exited the restaurant and called to me, “Excuse me, is this what you’re looking for?”  In his hand waved a $100 bill.  He said, “You were looking in the wrong area!”  I surprised him with a big hug, thanked him, and went home with deep joy and gratitude.
 
5.  Trust in the goodness of others.
In the above stories in #3 and #4, the man at the restaurant and the woman behind the counter both did not have to return those items.
 
While the news may report primarily all the bad in the world, there is actually much more good happening every day than bad.  Open your heart to the goodness of the human spirit.
 
Remember you can always reach out for assistance.  Where would you return an object you found?  The police department?  The front desk of an establishment?  Post it on Nextdoor.com?  Lost and found is a common place in most businesses because more often than not, someone who finds an object will want it returned to its owner.
 
6.  Take a break.
Nothing can better halt your success in finding a misplaced item than your stress, agitation, frustration and anxiety.  Stress can make our minds cloudy and we can literally even be blind to seeing an object that’s right in front of us.  Take a break, get your mind off looking for the object and relax.
 
While camping with a large group of people, a friend lost his car keys.  He looked frantically everywhere he could think of.  After about an hour of searching, everyone knew he was missing his keys, and a search party ensued as both adults and children hunted.
 
I suggested he stop searching and take a break, knowing his keys would be found.  He was particularly stressed because if he didn’t find his keys, he would have to ask his wife to make the two and a half hour drive to bring the spares.  He finally decided to go call his wife on a landline to forewarn her of the possibility, as there was no cell reception where we were camping.  I realized that while he might have thought he was simply going to call his wife, he was actually taking the break I knew he needed.  Once he returned to camp, he looked one more time, almost immediately finding his keys in a pocket of a pair of pants he had forgotten he wore the night before!
 
7.  Call on Archangel Chamuel or St. Anthony
You always have allies in the unseen world.  They stand by to assist you if you ask.  Both Archangel Chamuel and St. Anthony have been used to find not just missing objects, but also missing loved ones and pets, reconciliation of relationships, restoration of health, and finding a new job.
 
Archangel Chamuel
Chamuel is the angel of love.  He is particularly helpful in relationships, assisting to strengthen your heart and pure love connection with others, yourself, and your body.  Because of this, Archangel Chamuel can assist you in finding lost objects, for you also have a relationship with that object. 
 
Call on Archangel Chamuel to bring his heart-centered pink light to your situation.  Ask him to assist you in releasing the ties of fear and loss you have around your missing object.  As he helps you to come into your heart and calmly trust your situation, the light of unconditional love can then shine onto your object, allowing you to re-connect with it with grace and ease.
 
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Anthony is the patron saint of lost and stolen items.  Saints are people who were deemed by the Catholic Church to have been extraordinarily holy and virtuous during their life and now reside in heaven.  Saints often have stories of miracles they performed during their lifetime, and St. Anthony is no exception.
 
The particular reason St. Anthony is Patron of Lost Items can be traced to a time he was teaching at a Franciscan friary in Bologna, France.  St. Anthony had a book of psalms, or “psalter”, that was both valuable as well as filled with important notes and comments he wrote in it to use in his teaching.  A student who was growing tired of the religious life decided to leave the friary.  When he did, he also stole St. Anthony’s psalter.  St. Anthony prayed that it would be returned, and the student then had a change of heart, both returning the psalter as well as returning to a religious life at the friary.
 
You can create your own prayer to St. Anthony or find one that resonates with you.  Here is one that speaks to my heart.
 
“St. Anthony, perfect imitator of Jesus, who received from God the special power of restoring lost things, grant that I may find (name your lost item) which has been lost. At least restore to me peace and tranquility of mind, the loss of which has afflicted me even more than my material loss. To this favor, I ask another of you: that I may always remain in possession of the true good that is God. Let me rather lose all things than lose God, my supreme good. Let me never suffer the loss of my greatest treasure, eternal life with God. Amen.”
 
8.  Re-trace your steps.
This is a common way to find what you’ve misplaced.  Begin by relaxing, maybe sitting in a comfortable chair, and close your eyes.  Remember not only the last time you saw the object, but also the steps you took afterward, like going into different rooms in your house, answering the phone, or making something to eat.  Often an item is put in a different place than usual, has fallen behind something or is underneath another item.