Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Spirit Guides: What Are They? Part 2

Hello everyone!  I hope you are all enjoying a beautiful spring day like we are having here in GA. This is the best time of the year in Georgia, even if we do have that nasty pollen.  It won't be long until all the icky yellow pollen is gone and we can all stop sneezing.
  Today I am going to discuss how to identify and contact your spirit guide.  You may have more than one guide at any time, so don't be surprised if you have conflicting ideas about what your guide is like. Do you sometimes feel the presence of a strong male figure around you, say a Native American maybe?  Then a week later you could swear your guide is a very petite older lady?  They may both be your spirit guides, playing different roles for you.
It could also be that this is just one guide who presents himself or herself to you in different guises.   Yes, I know that is confusing, but  remember that spirit guides can take different appearances as they choose.  If you consistently feel that your guide is a slim,  Celtic woman, you may be right.
You may only have that particular guide at this point in time.  She may be Celtic, but she could also just appear that way to you for some particular reason.  Maybe the idea of a Celtic woman represents wisdom and strong guidance to you in this lifetime.  So to fulfill that idea, your guide has decided to take on that image for you.  He or she is in the spirit, they can choose to appear in whatever guise is necessary for you or for themselves.
  What if you have never had any kind of feeling about your spirit guide?  Even if you have never heard, seen, or felt your guide doesn't  mean  you don't have one. Guides do not always try to make contact with us, that may not be part of their role. We can call upon them for help and guidance, and often they will let us know that they are nearby.  They do not have to do this, but with a polite and sincere request, they will often make their presense known.  Their work for us is most often done on a spiritual level, not in the everyday or mundane world.  As an example, let us say that you are in desperate need of a car.  Your old junker has finally given up the ghost and you have no way to get to work.  You don't have the money to buy a car, or to get one financed.  Then right out of the blue sky, an old friend offers you a car they no longer want.  It is not a new car, but it will get you to work.  Is this just good luck or could your spirit guide have been working for you by helping to provide a car?  You will probably never know, but spirit guides can help us in unusual ways.
  If you truly want to identify your spirit guide, the best way is to ask them their name.  Sounds simple, right?  It can be, if the guide wishes to tell you who they are.  Try relaxing when you are alone and let the  world drift away.  If you have a image of what you think your spirit guide looks like, visualize that.  If you think your spirit guide is a Egyptian high priest, see him that way in your mind.  Then ask them to tell you their name.  You can also request that they appear to you.  You must be open to this experience though, to whatever image appears in your mind.  The spirit guide could appear to you in full blown human form if they choose, or if they have the strength.  The first time you call to your spirit guide you are more likely to hear their name or see some small image of them. It takes time and practice to develop metaphysical  skills, so don't feel bad if you only get small results.  Any results are magickal!  Maybe you will hear a voice, in your mind or even in the room, say a name.  Perhaps you will get a psychic flash or image of your spirit guide. Again, don't be surprised if the spirit guide looks or sounds different than you expect.  You could be expecting to meet that high priest, but instead hear the voice of a little English girl.  Spirit guides will show us what they want us to know, and we need to accept that as it is.
  I have often been asked how you can tell your spirit guide from some negative being, such as a demon.  This should not be a problem.  Demons and other negative spirits are evil, and they will not give you help or good advice.  Spirit guides are positive beings, and will not lead you down a bad path.  Hey, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks, it is a duck!  In this case, if it looks evil, sounds evil, and advises you to do evil, it is evil!  Cut off all contact immediately.  I doubt this will ever happen to you, but just thought I would tell everyone this just to be sure.

  My next post will be about how to request help and guidance from your spirit guide.  Until then, blessings from Psykiksister.

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