Spirit Guides Options

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Spirit Guides are entities -- physical and non-physical -- who have chosen to aid others on the path to spiritual enlightenment as we are about to ascend.

A guide is simply a soul that assists us in finding the way to a higher consciousness. A guide does not judge, nor condemn,just simply reveals a truth. Guides come in many forms; a soul that does not inhabit a body, your higher self, or a living friend. When one leaves the body, a guide may be in the room, but they will not approach you until you request them to. Many people make statements that they "sense" a presence when they leave their body, but don't necessarily see anything. The guide may be of a vibration that is too high for you to see, even with astral eyes. If you feel that you are ready, ask to meet your guide before you go to sleep, and you may see or feel them while you are dreaming. A dream is a much gentler introduction than when you are just learning to astral project and see a "stranger" in your room! A guide is not a person or entity that makes you frightened or uncomfortable. If you feel threatened by a presence, then this is probably not your guide. However, don't be surprised if you ask for help from your guide in leaving your body, and then notice that a hand is attempting to pull you out! If you ask, they will, in some fashion, reveal themselves, so try and not be frightened if they indeed help you in your request.

Most spirit guides have had incarnations on the physical Earth plane, as well as other realms. They, like yourself, may exist there multidimensionally at this time. Spirit guides can be aspects of yourself. Guides may remain with you for a lifetime, or may come and go depending on your needs and theirs. They are beings of light that may physically appear to you in human form so you mind can conceptualize them better. You can ask a spirit guide to leave, and they must comply. You can request additional guides / and or angels if you want to work with guides on higher levels. We all have spirit guides.The average number of guides is 5, usually a mix of male and female.Each guide generally comes in for a specific purpose in our lives. Other aspects of your soul:

Meeting Your Spirit Guides Meeting you spirit guides is a form of channeling. If you have deep psychological problems - or find the guides you connect with to be negative or bring negative messages - please stop channeling. These exercises are to bring light and information. They could trigger your fears and cause anxiety if you want your answers to be ONLY the way you want your life to run. It is meant to help you talk to spirit in the light. It means that they will address things with you in a way that you understand - and is in your best interests based on your soul needs.

Day One: Are you there?
You are going to ask only 'yes or no' questions for the first few days. All questions can only be asked ONCE.

Telepathic communication with spirit is called clairaudience. These are the thoughts you get when you make the connection. They may be accompanied by physical sensations such as:

A pressure on top of your head. This is the opening of the crown chakra. A sensation on the left side of the body or face. This is the right side of the brain - the intuitive side - opening.

Sit down in a quiet place. You do not have to prepare as you would for meditation. Do not close your eyes. Listen to your thoughts only!!

Think, "Hello! Are you there?" Relax and allow the answer to come naturally.

You should hear a thought message with an affirmative answer.

We are going to ask 'yes / no questions' that are not personal.

You should hear the answer. Continue a line of simple questions. You may stop and prepare them along the way. Spirit is there all the time to guide.

Get used to the idea of 'listening' to simple messages.

Day 2: Getting to Know your spirit guide
Again use only 'yes / no' questions - with one exception - today we find out the name of your main spirit guide. You can prepare Ask your question . . . then pause . . . listen to your thoughts . . . connect with the answer. Greet you guide with whatever greeting you chose. See your frequency connecting with his / hers.

Allow your thoughts to connect. Ask, "Are you ready to answer questions?" Wait for an affirmative answer. It should be immediate.

Ask, "Are you male?" (You may have already determined that by the tonal frequency of the messages). "Are you female?" "I would like to know your name. Can you tell it to me please."

If you have trouble getting the name - listen hard - then come as close to what you 'hear' as you can. Spirit will accept whatever name you give. "Do you like the name - - - - - -?" Continue by asking more general questions. You can write down questions and answers.

Day 3: Past Lives with your Guide Prepare questions.
Get comfortable. Greet your spirit guide.
More 'yes / no' questions.

Ask, "Did we know each other in a past life?" "Were we family?" Ask the about the nature of the relationship? Wife- husband? Mother - child? "Have we been together more than once? More than 5 times? Etc.

Ask questions about the times spent together. Have I ever been your spirit guide while you lived on the Earth plane? Have you always been in my life - in this incarnation?

Day 4: Talking to your guide about the Universe
Prepare a set of 'yes - no' questions pertaining to the Universe. Do not ask personal questions at this time.

Did Earth ever exist in another dimension? Is there life on other planets? Do entities watch us from UFO's? Were you ever an alien?

Are there angels? Do they have a hierarchy? Do they help souls move to the next realms?

Day 5: Talking to your guide about reality and other dimensions?

Are there many dimensions? Are there entities in those dimensions?

Can a soul exist in more than one dimension? Does the future co- exist with the past and present?

Is this reality a holographic projection? Do we have free will?

Day 6: Getting Personal
By now you should feel comfortable with your guide.

Today we will begin some personal spiritual questions. Do not ask about your romantic life or job! We will basically ask 'yes - no' questions. Some easy questions may be asked that require explanation.

Are you my only spirit guide? How many do I have? I would like to meet another guide today. Please have another guide come to talk with me.

What is your name? Do you work with - - - (name the first guide)?
What is your function in my life? This can be asked of both guides.

Am I on the right spiritual path? Will you guide me to the next part of my spirit journey? Should I be working as a healer? Do I meditate enough? Do I need to take classes to guide me? Will you lead me to a book or home page to further learn what I have to?

Is my current teacher - if you have one - OK? - Or is it time to move on? Do I need to move to a new location to find my destiny? If yes - name places - still ask only 'yes - no' answers.

Continue questions. Take notes. DO NOT ask for long detailed explanations.

Ask a question of each guide to see if you can tell the difference in their frequency thus getting more familiar with them. Address your guides by name. This takes practice for some people. For those who have been listen to their guides for years - without realizing that they were connecting to spirit - this will be easy. You will remember back to spirit guiding that brought you through various decisions, boring situations, saving your life, other. Take time with this.
There is no hurry!

Spirit has no time table.

Day 7: Talking with your Guide about your biological or adopted family relationships
Today we will focus on the subject of your biological or adopted family relationships. This is NOT to reference your love life, marriage, family you have created as an adult.

We will ask only 'yes - no' questions.

"Tune in' to your guide mentally. Open the third eye. (This is a physical eye - pineal gland. It actually looks up. It is not on your forehead as is written. It is at the base of the brain). You may greet your guide in any way you wish.

Are members of my biological family from my past lives? Give names?
If you are adopted - use this for biological and adopted family members.

Ask various questions about the members of your family in relationship to you and to each other.

It is fine to discuss members of the family who have passed over.
Ex. - Is the soul of - - - (Person is deceased) - the same soul as - -
- (person is living)? Do I have my strongest karma in this lifetime with - - - - -names given.

Did - - - (name) - - and I have a bad relationship in another lifetime? Do I own him / her something karmically? Is that karmic debt over? If yes - Can I release that family member from my life now?

Is my main karma in this lifetime to be the Caretaker of - - -(name person - usually the parent). Does my soul have other biological families other than the one I know in 3D? Is this another aspect of my soul experiencing on 3D now?

Is this in another realm? If you believe you are a walk- in, ask about all family members - theirs and yours.

I have dreamed of parents on another planet - is this a reality?
Past life? Parallel life? - - - - -(name) - abused me as a child.
Can I forgive (name) and balance the energies now?

Adoption questions:

Is my biological mother alive? Ask further about her
- your father - siblings. Do I need to find them for karmic reasons? Will I find them? Does my biological mother want to know me?

You can include questions about foster parents if you feel connected. Don't forget grandparents - and other relatives you knew while growing up.

Ask your guide if a deceased member of the family is available to speak with you. Ex.- Can you bring my mother to speak with me?

You may have to pause to wait for another spirit to arrive. You may smell flowers, or have other sensory experiences.

If you need to ask forgiveness about something - this is the time to do so.

Day 8 - Your Career / Job
We will be continuing with 'yes-no' questions.
Moving to a subject that is not as emotionally based. Though the work place can have many emotional issues attached to it.

Begin with a greeting to your guide and perhaps prepare a list of questions for today. We still want to keep things easy and direct.

Begin with a greeting to your guide. You may chose the same guide each day or ask for another guide.
This does not mean that you can ask them each the same question. There is generally one main guide who is a partner to you and would be the one who you would address.

You can tell your guide that you are here today to discuss your job / career - but in all probability - he / she already knows that.

Is the career I have chosen a lifetime career? Will I have various changes in careers in this lifetime?
Will I have jobs or should I go to school and train for a career?

Women: Would I truly be happier at home raising a family and changing diapers? Would I be happier working part time?

To find my career - do I need formal education?
training? Am I best suited to be a - create a list of desired job choices.

Businesses: Would I do better alone? With one partner? Two partners? Can I trust - - - ?? Will my business merge? Evolve into something else? Fail?

Is my job a 'dead-end' job? Does my boss appreciate my work? Do I have personal conflict in the office?
Am I settling for less than I could be because I am lazy? Am I smarter than I realize?

Could I return to school after years of absence? Can I find a career that I am 'passionate' with? I want to work in Metaphysics. Can I earn a living working in that field? Can I work part time in metaphysics?

Will I get a promotion in 2000? other? Will I stay at this job until I retire? Will there be a 'buy-out'? Can I work from home? With my computer?
You will think of dozens of questions.

Day 9 - My Love Life
You are finally ready to ask 'yes - no' questions about your love life. Now this is where things get tricky as the ego always 'kicks in' here.

Remember first answers count! You are ready to begin.

Sample questions if you have a partner now . . .

Is - - - (name partner) my soul mate? Are we together because we have karma to work out? Do I owe
- - - a karmic debt? Does - - - - owe me a debt? Do we both owe each other?

Is - - - my lifetime partner or will I have another?
Is my partner growing spiritual as I am? Is this important to keeping us together?

Have we grown apart? Am I holding on to a relationship that is over? Does - - - - really love me? Can - - - - love in a spiritual way?

Does my low self esteem enter the picture? Why do I stay with - - - ? Name choices - money - children - scared to live alone - other.

If you are gay you can ask . . .

Is there a reason I came in gay? Genetic? karmic?
Was I prejudiced in a past life? Are there learning lessons here? Does my soul prefer a male - (or female) role? Is this the first time I came in gay?

Am I a gay male to hold female frequency, which I would not be able to do if I was straight? Am I afraid to admit that I am gay?

If you are single you could ask . . .

Will I find a soul mate? Does my soul mate exist on the Earth plane now - in a physical body? Is my soul mate my spirit guide?

Will I marry? - live with someone - ? Do I need therapy to maintain a relationship? Do I sabotage relationships? Will I ever have a child (if childless). Is the life time commitment partner what I really want - or would I prefer to change partners as my needs and theirs change?

Would my soul's needs best be met - by living alone?
with a mate? I have searched for a partner all of my life. I am now ------and have never met the perfect partner. Is this because - I am too picky?

I really don't have a partner here? Will I ever marry? Is my destiny on Earth other than marriage and children? Is my karma - parental caretaker?

Day 10 - My goals in life
Time for 'yes-no' questions about your goals in life. By now you should sense that your guide is near you and ready to answer your questions. Greet him / her in whatever way you chose.

Are my goals in life realistic? Should I see the 'sky's the limit' when creating my goals? Do I need to change my goals pertaining to - love life?
marriage? work? other? Will I ever realize my goals?

Think of other questions.

Day 11 - Your Love Life
We will talk to spirit, but seek detailed answers.
Only the first answer is the correct answer.

Many have already moved into conversations with their guides - but for those who have not- let us begin today. Decide on the guide you wish to work with. Prepare a few questions or subjects to discuss. Greet your guide. Take notes.

if single . . .

Do I have a soul mate out there? Describe him / her to me . . . physical description - age - career - astrological sign - where the person lives.

How will we meet? internet? introduction? social occasion? chance meeting? other? Will that person be ready for a full time commitment? If not - why? Tell me about past lives with that person? I have just met - - - - - ? Is this my true soul mate?

Ask detailed questions.

If married.....

ask why you and - - - - are together - karma? love?
soul mates? money? afraid to be alone? discuss with your guide.


Day 12 - Job Questions and detailed answers . . .

we are going to ask job questions with more detailed answers. Let's begin . . .

Am I working in the right career? If not, what would you suggest? Am I emotionally capable of going back to school to further my career? Ask for suggestions for courses?

If someone is bothering you at work - ask what you can do to balance the situation - other than quitting. Is a co-worker 'back stabbing' me? Find out why.

Continue a line of questions about career - job - relocation - your emotional aspects connected to your job - etc.


Connecting with Spirit While 'On the Go'!
You are very busy and have no time to relax and communicate.

Spirit guides are always there and ready to talk to you if you just "tune up"!

As you go about your day - a decision will have to made at some point -- no matter how slight - such as
- "What should I eat for dinner?"

Ask the question in your mind - even if you are in transit - and you will get an answer.

Many people love to talk to spirit when we are driving. You find yourself not exactly focused on the road. You must pay attention to your driving but you can ask questions. Think your question. Listen to your thoughts. You will get your answer.

I drive very much like a I'm flying a UFO. Friends have said it's more like teleporting, as the wheels of my car never hit the ground.I am totally aware of 360 degrees what is around me so I usually don't listen to the radio. Sometimes I will be told to turn on the radio. So I turn the radio on - set for oldies most of the time; and there will be a song that is right on target and will help me through what we are working on at that time.

Phew, took some reading but I got there in the end. My own astral guide turned out (after many initial hiccups and failures) to be my Great Aunt. This did surprise me when I found out as we never got on in life. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/angel.gif)

I can do telepathy, and once I asked my spirit guide to send someone a message, and they got it twice, weird stuff, but I have my own technique of doing telepathy I guess and I made sure I was not doing any telelpathy that moment!.

It could of been a instant spell maybe, i'm really not sure, what do you think?

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I was taught that we have many spirit guides of many classes, but I am Hermetic.
1- The HGA/Hadit/Higher Self; but hard to contact, one could say all of Hermeticism and Thelema exist for this alone!
2- Angels or if you like Demons; I see them as ends of the Same Pole as it is rare to meet sorcerers who are *ABLE* (IMG:style_emoticons/default/angel.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/snstgs7.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/diablo.gif)
to work with both. But as we see in Faust it was common in the middle ages! Or maybe dual access is a more Cathlic Paradigm, I'm uncertain.
3- Elementals- from Dragons, Faeries to Enochians these are by far the most common Spirit Guides.
4- Ancestors, meaning Communially but Also Masters, Saints etc. Another Common area of guides, but little discussed today.

Hope that helps? Kinjo?

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Frater Serpentis Satori

I don't really find the Higher Self that hard to contact,

Usually if I want to contact my Higher Self I do one of three things:

1. Do a visualization of meeting my Higher Self while meditating.

2. AP to my Temple (that patch of the Astral Plane one goes to for comfort, think of it as Your Happy Place), then talk to him there (along with my other guides).

3. Visualize a telepathic "cord" connecting me to my Higher Self, and talk away.

Here's an interesting question,

Can a Spirit Guide be created like a servitor? Say for instance, I create a servitor to guide and protect me like a parental figure. If I wanted that to be my Spirit Guide, would it be?

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I only use Elemental Servants like that in very limited ways.
Too much use of Servitors tends to lead to lack of focus in other occult areas.
But I'm sure since they are used by Chaos Mages for everything you could "create" a Spirit Guide, but it would be, in effect, talking to yourself, but that is what you created!

I've had a lot of experience with my spirit guides but I'm not sure how I'd categorize them. I have two major guides, and then there have been some others that were temporary according to a temporary need.

The main one is Rose, and she came into my sphere of consciousness when I was about 13. She's kind of a mystery to me, as she has described herself in different ways according to my prevailing beliefs at any given time. At first, she identified herself as a deva of the element of air. Then at one point, I went through a period of atheism, during which time she began to refer to herself as a "manifestation of my subconscious". I've tried to "pin her down", questioning her incessantly about her nature, but she never gives me an answer that can't be interpreted in any number of different ways. She says that this is because to give me a point-blank, cut-and-dried answer would be to violate my free will, and also because no one description applies, yet every possible description is true in some respect. She says that Rose is not really her name, that it's the name she chose because the rose would be an important symbol for me in my life. She serves as an all-around guide through my life, and she has amazing insight into my mind. Oftentimes, I am totally unsure what is motivating me along a particular course, and communicating with her will furnish my answer. She doesn't tell me the answer, though--she helps me find it by asking me the right questions. She has taught me quite a lot.

The other main one gave his name as Ilyas and he appears astrally as a huge, magnificent red dragon. Far from being a bloodthirsty beast, however, he is actually very disciplined, calm, intelligent and refined. He has taught me a lot, too, but his main role for the first few years that I was aware of him was a guardian. He would often chase off disturbing entities, the typical astral nasties that tend to be attracted by certain kinds of work. He also seemed to play a role in teaching me the same discipline he carries, and I don't view him as a literal dragon--I think he takes that form as a symbol of dominance over one's lower, "draconian" tendencies. I have friends who have surely encountered him as well, given their descriptions of him. The same things tend to stand out when people describe him, though the people are isolated from each other. Most often what is noticed about him is the warmth he radiates. He seems to have a great affinity for music, particularly classical music, and he is the one who taught me that "the cosmos is a symphony". My inclination is to consider him an angel of some sort. I don't see much of him anymore. I suppose I've come a long way towards taming my inner dragon and I no longer need his help. He used to be prominent during very dificult periods, and he called them "tests". He does still tend to come back around just before certain transitions, such as initiations. I'm not sure why.

Anyway, I've gotten pretty long-winded. I just thought I'd toss that into the ring and see if anyone has any thoughts about this?