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Information > Spirit Guides |
Introduction
There are many schools of thought on Angels, some of which we hope to cover
later, but for now lets concern ourselves with spirit guides. A spirit guide
is a spirit person who works closely with a medium. He/she has a variety of
jobs, but their main concern is to teach the medium spiritual truth. They
can be looked upon as helpers, guiding and advising the medium about
clairvoyance, healing, and other spiritual skills.
Who are they?
A guide could be anybody, but often they have lived on earth many centuries
ago. Because of the time spent in spirit, they have become highly developed
in spiritual ways. They choose to remain close to the earth life, and act as
a link and teacher. Many mediums will often tell of their guide as being a
Red Indian or from some other exotic race. The reason is simply that Red
Indians for example, lived a very spiritual existence, and also believed in
their own psychic skills. Based on these backgrounds, they are ideally
suited to spiritual work. But it is not always the case, the level of
spirituality dictates if they able to take on the work, not the background.
A guide could also be, as some mediums report, someone they knew in a
previous life, or indeed a family member. Whoever the guide is, and from
whatever background, the medium will have some form of affinity with them.
It is this familiarity that bonds them and allows them to work closely
together.
One guide for one medium?
For some, yes. But often a guide will be with a medium for a particular part
of their life, or to teach certain things. It may also be that a medium has
more than one guide, each assisting with various tasks that the medium
performs. For example they may have guide that assists them with healing.
For some mediums, they meet their guides very early on in their lives and
that guide will stay with them until the end of their earth life. It could
be that many people meet their guide in development circles, where they
learn to know and trust them. Guides present themselves as people, and even
have a sense of humour. They are also concerned with your personal growth
not just your psychic ability, you don't have to be a medium to have a
guide.
Guardians & spirit helpers
Mediums also have a guardian, this spirit person could be likened to a
doorkeeper, he is their to protect the medium and generally keep things in
order. He can be called upon to sort things out if the medium becomes
overworked or confused. Unlike the guide, the guardian is not a teacher but
rather an onlooker with the mediums interest in mind.
There are other spirit helpers who may be known or unknown, who will aid you
at certain times although it may not always be obvious to you. But if you
listen to your 'gut feeling' or recognise an idea or new thought, you may
have been listening to your guide or helpers!
The purpose of spirit guides
The guide acts a link between the medium and the world of spirit. He assists
the medium to form a better contact with those who wish to communicate and
aids less experienced communicators to get their message across. He will
teach the medium how to attune to the spirit world and is both a friend and
advisor. Another important role of the guide is in trance communication.
Some guides have spoken through their medium, as in the case of Silver
Birch. But the guide will also assist when another spirit person wishes to
speak through the medium.
But a guide does not control or run the life of the medium, he / she retains
their free will. A guide cannot force a medium to do what they don't want to
and in no way dominates him / her. Nor can working with a guide free you
from responsibility or making the wrong decisions in your life. But they
will help where they can to lead the medium in the right direction, although
ultimately the decision still lies with the medium themselves. A guide and
medium will be in partnership, they both have the desire to be of service
and let others know their loved ones have survived into a new world.
Do we all have a guide?
Wherever our life has led us, we all have a guide, although these may be
referred to as Guardian Angels. These Angels will watch over us and try to
steer us in the right direction. Perhaps you have had that `gut feeling`
that made you do something or not do something, often that is your Guardian
Angel lending a hand. It is still up to you to follow or reject those
feelings. Many of us will go through life totally unaware of these spirit
helpers, often only being to able to listen when tragedy strikes.
As our spirituality increases, for whatever reason, we tend to attract
spirit helpers around us. We may be told by a medium who they are, often
this is a general description. But it is when we begin to develop our own
psychic skills that we truly become aware of our guides.
Well known Spirit Guides;
Silver Birch:
Guides can do more then just aid a medium in his clairvoyant work, they can
also be teachers. The much loved and respected guide Silver Birch did this
by speaking through the medium Maurice Barbanell. Maurice would go into
trance to allow Silver Birch to address those in his circle. The words
imparted by this wise and experienced guide has served many a medium an
understanding of the spirit world and have been published in a number of
books.
Here is an extract from Silver Birch's teachings;
" If you help only one soul to find itself, if you comfort only one mourner,
if you heal only one sick person, then the whole of your earthly life is
justified. How privileged you are to be aware of the tremendous power that
is around and about you, that enfolds you, guards you, directs you and
ensures that you will continue to unfold your latent divinity and the gifts
which are your cherished possession."
Try it for yourself..
I often get asked how people can get to know their own spirit guide, so here
are a few suggestions that might help you.
Meditation
Begin with a prayer asking for protection and guidance. Then get yourself
comfortable, if you prefer, set some gentle music playing in the background,
aromatherapy candles can also help you relax, just be sure to choose those
that calm and soothe not those that invigorate. Take some deep slow breaths,
and calm your whole body, until you feel relaxed. Try to slow down, becoming
so relaxed that your heartbeat seems to slow down, withdraw into yourself a
little yet be aware. You can't always eliminate normal noises such as
traffic or people, but each time you try they will recede further away.
Next imagine a brilliant white light, for me this is in front and slightly
to the left, but it can be anywhere, above, below, left or right. Look at
this light as it gets brighter, see and feel how pure it is. Now start to
draw the light towards you, bring it in towards your heart. Feel it enter
and become one with you as it fills your entire being. Feel it's purity and
divine brilliance as it touches you from head to foot, sense how vibrant and
living it is, it is more than light, more than purity - it's a living
energy.
Now create a place to meet and talk with your guide, this could be a
beautiful garden, a summer field, a hillside - anywhere. Try to use the same
place each time, so it becomes familiar to you. Ask for your guide to join
you here. The act of asking him/her to join you keeps you in control.
Don't expect some disembodied voice to suddenly start speaking out of thin
air! It doesn't happen, rather, spirit will speak to you in thought, in
images and feelings. It's more a case of somehow knowing what is meant,
understanding comes from feeling the answers travel through you. In the same
way don't force the information, but let it come to you.
Finally, don't be disappointed if you don't hear your guide or build a
foundation of learning from them. It's enough to know that you have help
around you. Just because your guide can't be heard on a daily basis doesn't
mean you can't develop mediumship. They often work in the background and
will still assist you in the process.
Notes:
The idea of spirit guides is not limited to the work of mediums or
Spiritualists, but can be found in many cultures and beliefs. For example
the peoples of Amazonian South America believed in ' Spirit Helpers '. These
'helpers' were typically the spirits of their ancestors or animals such as
the eagle and jaguar.
Shaman
You may also come across the term Shaman, and while Shamanism is a belief
beyond the scope of this website, it's worth knowing the background.
To become a Shaman you had to be 'called' to the service, often there were
initiations and suffering. A ceremony which involved symbolic death and
resurrection, endowed the new Shaman with a new existence, forever changing
him. During the initiation the new Shaman would meet and converse with
spirits, learn how to go into trance, astral travel and be taught which
spirits he could call upon in the future. Those who did not attain the full
range of Shaman powers became 'medicine men'. Regarding their work, these
peoples believed illness was the result of evil spirits entering inside
people. They performed an elaborate ceremony to call out the evil spirits.
Only the Shaman have the power to communicate with the spirit domain, acting
much like our mediums do, as an mediator and message giver. Shaman were
major figures for a tribe, often taking on many roles; teachers, poets,
healers, story tellers and other functions.
What Is It?
Spirit or Guide?
These scan photo's were took in the late 80s, take a close look at the scan photos what do you see ? Jacqui was so shocked when she got her photos to see a horrible ugly face looking at her, then realised that it wasn't her baby, but a clear image of a "ghost".
As she studied the photos she noticed that the baby was making room for these faces, but also that the face looked angry with her was it trying to tell her something, she decided not to go for another scan, as she had this feeling inside her saying not to.
When visiting her husbands family they got talking about his fathers mum as they didn't know much about the family, he told Jacqui about his mother may who had died young when he was 15, and that she was a wild women with red hair and a temper, Jacqui was keen to see a photo of may, but was told he only had the one photo as his mother hated having photo's taken and that to be honest she was ugly like a frog, Jacqui's heart nearly stopped, she managed to see the only photo there was of may, and to her surprise the photo of this lady may looked like the scan photo.
Jacqui's baby Ruby was born in December of 1988 with a scrunched up little face and red hair, and a knowing look in her eye, at 15 months old Ruby's hair changed to strawberry blonde but she still gives the impression of knowing some thing they didn't.
Were they supposed to catch this on film ? Is this a transference of an old soul into a new body ? or a spirit guide looking and protecting us before we are born ?
Who knows what the answer is we'll never know for sure in this world.
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