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Post by auntym on Jun 21, 2011 10:48:50 GMT -6
www.ufodigest.com/article/spirit-guides-good-bad-or-just-mischievou%3FsSpirit Guides: Good, Bad Or Just MischievousSubmitted by Ron Murdock Fri, 06/17/2011 I've wondered a few times what the truth is regarding spirit guides and how they communicate with us. Are they there to give us information we need to hear on our life's journey or how much of it is suspect if not a joke(s) to be played on use humans? I ask if we just have one spirit guide or guardian angel that sticks with us for our lifetime or do several come and go as necessary? As a young child I can remember having two imaginary friends. My maternal grandmother believed me or at least played along with my story. When I told my mom, she said to the effect there was no such thing in reality. So I put my imaginary friends behind me in the name of "growing up" but I wonder now if the two weren't so imaginary but in fact my spirit guides. Are there ways of looking at how spirit guides communicate with us. One is when ideas that seem to pop up out of nowhere, remembering to contact someone, buy something at the store, phrases that come when writing and so on. I work nights part time, yet I haven't used an alarm clock in months. Is it my spirit guide waking me up or is it my internal clock working just fine? TO CONTINUE READING CLICK ON ABOVE LINK
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Post by paulette on Jun 21, 2011 13:27:21 GMT -6
Contrary to the title of the thread, whatever you are experiencing seems overall helpful to you auntym. I think Good and Bad are probably not as useful concepts as we'd like to believe - can things really be sorted out into Good and Bad? Maybe for some.
A lot of the old powers and gods were not seen as here to help people. They might - or might not. They might bring a lost wanderer home - or send him or her the wrong way out into the Moors. Lokki, Raven, Coyote....were tricksters. They played with people or confounded them. They usually did not do what people asked them to do.
Also, we have many powers of our own that are not necessarily from somewhere or someone else. We can wake ourselves up (especially if, like me, you hate the sound of the alarm clock). We can remember something we tried to recall days ago. We can IMO make contact with people who we need to talk to - or them to us. Sometimes (not always) we show up to save a life or witness something.
"Spirit Guides" used to be an assumed part of some cultures ( of the North American natives) and people went to huge trouble to have visions and/or contact spirits. The Hopi searchers allowed themselves to be bitten by a rattle snake (if anyone is IS of the Hopi First Nations and that is wrong correct me please). Youth went out without food or water and hopefully honed their senses to finding what they needed. In the Siberian shaman tradition - seekers were turned out naked without any weapon or fire starting tools on the frozen taiga. If they survived and returned it was assumed that they had made contact with deep sources not accessible to all. The Mexican Indians (some of them) ate peyote. (the shamans of the Siberian plains ate magic mushrooms). What I am rambling on about is that (OK rant coming): People now want to have easy no-cost, fast access to the supernatural. They want to buy not find their significant crystal. They cherry pick from various cultures - items that are now mass produced in China. We are spiritually lazy. I include myself but don't feel as entrapped by the symbols of someone else's past spirituality.
If, as a child, you communicated with something or someone then that is special. My children did as well. When I asked them recently about it they looked puzzled and said they sorta remembered but not what it was. I was leaning toward alien myself but will leave that as well as everything else, open...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2011 14:31:55 GMT -6
I've never had a 'spirit guide' be mischievous (and yes I know I have one named Daniel). Can you imagine...being only on he fringe of things? Seeing someone about to fall off a cliff and desperately trying to whisper no...or to someone with a gun. No matter what, free will can't be interfered with but suggestion, imploring, signs and messages I think are all tried but in order to work..must be listened to with the heart. I'm spoiled..I'm so fortunate and blessed to be given several glimpses into a different and continuing 'future'. I know...life doesn't end here that it transcends hundreds of dimensions and paths and where we go from here...depends on the type of person we've become. Do we listen? Do we care more about others than ourselves? Do we love and express it? The guides are to help us do those things..to evolve and to ascend. Trust me...at some point..it won't matter, this hunt for little green men, they're hunting themselves
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Post by auntym on Sept 23, 2017 13:25:25 GMT -6
www.vanpraagh.com/spirit-guides-inspiring-from-within/ Spirit Guides – Inspiring From WithinInspiration:
noun in·spi·ra·tion \ ˌin(t)-spə-ˈrā-shən , -(ˌ)spi- \
1a: a divine influence or action on a person believed to qualify him or her to receive and communicate sacred revelation.Inspiration is such an interesting and thought provoking word. It comes from the root “spir” which means to breathe – or breath, but it is also an expansion of the words “in Spirit.” When I envision the relationship we have with out Spirit Guides, the word “inspire” perfectly describes the manner in which they operate through us. How exactly do your guides connect with you? I’ve spoken countless times about how we are actually one with the Spirit realms, and that the idea of separateness is actually an illusion. There are invisible worlds all around you from which infinite streams of energy flow – moving through you and connecting you with the vast universe. Your team of guides is part of this energy, flowing through you like your breath, influencing, protecting and inspiring you from within. You might wonder why these celestial beings spend their time guiding and protecting you. In fact, your guides are deeply invested in you – because the expansion their own spiritual awareness comes from serving the human dimension. Their mission is to help you become more spiritual and enlightened, and the way that they do that depends on their own “specialty.” Here are some of the guides who might be part of your personal team right now. Your Master Guide heads up your team and has actually been involved in many of your incarnations. Your Master Guide is usually a member of your soul family. The master guide teaches you soul lessons and inspires you to fulfill your destiny. A Guardian Angel watches over you and will pull or push you out of harm’s way when necessary. It knows when your Earth life is finished and is present at the time of your death to usher you to the spiritual dimensions. Your Relationship Guides help you deal with the lessons of love. They work with your unique energy to attract persons with whom you are karmically connected. Relationship guides are often friends and family members who are now in the Spirit realm. Healing guides are usually doctors, nurses, and other healers throughout many of their incarnations and they influence you in matters of mental and psychical health. Inspirational guides are evolved beings who reach out to you from the higher realms to impart higher truths. Think of them as the professors and philosophers of the spiritual dimensions. These are just a few of the guides who might be with you at this very moment – remember, guides come and go based upon where you are in your life, and not all are celestial. Some might be members of your Soul Family who are currently in their human form – but they all have something in common. They will be more effective if you are aware of them and open to letting them work through you. An exercise to connect with your personal guides.Take a look at the four figures in the image above. Without overthinking or forcing anything, use your intuition to decide which of the four guides speaks to you. Look at that guide more closely. With their image in mind, write a welcoming letter inviting them to take an active role in your life. Describe areas where you would like their help. As you go through the next few days, carry on a silent dialogue with them and look out for signs of their presence and guidance. Ask them to tell you their name, and use it when you communicate with them. You’ll be surprised at how effective this is in allowing you to feel the presence of your guide! We’ll be discussing the role that guides play in your life over the next few weeks, as the launch of my new book – Wisdom From Your Spirit Guides – gets closer! To learn about the free gifts you’ll receive when you pre-order, please go to: www.vanpraagh.com/wisdom-from-your-spirit-guides/. www.vanpraagh.com/spirit-guides-inspiring-from-within/
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Post by auntym on Oct 4, 2017 12:43:42 GMT -6
www.vanpraagh.com/program-yourself-to-receive-gifts-from-your-guides/ Program Yourself to Receive Gifts from Your Guidesby James Van Praagh 10-4-2017 You have a team of guides, both on earth and in the divine realm, who work through you to help make the most of your earthly existence. They delight in providing you with protection, guidance and divine gifts – all you have to do is make yourself open and available to receive them. In this passage from my upcoming book, Wisdom from Your Spirit Guides, I share a few simple techniques to help you clear your energy and invite your guides to shower you with the abundant wisdom and priceless gifts they have to offer. Enjoy! Setting Your Intention:From the moment you wake up every day, you must have a sense of gratitude. Thank you for giving me another day to learn. Be mindful of your thoughts. I know that a lot of you who are reading this are thinking, My body is in constant pain. I should be grateful for that? Or My child has died. I’m supposed to be happy? I don’t want to sound like I’m trivializing your battles or that I don’t have empathy for your struggles. What I’m saying is that it’s my belief that obstacles have been placed in our paths so we can learn from them. In my worldview, everything in the physical dimension is temporary; it is your soul that is perfect and immortal. Try not to drag yourself out of bed each morning and think negatively. Also, don’t walk around in a daze. Train yourself to become constantly aware and conscious. Thoughts are real—they can affect your mood and your health. When you take a shower and the water flows over you, close your eyes and for a moment picture a golden light of loving energy flowing into your body. Be aware that you are receiving this golden light in every cell, muscle, bone, and tissue. See the light expand and flow through your energy field and beyond your body into your spiritual self. As it does, imagine all energies that are not for your highest good dissolve and flow down the drain. Mother Earth will neutralize those. This golden light brings you a sense of balance, peace, and connection to the One Source. In complete awareness you know that you are part of the Universe, and that this beautiful energy stays with you throughout the day. As you are preparing to leave the shower, say, “May God go before me and show me the way today.” You are setting your intention and programming the spaces you will encounter each day. When you send out this thought, you’re actually transmitting that vibration and the same energy will return to you. Make your intention personal to you. I vary my intentions throughout the week. Some- times I say, “I am a magnet. I will attract only love and the experiences that are for my highest good.” Or: “Spirit, guide me today. May everybody who comes upon my path be enlightened.” Set your intention daily. Make it a habit. If you have to, put a note or object in or near the shower to remind you to invoke your intention. In two weeks, you will start to feel centered, connected, and balanced. You will have a sense of renewal. I can’t wait to share the all the wisdom of the guides with you! When you pre-order Wisdom From Your Spirit Guides, you’ll also receive some extras to go along with this special book. Go here to check out the three gifts I’ve chosen for you, and stay tuned here and on my Facebook page for more wisdom, card readings and surprises from your Guides, and from me! www.vanpraagh.com/program-yourself-to-receive-gifts-from-your-guides/
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