|
Spirit guides are non-physical beings, whose experiences qualify them to
be of assistance to you, and who try to guide you through life to help
you fulfill the purposes for which you are living.
An important consequence of the existence of these guardians is that it
implies that every person can receive communications from spirits. Why
would people have spirit guides if they couldn't be guided? If spirit
guides can influence you, how do they do it? Usually, your guardians
don't appear and talk to you face to face, so they must influence you
through your mind.
Spirit guides don't force us to follow
their advice. Some people are so attached to their own ideas,
desires, and ego that they are unwilling to consider anything that
contradicts their attachments. In these cases people can ignore guidance
but that doesn't mean that they are not receiving it.
Most of the time you perceive guidance as an idea that comes to your mind but you don't recognize that it is from outside yourself. However it is sometimes possible to learn to recognize these communications and to improve your receptivity:
To learn to do this, try this exercise every day at the same time of day:
Sit down with the intention of writing about important issues or
questions in your life or issues or questions of spirituality that you
have an interest in. These are the types of topics that spirit guides
try to help you with. One would expect that they would try to guide
your thinking as you write about these subjects whether or not you are
intentionally trying to communicate with them. Begin with a short prayer asking God
to watch over you, protect you, and guide you. The Lord's Prayer is
excellent for this purpose. Then start writing, on paper or at a
keyboard. Continue for twenty minutes or so. Do not practice more than an
hour a day.
The changes that will occur in your experience of this will occur over a
time period measured in years. Do not expect astounding results
immediately. Do not do anything suggested by this writing that you
would not do under ordinary circumstances. Do not get carried away and
consider every idea that comes into your head a divine revelation making
you infallible. If you like what is written and it makes obvious sense
then accept it at face value. If you disagree with it then reject it.
As you write try to maintain a detached state of mind. Don't judge what
you write while you are writing it. You can judge it later when you are
done. Resistance or doubt interferes with your receptivity. Just write
whatever comes. Accept silly stuff you think you might be making up -
remember you are looking for gradual changes over a period of years so
in the beginning don't expect profundity or expertise. Also, the
communication may come in the form of ideas not a series of words, in
this case it is your own mind that puts the ideas into words, so there
may be a very good reason why it might seem like the writing is coming from
your own mind. The important point is to maintain a receptive /
meditative state of mind so that you and your guides can gradually build
a rapport. It takes time.
Sometimes you may start off with something that seems silly but as you
go on it winds around to something profound. If nothing comes to mind
then sit and meditate until thoughts begin to arise. Don't put pressure
on yourself to perform. If you really don't like what is coming through
then don't write it.
If you do this practice daily over a period of years you may gradually
become more aware of when you are being guided. It is possible that
rather than sensing a presence, you may just notice subtle changes in
the characteristics of the style or mechanics of writing that indicate
you are being influenced. Even if you don't notice anything different,
you may find that what you write is useful and meaningful to you so that
you may continue this practice for that reason alone. It is important
that your intentions be pure and that you do this because you desire to
know more clearly the divine plan so that you may be able to play an
appropriate part in it. If you look inside yourself and see that your
motives are purely for amusement or to attain power then you should not
do it.
Related Reading
|