What Are Spirit Guides?
What is a spirit guide?
Spirit guides are souls and energetic beings that are here to support and assist you in all that you need. Imagine them as an internal guidance system with the ability to help you navigate through life’s experiences. They are a reminder that you do not have to do life alone.
There are no set number of spirit guides any person has. Everyone has at least one. The guides you have are all based on need and intention. Some come and go throughout your life as you need them. Some stay with you as your soul reincarnates from lifetime to lifetime.
You are always allowed to call forth a spirit guide to assist you with a particular need in your life. You do not need to wait for them to come knocking at your door first.
Spirit guides come in all forms. They have a consciousness and the ability to interact with you in a way that meets your needs. Your spirit guides will appear to you in the form that you are able to best connect with.
Your guides are multidimensional beings without limitation. They are not bound by time and space and can be available to you anytime and anywhere. The only limitations that exist in your interactions with them are the ones you create in your mind. Be open to all possibilities.
What types of spirit guides are there?
Spirit guides can take on any form they need to in order for you to connect with them. The possibilities are truly endless. One type of guide is not more powerful than another. They all have equal value that brings different things to your life. Keep an open mind to the guides that show up to support you.
Potential forms a spirit guide can appear as:
Angel
Ascended Master
Star being
Human figure
Spirit animal
Loved one that has passed away
Elemental spirit
Ball of light
Wispy flow of energy
You also have your Higher Self as a spirit guide which everyone has. This is the spirit and divine expression of your soul. Where your other spirit guides are different souls than you, your Higher Self is the purest form of YOU and is not separate from you. If you have never connected to your Higher Self, I highly recommend it. You can use my spirit guides meditation, here, if you need assistance. With this meditation, you would just need to create the intention to meet and connect with your Higher Self, specifically.
How can my spirit guides help me?
Spirit guides can assist and support you with anything that you need. If you find yourself wondering if your guides can help you with a particular thing, the answer is yes! They always want to help you, but they need your permission. Permission is vital because spirit guides are not allowed to impose on your free will.
Your spirit guides can help you with:
Healing - mind, body and spirit
Clarity, guidance and insight into any area of your life
Identifying your life purpose
Remembering who you are
Understanding your consciousness
Knowing what your soul is ready to work on this lifetime
Connecting to your soul
Energy clearing
Manifesting
Remember, you are worthy of receiving all the support you need, whether from your guides or otherwise. You are not required to do life alone. Allow yourself to find the balance between your own self-empowerment and getting support when you need it.
How do I connect with my spirit guides?
One of the best ways to connect with your guides is through meditation. If you feel confident enough in your own meditation practice, try it yourself. All you need to do is go into meditation and set the intention to meet and connect with your spirit guides, and then wait for them to reveal themselves to you. Once they show up, spend time asking questions to get to know them and their purpose with you in this lifetime.
If you do not feel confident meditating on your own, I recommend finding a guided meditation that is designed specifically for connecting you to your spirit guides. Feel free to check out my Spirit Guides Meditation on Insight Timer, here!
Anytime you connect with your spirit guides, I recommend spending time journaling afterwards as this can help integrate the experience you have, along with any information you receive. This can also bring through additional insight and clarity.
Think of your guides as a relationship that needs to be cultivated. They already know you, maybe even better than you know yourself (at least consciously anyway). The more you take the time to get to know them, the stronger your conscious connection with them will be.
How do I communicate with my spirit guides?
Once you have connected to your guides, the best way to get to know them is by asking them questions.
Possible questions you could ask them:
What do I call you?
What are you here to help me with in this lifetime?
How do I connect with you when I need your assistance?
Do you have any messages for me right now?
For people who are able to visualize, you are likely to see your guides in some form or another. If you are a person who does not visualize, do not get hung up on trying to see them. If you do not see any guides in your inner vision, pay attention to the feelings, senses and knowings that arise.
Your inner senses, also known as the clair senses, of feeling, sensing and knowing is how your guides will communicate with you, regardless if you see them or not. This may often be experienced as thoughts that arise in your mind. Yes, sometimes it could be your mind making things up. It could also be you perceiving their communication through your inner knowing. It takes time and repetition to determine whether it is your mind or the voice of your spirit guides.
We all perceive these energies differently. Go with the way that feels natural for you, instead of forcing. Forcing creates resistance which can pull you into your mind and make it feel harder to connect with your guides and perceive their messages. Going with what is natural for you will keep you in a state of allowing. This gives you a greater chance of accessing the guides connected to your soul.
Common myths.
You cannot know the names of your spirit guides.
Yes, there really are people that say that. *insert eye roll. The human part of our consciousness is much denser than the spirit part. Spirit guides are connected to the spirit part of our consciousness. Messages from them have to get through that density for us to perceive them. It can take time and repetition to chip away through the density, especially if spiritual experiences like this are newer for you. Spirit guides often give us the opportunity to practice patience. If for any reason a name does not come to you, keep trying.
Spirit guides decide what is best for you.
This is not true, as spirit guides cannot intercept our free will. All they can do is show us possibilities. It is then up to us to decide what we will do with those. Do not give your power away to your guides. You are responsible and accountable for your life. Give yourself permission to feel and be empowered in this knowing.
You can only connect with your spirit guides when they want you to.
Again, not true. Spirit guides are here to empower you, not play games with you. They are always available and waiting for you to be the one to say you are ready for what they have to share with you. You not perceiving them does not mean they are not there. Remember, you have to keep digging your way through the density by continuously showing up and connecting with them. This will lead to you cultivating a clear relationship with your guides.
Your spirit guides are ready for you.
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