This is a questions I am often asked.
All of us have them. They are all around us if we could only perceive
them. Often confused with angels, they are souls who walk amongst us who are here to help, offer guidance, comfort, and yes - even advice. Just what are these spirits and where do they come from? They are what are known as Spirit Guides and they come from the Realm of Spirit, or the Other Side.
Spirit Guide, unlike an Angel, was once a human being, like you and I. They lived their life, performed their tasks, died, and crossed over to the Other Side. Some choose to come back, to reincarnate in a new life, in a new place. Others, however, make the choice to remain in Spirit so they can learn and spiritually advance while helping others still living to learn their life lessons. This is a Spirit Guide.
Spirit Guides, as former human beings, are well aware of the problems we face in our everyday mundane lives. They were once concerned with very similar matters. They tend to have their own special areas of expertise, often based on past personal experiences or careers they have had in a past life.
How man can we have?
At any given time, you could have as many as eight.
Your Spirit Guide, unlike your Guardian Angel, comes and goes in your life. A Guardian Angel is with you from birth until death. A Spirit Guide, on the other hand, comes into your life when an issue arises that falls under a guide's field of expertise. So, Spirit Guides often come and go, changing as the situations in your life change, and as you change and grow, you attract new guides to you. Some believe that we have a master guide who is with us from birth to death as well. I always think of these two guardian helpers as a team working together.
Your Spirit Guide is always there to help you. This is their sole purpose, to offer the living their help and guidance. However, as spirits, they operate on a higher vibrational frequency than mortals do, so the majority of us cannot see them, cannot hear them, and cannot sense their presence.
So, how do we know when a Spirit Guide is trying to make contact with us?
Unless you are fairly intuitive, most of us are not consciously aware of when a Guide attempts to make contact with us. Think of the random thoughts that occur to your throughout you day. Hmm, no, that's too much. What about the random thoughts that occur to you in just 3 minutes? Often it's a guide trying to communicate
Because I always felt somewhat different and very sensitive to the unseen mysteries of life, I was aware at a very young age there was so much more to this material world than we can see with our visual eyes. I instinctively knew that we live many life times, and that we are in reality, spiritual beings in a physical shell
When I began this journey into the unknown many years ago, there were few training facilities. And truthfully, I was a little afraid to explore and develop my gifts. Putting my trepidation aside, I began my journey at the Berkeley Psychic Institute in Berkeley, California. It was a long way to go, across the bridge to the East Bay from my home town in Palo Alto, but I persevered. During those years I also began studying astrology, about the angelic realms, how to contact my spirit guides, and past lives. I read every book available on the subjects and practiced as much as I could. As I continued to grow and expand my knowledge, paranormal events were happening at an accelerated rate in my life.
I moved to the southwest in the early eighties and met my first real mentor and teacher. She told me I would soon be doing intuitive counseling just as she was. I distinctly remember telling her, " This is just a side interest of mine and I think you must be mistaken." But, she insisted that I too would be doing readings for others. As it turns out, I have counseled hundreds and hundreds of people and worked in most facets of the intuitive arts field. This, coupled with a corporate career, has kept me very busy.
What I have found in my fascinating journey into the inner realms, is a new way of living and thinking. I have been able to experience life and its mysteries to its fullest and find wonder in all there is. The inner expansion and healing as result has been a phenomenal gift. And, I truly believe those individuals willing to explore and increase their potential like I did, have the opportunity to live a wonderfully enriched life by drawing from the limitless supply of amazing graces we've all been given.
