Spiritualism & Mediumship Development Center

SPIRIT GUIDES-who are they?
Are they Angels or are they Friends who have passed over - or are they Guides as the name states?

When people start on their Spiritual path, straight away there are millions of questions in their minds. How do we get in touch with our guides? This is the main one that I come across the most. Or, is it really spirit or is it my imagination - am I going crazy? I hear voices in my ears. I see things that are going to happen. Who is this? Is it my guide?

This is my concept only. I feel that we have 3 guides when we first start on our path. I believe that we have a guide that is with us through many life times and I figure this one is the boss. Then there is a gate-keeper. This guide only allows those through the gate for your learning. I feel that they will not stop you from learning or having experiences for your own growth and spiritual development and to give you insight into the reality of what life is all about.

Then I feel we have like a foreman, who keeps an eye on our spirit friends that want to communicate with us, because when we open up our channels of communication we open the flood gate and there are so many in the spirit world that want to be heard, and have a message to pass on so this I feel has to be. When we communicate with our guides, we seem to get carried away. Some seem to hand their lives over to their guides. This is not a good idea. We are here on the physical plane and have to live our physical life and keep the balance.

How we communicate with our guides: Each one of us does this in different ways. Not all can communicate through meditation. This is OK, I feel that your guides will communicate with you the way that you are comfortable with or are able to accept. There are no fast and hard rules, to communicate with your guides. We are in tune with our spirit guides all the time. We do not realise this at first until we let go of the analytical mind, and trust in our own higher self. Relax and allow the mind to be free to gather in the information that is needed for you at this time. When you put your analytical mind into gear this is when the channels shut down.

Sometimes there is a fear of feeling stupid and sometimes a feeling of doubt, and is it me or my guides?, or is this what I want to believe in? How do I know that it is my guides or some mischief maker, or an entity? All of these things go through our minds and it starts to race, then the doubts set in and we get upset, and do not want to discuss it with anyone in case they feel as if we have flipped. All of these things go through our minds.

This is natural until we build up enough confidence to believe in our own ability to feel the difference, with the different energies that are around us. When our guides are close, there is a lovely energy. Some people get hot, others get on a real high. It is very hard to explain because everyone feels differently and this is good because we are all different, none of us develop in the same way so if you have a good gut feeling then it is right. If the gut feeling tells you it is no good, listen to it.

Another way to tell if the guide is good of bad is, I feel, that if a spirit guide is good then they will not use the instrument while you are low in energy or are not well. If a guide does not respect the instrument that it is channelling through, then do not allow it to come through. Ask your gate-keeper not to allow anyone through that is not for your higher self. this you can do. Remember that the choice is yours at all times.

Spirit Guides guide us through life's situations. They can present themselves in thought forms, or in our meditation as an Indian chief or a nun or an angel or sometimes even in the form of Christ. They present themselves as to what we can accept at our time of learning. In the Catholic Religion people have their favourite Saints, they pray to Our Lady, some pray to The Sacred Heart, Saint Jude. This is what the individual concept is so this is right for them. I do not believe that we pray to our guides, thank them yes, but not pray to them. They are only too pleased to assist us on our path.

Remember that our guides are not always right. We have the last say. I have heard some different people say that their guide does so much for them. Guides are there to guide. To guide us in our spiritual path. Our physical is our responsibility. We cannot ask them to take on our learning experiences and to, as the saying goes, do our dirty work. If we do not want to talk to someone, we say that our guides told us that we are not allowed to associate with them, that they are evil and have an entity with them. Please do not blame your guide for this or to blame them for what you have done yourself. The guides can be fun, they do have a sense of humour and they are great. They bring a beautiful lovely energy and are there as our friends. Remember this and allow the communication to be only for the higher self.