Important information about testing from well-known psychic authors Barbara Ann Brennan, Char Margolis, and Sylvia Browne:
Barbara Ann Brennan, "Hands of Light", A Guide to Healing Through The Human Energy Field:
Pages 273-274
Testing:
As soon as you decided to dedicate yourself to your true path and make that the central priority of your life, you become aware of an overall process taking place in your life. This life process carries you through inner landscapes that change the nature of your personal reality. You begin to see cause and effect relationships between your inner personal reality and the "outer" world.
I was carefully led (by my higher self and guides) through a step-by-step process which was designed to help me learn spiritual law. I spent fairly long periods of time concentrating on and learning about the nature of truth, Divine will and love. After a period of time concentrating on one of these principles, I felt as if I was being tested. I continually found myself in situations where it was very difficult to stay with the truth, love, or to even have much of an idea as to what Divine will might be. At times it appeared that my guides, the angels or God was testing me, and I couldn't do much about it. Eventually, I could see that these tests are designed (with my full agreement) by a consciousness much greater than mind. I am part of that greater consciousness. Ultimately then, in a sense, I design the tests. The small "ego-me" usually wants no part of it. The wiser part of me knows better.
The first thing you will face after committing yourself to your path is your fear."
Char Margolis, "Questions From Earth, Answers From Heaven", Page 222
"We're always being tested. We're always being tasked to learn more, to be more, to love more, to care more compassionately for ourselves as well as others. Intuition is simply another tool we can use to help us pass the tests we're given and to learn the lessons we're asked to learn. And if we use our intuition, we may be able to use it to help others with their lessons, too.
It does seem that some people's tests are harder than others. I can't tell you why--maybe it's karma from a past life, maybe they need a big example to make them learn a crucial lesson, maybe the hardship they're going through is somehow serving others. But I believe that God never gives us anything that we can't handle. And sometimes quite honestly, the biggest tests we can face come from following our intuition. There have been times when I've had a strong gut feeling that goes against all logic, and I've had to decide if I truly believe in my own sixth sense enough to follow my instinct. I will say, however, that most people usually come out right in the end when they follow that inner voice.On the subject of different Angels and Guardians for separate purposes, Char Margolis in the same book, page 163 says: "We also have different guardian angels and spirit guides for different needs. They come in at certain times in our lives to help us with certain things, and some stay and some go. For example, if you're embarking on a speaking career and you haven't done a lot of public speaking before, you may be loaned a spirit who was a great speaker. These "task-specific guides are there to help you out when you take on a new field of endeavor. then there are other highly developed spirits who remain with us for our entire lifetime on earth,helping us to progress."
Sylvia Browne wrote in her book "Adventures of a Psychic", page 23:
The spirit guide's purpose is to research, suggest, nudge, and encourage the person whom he or she may be guiding through life. In most cases, the guides operate in the individual's subconsciousness, appearing as the "voice of conscience." They will illustrate lessons and speak of what the individual is here to learn, but they never interfere with choices. They are extremely careful never to preclude the opportunity for a person to learn a life lesson. If the subject is headed toward an event that will teach a valuable, but difficult lesson, a guide may point out an alternative route. The decision remains with the individual; if that choice involves pain and struggle, the guide won't prevent it.
According to Francine, spirit guides may use a variety of methods to communicate. They convey knowledge through dreams, or as a flash in the mind's eye, even occasionally as a voice. It's a frustrating task, Francine told Sylvia, because few people take the time to really listen."
In conclusion, the more I learn about the Spirit Realm, the more I realize that they are so much like us down here with our regular ways of doing things, and there's no mystery to it at all. They have a whole guidance system up there that is regulated and monitored, and have goof-ups at times just like we do down here on Earth. Guides after all are people just like we are and mistakes do happen. Sometimes people even "fall through the cracks" in the system and then have complications, but that's just how it is here on Earth, too. If you ever have a disagreement with your Guide or are having problems overall in how you are trained, just pray to God about it, and there will be the process started right away within their system to investigate and correct the problem.