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Meeting your spirit guides
One of the most frequently asked questions that I encounter in my work as a professional psychic is “ How do I meet my spirit guide?” The fact is, that many people never get to meet their guides, although they may be in contact with them on a daily basis. We are aware of our guides and a variety of ways. For some people it is simply knowing that the guide is present. For others it is an ongoing relationship, where the guide will appear to them very clearly, even to the point of how they are dressed, and knowing the guides name. But I have to say, that the majority of people are in the first category. It seems that only those who are fairly advanced psychically, and spiritually, get to meet their guides in a more intimate way. Through meditation, and deep relaxation, we can create an atmosphere, and a scenario, to hopefully meet our guides in. To do this you need really to be fairly comfortable with meditation techniques. If you are not, and you desperately would like to meet your guide, then you have the answer! First learn how to meditate! The rest is relatively easy. I am going to lead you through a guided meditation, that will put you in the right place and the right atmosphere to hopefully meet your spirit guides. Please remember that your guide will only make him or herself known to you, if it's right for them to do so, and if it's in your interest to do so at that particular time. If you don't have any luck with this, then you have to ask yourself if meeting your guide is right for you at this time? And should you be instead focusing on your spiritual development, which would probably take you to a point where you would be more aware of your guides. Before you begin this journey into meditation, make sure that you're not going to be disturbed. Unplug the telephone, locked the door, pick a time when you know no one is likely to bother you, otherwise it will be impossible to give it your full attention. Now make yourself comfortable, either sitting in a traditional meditation pose, cross-legged with a straight back, shoulders relaxed. Or if you prefer, sitting comfortably in the chair with your feet slightly elevated. It really doesn't matter how you do it, as long as you feel relaxed and comfortable you will be able to achieve a good level of meditation. The one exception to this is lying flat on your back, although it can be extremely comfortable, you are more likely to go to sleep then to actually achieve a meditative state! The meditation that I'm going to guide you into, is one that we use frequently in our workshops for meeting Spirit, Guides, and Angels. We have achieved great success with this meditation, and it is wonderful to see the expression on the face of someone who, has wanted for so long to be aware of their guides and angels, but has never thought it possible. We have had such joy at the end these meditations, and a wonderful celebratory feeling, when we achieve our purpose. Close your eyes, and allow your body to relax, paying particular attention to the shoulders and chest area, the neck area, and the back of the head. These areas are where we carry stress, and are the most difficult to let stress go from. Now I want you to take three slow, deep, breaths….. and hold each for a count of four, before slowly letting the breath out completely. Do this slowly and deliberately…… filling with breath….. holding….. and slowly releasing. This is called Pranic breathing. It relaxes the body, and floods the blood system and the brain with energy and oxygen, which puts us into a state that is easier to achieve meditation or trance. Now all again, and allow your body to relax….. and breath gently and normally, not forcing the breath, but just allowing it to come and go as it will. After a few minutes, visualised in your mind a door, but a door that swings both ways, like a saloon door. As you breathe, be aware of this door slowly swinging in time to your breath. As you breathe in…. allow the door to swing inwards. As you breathe out… allow the door to swing outwards, but do not force anything, make this natural, and gentle. Keep your attention focused on the door for a few minutes, until it feels natural and comfortable. Now I would like you to imagine yourself standing on a beautiful grassy green hillside, you're in a valley, and all around you are rolling hills, grassy and lush. Above you the sun is shining in a clear blue sky, punctured here and there with little white clouds that scud across the sky. The air is warm, but there is a refreshing breeze that keeps it very pleasant. Ahead of you is a small wood with small shrubs and stunted trees but again very lush and green and inviting. Walk slowly towards this little wood or cops and as you enter it, feel the air become cooler, and be aware of the scent of wild summer flowers. As you stroll through the little wood, you become aware of a grassy mound that is larger than all the rest, surrounded by small dense shrubs. Walking towards this you realise, that it is in fact a cave set in one of the hillsides, with the entrances almost overgrown with hanging shrubs and beautiful smelling honeysuckle. You know there is nothing to fear within this cave, and brushing the undergrowth out of your way, you slowly enter. The cave is just about tall enough to allow you to walk almost at your full height but with a slight bend to avoid hitting your head on the roof. The cave goes on and on, it's dry and earthy and has a beautiful peaty smell, sweet and reassuring. After a little while it becomes darker, but not so dark that you can't see where you going. Yet ahead of you there is a lightning, and you realise that the cave will surely open out into something bigger before too long. As you near the end of the tunnel, you realise that it's actually opening out into a beautiful circular space, surrounded by hills and by woods, but open to the sky. You feel the sudden burst of heat upon your shoulders from the now re-emerged Sun, which is more intense because now you are enclosed, and cannot feel the breeze so easily. In the middle of this circular space, which is closed in beautiful soft green moss and surrounded by bushes, is a bench. And because there seems nothing more sensible to do, you sit on the bench and wait, knowing, that you have come here for a reason, and that you have come here to meet someone. You sit, and relax, and revel in the warmth of the sun, and the feeling of soft green springy moss under your feet. You may even feel that you want to take your shoes off and have direct contact with the earth. Close your eyes now, and relax and wait……… presently you become aware of someone coming toward you slowly, and quietly and sitting on the bench next to you. When you're ready, slowly open your eyes and greet the person who has joined you. This is your spirit guide. What happens next, cannot be predicted by me. It is between you and your guide, but be aware that your guide is there always to protect you, and whatever happens, you are safe and beloved. Listen to whatever your guide has to tell you, and asked questions if you need to. Be aware that you may not get all the answers, it may not be fitting that you do! But when the interview is finished, thank your guide for visiting you, and allow them to go on their way. Take a few moments now to rebalance your energies, and in your own time begin your journey back through the cave, and out into the wood on the other side. Don't rush to do this, take as much time going from your meeting place, as you did to come into it. And as you emerge again from the wood into the sunshine, and into the valley where you began just take a few moments to reflect, on all that you've heard and all that you've seen. Be aware of the sky above you, and the earth beneath your feet, and your connection to both. And then, and in your own time bring your consciousness back to the room in which you are sitting when you started your meditation. Take a few minutes to allow this to happen again, to balance your energies and when you feel fully present, gently…. Gently… open your eyes and, fully back. You may have to do this meditation, this exercise many times, before you meet with your guide. Or it may be that you never will, because it may not be the time for you to do just that, and we must be led by what is right for us. But doing this exercise will put you more in contact with yourself, and with your higher self, and for that purpose if for no other is a useful thing to do. And will assist both your spiritual, and psychic development. There are many variations on the meditation that I've just lead you through, take mine as a starting point, and then create your own. Meditation is a wonderful medium to refresh and heal us. And through it we can reach many places, many areas of ourselves, and encounter our Spirits, Angels, and even Totem Animals. Never be afraid, when you to this meditation, always have in your mind that you're doing it in the light, and for your greater good. The Pranic breathing, will help you connect with your higher self. And if done in the right place with the right intention, can only bring you Joy and Peace. With blessings! |