Spiritual Guides


During our lives, thankfully, we don't have to go through the emotional, physical and spiritual lessons of this life alone. We can gain insight into our karmic lessons or the trials and tribulations that cross our paths by raising above the physical path and looking at our spiritual path.


Other than the Great Spirits and the people we've chosen to interact with in this embodiment, we also have a few spiritual friends to help us look at these lessons from a higher level. These spiritual friends on the other side can ‘see’ more of what's happening from the spiritual perspective and help give us insight and find guidance along the way.

We have several different types of guides depending on the culture you come from. Metaphysically speaking there are 4 basic categories or types of guides:

The Relative Guide

This is usually a person who knew you in this lifetime. They are the relative who helps you through the day to day grind and nitty gritty processes of life. They are the soul who greets you at the door when it comes your time to transition from life to death.

The Spirit Guide

This is usually a person you knew in a past life. Someone who is on the same spiritual level as yourself. This soul helps you with your higher purpose or mission in this embodiment. The karmic issues, the spiritual lessons, the gifts and talents you brought from the past into this life and so on. Their main purpose is to help you evolve your soul during this incarnation.

The Angels

Everyone has a Guardian Angel watching over him or her, protecting him or her and providing a connection to the higher divine force. Angels were never incarnated beings. They are the messengers of the Divine.

The Master Teacher

If you are destined to be a spiritual leader (it doesn't matter if it's a Catholic Pope, a Metaphysical Minister or a Spiritual Healer), you will have with you, at the appropriate time, a Master Teacher. This soul is someone who is on a higher spiritual plane than you. They help you with the responsibility of ‘leadership’, the dissemination, and the higher more advanced spiritual evolutionary issues that a leader will need to be aware of.

If you'd like to meet your spirit guides, you might try the special meditation we've created just for this purpose. We outlined 2 meditations that might be beneficial for you, the first is set with the intent of meeting you spirit guide, and the second is designed to guide you to your animal guide.

 

Spirit Guide Meditation



If you haven't already, you may want to take a look at our explanation of what Spirit Guides are. Once you know what they are, you might want to meet them, find a way to speak to them and use their guidance.

There are many ways that a guide can come to you and introduce himself or herself. Dreams are one of the most common, but you don't have to sleep through the visit. You can talk to them while you're driving and you need guidance getting out of an unfamiliar town, or country road. Just ask and then follow your instincts, it's usually a little whisper telling you which way to turn.

If you'd like to have a more meaningful face to face, you might try one of the best methods. Meditation. If you sit down and plan out what you want to do with your meditations, set the intent so to speak, then you can accomplish journey's across the globe, to the moon, or into the ethers to meet you guides or relatives.

 

Why meet your guides?


Your guides are a great source of strength, comfort, support and gathering information for your current embodiment. From asking them to help you find your lost keys to supporting you and giving you direction with a major life decision, they are here for you.


We've laid out 2 examples of these guided or visualised meditations for those who would like to give it a try. Remember that our method is simply what works for us and it may not be the perfect structure for your efforts. But don't give up if it doesn't work the first time. Just keep practicing and trying to "sense" the presence of your unseen friends.

 

Our guides are here to help us out everyday, so talk to them and ask for their guidance. Talk to them in your conscious states, in your dreams and in these types of mediation. Remember they are on the astral levels and are filled with love and compassion. They never loose patience with us, they never get mad at us and they never judge our actions.

Since this is a special meditation, you may want to prepare your meditation space in a special way. Add a few ritualistic events, such as lighting a white candle and saying a prayer stating your intent for this meditative session. Some people like to decorate their meditative space with a religious symbol to add to the spiritual significance of this meditation.

Once you are all set and prepared, this is what you do. Take your time, try to imagine as much detail as possible.

  1. Sit in a comfortable position, one that you can sustain for about 30-45 minutes.
  2. Close your eyes and take in a deep cleansing breath. Fill your lungs to their fullest capacity. Then release the breath through your mouth and push all the air out of your body. Take in 3 deep breaths through the nose, imagine the white light from the universe coming into your lungs and collecting at your solar plexus.
  3. With all 3 exhales, image all the stress, anxiety and negativity you have leaving your body carried out to the universe on a grey smoke where it can be dissipated and no longer do harm to anyone. As you exhale, imagine the events of the day or week floating out of your body. Put these worries aside and begin to relax your entire body and mind. Feel the tension in your muscles begin to subside. Begin at your solar plexus and imagine the white light moving up and down your body from this point. Imagine the warmth of the energy as it passes through your muscles and organs. Feel the tingling sensations as the light moves down to your toes and up your body to the top of your head. Imagine your entire body engulfed by this white divine light, from the inside out.
  4. Say a prayer once more asking your guides and teachers to come to you and to help with the purpose of this mediation. State your intention clearly and ask the 'Gods' to help you with your meditative journey. Don't forget to thank them up front for their efforts.
  5. This step takes a little practice, don't worry if you can't do this for any extended period of time, but at least give it a try. Keep your eyes closed, but look up at the pineal gland. This is a small gland located in the middle of your forehead, just above the brow. (This is also considered to be the position of your third eye and is therefore the gateway to higher conscious realms). Try to keep your eyes focused on this point. The muscles around your eyes may become sore as you stretch them upward, so don't over do this at first. As you practice, this step will become easier and easier to do.
  6. As you focus on your third eye imagine you're at the base of a tunnel, dimly light and slanted upward. Imagine your astral body (or your soul) standing up from your physical body and begin to walk toward and into the tunnel. See the lights on the walls and the texture of the floor as you walk through the tunnel. Imagine yourself moving upward.
  7. Just a head of you, about 100 yards, you see a set of glass doors and through those doors you can see a brilliant white light. You feel in your heart that this is the light of the universal consciousness. A feeling of Peace, calm, protection and knowledge fills your insides. With each step closer, you feel more relaxed and at peace...you feel uplifted and connected to this universal energy.
  8. As you approach the doors, they automatically open and invite your soul into this realm of enlightenment. As you pass through you can see an image waiting for you, arms outstretched as if wanting to greet you with a loving hug. At first the image is little blurry and about 50 yards in front of you.
  9. As you get closer to the image, you begin to see their features more clearly. You can see the type of cloths they're wearing, the style of their hair and any decorations they have, such as a hat or feathers, or jewellery.
  10. Finally, standing right in front of this wonderful soul, you can see their face very clearly and you know this is your guide. As you embrace, you can feel their energy surrounding you, both spiritually and physically. You make a mental note of this feeling so that you can recognise it when you return and feel your guide during your conscious state.
  11. The remainder of this meditation is up to the individual. You can ask their name, ask them what your purpose is in this lifetime. What lessons you're here to learn or what karma you need to resolve. Or how you know them, what their relationship is to you.
  12. When you have concluded your visit, make sure you thank them deeply for their gift of service and protection to you. Thank them for coming here during this meditation to meet you and/or visit with you. Give them a goodbye hug, then turn and head back for the tunnel.
  13. Imagine yourself passing through the glass doors and heading back down to your meditative space. Imagine your soul walking through the door to your room, and seeing your physical body right where you left it. As your soul steps back inside your spiritual body, all the visions sensations and answers you received merge with your physical brain and are automatically stored into your conscious mind.
  14. Take in a deep breath, begin to feel your body, become more and more aware of your surroundings, have a nice long and hard stretch, and then open your eyes.
The last thing you should do before you get up from your meditative spot is to record this event either on tape or in a journal. It's important to do it right away while the images, feelings and sounds are still clear in your mind.

You don't have to reserve this mediation for just meeting your guides. You can use it each time you want to visit with them as well. You can meet with them on the astral levels to work out problems and discuss solutions to any situation you are presented with in your life.

 

Meeting Your Animal Guides


There are many ways to finding out what your animal guide or guides are. But when you make the journey, it is best to meet one at a time in order to make the most of the visit. My favourite way and most recommend is through a special meditation journey. That is, a meditation with a specific purpose and intent. As usual, grab your journal so you can write down your experience as soon as you've finished. You don't want to forget anything.


When you have completed your journey, start your research about your particular animal (see the animal guides section). You might want to pull in their essence during your daily events, so pick a calendar, a picture, a statue or whatever you like.

The most important part to this meditation is to keep an open mind. Don't go into this with preconceived ideas or perceptions!

 

Animal Guide Meditation

 

Since this is a special meditation, you may want to prepare your meditation space in a special way. Add a few ritualistic events, such as lighting a white candle and saying a prayer stating your intent for this meditative session. You may want to decorate your space with several animal statues or books about a variety of animals. Once you meet your animal guide, you can remove these generic items and replace them with specific ones of your personal animal spirit(s).

Once you are all set and prepared, this is what you do. Take your time, try to imagine as much detail as possible. And it can't be stressed enough how important it is not to go into this meditation with pre-conceived ideas about what you would LIKE your guide to be. Keep an open mind and an open heart.

 

1.      Sit in a comfortable position, one that you can sustain for about 30-45 minutes.

 

2.      Close your eyes and take in a deep cleansing breath. Fill your lungs to their fullest capacity. Then release the breath through your mouth and push all the air out of your body. Take in 3 deep breaths through the nose, imagine the white light from the universe coming into your lungs and collecting at your solar plexus.

 

3.      With all 3 exhales, image all the stress, anxiety and negativity you have leaving your body carried out to the universe on a grey smoke where it can be dissipated and no longer do harm to anyone. As you exhale, imagine the events of the day or week floating out of your body. Put these worries aside and begin to relax your entire body and mind. Feel the tension in your muscles begin to subside. Begin at your solar plexus and imagine the white light moving up and down your body from this point. Imagine the warmth of the energy as it passes through your muscles and organs. Feel the tingling sensations as the light moves down to your toes and up your body to the top of your head. Imagine your entire body engulfed by this white divine light, from the inside out.

 

4.      Say a prayer once more asking your guides and teachers to come to you and to help with the purpose of this mediation. State your intention clearly and ask the 'Gods' to help you with your meditative journey. Don't forget to thank them up front for their efforts.

 

5.      This step takes a little practice, don't worry if you can't do this for any extended period of time, but at least give it a try. Keep your eyes closed, but look up at the pineal gland. This is a small gland located in the middle of your forehead, just above the brow. (This is also considered to be the position of your third eye and is therefore the gateway to higher conscious realms). Try to keep your eyes focused on this point. The muscles around your eyes may become sore as you stretch them upward, so don't over do this at first. As you practice, this step will become easier and easier to do.

 

6.      As you focus on your third eye imagine you're at the base of a tunnel, dimly light and slanted upward. Imagine your astral body (or your soul) standing up from your physical body and begin to walk toward and into the tunnel. See the lights on the walls and the texture of the floor as you walk through the tunnel. Imagine yourself moving upward.

 

7.      Just ahead you see the opening to the tunnel and as you reach the top, you realise you are standing on a ledge high above your town. You feel propelled to raise your arms and step off the cliff. At the very second you leave the cliff, your astral body morphs into a beautiful bird and you begin to fly westward toward the Pacific.

 

8.      Imagine the landscape passing below you, the mountains, rivers, forests and deserts. Imagine your soul flying over the coastline and out over the ocean. Now turn your wings a little to the north, flying toward the centre of the northern pacific.

 

9.      As you travel over the water you see in the distance an island. It's not a terribly big island, but it's large enough to hold a tall dormant volcano which now has a great water fall spilling into a clear pool at it's base. Now dip your wings slightly and make your way to the edge of that pool. As you step onto the island under a large shade tree, you instantly morph back into your human soul form. Look around and see the soft carpet of moss under your feet, listen to the crashing soothing sounds of the waterfall, take in a deep breath and smell the fresh flower sweetened air. This is the Island of the Animal Kingdom. Every animal that has ever existed lives on this island or in the pool of water before you.

 

10.Now imagine yourself sitting under this tree on the moss, next to the pool of water. Get very comfortable and prepare yourself for another internal meditation on this island. Imagine yourself going into a meditation state. Call your animal guide and ask them to come and make themselves known to you. Imagine yourself getting as relaxed as possible. As soon as you're ready, imagine yourself opening your eyes. The first image you see before you is your animal spirit. Either on the land or in the water, the animal makes itself known to you.

 

11.The remainder of this meditation is up to the individual. You can ask their name, ask them what lessons you have to learn from them. Ask them what strengths and/or weaknesses they bring to you. Ask them how they can help you combat these weaknesses. And ask them how you can call on their strengths to help you during stressful situations or when ever you need a little extra energy.

 

12.When you have concluded your visit, make sure you thank them deeply for their gift of service and protection to you. Thank them for coming here during this meditation to meet you and/or visit with you. Give them a goodbye hug. Then imagine yourself lifting your arms and morphing back into the bird spirit. Fly back over the ocean to your country, over the deserts or forests or rivers. Back to the edge of the tunnel. As soon as you step down on the tunnel you morph back into your human self again.

 

13.Imagine yourself walking back into the tunnel and heading back down to your meditative space. Imagine your soul walking through the door to your room, and seeing your physical body right where you left it. As your soul steps back inside your spiritual body, all the visions sensations and answers you received merge with your physical brain and are automatically stored into your conscious mind.

 

14.Take in a deep breath, begin to feel your body, become more and more aware of your surroundings, have a nice long and hard stretch, and then open your eyes.

 

Remember: The last thing you should do before you get up from your meditative spot is to record this event either on tape or in a journal. It's important to do it right away while the images, feelings and sounds are still clear in your mind.

 

Next, find information about your animal guide. Read about its habits, talents and personality. How much does this animal reflect your own personality? You should also begin to surround yourself with images of you animal guide. This helps the conscious mind connect with the animal spirit during the day and can give you added strength and support during your activities.

 

The more you meet with your animal guide, the more you begin to feel their presence around you during your conscious states. You will feel them at your side, perhaps lying down next to you, protecting you, and giving you comfort when you may feel all alone. They are truly our best friends and will never leave us.