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We love guides because of the energy we feel when in contact with them, feeling the energy we are aware that we are connected. Being connected means we are getting somewhere. Many conversations we have with them can be as friends and colleagues understanding a problem we are trying to work through. We must feel that we can ask any question however trivial it may seem. Protection is paramount until we feel confident that we have validated their authenticity. This does not take long as our intuition soon tells us if something does not stack up. After a while we are protected as soon as we tune in, the very fact that the relationship is based on trust and that trust being with the highest possible energy builds up our own protected channel. When talking like this on our own the energy never seems as strong as it does when we are in a group because we become accustomed to it and there is less of it normally. When meditating in a group there are a lot more people to pull the energy in and many more guides to provide a channel for that energy. Just because the energy is not so dramatic does not make it less important.
Dealing with the energy can at times be hard. This may seem a little odd but intense energy can upset our balance. It affects our physical bodies in many ways, sometimes as just a tingle felt in the hands and sometimes as though our bodies are about to explode. As we get used to feeling more and more energy it can seem that we become to bursting point, there is no more room for the energy to go. To combat this we can alter our perception of what is going on to overcome the problem. We see our physical bodies as a vessel, with a quantifiable mass and volume which creates a barrier. The mouth and eyes are the only way out for surplus energy. To imagine the energy flowing through the body rather than filling it up helps to prevent us feeling full. The technique that I use is to recognise when I am going to voice channel or decide to go into a deep meditation to converse with a guide and instead of filling myself up with the energy I step into it. This means that rather thinking of my body as a vessel being filled up I immerse the whole of my body in the energy, allowing it to permeate through the skin. With this technique there is a better chance of the energies equalising between the guide and you.
When a relationship first starts, we very often doubt the validity of our channel. This is quite natural and is necessary for us to prove to ourselves that we are correct in thinking we in contact with our guides. It is only through the learning process that a strong bond is built up around us and our belief increases. The friendship then becomes real as it does in any relationship we have on this earth plane. At some point our guide will either move on or will reveal more to us, they will change. Because of the nature of spiritual growth changes mean that a new phase has started we have out grown its purpose. Having spent a long time developing a repartee, we are very often loathed to change. The need for change however means that we have grown and need to move on. Take this as a compliment of hard work.
It can be the case that we move onto a completely new guide or we can be shown other facets of the same one, as we grow the guide appears to mirror our growth. This is where our personal guide develops into something really rather wonderful if this is to be part of our path. A personal guide may never voice channel with us, preferring to leave that to guides whose specialty that is, they are focussed totally on us. Looking out for us and giving us the possibility to be in contact any time. If you think about this, it all makes good use of work done. A relationship flowers and a bond is built up the guides then use this bond to further develop that relationship giving access to other guides through the personal guide, all the time allowing continuity. We feel safe and any guide who needs to speak through us can then use us for channeling purposes, without fear of upsetting the balance.
Of cause there are no set rules, situations may change if it proves that our present guide is no longer appropriate. As I found out with my first guide Charlie, our vibrations were not compatible so she moved on. When the change occurs we can very often feel left in the lurch floating around like driftwood on the incoming tide. This is a natural process. What may be happening is that we are working on another level to catch up with ourselves, it would be no good us running into another guide if there were things that we had to learn before that next relationship could flourish. I have felt this on many occasions doubting whether my link will ever be made again, it always has been. This can also happen when there are things to be sorted out on other levels regardless of whether there is a guide change or not. Trust in the belief that what ever you need for whatever reason will be given at the right time may be hard to understand but it does work. As a new guide is introduced it will be done slowly, through a veil if you like so that sudden changes are avoided as this can nock us sideways when we are not used to it.
Guides who voice channel are changed in the same way. Because of the intense energy flow when we voice channel, an introduction before the event can happen. From my own experience we can be a bit slow to cotton on to what is going on. When my relationship with Aiddrienne was young, she would introduce me to other guides while I was sitting in circle. I thought this was great fun. Each time it happened I would be assessing the new guide and he or she would be doing the same to me. If I did not feel right then we probable would not meet again, if everything went well then the next time we met the veil would be lifted a little more until such time that we were comfortable enough to voice channel. These test were it times unnerving because as they were in progress I was convinced that I was going to channel. When it was time to channel the energy would just go leaving me flat. After this had happened a couple of times I realized what was going on. I could then make allowances and aid the process rather than hindering it by getting disappointed and loosing faith.
There is a lot more activity in our heads than we know about which is disconcerting when we think we are in control. For some reason it is all too easy to segregate our spiritual and physical lives not connecting the two or seeing the reflection between them. We are one being and our actions on all levels have an effect on some part of us. Dreams can play a large part in our relationships with guides. They provide a theatre where we can act out scenes and carry on working when our conscious mind has gone to sleep. Many a time a dream has got through to me when my guide has had trouble doing so directly. We can be either so wrapped up in daily life or looking far too hard for an answer that we skip the obvious, blocking any help that is coming from spirit. The process of re-birth and re-generation are very powerful when undergone in a dream sequence. The effects of merging and working closely with spirit can be felt in a very real physical sense. So can the acceptance of our intention to work for the highest possible motive. Visions of celebrations and undergoing rights of passage ceremonies are wonderful events; we feel that we are getting somewhere and know that the visions are recognition of the fact.
We learn how our guide works with us on our path, they will use language that we understand to get messages across other times we will not have the foggiest of clues as to what is going on. All the time giving us the tools and the situations to complete a particular task or get through an emotional problem. To see the bigger picture sometimes would be detrimental to our growth. The sequence of events must be undergone in the right order for us to fit into a cosmic plan. Being sent down seemingly blind alleys to learn a task or to get information is a regular technique. It is the old have to go via B to get to C from A routine.
Asking the right question is very important. Any question asked will be given an answer of some kind and the answer will run on whether we asked for it or not. If we ask the wrong question about a situation, the reply may not seem to fit. This will happen for two main reasons, firstly it was a totally ridiculous question or secondly the answer we have been given is the one we really needed. If we analyze our question and answers it soon becomes clear that the more specific the question the more use the answer will be. This makes asking the right question a learning experience in itself, find the question and we are half way to the answer. That does sound obstructive to some people but it is not hard to tune into our own intuition to sort it out. After all, our first question may have been off the mark but in there somewhere is usually the real reason we wanted to ask it in the first place.
It seems that we are always being given inspiration from guides but there is two-way traffic going on. Not all guides have had direct experience of our dimension and so are interested in getting to know how things work. We also provide a trade of energies. Our energy is very hard and so is useful in certain ways in a cosmic sense, we are not sheep just being told what to do it is a partnership and what we do directly effects the rest of the cosmos in some way however insignificant it may seem.
Names are always an interesting subject. Guides can have many names depending on the purpose of the guide and the relationship they have with an instrument. When you ask for a name to work with and it is not forthcoming my advice is dont push it. You may instinctively know their name that is fine, but guides will if pushed use any old name just to shut you up. If they say it is not important at a particular time then there is a good reason for this and it will become apparent. It is the signature of a particular energy which is more important not the name. Personal guides will generally have a proper name that builds trust and confidence allowing us to get close.
Images of guides are similar to names in many respects. The chosen image given to us depends on what we will best respond to. In my case a single guide has had many guises differing to suite the mood or situation that I was in. This can be confusing to some people and so very often the image remains the same. The change in the look of a guide can be an indication of your own growth in the same way that a complete change signifies the starting of another chapter. Guides that appear to us infrequently mostly use the same image so that we can recognise them. It is a wonderful feeling to talk to someone else who has seen or worked with the same guide that you have. Their reality is enforced greatly and a sense of community is built up.
When working in a circle or in meditation it is possible to talk to more than one guide at a time. A visiting guide can make you work harder and sometimes be more direct because they have afresh view. This allows us to learn a new perspective from different energies and personas and is a great source of laughter. For some reason I do seem to attract idiosyncratic guides who make both my personal guide and me laugh. A North American strolled into a meditation once and gave me information in a very monosyllabic fashion, which I then had to explain back to him so he could confirm that I had understood what he had meant. He then proceeded to tell me a joke. He asked, "Did you hear about the guide that thought?" Playing along with him I replied that I hadnt, he burst out in hysterical laughter and rode out of my meditation.
Learning can be part of the purpose of a name or vision amongst other things. Certain names suggest particular times in history or myth so prompting us to delve into research. There is nothing a guide likes more than a bit of research. As we start to investigate specific areas we become acutely receptive to many new ideas, the excitement of discovering a snippet to verify or lead us into uncharted waters builds a momentum. We can see the reality of some event that happened or a person who was alive in history and we can feel the connection with spirit now. Blocks can be lifted when our eyes see what guides have been telling us and our belief soars. Grounding has a good part to play in all this as always, however we are allowed a little fun now and then.
Some guides work as a team with different ones working when a particular slant on a subject is required. Just as we use different team members depending on their strengths and goals, in everyday situations. For this reason many facets of the same collection of guides can be tapped into making a huge amount of knowledge available to us. Whatever your life goal is, even if you are not aware of it totally, a guide will work with you who is going to be most beneficial at any particular time. As I have said before not everyone recognises their guide as a personality but receives messages and works things out by looking at nature or the stars or perhaps through the memories of loved ones who have passed over. A guide can prompt insights given to us from others or from books and the media. Historical figures and old civilisations give a good focus for a lot of relationships between guides and their instruments. There can be very powerful energy when people with the same empathy toward a certain era or philosophies come together. The recognition of each other and the validation of the realities stimulate a great deal of growth bringing down a great deal of energy. Whatever your own personal experience is be assured that a guide is giving a helping hand somewhere. We are given to trust in what we are able to trust in. No point in wasting time, effort or energy in receiving help we can neither understand nor recognise.
Nothing offends the system more than wasting energy or using the energy for an inappropriate reason. I have been told off severely at times and paid the price for playing with energy just to please my own ego and inflate my sense of importance. It is an understandable thing to do when you realise what energy can do. To do it in innocence is one thing to do it with knowledge is quite a different matter. It is only tolerated as learning device to understand the vastness of our potential futures. Whole lessons have been re-enacted a few times until finally I have got the painful message. Then would come a lengthy lecture on my responsibility towards others, their situations and my precariousness when playing with fire. Done in a responsible way though we can all benefit from a good energy rush when it is balanced and grounded. Those two words have followed me around constantly making sure that I am aware of their significance and I still need reminding. If you do something wrong dont worry about it the very fact that you think you have done it will provide the necessary sensitivity to recognise what has gone on. Help is always at hand, we are not being tested we are learning. Do not be afraid to offend you will know when you have. Everything is always done on a positive level and nothing is wasted.
Keeping our ego under control and balancing the male and female energies is a natural part of all paths. To receive and give equally our beings must have a balance in all things, not to say that they will be balanced all the times but the intention has to be there. To ground and move in the higher vibrations at the same time is not a one or the other situation as with fitness and voice channelling moving through spirit almost demands grounding, opening and working at all levels. It can seem impossible, however it is only our perception that limits us. Believe that all is possible and it will be.
Confidence in our own abilities is essential for progress. With low self-confidence, we may receive many gifts and abilities but will not recognise them. Without total belief in our guides and us the work is slowed down. Our belief feeds the power and intensity of our guide, which in turn feeds us. So with low self-self-confidence the opposite applies. This explains why anything we receive is always said as being positive, whatever the content of the message the overwhelming positive aspects help to lift us to a position more receptive to growth, and growth of our perception and the perception on a global scale is the desired effect.
Guides have a wicked sense of humor too. Laughter raises our vibrations and makes us feel good as well as breaking down barriers between people and guides. Very often it is used as a learning tool or to pass delicate information on if there is a block of a sensitive nature that is not being faced. Laughter lowers our defenses and before we know it we are in a scenario that they have been leading us to. There is no virtue in tackling everything head on as this can do more harm than good. Better to lead us gently into an environment where we can learn a certain lesson thinking that it has all been our idea. A good bit of irony allows us to work the message out slowly so letting us think that we have worked it out and so being more receptive to the truth and the actions we need to take. Sometimes the humor seems to be for the hell of it, keeping channels open and cementing relationships. Never discount the possibility of a "Remember when......" scenario though, when we have remembered laughter can very often be heard.
© Phil Ironside