CONNECTING WITH SPIRIT GUIDES
Spirit guides are not subject to time or space as are we.
They are always around but not always to be known,
always within call but not always to be heard,
always present but not always to be sensed,
always holding us but not always to be felt.
The Ancestors cannot save but only alert, advise and warn and only according to your openness and willingness. They cannot change or deter you from your own insistency no matter to what it’s due. Only you can change!
The terms ancestors and spirit guides can be used interchangeably. Many of our guides were our ancestors in past lives. Others may be appointed to help us with our spiritual trajectory both in and outside of dreams.
We are not just influences but also recipients of influences from distant places and distant times.
Artists, musicians and others have their muses. Some call this “narrator” their alter ego when in actual fact “s/he” might be a guide. Guides, ancestors and muses are usually connecting to us from the other side of the veil.
Southern African tradition believes there are also non human spirits - both good and bad. Terrestrial, Cosmic and Water Spirits that can also be of assistance to us Talking Beings. The Water Spirit is key in sangoma initiation. Terrestrial spirits may include the Still, Growing and Wild Beings all of which are animated by the breath of the Supreme Being and have their own individual vibration and consciousness. These are also there to assists us, for instance; talismans, healing plants, and power animals.
The choices are yours and there are consequences to your choices.
Consequences are neither reward nor punishment; they simply are consequences, often not immediate but always inescapable…
Most of the guides we will encounter are in the Astral realms where they are reconciling with their karma. We all have guides, many who loved us from long before our current lives, and would like to help us now.
According to sangoma wisdom we also have “foreign” guides – not from our past lives - that are assigned to help us. The African guide who helps me in my divination practice was a sangoma in her past life. She is a “foreign” guide unbeknown to me in previous times.
Once in the Astral they lose free will and the only way they can operate is through the free will of another on the earth plane. In this way they can complete work they never completed in their lifetime and do service to improve their karmic profile. By allowing them to help us we lift them up. They are assigned to help but we must ask to receive and we must ask very specifically. Free will is the cosmic law and they are bound by it. Our guides live in the present moment and for them free will is also in that present moment. Hence it is best to keep affirming the requests we make to them. When we fail to engage with them and do not ask to receive they move away and we become spiritually unprotected.
“In every person there is something precious which is in no-one else. And so, we should honor each for what is hidden within them for what only they have.” Talmud
Our spirit guides are also there to help and guide us to our God given destiny within the bounds of spiritual laws. After the reconciliation process with a spiritual tribunal they are well aware of these. Our guides have gone through this process and do not want us to make the mistakes that they may have made.
Spiritual laws are operative whether or not we understand them or can explain them or whether or not we even know about them or believe in them.
You should wish for yourself not what you want but that what you want is for your good and that of others too.
Our guides are there to help us with our karma but require our integrity or they will move away. They also require an ongoing connection to them made in one way or another because of free will. This essentially can be designing a “Container” – usually an altar and or various rituals by which we can make requests and show gratitude.
Perfected souls exist in the Causal realms. They retain free will, can operate independently and do not have to reincarnate unless they choose to for a special mission. Some of us have guides in these realms as well.
“The sages who have died are present in this world to a greater extent than when they were alive.” The Zohar
We are watching from endless space
We are waiting in timeless order
Chant your way across the Veil
Spiral into existence those spirits that are needed.
Nurturing Connection with One’s Spirit Guides with the Help of an Altar.
An altar is a “container” and sacred space to connect with our guides where we can ask to receive – as well as give thanks when we do receive – whether it’s a helpful dream or something else. Lay down a white cloth that is new, special and attractive. Embellish the altar with their photos or mementos which hold their energy such as a walking stick, their favorite book, a ring, a cup etc. If you do not have a photo write down the name. If you have a guide but no name, allocate an object such as a crystal on their behalf. If you have an image from a dream, sketch, draw or paint it. It is best not putting any “skeletons from the family closet” on your altar unless resolution with them has been perfectly made and even then, you may not want that energy around you. Dedicate a dream journal or a recording device for their messages and take it to bed with you. Your smart phone can be used as well. Make offerings, light a candle or incense, bring gifts from time to time – a feather, an attractive pebble picked up on a hike. Always have them in mind.
The Ancestors cannot help you with anything you have not freely, willingly and deliberately given up.
To connect with our spirit guides for help in a particular line of one’s work it helps to create sacred space in which to ask to receive. Open it formally by drumming, rattling, or lighting a candle or incense. Requests will be more easily received and acted upon if made for the greater good rather than for ourselves. If it is for ourselves, it should also be in order to help the greater good.
For those doing healing or spiritual work, if feasible, it is wise to have a sacred space to invoke one’s guides. Open the space and formally close it and give thanks when the work is complete. If possible, dedicate the space purely for that purpose.
The ancients would ask of you to perform good deeds, speak good words and think good thoughts in their memory.
They would want you to be a repository of their instructions, or other wisdom teachers, and their righteous and loving ways.
Gratitude and love are how we help them.
Celebrate their birthdays and honor the days of their death by lighting a candle or even making a meal and placing a token plate of food and drink out for them while you eat. Your imagination should know no bounds and even though you may not get feedback you can be sure they are around. We empower them when we allow them to do service on our behalf through our free will, now that they have none of their own.
If all this is new to you, have a party for your guides, “prepare a table for them.” Welcome them into your life and to their altar. Introduce them to your dream container.
Be careful of what you taste and where you immerse.
We may also be visited or opposed by dysfunctional spirits – tricksters – from lesser vibrations. They are envious of those who have a high vibration and their “light” is a reproach to them.
Lesser vibrations which emanate, from narrow mind are often viewed as needing to sort out and work through their own calling. Beware of those on either side of the veil who would make you their resolution, much less their absolution.
“If you have many guides and are greatly beloved you will have many dissuaders and be greatly envied.”
In order to connect with our guides, it helps to raise our vibration. This requires a dedicated spiritual practice which can help open the higher chakras especially the sixth or Third Eye - the gateway to our Field of dreams.
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