| Spirit guides are disembodied entities who move | | | | lives. |
| between the spirit and the material world in order to | | | | How Will Spirit Guides Counsel Me? |
| provide guidance or counseling to a living person, | | | | If you are able to communicate at will with your spirit |
| usually someone who possesses the ability to | | | | guide through meditation or astral projection, for |
| communicate in some way with the spirit world | | | | example, then you can seek them out when you |
| already. However, some believe that each of us has | | | | have questions. |
| a spirit guide and only those who have this ability to | | | | Another common way of communication is through |
| communicate with spirits can recognize their | | | | dreams. Have you ever faced a difficult situation or a |
| presence. | | | | dilemma only to wake up the next day feeling |
| Generally, spirit guides are special in other ways. Most | | | | confident that you have found a solution? If you |
| believe these guides are the souls of people who | | | | have then that may have been your spirit guide |
| have been reincarnated sufficiently to be released | | | | communicating with you through your dreams. |
| from the cycle. Because of their experiences and | | | | Sometimes you will simply sense the urging from |
| knowledge gained from these reincarnations, they | | | | your spirit guide to take one action over another. For |
| are able to share with the living a greater wisdom. | | | | example, if you are trying to make an important |
| How Do You Know if You Have a Spirit Guide? | | | | decision, you may feel yourself leaning towards one |
| Obviously, if you have ever been able to | | | | side or another automatically without giving it any |
| communicate with a spirit who claims to be your | | | | thought. That initial reaction could be traced back to |
| guide then this is powerful evidence that you have | | | | guidance from your spiritual companion. |
| one. Communication can come in a number of forms. | | | | Are Spirit Guides Always Human? |
| Some people claim to have seen their spirit guides | | | | Native Americans for centuries have believed in |
| manifested in the flesh. | | | | animal spirit guides. In fact, this belief is an intricate |
| Other methods of communication include astral | | | | part of shamanistic teachings. For them, the animal |
| projection. In this method, you actually leave your | | | | spirits guides are sources of wisdom. For example, |
| body and are able to travel in a different plain of | | | | the crow is viewed as an intermediary between the |
| reality. While in this state, you can make contact with | | | | world of the living and of the dead because they |
| your spirit guide. Visualisation and meditation can | | | | believe it carries the souls to the other world. They |
| sometimes also open the doors of communication | | | | possess wisdom about ancestors and about living |
| between the two worlds. | | | | without fear of the unknown. |
| In many cases, you may never have a direct | | | | While these beliefs are very strong among many |
| encounter with your spirit guide. However, that | | | | people today, most individuals who have described |
| doesn't mean you do not have a guide. Many people | | | | their spirit guides see them in human form. |
| simply sense the presence of these guides in their | | | | |