![]() ![]() Acknowledge the possibility that you might be wrong, that they might just exist. If you’re dubious about the existence of spirit guides like I was, I encourage you to approach them with an open mind. Not only that, but I continued to meet more spirit guides. Through the next coming years, I continued to see Pan every so often in daily life and in my dreams. One of his messages was this: we are all composed of many, many different parts and everything is not what it seems.īut my meetings with Pan didn’t just stop there! Later, in the integration phase of my shamanic journey, I realized that Pan had led me down into my inner Underworld and had initiated me onto my Shadow Work journey. I didn’t quite know what to do, say, or think! For what felt like ages I observed this trickster figure staring at me with endless different faces. I had finally met him – Pan, the god of the wild places – my spirit guide. He smiled at me, frowned, laughed, mused, glared, and about a thousand other facial expressions that all changed every few seconds. And then, finally, I reached the bottom.Ī face – half-man, half-goat – appeared on a black luminous background. ![]() Chattering vampiric mouths, ghosts, skeletons, and other ghoulish images appeared around me. I traveled down what felt like a tunnel deep, dark into the earth. Going into the experience with a mind half open and half closed, I journeyed inwards through dancing patterns, kaleidoscopic images, and other wild scenes.īut holding the intention to meet my spirit guide strongly in mind, I was eventually humbled. My intention was clear: I wanted to get in contact with my spirit guide – if there even was such a thing. I ignorantly assigned them to the woman-reading-a-crystal-ball-and-telling-your-future category.īut things changed on one of the first-ever shamanic trips I took with a plant teacher (psilocybin mushrooms). Until about 2015, spirit guides were just “spiritual mumbo jumbo” to me. I don’t like believing something unless I’m practically hit in the face with it, full force. I’ve got to admit that by nature, I’m a fairly skeptical person. If Freyja the Norse goddess calls to you, you’ll learn how to embrace your sexuality and the cycles of life and death – and so on.ĭepending on what inherited traumas, wounds, and contractions we individually possess, our spirit guides can help us work through those areas, releasing old blockages that keep us in small and constricted states of being. If Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity appears to you, you’ll learn the value of generosity, wisdom, and clarity. Of what relevance do spirit guides have on our spiritual awakening paths? Well, as implied by the name, spirit guides help our spirit, our innermost essence, to evolve in certain directions.įor example, if one of your spirit guides is Kuan Yin, the Bodhisattva of compassion, you’ll be directed to open your heart and show more mercy to others (including yourself). Minor guides are temporary and help with daily concerns or issues that we struggle with. Major guides typically accompany us throughout our lives and help us to learn major life lessons. Some we are born with, others visit us sporadically during the course of life.įor this reason, I divide spirit guides into two categories: our major guides, and our minor guides. In my experience, I believe we have multiple spirit guides. You might be wondering whether we have many spirit guides or just one. Only you can decide that for yourself! Do We Only Have One Spirit Guide? ![]() Whether spirit guides are projections of the mind, reflections of the soul, or dwell in different realms altogether is one of the great mysteries of life. Here’s the thing: I can’t answer those questions for you. If you’re just beginning your journey of connecting with your spirit guides, keep reading. In fact, coming in contact with one of your spirit guides can mark a significant point of change, transformation, and rebirth in your life. out there helping you to “manifest your spirit guide”).īut despite the apparent new-age-ifying of spirit guides, they are nevertheless a shared human experience that still retains value and needs to be honored. In modern times, spirit guides, like many other elements of spirituality, have been heavily monetized and commercialized both on the internet and in real life (I’m sure you’ve seen the wide variety of courses, meditations, decks, etc. No matter what perspective you subscribe to, it is beyond doubt that we all need guidance, direction and support in life from guides that are beyond our own capabilities. And still, to other people, spirit guides are personified parts of our Higher Selves that are revealed to us in various shapes and forms when we need spiritual guidance. ![]()
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