How can we communicate with our Guides? Part 1
Steve ~ Thomas, do we all have guides that watch over us?
Thomas ~ Absolutely. Everyone comes with a team of guides that you’ve worked with that will stay with you, comfort, protect and guide you.
Steve ~ How do we communicate with these guides?
Thomas ~ Mostly by opening yourself up and wanting to communicate. The guides are there. They are in place. They’re ready. They are waiting for you to invite them and acknowledge them. So, the more that you acknowledge a guide, the stronger your relationship becomes and the easier the communication is.
Alison ~ You’ve told us in the past that just waking up in the morning and welcoming them, saying hello …
Thomas ~ Yes. A lot of people find it helpful in the beginning to focus on one guide only. Say hello to that one and ask that one questions. Ask it questions even if you don’t hear and answer. Keep doing it anyway and over time you will find that you got the answer. Maybe not vocally but in some other way. But by focusing first on one guide, you get to know what it feels like when that guide is with you. When you are comfortable with that then you can bring in other guides. You can work with more and more.
Steve ~ The most common thing I hear when I ask people to connect with their guides is, “I think I’m making this up.” What would you say to someone who thinks that?
Thomas ~ The question itself is coming from ego. So, I would say, but isn’t it fun and doesn’t it feel good. That will make ego realize that there is no harm coming from this. If it does feel good, then it’s okay to do it.
Steve ~ What kinds of guides can humans have?
Thomas ~ You have your life guide who we’ve talked about that is with you from your first breath to your very last breath and will come home with you. You have a gatekeeper guide. Everyone does, that has your memories. Because when you become human, you forget so much. Your gatekeeper guide has all of your memories and brings them to you at predetermined times. What you need to remember. What will be useful for you. This is very useful so that you don’t become overwhelmed. If you had a guide that gave you all your memories, you would spend the rest of your human life trying to sort them out. So, your gatekeeper brings you only what you’re ready for and only what you need.
There are guides that will be with you at certain times, maybe when there is a certain experience you’re going through. There are guides that will come and go in your life. They maybe with you for a while, move off and then come back to you later. Humans don’t often think of animals as spirit guides, but they are. Every human has an animal spirit guide. You may have several animals that are guides. It’s common to have them at a young age, then leave and come back to you later in your life. If you look at your pets or animals, if you really look you will recognize that they are back.
There are guides that come along to show you possibilities, different options that you have. But still giving you the free will to make a choice. There are angels that come to comfort you or protect you from a specific event. Once that has passed, they will go. But you have many guides that come and go throughout your life. When you start communicating with your guides, you have the ability to call on any guide you choose to speak to. You are not limited in any way.
Alison ~ Is it true that guides show themselves in a way that is most easily received depending on what the person’s spiritual beliefs are, or the culture they live in?
Thomas ~ It’s the way you receive them, they are all the same guides.
Alison ~ So, if someone is raised in a Christian belief system, they might want to talk with Jesus.
Thomas ~ Or if they were Native American there could be many different guides that they communicate with frequently. There are several groups around the planet that are raised and taught about guides from an early age and taught how to communicate with them.
Alison ~ Is there a way to find out what your spirit animal is? I’ve had people ask that before.
Thomas ~ You can ask your life guide who your spirit animal is. There are Shamans that can bring you a spirit animal guide or retrieve one for you. You can set the intent, that you want to know your animal guide. Then be watchful and generally if you see he same animal three times within a twenty-four-hour period of setting your intent, that will be your guide. They will keep showing themselves to you.
Steve ~ I’ve also heard that if an animal bites you when you’re young that it could be a sign that the animal is your Totem Animal. Is that true?
Thomas ~ Yes.
Alison ~ Nice welcome! (laughter)
Steve ~ When I was four or five years old, I caught a turtle. I put it in a bucket. The next morning, I went out and stuck my hand in without looking and it bit hold of my finger. Turtle is my main animal guide or Animal Totem.
Thomas ~ Yes. And he will remain so throughout your life.
Steve ~ What about the way that guides appear to us when we’re first meeting them. It seems like there are different forms they might take depending on what’s comfortable for us.
Thomas ~ There are several different forms and it’s what you react to because guides will try different things until they finally get your attention. Some people hear them speaking very clearly. Some people see colors. Some may have a feeling like a hand on your shoulder or something. Some people will smell a scent and know their guide is with them. And some will actually see the guide in form. So, there are different ways. If you’re not picking up on it, they will try something else. Sometimes a guide will come to you through a knowing. You will ask a guide a question and you’ll receive the knowing. So, even if you can’t hear or see, you know the guide is there.
Steve ~ What about other forms? Some people have Faeries or Mythical Beings come to them.
Thomas ~ Faeries aren’t really guides. People that see them … faeries are playful, and they like to show you new things. So, when people can actually see faeries it means that the veil is thinning for them, they are making it work. Everything they’re doing is having an effect. With mythical beings, they aren’t guides but the more you work with your guides, the greater your ability to see them or interact with them.
Alison ~ I think you’ve told us this before, but have guides all had human incarnations? I know angels have not.
Thomas ~ They have not all been in human form, but they have all been in some form, as a being. A large portion of them have had at least one human life but not all of them, it’s not necessary.
Alison ~ And there’s no hierarchy, correct? In the Oneness where you all reside, so to speak.
Thomas ~ We’re all the same. We have the same knowledge, the same capabilities. It’s humans that distinguish between us and put us in different groups.
Alison ~ In classic movies, like with Clarence in a Wonderful Life, he’s earning his wings. But he was a novice angel, helping George Bailey, but it doesn’t work that way.
Thomas ~ You don’t have to earn your wings. You can have wings if you want them. (laughter) When you come into the Light.
Alison ~ Is there anything else about spirit guides you would like to share with us today?
Thomas ~ When people first start communicating with them a lot of times, they don’t understand the message. It doesn’t make sense to them. Tell your guide that. Tell them you don’t understand, and they will rephrase it or represent it so that you do understand. Don’t ever feel like you’re bothering them or asking too many questions, that is why we’re here. Anytime you don’t understand, speak up and say so. It’s okay.
Thomas ~ I remember one of the first times you spoke with me, you said so many humans go their whole life and never speak with their guides. So, when a human does speak with a guide, it really excites them and makes them happy. That was such a wonderful thing to hear.
Thomas ~ And remember, when you talk to your guides, you’re in control. If you don’t ask for just one, you may be overwhelmed, and you can get so many messages at one time. Because when we get an invitation, we’re there. So, once you get to know your guides, it’s best to ask for which one you want.
Steve ~ And like you said, start off with one guide, build a relationship and move on from there.
Thomas ~ Then you can tell the difference.
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