Possible guide encounter?

[Mister Anjilek]

Ok, so as a break from my normal meditation/attempt to AP routine, I thought I would try and meet a guide. So I meditate for a while and decide to go through this "visualization" exercise. This is how it went....

I started sitting in a favorite spot in the woods, and imagined a glowing light in the distance moving towards me. When it got close, I noticed it looked like a fantasy wizard. When he got up to me I realized it didn't look like just any wizard, but Gandalf from LoTR. I introduced myself and asked his name. He said to me," Well since you decided to see me in this form, you can call me Merlin".  Anyway, I asked a couple of questions, and then asked if it would be possible for me to get validation that he was a guide in the next 4 days. He said ,"sure, look for sidewalk chalk", and I immediately had a picture in my head of what it would look like. I asked if he could help with my AP-ing and he said," if you would like my help, next time poke your toes before meditation".  I reply,"Poke how? Like with a needle or something?" He says," No,no. Don't draw blood or cause pain, it's just something you wouldn't normally do that I will know to watch for". I thanked him and he went off.

Now I remember thinking during this that I was not "seeing" real clearly, but after every word he spoke, I had a VERY vivid memory of what he looked like saying it.

I am looking forward to seeing the validation if it comes. But I am curious, do people working with guides often see/create a form of something they are comfortable with, rather than see a true,unique form?

PS LoTR is my favorite movie and "The Once and Future King" is my fav book, which is why I think I may have created the Gandalf/Merlin form for my guide.

[Rastus]

Congratulations!

Guides take a form that is suitable for the situation.  They work with you, so if your guides needs to look like Mithrandir, then he will.  It has to do with your comfort level.

As far as validation goes, I can tell by feel.  If it doesn't feel right, then I'm not focused deeply enough, or I'm really distracted.  Feel with your heart, your guides are energetically connected to you and you can really feel the Love there.  

I don't see mine that often (although I have seen them), I'm more of a written/spoke/feel type.  I set aside time every evening for things I've missed during the day, but I'm missing less and less stuff of late.

Which guide do you think it was (you have more than 1, typically at least 3:  Higher-Self which is you, and 2 Angelic guides)?

[Mister Anjilek]

I am not sure which guide. I don't know a whole ton about the different guides, but I suspect he was a helper/teacher of some kind.

I poked my toes with my fingers before meditating last night and I definitely went into a deeper meditation than normal. The blackness behind my eyelids was way more 3-d than normal. Also, after I broke my meditation to swallow (I hate that) I was completely back to the physical, feeling wide awake. That never happens to me.

Still waiting for the sidewalk chalk to show up!

PS The images of Merlin when I saw him were very dark and hazy. Just clear enough for me to know exactly who he was supposed to look like. But the memories are very sharp and clear, and they appeared very sharp and clear immediately after every word he spoke. It was a really strange contrast.