about spirit guides

[James S]

Hi cesm23,

We ALL have the ability to hear, see, feel the spirits around us. For most of us it's a trait that was "trained" out of us as kids. Do you remember ever having imaginary friends? Often they're not really imaginary, but our "knows whats best for us to fit in to society" parents will have convinced us of the fact. NOw that we're older, we've had all that experience of ignoring the spirit world to undo.

Some people are better at it than others. Just like art. I'm no where near as good at drawing things as my brother, but given enough time and practice, I would be as good. Some of us just have to work at it a little harder.

So, keeping in mind that anyone is capable of communicating with the spirit world, the big question is how?

Simple. One word - MEDITATION.
Meditation is the key to everything with regards to psychic development.

What you're doing while meditation is tuning out to the physical world around you, and opening up to your inner self. The first spirit being that you will ever encounter is your own higher spirit self. It all begins here.

Through meditation, seeking that quiet place within you, you learn to silently listen to your inner voice - your intuition. This is your spirit self speaking to you, guiding and directing. From there, with the assistence of your intuition and the communication you can develop with your higher self, you start learning to feel more of your energy body, and from there the psychic abilities develop.

It's by no means a quick fix, but with regards to this kind of thing, there never is.

The one thing that will come quickly once you start to meditate though, is the ability to detach yourself from the world around you and all its problems. From here you can more easily look at problems objectively, and calmly find the solution.

Does that help?

Regards,
James.

[Reality]

James, that explanation is so short and to the point, that I'd almost say it renders all books about this matter useless.

Although I haven't verbally spoken with any guide at all, I'd also say that not 'trying to force' communication would be a good idea. Meditate, and when the "time" comes, the contact MIGHT will become established. You know it gets me thinking, when starting with spiritual stuff, after a metaphysical coma, it's only common sense that this takes "time", and expecting a quickly established contact is merely a form of wishful thinking, which leads to dissapointment(key).

Just my 2 words.[]
Reality[|)]

[James S]

quote:Originally posted by Reality

James, that explanation is so short and to the point, that I'd almost say it renders all books about this matter useless.

Hehehe...
Just didn't want to bore the crap out of anyone with the long winded version.[]

Very good point you made Reality, about not forcing things. Spirits come to us when they think we're ready and not before.

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James.

[cesm23]

wow, thanks a lot James S. ! Please sorry if i write so much again, but you don't have to reply much, as some questions are related and can be answered with a single answer, while others not. Also i couldn't reply sooner as this mouth i can't go to internet at school and i have to go to cybercafes, very rarely.

Actually i was going to make a post in which i would ask which is the key to opening psychic abilities, because i have a lot of trouble in simple exercices that everybody here does so easily, as doing psiballs and using visualization to communicate with subconcious, which in my case, simply NOTHING happens (also it's the main argument of skeptics, including myself in the past), and i was wandering, if as a ultra beginner like me (i say that because visualizations no matter which sense i use, don't do NOTHING), meditation would be the ABSOLUTE first exercice (before even trying psiballs) when wanting to have psychic abilities and to make the subconcious more "receptible" to visualizations and psychic abilities. Altough i can do n.e.w. very well, i don't have problems with it, but i only ever get physical sensations, and it never affects my dreams unlike many people say. The strangest is also that i can overstimulate the main chakras, including third eye, that nothing bad (or good!) happens ! I have done it several weeks and it does nothing ! I feel a lot of physical sensations (pressure, tingling and a little sore) but never any bad side effects. It reacts just like if main chakras didn't exist !! How is this possible ?

But you replyed my question, and finnaly i now know which is the key. Well, i already knew it was very recommended, but as i readed in some places that meditation is NOT required, i tought it was not the most important exercice, but now i see that advice was only for naturals/adepts, and that in my case is absolutly required as NOTHING else worked for me in a year.

No, no. I never had imaginary friends (also i never seen auras). It's like i always say i absolutly never had any single paranormal experience, absolutly nothing, no wonder how i was so skeptic all my life until a year ago, specialy when EVERYONE around me in the place i live is ultra skeptic also and i never even heared any case of existing any REAL psychic.

Hum... indeed now that i do about 2-3 daily sessions of 15 minutes of meditation (after a brain sync exercice, by seeing the red and blue circles with eyes crossed for 2-3 minutes) i feel something different, but only when meditating, it's kind of in some sessions i do, i seem to get a bit deeper than the normal awake state, and sometimes, even being sit when i meditate i get hypnagogic imagery (rarely) and sometimes i can control what i see, but if i realize that i am having hypnagogic imagery it vanishes instantly.

PLEASE TELL ME is that the way of developing clairvoyance/remote view ? Because it's strange as sometimes i can see the things i visualize in that state (hypnagogic), but how do i know if that is remote view or me just seeing what i visualize ? Because i have readed in some websites that to do remote view we have to visualize images of the place we want to remote view, but if i visualize what i remember from the place, i could only be seeing what i visualize, so how do i do ?

Also sometimes, i CAN notice that some toughts seem not mine (when close to having hypnagogic imagery), is this toughts from other persons (no, that's too good to be truth) or just the random toughts that appear in the hypnagogic stage ? Incredibly i can really notice that it's NOT the normal wandering toughts i have, these ones seem to appear without any connection to what i normally think.

And now my most important question (besides that one of the remote view which is very important as i absolutly need remote view) :

I know that if we meditate very rarely (specially if not daily), it WON'T have results ever, at least that's what i think, so i would like to know more or less which is the MINIMUM time of meditation sessions required to meditation do results (i mean, in clearing the mind and ignoring 100% external sounds) in long term ? Also of course i know it's different for everyone but i would like to know a stimate time. One of the requirements that it's obvious is doing meditation daily, but how often each day is required to have long term results ? As i already said, i do 2-3 daily sessions of 15 minutes, is this enough to avoid having so long waiting time to see any results ? And by results i mean, little changes, as i know now that we don't become psychic in a week or two, but a year without results is because i am doing something wrong.

I also ask that because Robert bruce says to practise mind clearing SEVERAL times a day, but in EVERY other sites they say 1 or 2 sessions of 20-30 minutes daily, which one is better, meditate a few minutes several times a day or 1-2 sessions of a long time of meditation ?

Sorry for so many questions, but maybe you can answer some questions with a single answer, as they are all related, and it's because i am a bit obssessed with having remote view, to solve a big problem i have (and there IS NO other solution for it), and as i seem to have a bit of control of hypnagogic imagery i want to know if that have any relation in progress/developing of clairvoyance or third eye.

[Rastus]

Your only limits are self imposed.  That is There are no limits.

See, shorter than James!

The whole purpose of your guides is to help teach you.  Ask them, and they will help.  Prayer isn't involved, it's not a religious event, they aren't part of any religion (Religion being an invention of man, and therefore artificial).  A simple heartfelt asking them to aid you.  You should be somewhat specific, like "Help find my balance" or "Help me heal my shoulder" or "Show me the way to enlightenment".

[James S]

Well said Rastus....good advice! [^]

cesm23,
Rastus is correct, limits are only ever self imposed.
Bare in mind though that developing psychic abilities is like developing atheletic abilities. You need to practice and build up the muscles gradually, but it's up to your own willpower how far you can go.

Keep on visualising. This is the fuel for your psychic engine. you set the intent, you visualise what you want to happen, then keep those things in mind as you meditate. Don't worry about trying to work out how to do something. Leave that up to the universe to work out. Your just concentrate on what it is you want to achieve. After that, it's a matter of patience and perseverence. Very rarely do psychic gifts happen overnight. Some people are naturally gifted, just like someone who is naturally very good at painting or playing an instrument, but most of us have to work at it and keep practicing.
DOn't worry too much about times and techniques. There are no rigid rules to meditation. Do what feels best for you and don't worry if you're doing it right or not. Thinking too much about the right techniques will only hold you back.

The results do come, bit at a time. All the time you keep working at it you will get a little bit better. If you're trying to see spirits for example, you might start noticing a sort of mist, then after more practice, a shape, and after more practice, you'll start seeing features like a face.

One important thing with psychic development - don't stop having fun. Relax and keep it enjoyable. Spirits will respond to you better if you're enjoying yourself. They like to get involved when you're having fun.

Kind regards,
James.

[cesm23]

so, i have readed in some posts that some people do have spirit guides. But, i absolutly need one too, or a kind of representation of higher self, how the heck do we call one ? Don't tell me it's only by praying... But i am NOT a religious person, and altough i believe in god, i DON'T believe in praying, is this the ONLY way to call a spiride guide ?

I have a huge dillema and it's related to karma and sexuality (altough my case is very complex), so the only thing that can help me is a spirite guide or kind of guardian angel, but the problem is that i never had such kind of paranormal experiences, is it possible that i would be UNABLE to hear, feel or see a spirite guide, or he/she would be powerfull enought to be sensed/heared/saw by a non-psychic person like me without any perception abilities ? It's not just a question of believing or not, as i already do now almost fully believe on psychic abilities, but on spirits and angels, i do believe a bit less, simply because i NEVER had any experience related to that.

Also i hope it's not a question of me being prepared or not to hear/sense/see my spirit guide, because if that is the problem, then it's useless having that. It's NOW that i need it and not douzens of years later.