How do you stay in touch with your guides?

[BlueIris]

For those of you who are not infrequently in touch with your spirit guides, how do you keep those relationships going? I ask because just lately, I have been feeling a strong, powerful and wonderful psychic presence that is generally with me at all times. I feel that it is more pronounced when I am relaxed or drowsy, but I was marveling over the last forty eight hours or so that the cool, new thing about the presence is that it seems to be there at all times, not just when I need it or ask for its support. So, I was driving down the road today in early rush hour traffic, and my thoughts drifted again to the presence, which I'm quite certain is one of my guides, and I sort of reached out to say hello in my head, and thank the presence for all of its help. I hadn't really attempted to contact it directly before, at least, not with the acknowledgment that it was a guide who had assisted me a lot. Curiously, when I was stopped at an intersection a few blocks later, I noticed that the presence felt less substantial. Not saying that it's deserted me or anything, I can still kinda feel it, but it's like it has backed off or something. Does anyone think there's anything I can do about that? Having it around has been a really great experience because the spirit is clearly quite intelligent and benevolent. I don't want it to diminish (or feel scrutinized).

[Pathwalker]

1. I don't know if this could pertain to your situation,

but my spirit Guides have NEVER appreciated me making my contact with them being ABOUT them, personally. It's as though they're there only as long as I don't make the contacts about them, but only about the services they provide. Any time I have tried to make that contact personal - they go silent. They've made it clear to me that my contacts with them are to only be about what service they can provide - and never about them personally.
Otherwise, I just keep up my running silent dialogue with them, feeling free to ask for guidance, help, point me to where I'm supposed to go, etc. But as for making it a personal contact - not allowed. For me, anyway.

[NMDemDist2]

3. ROFL i know what you mean

seems the guides have lives too and prefer your understanding and patience if they are called away

[BlueIris]

4. Yuh oh.

I feel like that's exactly what happened. I said hello and offered thanks directly and it was like, "Buh-bye!" And I've been feeling like that's because I broke a rule of engagement, so to speak. I feel kinda dumb (and of course, bad that I freaked it out) because I was specifically told by one of my readers, "Oh, a new contact? Okay, well, all I can say is, don't fuck with it...like you Taurean types are wont to do. Just leave it." But I didn't want to seem ingrateful! So I said hi. And now it's hiding. Oops.

[Metta]

2. Just ask or look around. Not too late to build a relationship.

Check in, ... one way or another. This spirit is willing to be a part of your life and is available to you only if you acknowledge it and welcome it. If you build a relationship together, it will guide and inform each of you beyond your expectations moreso if you don't have expectations as they limit giving and getting what's best. *Caveat*: this is really time specific. It's already shown you that it's ready to move on if you don't want to hook up with it.

I'd create a ritual, even if its just asking/telling/seeing it, to show you what's best for it and for it to show you how to be clear, focused and motivated in fulfilling your higher purposes.

Ask for patience. Ask its name.

From there, its up to the two of you to drive how the road shows you. Or not.

[BlueIris]

5. I smudged my house again today and then burned sweetgrass.

With the express purpose of trying to make it feel welcome and really struggling to emote that I was willing to play by its rules from now on. I think what it wants is kind of the Guide/clueless-human equivalent of a don't ask, don't tell policy. I can ask for help and enjoy its presence but it wants to be the entity to set the pace and enforce all appropriate forms of etiqutte, which I guess are primarily about me letting it do its special thing.

[Metta]

6. It's possible that your spirit is place specific

and has boundaries that don't extend past certain points. In any case, I believe it's appropriate to ask it any and all questions you have about boundaries, interactions, your fears, its fears, etc., etc., etc. If you're grounded while you're doing this, you'll be better able to tell if it's telling the truth and you'll be more solid in dealing with it.

Let us know how it goes, would you?

[BlueIris]

7. I will give updates.

It's interesting that you should mention being grounded during the asking process. Most stones I've been playing with today have been grounding stones (by coincidence). Right now, I'm toying with some hematite, which is usually too heavy for me, but which I decided I needed today as the result of anger-management issues. I've also lit some candles because it came to me during a period of time when I was burning a lot of them, and it occurs to me that it might like candles. We'll see. I can't really claim that it's returned yet, because it's obviously still hiding, but I'll let everyone know if the situation changes.

[Metta]

10. Thanks. Blessing either way.

In this life and in lives to come, BlueIris. :loveya: :donut: :donut: :)

[yellowdawgdem]

8. hmm

Well, I would doubt that thanking the entity drove it away. I would ponder more along the lines of, you might've frightened yourself by taking a more serious step. And that, possibly by not being fully relaxed, you didn't sense it as you had done previously. Another possibility is that this one is a temporary guide, paving the way for a 2nd one. But I would lean towards the relaxation theory. Can you give the entity a name, that sometimes solidifies the connection.

[BlueIris]

9. I have been totally unable to name any of my guides.

I've tried and tried to get them to "speak up," even using some special techniques that posters here have recommended, to no avail.

It's interesting that should bring up the "maybe it was just a temporary guide" issue, though--I had just been wondering the other day whether that could be the case. And another "minor" guide who has been with me for many years (she helps me find books and authors that would be good for me to explore but that I've never heard of and thus need help discovering) has come back to me recently, around the same time that this more powerful presence showed up. There is also a third entity in play here, but I'm not comfortable labeling her a guide--the best explanation I can come up with to describe her is that she may be a future version of myself communicating to me because I am at a critical point. This has happened two other times in my life, both times when I was on the verge of either succeeding or failing to move into a "next" crucial phase. I think she and the Librarian Guide are kind of jockeying for position at the moment, actually. Making me wonder if maybe the powerful presence felt like backing off because it's getting a bit crowded around me or something.

[yellowdawgdem]

11. guides

That's interesting, there are more than one entity around you, and one that is a kind of librarian. But this stronger entity sounds like the one you really want most to connect with for right now. So it must be a personal issue of some kind that is blocking the connect. On a really general level, I've found that trying too hard to connect, or being too intense about it can impede progress as well. And that the best thing to do is relax, and try to experience some of the thoughts swimming around in your head as possibly communications from your guide(s). iow that it isn't always an outer sign, but sometimes an inner sign that you want to experience.

If the names aren't happening, yeah, I guess you can't really force that. Maybe that isn't impt to you or to them.

That's interesting that you'd considered different levels of guides, temp guides etc. My sense is that guides are pretty much always around in a detached way, but are accessible if we call out for help, or let them know we want to talk. It sounds like that is what you are doing, so I'm sure that you will succeed with this. Just a matter of timing, and learning how to tune into a higher vibration.

[Cleita]

12. I had a strange thing happen the other evening.

I have a bad boy kitty named Benny who is always ready for trouble. Since I live in coyote and cougar country, I always try to get him into the house before sundown. Behind my back fence, there is a large pasteur with a dry creek bed running between the pasteur and a wooded area on the other side. The wooded area often shelters deer and unfortunately their predators.

The other evening as the sun was going down, I saw Benny investigating the creek area. I started to call him but the little rascal ignores me when he doesn't want to come home. I couldn't get over the fence myself. He's able to fit through the mesh. I called and called and he pretended not to hear. I have been reading a book on Celtic paganism. Out of exasperation I called on the Celtic Artemis or mistress of animals goddess, Flidais. I said her name three times as the book says you should to ask her help in getting Benny to mind me and come home although I didn't expect anything to happen.

Well, after I did that, he looked at me and started to go into the woods, but then he stopped abruptly, quickly turned around and started running down the pasteur until he reached the fence and me. Then I was able to pick him up and take him indoors for the night. I'm still stunned about what happened but grateful for whatever entities intervened.

[japple]

13. I'm going to have to try that with my bad boys.

Most times they ignore me. Thanks for the great story.

[NJCher]

14. on staying in touch with spirit guides

What an interesting story, Cleita! That is just--can I say it?--just awesome!

I'm so glad your "bad boy" was convinced to come home for his own safety.

I'm intrigued by your question, BlueIris. I never really thought too much about differentiating individual spirit guides, so therefore I never noticed any unwritten rules about engagement with them.

FWIW, whatever guide(s) I have around me have a delightful sense of humor. I love how they "comment," such as how they've done with the black/white (car) saga I've been posting on the Daily Psychic III thread.

Hmmm, that's interesting. Note how I refer to them as "they," and have not differentiated any as a personality. I think I think of them as "they" because of a few dreams I've had of them. They are older, wise women.

Well, anyway, to answer your question about how I stay in touch with them, I would say it is by appreciating their sense of humor and "getting it" when they do funny things. Kind of like laughing at someone's joke, but most certainly in my case it's more than appreciating the joke, it's appreciating the subtleties, the appropriateness, and the cleverness of how they manifested or communicated.




Cher

[BlueIris]

15. A possible clue.

Okay, I think it's back. The feeling of calm and of being protected by a powerful entity returned yesterday after I posted an entry on my blog about the impeachment of Cecelia Fire Thunder. I personally think that situation sucks and I wish that wasn't happening to her. I remember asking for help, making a blog entry, and a few hours later noticing that the feeling of the entity's presence was with me again. Also, I can't help but notice that it appeared to show up right before I had to take my little sister and my mother to the airport. They're not easy people for me to get along with, especially now, and quite frankly I was screaming in my head at them much of the journey, which consituted more stress than I'd had all week. Maybe this particular guide favors helping individuals who are supportive of brave leaders in travail and who are dealing with insane family members? It could be that it's there for emergencies, the kind in which people need an extra boost of intellectual and emotional strength, is what I'm saying. Anyway, it's back. Which is nice because I missed it when it wasn't here.