The number of spiritual guides and resources willing to help you throughout your life is endless.
In addition to your angels, on the “other side” there is an infinite number of helpers known as: “spirit guides”; they are as varied as the people in your life, and they are ready to serve you in all kinds of short- and long-term purposes. If you consider your angels to be your bodyguards and your foot soldiers, your spirit guides are your personal corps of volunteers, ready to collaborate efficiently with you any time you decide to turn to them.
When the topic of the spirit guides it is inevitable that many questions will arise and these can be very specific, depending on the guides in question. We are going to analyze four frequently asked questions associated with our spirit guides:
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1. What is the difference between angels and spirit guides?
There are many important differences between angels and spirit guides. These include their experience (or lack thereof) with the human form – which serves them to fulfill their purpose in our lives, their commitment in carrying out their work, and their method of communicating with us.
For example, angels have never had the experience of being earthbound, while spirit guides have at least once, and thus understand firsthand the particular challenges and trials that humans face. Consequently, they are at our disposal when we need them; they encourage and assist us as well as teach us to develop our soul and to master our human creativity.
The keywords are: when we need them. There is a difference between the angels – to whom God has assigned the Divine task of serving us twenty-four hours a day, from the beginning to the end of our lives – whose influence we receive every day (regardless of whether or not we are aware of it), and the spiritual guides who, despite being at our absolute disposal, cannot serve or direct us without our consent. What they can do (and, in fact, do) is attract our attention and intervene to ask for their help, although they must respect our life and cannot enter it without invitation.
Finally, because they are so close to God, angels have a much higher vibration than guides – and it is very easy to connect with them: they protect us, inspire us, infuse us with energy and empower us; however, while they may influence us through our consciousness, they do not necessarily offer us direct advice or instructions as our spirit guides do.
2. Who or who are the spiritual guides?
Since most spirit guides are beings who have lived at least part of their existence on earth, it should come as no surprise that they have returned to serve us. In fact, some of them may connect with us because they have faced similar challenges in their earthly lives and want to offer their help to make our way easier. Others may manifest to assist us in certain projects or tasks, because in their previous life they were masters in the discipline that interests us or in which we are working.
Spirit guides can also be members of our family who have crossed the border and choose to stay in touch with us from the spiritual realm to offer guidance and help. In a similar way, certain entities that may have shared an important relationship or spiritual work with us in a previous life may decide to continue working with us in this life in order to contribute to the continued enrichment of our soul.
There are also spiritual teachers – some of the most important guides – who want to help us understand our true spiritual nature while helping in the evolution of our soul. In addition to all these wonderful entities, the guide that appears before you to help you can even be your own Higher Self, which is as beautiful and enlightened as any other guide that comes to meet you.
3. Where do spirit guides come from?
The answer to this question is a bit tricky, as spirit guides come from a lot of different realms and energy fields. There are also many who enter the earthly field from other galaxies and solar systems – some of whom have never possessed a physical body – and connect with us to assist us in keeping the planet in balance and peace.
4 How many spirit guides do we have?
People can have access to a maximum of thirty-three guides (excluding angels). However, if the individual manages to expand his consciousness and raise his vibration, he can connect with any number of guides.
Did you know that guides can be healers, helpers, teachers, runners, bonds from past lives, family members, higher beings from other galaxies, and even animals?
Did you know that you have the right to request only the help of the superior guides and when you do, you have no obligation to listen to their advice that you do not think is appropriate? Did you know that the more open you are to your guides and their help, the better your life will be? Did you know that the only function of the guides is to offer you their collaboration?
You must not forget that some guides are better than others; This is why it is important to make sure that we are working with the most qualified. Incarnated or not, we are all on a journey to higher consciousness and we must remember that just because someone has become a spirit and wishes to guide us does not necessarily mean that they are clear enough to guide us.
It is very important that you are aware of your own intentions before connecting with your guides. One of the reasons people have a hard time relating to them or sensing their presence is that they are too eager to change their life completely. Higher spirit guides – whose souls are elevated and have a genuine interest in fostering your growth – are limited to offering suggestions and will never tell you what to do.
Higher spirit guides understand that they have no right to direct your life in any way (nor should you allow it!) since on the earth plane you are attending a “spirit school” to learn how to reclaim your Divine creative power.
Extract from the Book: Ask your guides by Sonia Choquette