I have never met guides.  I am curious what people think about them.  I have heard it said that we all have one or two guardian angels, and one or more guides.  Once in a while, I'll pose a question to myself and have a small internal dialogue.  Is this a guide or my own voices?

If we do have guides or guardian angels, are they there/present always, or only at crucial moments or when they are called?  If they are there always, it is like they are leading another mortal life with us, and it is a bit of an intrusion, if you ask me. 

Is it possible that some people don't have guides?

I know these questions may sound simplistic, but I am not looking for a standard new age answer; more a person's own experiences to it.

Sometimes I hear of a person having 2-3 guides, and being in touch with 5 or 6 past selves, and I say wow, talk about an extended nuclear family!  Am I being left out of this stuff or what?  I realize that I am new to Monroe and the study of consciousness.  Maybe I am not ready to experience some of these things yet, I don't know (I think of myself as being pretty open to experience). 

My own feeling about consciousness is that sometimes the investigation of guides and past lives is a distraction from the here and now.  A distraction of the rising of my conscious being in a unified way to a higher plane.  I feel that some people have spirits with past or current life issues that need to be explored in order to be made whole.  For me, I can't say why, but I feel whole and would love to simply further the connection of my consciousness with the universe and big picture of things.

Maybe that is why I haven't met any guides as of yet.  I have asked for guidance in meditations, but have come out empty so far.

Any thoughts?

Matthew

Sorry for the platitude, but no man is an island. We get guided, directed, influenced in many ways. I guess it's a matter of what we get guided by.

My guidance, even though it can be something else at times, never seems to force itself on me. Regarding it being something else, I think it is a matter of it having more faith in me than I have.

Here's a story similar to Alysia's roofer story.

A number of years ago I got the intuition to not park my car in a particular place. I did so anyway, my car got hit, and over $3,000 of damage on a $7,000 car was incurred.

Hi Matthew,

Alysia is such a wise one, isn't she   I love the love she spreads around.

I would say that first and foremost guidance comes from within each of us... our intuition, which is always connected to our Source, I think is the most reliable guidance we have because of this direct connection.  I also think of this as our "built in" intention or our life plan always leading us to where we need to be to accomplish our life's purpose. 

The conversations you have with yourself is guidance.  Notice that these conversations are taking place deep inside you.  Notice that sometimes when you speak to others, it may not seem like it is you talking, but something that is coming from beyond yourself.  It is you, yet it is perceived as something separate from yourself.  This is because of the duality we experience. 

In addition, it has been my experience that guides and helpers are always available to assist when the need arises.  Help always comes when we ask for it.  People may not always be aware of it, but our pleadings are always heard and answered according to our highest good.  I think this is true even when we don't listen. 

I have had many experiences interacting with other beings (guides/helpers) at the higher vibration levels and they may know more about us than what we'd like to perhaps think they know, however, they love us so very much and I do not believe that our privacy is invaded in any way.  The purity of the love I feel from them is truly angelic and absolutely incredible.

Love, Kathy

ha ha! Mathew. Isn't he a great actor? speaking of Carradine.
I find the best place to get messages of a spectacular sort is when I'm just waking up in the morning; I guess because I'm still "out there".  it's more what I'm calling these days a transmission delivered with no emotion. so it's more like a tranmission from the grid, something like that. these guides, I've had a theory about that it is human nature to rely on them too much after awhile. so they would like to make us independent explorers and is perhaps why I sense presence sometimes yet no definition nor form. I know Gordon Phinn here who would work with guides told him to start doing retrievals without a guides help as they said he was ready to do that. he works from a higher self aspect now, so theres no sense of separation from that connection to greater knowingness.
yes, Kathy and I have met out there when she showed me her new kittens and I gave her my song! ha ha! I always feel grateful the day she came here. that was a great day! I will go post about dead preacher, my own guide and try to explain it just for fun.

this was precious Vicky. I was sitting here trying to think about guides and guidance and all that and you answered my prayers and I aint gonna gild no lily....love ya, alysia

Hi Mathew,


The closest thing I could describe as the "voice of a Guide" to the newcomer is, intuition.  The internal dialogue is most often the Interpreter.

>> If we do have guides or guardian angels, are they there/present always, or only at crucial moments or when they are called?<<

Always present, your awareness of them is affected by "crucial moments' and calling them, in short, placing your Intent to be aware of them, and by your ability to see and hear them.

>>  If they are there always, it is like they are leading another mortal life with us, and it is a bit of an intrusion, if you ask me.  <<

One mark of a true Guide is that it will NEVER attempt to coerce or convince you or "make deals" to get you to do or believe anything.  If you are communicating with anyone who attempts such things, EVER, it's not a guide.

>> Is it possible that some people don't have guides?<<

No

>>  I know these questions may sound simplistic, but I am not looking for a standard new age answer; more a person's own experiences to it. <<

My advice would be that you don't allow anything but your own direct experience to be cause to change your beliefs.  Don't believe anyone, including me.

>>  Maybe I am not ready to experience some of these things yet, I don't know (I think of myself as being pretty open to experience).  <<

Whether or not you are ready can only be a matter of when you decide to have such experiences.  All the necessary skills can be learned in five days of simple training.

>> My own feeling about consciousness is that sometimes the investigation of guides and past lives is a distraction from the here and now. A distraction of the rising of my conscious being in a unified way to a higher plane. <<

I completely agree, except sometimes the "higher plane" may require willingness to move in any direction :d)   Once again, it's a matter of where you focus your attention.

>> I feel that some people have spirits with past or current life issues that need to be explored in order to be made whole. <<

That could be the Tag Line for the newest workshop just rolled out in Krakow and Wroclaw, Poland this month.

Those issues can be what are called Aspects of Self.  Self Exploration, Discovery and Healing are the themes of the new workshops.  Retrieving Aspects of Self can lead to very sudden "leaps" on the journey you quest for.

>>  Maybe that is why I haven't met any guides as of yet.  I have asked for guidance in meditations, but have come out empty so far. 

Any thoughts?<<

They have always been with you, it's a matter of becoming aware of them, a matter of learning a simple skill, using Imagination as a means of perception.

That you have arrived at the frame of mind I sense in your words is evidence of listening to your guidance and following your heart.

Bruce