A few months ago, I did a retrieval, and in the course of the "mission", I received guidance that I needed to retrieve an aspect of myself. The guide told me that this aspect was feminine, but thats all the detail it gave me. I have been somewhat hesitant to attempt this retrieval for a number of reasons, none of them rational. Last night, I had a dream, very vivid but not lucid I think, in which I received guidance to retrieve a very specific aspect of myself, associated with my artistic self. This one was very clear, and quite surprising. Now I have pretty clear guidance to go and retrieve two distinct aspects of myself that were shed along my path somehow, and I don't really know how to go about it.  I know that Bruce gives direction on how to retrieve "an" aspect of self. But how to find the one I need to find?

It's the trust thing again.

Thanks to you all for you thoughts. Lately, I have had difficulty getting into the non-physical realm. I seem to interpret each entity that I "see", so that it has a common-place overlay from my life, thereby reducing my confidence in the process enormously. As an example, A couple of days ago, I went to do a retrieval, and I saw in the distance, maybe thirty yards away, a woman standing in a pool of light. I thought to myself, well either this is my guide, or it is the aspect of self that needs retrieving. As I moved closer I saw that it was the figure of a co-worker of mine. Then she would melt away and re-form in the distance again. I would call to her and ask her if she was my guide, and then I would attempt to get closer again, and the figure of my co-worker would appear. Finally, to be honest, I just gave up, and said "I can come back to this anytime", and left.  What do you make of that?

Right. I am new to Retrievals as well. I often see co workers or other "ordinary" people too. Like I will wonder about a spiritual message and suddenly hear the name or see the name in my mind of a person I know who seems insignificant to the vision. I just try to go with the vision because often something totally unexpected is told to me like a psychic message that helps me out of the blue. It will say something like "get your tire fixed tomorrow it is going to go flat if you don't get more air in it" and sure enough it is true. Something like "Joe is going to call you at three pm tomorrow and needs your help" and it is exactly true. I hope this helps with interpretations.