Spirit Guides

When I first heard the term 'spirit guide' my first thought was to dismiss the idea. This was before I really began to explore my inner-self, as I was plagued with more than enough self-doubt at the time. I felt that even if they did exist in some metaphysical form, there was no way possible that I could have one.
The more I delved into my current practice, the more I wanted to discover my spirit guides. I finally found an excellent video by a wonderful Youtuber named momcalzmesheri (thank you, Cricketsong!), which was a guided meditation designed to help meet one's spirit guide/guides. That meditation finally helped me break through to my guides.

My guide was not exactly what I had expected, but intuitively I knew that spirit guides are not always what we want, they can be what we need at that moment in time, and I needed my spirit guide as they appeared to me at that time. I'm not going to say much about my spirit guide, but I will say that it was an older man, and his name was Emanuel. I'm very interested in the meaning of names, and I looked up the meaning of his name after my meditation that night. I discovered that his name meant,"God is with us". I thought that was a very interesting coincidence.

The entire experience of doing the guided meditation was very transformational. I used that meditation many times in the beginning to see if I could find any other spirit guides, but Emanuel was the only one that really came to me. One time doing this meditation, however, Guanyin appeared to me and gave me a message; I needed that message very badly. I guess Guanyin had come to me as a spirit guide for the period of suffering I was going through. Her appearance made sense to me because she is with me all the time as my matron Goddess. I have so many images of Guanyin in my home and my sacred space; she just permeates my life, so it was only a matter of time that she appeared as a spirit guide.

I love both of my spirit guides, and I feel that they are with me for a purpose. That purpose is not really known to me yet, but in the case of Guanyin, she is here on this earthly plane to guide everyone towards enlightment. As one of the special few that feel a deeper connection to her, and I am thankful for all the experiences she has given me since I first encountered her many years ago in Japan.

Until next time, blessed be and Guanyin be with you.