The Nature of Spirit Guides
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Introduction
Working with spirit guides is one of the most rewarding methods to boost one’s spirituality, yet contact with spirit guides also holds dangers and is one of the most controversial topics of spirituality. However, with right knowledge, discernment and due care there should be nothing to fear nor hold you back. The door to higher spiritual knowledge is beckoning, waiting for those courageous enough to walk through after having circumvented the traps along the road! This article is meant to give an overview on spirit guides and safely working with them.
What Exactly are Spirit Guides?
Before we begin to explore spirit guide work we should first define what a spirit guide is and even more importantly what a spirit guide is not. Some people suffer from the mistaken idea that a spirit guide is any spirit being that guides you, as the name implies. In their opinion it could for instance be their deceased grandmother or the spirit of a long dead monk. Both of these examples are not true spirit guides. The former is an example of contact with a protective and helpful ancestor, who may very well guide, counsel and protect the spiritual seeker, even impart spiritual knowledge at times, yet this is not what a spirit guide in the classical sense truly is, as we will see later on. Surely, it is rewarding to work with one’s ancestors who have much wisdom to impart to us, love us and wish us well. By all means, it is most beneficial to regularly work with the ancestors, but having at least one true spirit guide is also an absolute necessity on the spiritual path -- which unfortunately is fraught with danger and pitfalls in this Kali Yuga, the age of evil and deception that we are currently living in.
The spirit of a deceased human being no matter how wise they may have been in life, is still trapped in duality and the astral realms and does not have the wisdom and knowledge of a true spirit guide who is evolved beyond the human realm and at home in higher dimensions. A true spirit guide is strictly speaking not human though he or she may look very similar to us or even like an ordinary human. True spirit guides are beyond. Those souls have either transcended the human stage of evolution by becoming siddhas (perfected beings) or are by nature higher beings who never were human to begin with. In any case true spirit guides have the following characteristics:
The spirit of a deceased human being no matter how wise they may have been in life, is still trapped in duality and the astral realms and does not have the wisdom and knowledge of a true spirit guide who is evolved beyond the human realm and at home in higher dimensions. A true spirit guide is strictly speaking not human though he or she may look very similar to us or even like an ordinary human. True spirit guides are beyond. Those souls have either transcended the human stage of evolution by becoming siddhas (perfected beings) or are by nature higher beings who never were human to begin with. In any case true spirit guides have the following characteristics:
- they are beings of spirit, not of flesh and blood
- they are beyond the human realm and are essentially higher beings.
- They have chosen to do service to humanity and advanced spiritual seekers.
- They are enlightened beings of wisdom and their only agenda is to raise individual or planetary consciousness to a higher level.
- Their service is to the creator / cosmic mind / evolution of consciousness and the forces or light and order
On Non-Physical Beings
So let us go through these points one by one. First of all, you must know that there are a multitude of non-physical beings, and just the fact that you have contact with a non-physical being does not necessarily mean you are having contact with a true spirit guide, much less a benign being. Non-physical beings may include: disembodied human beings, astral projectors, earthbound spirits, interdimensional beings from this planet or other regions of space, nature spirits, beings of the faerie realm, inner earth denizens or intraterrestrials, and extraterrestrial beings of higher or lower dimensions. Some of these beings maybe be benign, others hostile. Some may have your well-being in mind, others have a selfish agenda and many are deceptive. Some spirit beings may be wise, others are not any wiser than the average human, and some are even deluded or dangerous.
So how do you know the difference? How can you make sure you are not falling prey to interdimensional beings that deceive you and lead you astray? It is not easy to discern who is genuine and who is not, but there are a few guidelines that may help you make sure you get a real spirit guide, not a deceiver.
So how do you know the difference? How can you make sure you are not falling prey to interdimensional beings that deceive you and lead you astray? It is not easy to discern who is genuine and who is not, but there are a few guidelines that may help you make sure you get a real spirit guide, not a deceiver.
Place and Manner of First Contact
True spirit guides are higher beings. As such they have access to the higher spiritual planes, which are barred to beings of lower consciousness. In shamanic terms these higher planes are called the Upper World which contains many different realms and dimensions, some of which shamans can visit and some of which are too high for ordinary human beings to access.
Higher Planes
The safest way to get a spirit guide is to meet him or her on the higher planes.
Therefore the spiritual aspirant needs to know how to navigate the higher realms through either advanced meditation or shamanic journeying to the Upper World and higher dimensions. When we travel the spirit planes and non-physical dimensions with our consciousness and our dream body or spirit body, we can only go as high as our vibration and spiritual development allow. Negative beings of malice and deception cannot go to the higher realms. It is impossible for them as their vibration keeps them grounded. Therefore, if you raise your vibration, elevate your consciousness and learn to access the Upper World, you can be sure the beings you meet there and who offer themselves as your teachers and guides cannot possible be deceivers and negative beings.
Dream Contact
If the first contact with your spirit guide was in a dream then you cannot know for sure. I personally met my first spirit guide in a dream and he was genuine. But this may not always be so. It all depends on what realms you go to in your dream. If you have gone to the lower astral you most likely have met a negative being there, unless you were hauled out by a higher being. If you are so highly developed spiritually that you access mainly the higher realms in your dreams then you can be assured that the beings you met there are equally evolved and benign. For most of us dreaming is a mixed package. You may sometimes go to higher and sometimes to lower realms. For any spirit guides acquired on the dream planes you need to be very discerning and look out for other indicators of their true nature.
Ordinary Reality
This is the most tricky form of initial contact. Extreme caution is called for if the initial contact happened in ordinary reality. In most cases, but not all, this should be seen as a red alert. So if you were sitting in your living room when you suddenly heard a voice say “hello! I am your spirit guide!” or similar, then beware!
Beware of voices!
Hearing of voices goes back in most cases to one of two possibilities: either you are being manipulated with voice to skull technology (a covert program of the one world shadow government – please research it – that has driven many once healthy people over the edge) or you are hearing voices from the astral realm – and that is the astral realm around the earth, which is located between the lower and the higher astral, as a mid point. In Norse or Germanic tradition the earth plane is called Midgard, implying its central location. Therefore all kind of spirits and beings both good and bad can travel through Midgard or the shamanic Middle World which has a solid physical side that we are living in every day and a spirit aspect, which shamans and meditators can experience and into which we may cross over in our dreams or out of body experiences. As we are living in Kali Yuga, the age of evil, the etheric planes enveloping the earth plane at this point in time are filled with a multitude of negative beings. The chances of falling prey to such are thus very high.
Now you may say: what about people who are hearing voices because they are crazy? From a shamanic or Yogic point of view hearing voices does not make you crazy, it just means you have the ability to hear in the non-physical realm. It is an ability that Yogis develop in due course of their evolution as described for instance in the Raja Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Anybody who develops spiritually to a certain level will eventually be able to hear in the non-physical dimension. Problems occur when this happens too early before one is ready. Spiritual safeguards have been put in place to prevent this from happening prematurely but often the use of drugs -- both recreational and medical -- can blow these safety valves out of the way leaving a bewildered and confused, terrified human being in unchartered territory who may suffer additional abuse and ridicule from their fellow human beings if they ever speak about their experiences.
While it is perfectly possible for higher beings to contact you in ordinary reality by making themselves visible or audible, this is not the normal form of contact and usually reserved for emergencies, when Spirit has to intervene to prevent harm, such as saving you from an impending accident, suicide or other calamity.
Interdimensionals and deceptive spirits that hang around on the lower astral and earth plane use this as their preferred method of contact. Often they will give themselves an angelic appearance and speak in scriptural or popular spiritual terms, depending on one’s religion and belief system, trying to gain the trust of the spiritual seeker. Once this trust is obtained they gain more and more control over the hapless human being, in some cases to the point of possession. To avoid this scenario it is best to obtain a spirit guide via the Upper World, which is easily done with a little bit of shamanic training, practice and effort. If you need help with this, please visit my online tuition page for more information! Once you have at least one true spirit guide he or she will sort out the imposters fairly quickly!
Recognise Them by Their Fruits!
The nature of a spirit being or spirit guide can be discerned by the way they act and what they actually teach you. Let us recap: a true spirit guide is concerned with evolution of consciousness – your consciousness in case of your personal spirit guide. Evolution of consciousness is neither easy nor always pleasant. A true spirit guide will therefore at times have to point out your flaws and shortcomings, so that you can work on them. A true spirit guide may push you hard, where warranted so that you do the work and spiritually evolve. A true spirit guide will not always agree with you because it is their duty to point out to you when you are going down a destructive or negative path. On the other hand they will not interfere with true will and freedom of choice. If you are hell-bent on destroying yourself or going over to the side of evil, a true spirit guide will simply leave. A true spirit guide is not a baby sitter and they do not make choices for you – they give suggestions and sometimes they do push you a bit, for your own good. But they never coerce, manipulate or blackmail you in a cruel or malicious way, as many people have reported from their so called “guides” and “angels”. I knew one woman who was being tormented (!) by her “angels”! A true spirit guide may for instance say to you that they cannot work with you anymore unless you quit drinking – in other words they cannot teach you anymore if you keep on lowering your vibration to the point where you cannot actually practice spirituality. This is not manipulation but stating the facts.
On the other hand deceptive spirits may demand you perform negative actions, including actions that hurt other beings, or they will not work with you anymore. So if you are being told to slaughter a cow, sacrifice your pet, physically harm another human being etc, it stands to reason that you are being manipulated by negative entities. I personally knew a woman who said the “Goddess” told her she had to sacrifice her cat and even more frightening, she seemed to consider that option for a while! The greater Gods do not require human or animal sacrifice. Shedding the blood of innocents is not a hallmark of a spirit guide but of the demonic! Should you ever get such suggestions or demands from so called guides, banish them from your life and your sphere immediately, with all the magick, power and strength of will you can muster!
On the other hand deceptive spirits may demand you perform negative actions, including actions that hurt other beings, or they will not work with you anymore. So if you are being told to slaughter a cow, sacrifice your pet, physically harm another human being etc, it stands to reason that you are being manipulated by negative entities. I personally knew a woman who said the “Goddess” told her she had to sacrifice her cat and even more frightening, she seemed to consider that option for a while! The greater Gods do not require human or animal sacrifice. Shedding the blood of innocents is not a hallmark of a spirit guide but of the demonic! Should you ever get such suggestions or demands from so called guides, banish them from your life and your sphere immediately, with all the magick, power and strength of will you can muster!
The Nature of the Teaching
The nature of the teaching you receive from true spirit guides will be in line with your true nature and your state of development. For instance, if you are a beginner on the spiritual path you will not get the most advanced spirit guide of the highest order right away. You would simply not be able to understand or implement those teachings. So you get a “lower” guide first – who of course is also a higher being way beyond your spiritual state, else he would have nothing to teach you! But you cannot put an elementary student in a university class, so to speak. As you spiritually evolve sometimes your spirit guide will hand the teaching over to another more advanced guide after some time – generally years. Or he / she may stay in touch with you but you gain an additional guide who teaches you more advanced things.
To Wait or to Act?
It has been said that the teacher appears when the student is ready, and that is definitely true! Your spirit guide will appear somehow when you are ready. Of course that does not mean you should sit back and do nothing, waiting for a knock on the door. When you are truly ready you will also feel a strong need for a spirit guide, an urge to seek one out! There is nothing wrong with actively seeking a spirit guide by going to the Upper World and making yourself available to potential guides. In fact your very action proves that you have reached a certain level of development, because you prove your ability to access the higher realms and your commitment through your efforts of learning and practicing journeying to these Otherworld realms. And that in itself is your entrance ticket to the realm of higher consciousness!
Spirit Guides for the Unspiritual?
There are people who claim that they have spirit guides but have never actually engaged in spiritual practices prior to getting their “spirit guides”. Though it is possible due to positive karma and spiritual practices in past lives to be so blessed, it is not the norm but rather the exception. You have to earn a spirit guide by actual spiritual practices and spiritual inclination. A gross materialist and slave to the senses living an unclean, immoral life will not get a spirit guide, nor would a true spirit guide stay with such a man. If by divine grace a spirit guide comes to a human being in such an environment or state of mind they would compassionately but firmly steer them away from such degrading behaviour and towards a cleaner and more spiritual lifestyle. The proof really is in the pudding, or rather in your life. If your spirit guides have truly made you more spiritual in your outlook on life, in your understanding of reality and your actions, promoting a clean ethical lifestyle rather than self-indulgence and ego gratification, then you most likely have true spirit guides. Some deceivers can be very clever though, giving you some good things in the beginning until the whip comes out… So always be on guard. You really only know your spirit guides with certainty if you have worked with them over a longer period of time and seen the benefit of this interaction and their teachings in your personal development.
A Fitting Guide
What exactly you are being taught by your spirit guides depends on where you stand and what is your true nature, the purpose of your incarnation. If you are meant to be a spiritual warrior for instance, you may receive training which requires a certain amount of well directed aggression. On the other hand, a man who had problems with anger and aggression all his life may receive a spirit guide who teaches him peace, love and forgiveness. Spirit guides are not a one size fits all! They are tailor made for you. The universe provides you the exact guide that fits your temperament, level of development and your soul’s purpose!
On Teachers of "Love and Light"
It is therefore incorrect to say that all spirit guides teach only love and light. Though the true spirit guide’s teaching will never be a doctrine of hatred it may very well be one for spiritual warriors. Because to protect all that is good and beautiful or restore divine order to a world gone awry warriors are needed. This is wonderfully described in the ancient scripture, the Mahabharata which tells us of the last time the forces of darkness became so strong that they eventually had to be wiped off the surface of the earth. At that time the hero and warrior Arjuna and his brothers became the instrument of the Divine to cleanse the Earth. The enlightening scripture of the Bhagavad Gita, a manual for right living, tells us how, just before the great battle, Arjuna is overcome with doubts and does not want to engage in the killing of the many good people who unfortunately had joined the side of evil. But Sri Krishna enlightens him on his true dharma (righteous path) which is to be an instrument of destruction of evil, regardless of his own personal feelings. Krishna removes the blinkers from Arjuna’s eyes and allows him to do what he was born to, as a warrior and defender of all that is good. There is no hatred in Arjuna’s actions, even though he engages in violent and bloody battle, a battle that has to be fought for the greater good and to restore divine order and ultimately peace on Earth!
We are once again in the same position as at the end of the last Yuga, only this time the forces of darkness, chaos and evil are much more powerful than they were at the end of the last Yuga. Some of us have come here to clean up the mess. They will receive a different type of teaching than other souls who have not even learned the basic lessons of love and unselfishness yet, for instance. Nobody can walk in another man’s shoes on the long run nor live another man’s dharma. Know thyself and to thine own self be true!
We are once again in the same position as at the end of the last Yuga, only this time the forces of darkness, chaos and evil are much more powerful than they were at the end of the last Yuga. Some of us have come here to clean up the mess. They will receive a different type of teaching than other souls who have not even learned the basic lessons of love and unselfishness yet, for instance. Nobody can walk in another man’s shoes on the long run nor live another man’s dharma. Know thyself and to thine own self be true!
On True Spirituality
True spirituality is not a love and light affair but balances light and shadow. The embracing of both light and shadow and with it the ability to deal with dark forces as well as with beings of light has ever been the hallmark of the true shaman and is symbolised by the colour combination of black and white. This is also expressed in the sacred symbol of the Yin & Yang in which the opposing energies are interwoven into a harmonious whole, the Tao or cosmos. The forces of light and darkness are equally important and one cannot exist without the other. Goodness, beauty and natural order in this world cannot prosper without the rigorous and ruthless weeding out of the forces opposing those qualities, the forces of chaos and negativity.
True spirituality does not suffer from the slavish mentality indoctrinated into countless goodhearted but gullible New Agers but is in essence a battle against the forces of negativity, of degeneration, entropy and chaos both within oneself and in the outer world, on the physical and ethereal planes. The doctrine and practice of false non-violence is akin to letting all the vegetables, fruits and beautiful roses in your garden go to rot and ruin because of sympathising with pests and weeds. This “non-violence” is fake and utterly hypocritical because it leads ultimately to the violation of the good and worthy by the inferior and unworthy which is totally against natural law and natural order.
In spirituality as in life the lower has to be sacrificed for the sake of the higher. On the spiritual path the lower self eventually undergoes a death so that the higher self can emerge and prosper. A truly spiritual human is therefore always a warrior by nature, ruthless where necessary, loving, kind and compassionate where appropriate. This is called integrity: the integration of light and shadow within one’s self. Likewise, true spirit guides will teach a wholistic path of light and shadow, a path of integration and integrity, not one of denial and delusion.
True spirituality does not suffer from the slavish mentality indoctrinated into countless goodhearted but gullible New Agers but is in essence a battle against the forces of negativity, of degeneration, entropy and chaos both within oneself and in the outer world, on the physical and ethereal planes. The doctrine and practice of false non-violence is akin to letting all the vegetables, fruits and beautiful roses in your garden go to rot and ruin because of sympathising with pests and weeds. This “non-violence” is fake and utterly hypocritical because it leads ultimately to the violation of the good and worthy by the inferior and unworthy which is totally against natural law and natural order.
In spirituality as in life the lower has to be sacrificed for the sake of the higher. On the spiritual path the lower self eventually undergoes a death so that the higher self can emerge and prosper. A truly spiritual human is therefore always a warrior by nature, ruthless where necessary, loving, kind and compassionate where appropriate. This is called integrity: the integration of light and shadow within one’s self. Likewise, true spirit guides will teach a wholistic path of light and shadow, a path of integration and integrity, not one of denial and delusion.
Personal or Universal Guides?
The relationship between a spiritual seeker and his spirit guide is always a very close and personal one. Though a spirit guide may sometimes have more than one student a true, personal spirit guide is there to personally guide the aspirant’s spiritual development every step of the way and in the process develops a very intimate and close relationship with their entrusted student. In the Vedic tradition the Guru usually also only took one or very few disciples that he personally instructed and imparted his power and knowledge to. Though there are higher beings that are world teachers, those are not personal spirit guides.
The world teachers usually teach by their example when they incarnate – not all do - or elevate consciousness by their mere presence and high vibration, or inspire saints and sages and individuals of spiritual purity and wisdom to great realisations which are then passed on to the masses through those sages. But world teachers generally do not develop personal relationships with individuals. They are too far advanced for that, meaning their vibration is so high it appears detached and aloof and their teaching generally is of such a high order that it can only be understood by a few advanced souls.
Some New Age teachers and websites are spreading out the doctrine that for instance Saint Germaine or Archangel Michael or Melchizedek are spirit guides. Personally I think archangels have better things to do than to look after the petty affairs of unenlightened human beings – if one even wants to believe in the doctrine of the archangels, saints and biblical figures which is basically judeo-christian by nature and not Heathen / Pagan, as our much more enlightened ancestors were. Our European ancestors for instance still had contact with their ancestors and an intact ancestral tradition, they worked with nature spirits such as the disir and the Old Gods and had their own shamanic traditions (such as Seidr) and wisdom teachings. Before they were subjugated and force-converted by violence, fire, sword, torture and lies they lived in harmony with the natural world, similar to the Native Americans and adhered to a very high codex of honour, something that is very rare now, in this Kali Yuga the age of involution and decay. It is my personal belief that the only way to restore true order on this planet is to go back to our roots, to living in harmony with nature and worshipping our ancestral gods, each depending on his own ethnic and cultural background. Our ancestors lived in harmony with the natural world and in truth. We are living lives that are contrary to Nature and contrary to truth, in a world gone topsy turvy, where the worst elements are in charge of everything leading mankind to its own destruction.
As to our connection to spirit guides, they should be personal not “universal”. You need to have at least one personal spirit guide, and that should not be a well known character such as “Melchizedek”. Your spirit guide should also only be known to you. Do not share the names of your spirit guides even with a good friend, as this could be abused. And friendships are fickle in Kali Yuga, betrayal is a constant theme in our dysfunctional and degenerate society.
The name of your spirit guide will not be something that you have heard before as these names are not ordinary names but of ancient languages, probably from a time long past or another dimension or even of other planets. Some spirit guides may actually be from other planets and may tell you so. Others are Shining Ones or Ancient Ones. All are good. But you have to learn to understand them not in our only too human terms and by our measures, but by their own standard which is rooted in truth and motivated by evolution of consciousness and the benefit of your soul, not necessarily of creating a good, comfortable and happy life for you. In fact these two things may at times clash or be incompatible. A very advanced spirit guide may give you experiences and teachings you need to spiritually grow in the long run, even though this may be acutely painful for you. A higher being will consider the long term benefit more important than the temporary – possibly extreme – suffering necessary to get there. But as most people cannot withstand such intense tests and tribulations and may crack up under the pressure, it is best to learn how to communicate work with one’s spirit guide in such a manner that you make progress but don’t shatter. Also, in order to avoid misunderstandings one needs to learn the etiquette of working with higher beings and advanced spirit guides.
The world teachers usually teach by their example when they incarnate – not all do - or elevate consciousness by their mere presence and high vibration, or inspire saints and sages and individuals of spiritual purity and wisdom to great realisations which are then passed on to the masses through those sages. But world teachers generally do not develop personal relationships with individuals. They are too far advanced for that, meaning their vibration is so high it appears detached and aloof and their teaching generally is of such a high order that it can only be understood by a few advanced souls.
Some New Age teachers and websites are spreading out the doctrine that for instance Saint Germaine or Archangel Michael or Melchizedek are spirit guides. Personally I think archangels have better things to do than to look after the petty affairs of unenlightened human beings – if one even wants to believe in the doctrine of the archangels, saints and biblical figures which is basically judeo-christian by nature and not Heathen / Pagan, as our much more enlightened ancestors were. Our European ancestors for instance still had contact with their ancestors and an intact ancestral tradition, they worked with nature spirits such as the disir and the Old Gods and had their own shamanic traditions (such as Seidr) and wisdom teachings. Before they were subjugated and force-converted by violence, fire, sword, torture and lies they lived in harmony with the natural world, similar to the Native Americans and adhered to a very high codex of honour, something that is very rare now, in this Kali Yuga the age of involution and decay. It is my personal belief that the only way to restore true order on this planet is to go back to our roots, to living in harmony with nature and worshipping our ancestral gods, each depending on his own ethnic and cultural background. Our ancestors lived in harmony with the natural world and in truth. We are living lives that are contrary to Nature and contrary to truth, in a world gone topsy turvy, where the worst elements are in charge of everything leading mankind to its own destruction.
As to our connection to spirit guides, they should be personal not “universal”. You need to have at least one personal spirit guide, and that should not be a well known character such as “Melchizedek”. Your spirit guide should also only be known to you. Do not share the names of your spirit guides even with a good friend, as this could be abused. And friendships are fickle in Kali Yuga, betrayal is a constant theme in our dysfunctional and degenerate society.
The name of your spirit guide will not be something that you have heard before as these names are not ordinary names but of ancient languages, probably from a time long past or another dimension or even of other planets. Some spirit guides may actually be from other planets and may tell you so. Others are Shining Ones or Ancient Ones. All are good. But you have to learn to understand them not in our only too human terms and by our measures, but by their own standard which is rooted in truth and motivated by evolution of consciousness and the benefit of your soul, not necessarily of creating a good, comfortable and happy life for you. In fact these two things may at times clash or be incompatible. A very advanced spirit guide may give you experiences and teachings you need to spiritually grow in the long run, even though this may be acutely painful for you. A higher being will consider the long term benefit more important than the temporary – possibly extreme – suffering necessary to get there. But as most people cannot withstand such intense tests and tribulations and may crack up under the pressure, it is best to learn how to communicate work with one’s spirit guide in such a manner that you make progress but don’t shatter. Also, in order to avoid misunderstandings one needs to learn the etiquette of working with higher beings and advanced spirit guides.
Foundation for Spirit Guide Work
Higher Beings live in truth. Untruth is despicable to them. Unfortunately most humans do not understand what truth really means. Saying one thing, whilst thinking something else altogether is a form of untruth. So is breaking a vow or not keeping a promise. Such behaviour loses us the respect of higher beings -- and possibly of one’s spirit guides. The most important guidelines for working with spirit guides are therefore: truthfulness and honour. Add to this courage because spiritual growth without courage is virtually impossible. It takes courage to leave the old self behind and become something completely new, something unknown -- something you cannot easily find role models for in this material world. It takes courage to deal with the things you will see and experience on the spiritual path, for instance if you see astral beings, spirits or elementals or various other non-physical beings, or even shapeshifters. Or when you go out of body or are momentarily stuck in a transcendental state in which the body-mind complex is not working as normal, or temporarily out of order. The fear of death needs to be overcome as well, and that alone is already a daunting task and a stumbling block for many. Emotional turmoil, attachment and desires are the foes the spiritual aspirant has to grapple with.
All these challenges and many more require commitment, determination, fearlessness and great courage from the spiritual aspirant -- qualities that one has to strive to develop and increase within oneself. Only then does it make sense to have a spirit guide to learn more and grow faster. Indeed, spirit guides have much to teach, but not many people are truly ready and willing to implement these teachings, not many are truly ready to embark on the ardous path of self-improvement, of constant self-reflection and of weeding out ones vices and inferior qualities. Much renunciation is needed and many sacrifices will have to be made along the way -- in exchange for a slim chance of success, of reaching enlightenment. Only the most determined of seekers with the purest of hearts stand a chance. A spirit guide can show you the way. But in the end it is you who has to do the walking. Are you ready?
All these challenges and many more require commitment, determination, fearlessness and great courage from the spiritual aspirant -- qualities that one has to strive to develop and increase within oneself. Only then does it make sense to have a spirit guide to learn more and grow faster. Indeed, spirit guides have much to teach, but not many people are truly ready and willing to implement these teachings, not many are truly ready to embark on the ardous path of self-improvement, of constant self-reflection and of weeding out ones vices and inferior qualities. Much renunciation is needed and many sacrifices will have to be made along the way -- in exchange for a slim chance of success, of reaching enlightenment. Only the most determined of seekers with the purest of hearts stand a chance. A spirit guide can show you the way. But in the end it is you who has to do the walking. Are you ready?
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