Chrysalis Healing Center

By: Sally Phelps

At the Chrysalis Healing Center, we have monthly discussion groups called Spirit Talks,  where we chat about topics of interest to the group.  In August, we met for a fascinating discussion about our Spirit Guides. 

What is a Spirit Guide?  

Spirit Guides are energetic beings who live outside of our world, and who can be accessed by us.  They are here to help, and we need to ASK for their help, because we live in a dimension of free will. They will not interfere unless we ask for their guidance.  Anything big or small, ask for their help.  They’re always there.  

Spirit Guides have many functions and purposes.  They are teachers who help us learn the lessons we’re here to learn and keep us on track to accomplish our soul’s plan.  They protect us, guide us away from experiences we shouldn’t have, and let us know when we’re making choices that are not aligned with our highest good, or safety.  They can heal us, and teach us. 

Do you feel you have a limitation in your life, either physical, emotional, situational or intellectual?  Think of your Spirit Guides as your personal spiritual support and healing team. They will help you in an unconditional loving way – with anything. This is a powerful way to accelerate your healing process.  

They meet us where we are, at our level of understanding and personal development.  You may not be aware of them, but they are there.  They always have time for us,   offering their support and guidance.They have skills, gifts and wisdom that will help us in this life. 

There are many types of spirit guides – here are a few:  

1.  Angels  

• You may believe in guardian angels – I always have.  Mine is named Seth and he has been by my side since I was a little girl. 

• Archangels are the highest form, high vibrational beings of light. They have specific purposes in order to help us.  Michael the Warrior, Raphael the Healer, Ariel is the Archangel of Nature to name a few.  

• There is an angel for everything.  Every time I take a road trip or get on my bike for a long ride, I ask Roadie, my Travel Angel to be with me, and I have many stories of how Roadie has kept me safe.  

2. Ascended Masters

These are beings that have lived on this earth.  Angels have not.  They have mastered the human experience. They are good at guiding us on this earth because they understand what it is to be human – they have balanced their karma, and have now ascended.  The ascended masters are extremely well known – Buddha, Jesus, Mary M, St. Germaine, to name a few. 

3. Animal and Plant Guides

These guides represent an archetype that lines up with our spirit.  If we have an animal or plant guide (flowers/herbs) come into our experience, it’s probably because we need their particular energy at this time.  If there is a certain animal you feel a connection to or that unexpectedly crosses your path, look up the symbolism of that animal, and see what it means.

4. Nature’s Spirits

Similarly there are other spirits of nature that are guides that keep us connected to the earth and to its natural energies. You have experienced the spirit guide of wind when you hear your chimes tinkle, or of Gaia, Mother Earth, when you feel the beauty of the land or the sand between your toes. Do you feel at peace when you are near water – the ocean, a lake, a soothing bath, or your backyard pool?    Trees also have tremendous guiding properties – they can help us work through a problem and….did you know that the trees are listening?  Believe it or not, this also means fairies, sprites, gnomes, even unicorns! 

5. Ancestors

These may be ancestors of biological lineage or soul lineage.  They deeply understand the themes of your family and can help you understand how we need to balance life and complete the work we are here to do, either as an individual or as a group.  Our ancestral guides can help us release and transform certain aspects of our lineage – such as ancestral trauma or harmful ancestral programming.   

6. Runner Guides 

Sonia Choquette, who wrote Ask Your Guides, talks about Runner Guides.  Guides that you can call upon to help you with just about anything!  They will help you find a lost object, the perfect gift, a parking space when you’re in the city, a new apartment, vacation spot or home!

7. Galactic Guides 

These guides come from other dimensions.  They come from all over the universe and have specific healing energies that will help us on our journey.  Many are here right now to help us get through the dark times. Syrians, Pleiadians, Arcturians, etc – usually these guides come from your original soul family.

Guidelines of Spirit Guides:

• Give them permission to communicate with you for the highest good, and to help you  understand their messages.      
• They work for the higher good of all – they will never do something that doesn’t serve Everyone.  
• They are unconditionally loving beings – no judgment.  Whatever choices we make, they will always love us.  
• They don’t do whatever we ask them to do, or give us whatever information we want.  
• We all have free will – our guides will never violate that.  They will never force us to do something.  We always have a choice.
• They always tell the truth. 
• A message may not make sense to us.  File it away, it may well mean something to you later, or make sense in a different way.   
• Be specific if you are asking for something.  You may not get an answer, and that is likely for a good reason.  Or you might get an answer at a later time.  Be patient and watchful – it’ll come.  

How do They Communicate with Us?

Try not to have a certain expectation of how your spirit guide looks, or how you will ‘hear’ from them.  

• Watch for signs and synchronicities.  There are no coincidences.  Repeating numbers, or a song with certain lyrics, you may see a name, or a symbol, or an animal.  The way we know this is a sign, is it makes us feel uplifted and a sense of awe.  “That feels important.” Our guides will direct us to the important things. 
• Go with your intuition. “Trust your gut…” Your intuition is often your spirit guides!  
• Acknowledge nspiration, or a pull, or an idea.  Do you ever have an ah-hah moment, or a feeling like you should do something, or go in a certain direction?
• They may come to you in a dream.  If you have an interesting, unusual or significant dream, write it down. Again, if it doesn’t make sense to you at the time, it will later. 
• They might flash lights, TV or all the power might go off – it’s a bit easier for them to communicate to you this way since it’s all energy.
• Keep a notebook and pen close by.  You may want to write messages that you receive.

This post draws from some of my favorite resources:

Taken from Insight Timer app – Courses by Carrie Suwall and Marie Blythe

And from the book  Ask Your Guides by Sonia Choquette

And from our very own Psychic/Medium  – Penny