My Spirit Guides

SPIRIT GUIDES

Saints/human spirit guides, angels and animal spirit guides are messengers, protectors, teachers, or healers communicating to us about our lives and about us. Discovering the meanings of the messages they bring may be in dreams, waking life or prayer for example. Through God/Great Spirit they help us liberate the mind, opening us to possibilities beyond our daily lives.

THE MESSAGE BRINGERS

These are often saints/human spirit guides, angels or spirit animal guides who provide guidance in our life. They bring direction to us whether it be situations, choices, decisions and activities we are involved in.

GUARDIAN ANGELS, PATRON SAINTS/HUMAN SPIRIT GUIDES AND ANIMAL SPIRIT GUIDES

A guardian angel is a spirit who protects and guides a particular person. The belief is that guardian angels present prayers to God, protecting whichever person God assigns them to. The Roman Catholic Church calendar of saints includes a memorial for guardian angels on October 2.

In those denominations of Christianity which believe in the intercession of saints, the patron saint is a saint who has special or a natural liking for or attraction to a particular person. Prayers by that person are considered more likely to be answered by their patron saint. My patron saints are St Francis of Assisi and St Joan of Arc.

A human spirit guide is a human entity that remains a disincarnate spirit in order to act as a spiritual counselor or protector to a living incarnated human being for their perceived ancient wisdom. I use the saints and human spirit guides interchangeably.

A message bringer animal spirit guide's presence is often temporary. A study of an animal spirit guide's behavior and charachteristics provide clues and insight as to what our behavior and actions should be in situations around us. When we have a problem, learning to ask for guidance and then taking a nature walk to get the message is one of the best ways of finding the answers. Right now my message bringers are the black vulture, spider and the killdeer.

PERSONAL POWER ANIMALS

Power animal spirit guides are animals that are with us throughout our life or through major periods within our life. They are message bringers, protectors, teachers, and healers. Many animal spirit guides can help us in many different areas of our lives. My power animal spirit guide is the wolf.

PROTECTORS

Our guardian angels protect us as well as animal spirit guides. Like the angels, these animals give us extra strength and energy, often without our realizing it at the moment. They alert us to trouble. They often appear in dreams of conflict to let us know what qualitites to draw on to handle the conflicts in our life. Many people wrongly assume that protectors are always big and ferocious animals. They can be, but every animal has it's own unique defense stragtegies and abilities. For instance, a opposum can be a warning to you to be careful of your own words and actions, that you may need to "play opossum" (dead or silent, keep a low profile) in some situations.

TEACHERS

Angels, saints/human spirit guides and animal spirit guides are teachers. They teach us about our own potentials, energies at play within our life and about our spiritual path in this life. We can learn something from every spiritual being, but those that appear regulary have something to teach us. They also serve as spiritual guides for us, leading us and helping us in sacred quests and journeys. Often angels, saints/human spirit guides or animal guides that appear regularly in our dreams are trying to teach us something. Take a look at animals, for instance, that are living in the same environment that you are living in, these animals are usually doing quite well in your environment. They are very successful. The animals can teach us to live more successfully within that same environment - whether it is home, work, school or some other kind of environment.

HEALING ANIMALS

These animal spirit guides provide us with energy and guidance in regards to healing others or ourselves. Many animals have unique resistance to disease. Certain diseases and drawing upon that animal's energy helps us be more resistant to it as well. Some animals are archtypal symbols of healing. The snake is one such animal. It sheds the old skin and moves into the new. It is a symbol of leaving the old behind for the new. As a symbol of transformation, praying and focusing on the snake during times of illness will help accelerate the healing process. Animals that appear to us at times of illness, provide clues as to the best way to focus our healing energies.