Rayven Michaels

In my previous post, we created a form and chose a name so that we could connect to our Spirit Guide. The next step is to actually communicate with our Guide.  "But", you ask, "if I don't sense my Spirit Guide, how can I communicate with them?" Well then, let's begin there!

Sensing Your Spirit Guide

This exercise will enable you to sense the energy of your Spirit Guide. Seat yourself comfortably in chair, bench or on your bed.  Ask your Guide to come sit beside you. At this point you may or may not feel
anything but do pay attention to whether you feel any change in sensation arounds you.  Ask your Guide to move in really close to you so that you can sense them better.  What do you notice?  A tingle in your stomach?  Does the hair on your head or body feel tingly.  Your hands prickle? Do you feel vibration in your body?  Or do you hear a buzzing in your ears? Or does sound suddenly cut off in one ear?  To test this sensation, ask your Guide to move away. The sensation should lesson or stop.  Now ask your Guide to move in close to you again and the sensations should return.  There is no right or wrong way to sense your Guide, there is only YOUR way.  One person may flush warm, another may shiver with a chill.  Some get tingly fingers or hands, while others it may be the feet or legs.  Some get butterflies in their stomach.  Others feel a waft of air on the back of their neck.  The possibilities are endless. Your job is to determine what your *signal* is that your Guide is present.  Repeat this exercise often so that you readily recognize your Guide's presence.

First Communication -- Yes/No Palm Exercise

Ok! So you sense your Spirit Guide now and you are ready to communicate! How do you do this? Here is a simple yes/no technique using your body.  Although a pendulum could be used for this same purpose, I choose to use the palm exercise because it lets you interact more directly with your Guide and feel their energy.

Hold your hands in front of you palms up. Designate one hand as "yes" and the other as "no" -- doesn't matter which hand is which as long as you use the same designation each time.  I personally designate my right hand as "yes" and my left hand as "no".  Ask your Guide a question that you know is a definite "yes" answer and see what sensations you get in your "yes" hand.  Did it tingle? Feel heavier? Waiver a bit?  Now ask your Guide a question that you know is a definite "no" answer and see what sensations you get in your "no" hand.  Again, was it a tingle? Feel heavier? Waiver or tremble?  Was the response different than your "yes" hand? Do they both get the same signal?  Play with technique with a series of questions that you know the answers to and confirm the signals that you get when receiving the known answer.

Once you are comfortable knowing how your hands receive Yes/No answers, begin to ask your Guide questions that you *don't* know the answer to and see what answer your Guide provides.  If at anytime, you don't feel like you are sensing anything in either hand, ask your Guide if the answer to that question is something you can know at this time.  Most likely your Guide will indicate "No" in which case you move on to a new question.

Communicating Beyond Yes/No Answers

Eventually, okay, probably right away if your are anxious and we usually are!, you will want to communicate with your Guide and get answers beyond yes/no questions.  How do we do this?  It is a fascinating process and is different for every person.  When asking your Guide a complex question that needs more than a "yes/no" answer, be prepared to be alert for any type of response -- release your expectations and open yourself to possibilities.  Did you hear a sound in your real world that grabbed your attention?  Was it a bird? What type of bird? Was it an insect? What type insect? Or other creature?  Did lyrics of a song suddenly pop into your head?  Did you think of someone? What does that person mean to you?  Did you have a flash of a vision? Did a word come into your mind? Any of these methods are possible and more.  Your job is to be aware and receive and then to interpret what you get as it relates to your question.  If you got an sound of an animal, or image or thought, research that particular being and see what it symbolizes.  As you read the information pay attention to what resonates with you or "makes sense" to you.

But what if I get nada, nothing, zip? ARRRGH! you say.  Don't despair. The message will come shortly if not immediately.  Be alert.  Do you see repetitions of numbers? See the same symbols over and over.  Find yourself being drawn to or noticing the same color. Maybe a song will come on that has lyrics that will reach out and grab you and seem to be an answer to your question.  Maybe you will be reading something or watch something on television and suddenly it causes you to have an "AHA!" moment.  Or maybe you will have a dream that plays out the answer for you.  However, with dreams, be prepared to interpret them because they often are filled with imagery designed to communicate something that would take lots of words to provide. Remember, a picture is worth a thousand words.  And don't be alarmed if a dream seems "creepy" -- analyze your dream, take it apart, look at the objects in the dream individually.  Is a big creepy dark figure haunting you?  Perhaps that symbolizes your fear of the unknown? Can you relate? Do you like things nice and orderly and the outcome well mapped out? If the answer is yes, then a big dark, shadowy unknown future would be quite daunting to you, just like a big creepy shadowy figure in your dream.  Are you going somewhere in a dream that takes you no where? Perhaps you are uncertain regarding a course of action? Or your purpose etc.  Dreams are generally messages to us if we take the type to decipher them.

Hopefully this gets you further down the road in communicating with your Guide.

Bright Blessings
Rayven Michaels