~An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language~♥~ ~ Buber
TYPES OF ANIMAL GUIDES
Symbolic of the four sacred directions, four seasons, and the four colors of man, there are four basic types of animal guides.
Whether an animal spirit comes by dreams, signs and symbolic events, or actual events it is important to first determine if the guide is a Messenger Guide (Totem), Shadow Guide, Journey Guide or Life Guide.
The meaning and lessons an animal guide brings will differ according to the type of guide it may be. Learning to differentiate between the four types of totems is critical to knowing how to react and the actions you will take when an animal totem makes itself known to you. All guides are powerful.
A Messenger Guide quickly comes into your life and then leaves once a message is understood. The time a Message Guide stays in your psychic is relative to you seeing and accepting the message. The message itself can be spiritual in nature, or it can be a warning. The message may deal with a seemingly mundane aspect of your life or it may be a wake-up call for some important action you must make. Sometimes the animal messenger will come during an unusual event and make a powerful statement and others come on the wind as a whisper. A messenger guide can cause you delays or some unforeseen help in your life. They can be both negative and positive in nature for they are totally impartial.
A Shadow Animal Guide is one that invades you with fear. Its purpose it to teach a lesson you have not learned from repeated mistakes because of anger, avarice, greed, insecurity, or other negative thoughts. A Shadow Guide will return again and again bearing strong feelings of fear until its message is acted upon or a change in lifestyle or actions are incorporated into your life. The Shadow Guide is powerful. It can help you to overcome fear by bringing truth and turning fear into a helper animal guide or spirit animal guide. However, if ignored the Shadow Guide can become dangerous and its powers will have a negative affect on your life. The Shadow Guide lives in the spirit world and usually arrives during a time of testing.
A Journey Animal Guide appears at the fork in the road of your life. When a decision is made to follow a certain path in life, the Journey Guide is there to serve as a guide along the way. It represents a path that may take months or years to complete. It can be a friendly traveling companion if the path is right. If you become lost along the way, the Journey Guide is there help lead the way back. Unlike a Messenger Guide who comes and leaves quickly, the Journey Guide remains at your side until the current cycle in your life has changed. appears at the fork in the road of your life. When a decision is made to follow a certain path in life, the Journey Guide is there to serve as a guide along the way. It represents a path that may take months or years to complete. It can be a friendly traveling companion if the path is right. If you become lost along the way, the Journey Guide is there help lead the way back. Unlike a Messenger Guide who comes and leaves quickly, the Journey Guide remains at your side until the current cycle in your life has changed.
A Life Animal Guide is also called a Spirit Guide as it remains a part of you throughout life and reflects your inner-spiritual self. You may have more than one Life Guide and new ones may come during an expected time. Usually a Life Guide does not move away or disappear but remains an integral part of your life, however, there are instances when a particular Life Guide is no longer needed and is replaced with a new one. Its powers are always there for you and serve as a constant reminder of your inner powers and oneness with nature. If for example your Life Guide is Bear, you should be a person who is a solitary dweller, a seeker of knowledge and well grounded. A Life Guide will often call upon other animal guides found within its domain to assist in giving you special messages from time to time.
Manataka American Indian Council
FINDING YOUR ANIMAL TOTEM
You do not choose a Spirit Guide as your personal spirit guide. The Spirit chooses you and they decide to whom they will reveal themselves and make their friend. Do not fall into the trap of saying, “Gosh, I think the wolf is a smart, good looking and powerful animal, so the wolf will become my animal guide.” It does not work this way.
Each Animal has its own Medicine which is unique to that specific creature as gifted by the Great Mystery and its spirit cannot be chosen like the color of your new car. Discovering who your animal guides are is a process of paying attention to the spirits around you and following the signs. It is a process of developing your inner knowledge and spiritual understanding.
An individual can not be assigned a spirit guide by another person, regardless of who that person maybe, no more than another person can say how or when the Great Mystery of Life will be known to you.
What happens if you want an animal spirit so bad you can taste it (not literally) and one has not come to you? We have two suggestions for this case. First, pray about it. Second, be satisfied with whatever happens or does not happen. It if comes, then it comes. If it does not, then it does not. End of question.
You do not choose a Spirit Guide as your personal spirit guide. The Spirit chooses you and they decide to whom they will reveal themselves and make their friend. Do not fall into the trap of saying, “Gosh, I think the wolf is a smart, good looking and powerful animal, so the wolf will become my animal guide.” It does not work this way.
Each Animal has its own Medicine which is unique to that specific creature as gifted by the Great Mystery and its spirit cannot be chosen like the color of your new car. Discovering who your animal guides are is a process of paying attention to the spirits around you and following the signs. It is a process of developing your inner knowledge and spiritual understanding.
An individual can not be assigned a spirit guide by another person, regardless of who that person maybe, no more than another person can say how or when the Great Mystery of Life will be known to you.
What happens if you want an animal spirit so bad you can taste it (not literally) and one has not come to you? We have two suggestions for this case. First, pray about it. Second, be satisfied with whatever happens or does not happen. It if comes, then it comes. If it does not, then it does not. End of question.
To find Your own Animal Spirit Guide
This is a Meditation Process...
Firstly I would like you to turn down or off any distractions, you need your full concentrations and somewhere that is fairly peaceful and quiet.
Sit comfortably with your feet flat on the floor. I would like you all to take some nice deep breaths.
Take a deep breath in slowly through your nose and hold for a few seconds and exhale slowly through your mouth. Do this a few times, begin to relax your mind and body.
On each breath begin to relax more, feel your body muscles relaxing, your head and neck, your shoulders, arms and legs. Feel at total ease nothing is going to hurt you.
Try and quieten any thoughts. We are going to try and see our Animal Spirit guide using our 3rd eye. This is the area just above and between our eyebrows. It will be like watching a mini TV screen.
Some of you may be able to do this with your eyes open, but if you wish you can read the instructions and then close your eyes to do it.
As we sit relaxed pay attention to how you feel, be aware of this area where our 3rd eye resides. You may see shapes, pattens, colours this is normal. If you do not get anything do not worry this is not a test. You can try again another time.
As we sit now we are going to ask in our minds that our Animal Spirit Guide steps forward to show itself to us.
Just sit quiet and relaxed and wait. Our thoughts and requests are heard it just takes a little patience on our part. We will wait a moment or two as one may appear very soon.
It may not be an animal you were expecting to see. It may come slowly into view or it may appear in full form at once. Do not panic or worry remember this animal is for you. They help guide and protect us. We even may have had this animal with us in a previous life.
It may not be your favourite animal but allow it to show itself. It is with you for a reason.
Just stay relaxed and take note of what you see, and sense. Listen with your inner instincts do you feel your Animal Spirit Guides is conveying a message to you. Listen to your first thoughts, don’t doubt. Just let anything you hear, sense, see or feel come through.
The animal may appear in surroundings familiar to you. Take note of what is around the animal. Take note of any colours also. You may see more than one animal guide just try to focus on as much as you can. Enjoy what you are doing.
As the image begins to fade slowly you may open your eyes, try to remember as much as possible what you have just seen, write down anything that you saw or sensed etc.
Once you have found out what Animal Guide you have you can start finding out what their meanings are.
Sacred Haven
This is a Meditation Process...
Firstly I would like you to turn down or off any distractions, you need your full concentrations and somewhere that is fairly peaceful and quiet.
Sit comfortably with your feet flat on the floor. I would like you all to take some nice deep breaths.
Take a deep breath in slowly through your nose and hold for a few seconds and exhale slowly through your mouth. Do this a few times, begin to relax your mind and body.
On each breath begin to relax more, feel your body muscles relaxing, your head and neck, your shoulders, arms and legs. Feel at total ease nothing is going to hurt you.
Try and quieten any thoughts. We are going to try and see our Animal Spirit guide using our 3rd eye. This is the area just above and between our eyebrows. It will be like watching a mini TV screen.
Some of you may be able to do this with your eyes open, but if you wish you can read the instructions and then close your eyes to do it.
As we sit relaxed pay attention to how you feel, be aware of this area where our 3rd eye resides. You may see shapes, pattens, colours this is normal. If you do not get anything do not worry this is not a test. You can try again another time.
As we sit now we are going to ask in our minds that our Animal Spirit Guide steps forward to show itself to us.
Just sit quiet and relaxed and wait. Our thoughts and requests are heard it just takes a little patience on our part. We will wait a moment or two as one may appear very soon.
It may not be an animal you were expecting to see. It may come slowly into view or it may appear in full form at once. Do not panic or worry remember this animal is for you. They help guide and protect us. We even may have had this animal with us in a previous life.
It may not be your favourite animal but allow it to show itself. It is with you for a reason.
Just stay relaxed and take note of what you see, and sense. Listen with your inner instincts do you feel your Animal Spirit Guides is conveying a message to you. Listen to your first thoughts, don’t doubt. Just let anything you hear, sense, see or feel come through.
The animal may appear in surroundings familiar to you. Take note of what is around the animal. Take note of any colours also. You may see more than one animal guide just try to focus on as much as you can. Enjoy what you are doing.
As the image begins to fade slowly you may open your eyes, try to remember as much as possible what you have just seen, write down anything that you saw or sensed etc.
Once you have found out what Animal Guide you have you can start finding out what their meanings are.
Sacred Haven
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