[valiumcheapll]

Hi - I am new to this site and spiritual development. I recently finished reading Opening to Channel and decided that I would try the first exercise (achieving a relaxed state). I wanted to share my experience with you all and ask your opinion.

I followed the instructions for the meditation and was at the point where you imagine a circle of light surrounding you. I had a little trouble visualising it and wasn't sure if I was getting to a relaxed state. I thought it was time to end the meditation and open my eyes but I didn't feel ready. I was thinking about my guide - then thinking it is too early to think about connecting with my guide and that I should be concentrating on the exercise I was doing - I started to think about Orin and DaBen and requested their assistance. All of a sudden I seemed to feel very relaxed and then heard a voice in my head say "How are you?" - It was male and to me the voice sounded a little british, almost comical.

My heart started to race and my feet and hands were tingling and then I felt ready to open my eyes.

I would be interested to know if you think the voice could have been my guide or if it was just my imagination.

Thanks for taking the time to read my post.

[Figelac]

Could be your guide or a spirit comeing by to say hello. It's a good experience. If you don't mind, I'd like to give some advice , Don't think so much, lol. If your open and they want to speak, let them. The steps are a guide and should only be used as such. From your past lives, you may be more advanced than you think and are just now tapping into it. If it comes natural, allow it to flow. It sounds like you also got a little scared, this is normal to. Youmade a good decision to cut if off, when it becomes to much. Keep the white light and make sure you protect yourself and ground yourself while doing this. You may want to learn this before you learn to open up. Keep up the great work, hon. !!!!

[grinaJanoDant]

Spirits I communicate with regularly ask me how I'm doing, even though they know full well. It's more than just being polite, they do it to remind me to stay in touch with my feelings. Honesty with self leads to authenticity and clarity.

[valiumcheapll]

Thank you for your responses and for the great advice and encouragement. I will definitely try not to think too much and let things flow naturally.

[SpecialOFFER]

That's a beautiful story, I think. I've read a few books on channeling, and I feel I'm being led to channel, but I know I need to do more work to raise my vibration first. I have that book, Opening to Channel, but something in me tells me I'm not quite ready to go through it yet. It kind of stands out in my mind as the Next Big Step for me. I've read all the other Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer (Orin & Daben) books except that one and Creating Money (haven't gotten around to that one yet), and they've all resonated with me on a deep level. The first one I read was Soul Love - amazing stuff. It's encouraging to hear from someone who has read Opening to Channel and tried some of the exercises with good results. Kudos to you!

I'm looking forward to hearing more about your progress, and to read / hear some of the material you end up channeling. Awesome.

[doksSirmAdods]

Guides use our imagination to communicate. So I don't think you imagined it on your own.. If you were in a fully awake state an you were daydreaming about something, then I would say you made this up. Since you were in Alpha already, this was communication

[valiumcheepval]

This is so weird! I don't know if a lot of people have this book or not, but I bought it about 4 months ago. A while ago I tried that excerise and my head felt like it was being pressed on the temples. I could only focus on how my head seemed to hurt instead of being open.

Though now I'd have to say, I've been getting a lot of signs, so I feel that I might make contact with my guide sometime soon.

It's so weird to find this topic since I was just thinking about that book, hahah.

I hope you make contact soon.


Anna

[valiumcheapll]

Thank you all for your responses and words of encouragement.

I have decided that there is a bit more work I need to do before I attempt to connect with my guides. It is all quite new to me and being the first book I have actually read on the subject I think I need to acquire a bit more knowledge before I can move on.

I agree that it is amazing when you start to think about something all kinds of information starts to present itself (eg various books, workshops and this website in particular).

Thanks again, I look forward to sharing my experiences with you and also reading about yours.

[doksSirmAdods]

A good book for guides is called "So you want to be a medium?" I can't recall the author. Rosenvag or something like that. It has a lot of great information about types of guides and stuff.

The other I will recommend is Debra Lynne Katz "You are Psychic". Both have a lot of information about what it should feel like when you connect and so forth.

Good luck on your journey !


PM

Laura

[SpecialOFFER]

PM, I've been wanting to check that one out: So You Want to Be a Medium? by Rose Vanden Eynden. I don't see it at the local bookstores anymore but it's still available online. That would definitely describe me: Yes I do!

You Are Psychic by Debra Lynne Katz is also great, but that one's more about Clairvoyance and psychic practice in general. The sequel, Extraordinary Psychic, goes into more general psychic development, while also expanding on some of the exercises presented in the first book. I'm still in the process of reading that one. (I usually alternate between about 5-10 books at once).

A few good ones I've read on the subject:

Spirit Guides & Angel Guardians by Richard Webster
This is filled with a lot of great anecdotes and has some good breakdowns of different types of angels and guides, and what they do.

Ask Your Guides by Sonia Choquette
I love Sonia Choquette's style. She's very warm and down to earth. You can feel the love in her words. This one has chapters about all different types of guides and some exercises on how to contact them.

Extraordinary Guidance: How to Connect with Your Spiritual Guides by Liza M. Wiemer
In this one, she shares her story, and really connects with the reader. It's not a long book - kind of more of an introduction on the subject.

And then next, by a student of Sanaya Roman, which I haven't finished yet. It has some interesting exercises in it:

Channeling: What It Is and How to Do It by Lita de Alberdi

The biggest challenge for me is my lack of trust. I'm working on that. I have a tough time trusting myself, or trusting that the guides I'm contacting have my best interest at heart. I constantly fill myself with the intention of contacting the highest guides possible, and do all the protection exercises, but I'm still working through baggage from my upbringing. I blame Frank E. Peretti and all the well meaning (but destructive) teachers and leaders I was raised by with who poisoned me with a fear based interpretation of Christianity. Yeah... trust... BIG one for me. *sigh*

[valiumcheapll]

Thank you very much Pagan Medium and Zanriel for the book recommendations. I have been wondering what books I should read and it's nice to know what others have found useful. They all sound great so I'll have to see if I can locate some of them.

[doksSirmAdods]

anytime

[SpecialOFFER]

To add to the list of great books on spirit guides and such (there are so many):

"Spirit Guide Contact through Hypnosis" by Bruce Goldberg. It has TONS of exercises - you'd probably want to have a tape recorder or digital voice recorder. But it also has a lot of cool information about various types of spirit guides, and it lists the traits of higher guides vs. lower guides.