Positive Energy Guide

Being able to attune ourselves to another person is the skill that allows us access to their heart. Knowing the other person’s heart is the key to providing profound Guidance. 

Following from Part 2, I am still quoting my Teacher:

“We do not develop the capacity to reflect the love of accomplished Beings without practicing first the ability to mirror and honor the hearts of the ordinary people with whom we come in contact.

“So we practice with embodied people–those around us and those from whom we seek to learn. Then we are more and more able to resonate with highly developed Beings who may have passed on. This is not like talking with the dead. It is like dipping into a living stream and becoming a part of it. 

“There are other ways to access parts of this spiritual skill set. The results of psychic opening without heart awakening can cause a variety of imbalances, types of confusion, issues with energy, and ethical quandaries. The experience of spiritual unity with others–in a context of receiving Guidance one’s self–supports personal balance and respectful understanding.”

“What does it mean to mirror the heart of another person?”

When we mirror another person’s heart we attune to them and sense:

• Their authenticity
• What is important to them
• What moves them and lights them up
• What they need to express to feel whole
• How they touch and are moved by the people and things they value
• What makes them feel loved
• Their tenderness
• The nature of their longing
• What they offer to the world just by Being
• Their sweet soul-strength and courage

Sensing the heart of others allows us to interact with grace; to see the Divine in others. Reflecting these heart qualities is in itself a spiritual act. Practice causes our own hearts to awaken.

In reflecting the hearts of others we become more resonant with and attuned to spiritually evolved Beings. This skillful attunement is the backbone of Spiritual Guidance. It allows us both give and receive Guidance. In a very real sense, we are just passing it along or reflecting it and giving it a voice. This takes us out of the ego-space of assuming that this Guidance originates with us.

Connection with a spiritual group is not essential to attuning to Spiritual Guidance. Some groups, however, carry potential advantages over developing on your own or working with a solitary teacher.

The following conditions are advantageous for Guidance, if and when they are present within a group.

An established group can:

• Provide a number of different leaders who offer exposure to a wider range of skills and energies
• Offer connection with developed individuals who have mastered different types of Guidance skills
• Help focus intention
• Provide a venue for and inspire spiritual practice
• Concentrate certain kinds of energy, making them easier to recognize and access
• Supply checks and balances that assist with personal balance, safety, and development
• Assist to de-emphasize ego involvement in the work
• Provide an opportunity to experience leaders’ interaction with their own teacher/s, which increases perspective and can help reduce ego issues
• Offer models of spiritually healthy states

Groups with a direct lineage pass leadership along through numerous generations. This can concentrate the power, focus, and Realization of a number of advanced Beings, forming a living stream of inspiration. Being part of such a living stream helps us fill ourselves up at the same time we are giving out. For those whose nature resonates with this kind of lineage, involvement offers access to the energetics of this living stream.

I have met hundreds of embodied spiritual guides from a broad range of traditions. Of the two I take direct Guidance from, one is a key part of a lineage and the other has no affiliations with any external group. They offer totally different types of Guidance. I find these diverse approaches absolutely complementary.

Spiritual Guidance is loving and authentic when founded on attunement with the heart of the person who receives it.

What preconceptions do YOU have about Spiritual Guidance?

Who or what do you attune to, and how does this attunement influence how you feel about other people?