| You do have a spirit guide. In fact, each and everyone | | | | came to a final stop. |
| one of us has at least one, and sometimes more, | | | | It was just in time. The twins who lived next door had |
| according to our needs and where we are in our life's | | | | built a very inexpert toboggan run at the side of their |
| experiences. Depending upon the circumstances, they | | | | house, and on their first try, they overshot the mark |
| can take human or animal form. | | | | and slid into the street, coming to a halt within inches of |
| They are here to help us, to guide and protect us, and | | | | his front wheels. |
| when it looks as though we are torn between two | | | | He lives in the City of Lachine, Quebec. As he has said |
| directions, they are the source of the intuitional nudges | | | | himself, if there are rabbits at all in his area, in |
| we receive so that we can make the right choice. | | | | wintertime they would be white. He would not have |
| Since our spirit guides usually appear to us in | | | | been able to see it in the snow. |
| three-dimensional form, even in our dreams, you may | | | | For a more personal example, late on the morning of |
| think of them as a bridge between the known and the | | | | April 30th, 2006 I had to drive from Montreal to Laval |
| unknown reality. They are possessed of a deep | | | | to sign some final papers regarding the estate of a |
| understanding of our individual needs and our inner | | | | great-aunt whom I had never met, but for whom I was |
| conflicts. | | | | named. |
| Often, our conscious mind blocks our ability to | | | | Ordinarily, I would have taken the Papineau Bridge |
| communicate with them, or even to recognize their | | | | (Highway 19) into Laval, but just before I reached the |
| existence, let alone be guided by their caring wisdom. | | | | last exit turning away from the Bridge, my father called |
| This does not in any way negate their existence. It just | | | | me on my cell phone and told me, in his usual |
| means that we must learn to open up our minds and | | | | authoritative way, to change the appointment for |
| free ourselves from the limiting beliefs we may hold, | | | | another day. |
| the ones that tell us such experiences are too strange | | | | I quickly took the exit and pulled over to the shoulder |
| to be real. | | | | of the road, shaking. My father had died in March, |
| This is one reason why, until we find a way to dissolve | | | | 2004. |
| the barriers in our conscious minds, they usually make | | | | A short time later, approximately when I would have |
| their first contact with us in dreams. In an emergency, | | | | been on Highway 19 where the overpass crosses it, |
| however, they are quite capable of appearing | | | | 20 metres of the overpass collapsed without warning |
| full-blown in our physical reality. | | | | onto the Highway. |
| Examples of 3-Dimensional Manifestations of Spirit | | | | Did the call really come from my father? I know he |
| Guides | | | | loved me dearly, and I loved him. I was with him when |
| Last winter, an acquaintance of mine left work early | | | | he died, and just a few hours before he passed away, |
| because of a snowstorm. Just before he arrived in | | | | he told me he would always watch over me and my |
| front of his house, a dark grey rabbit streaked in front | | | | daughters. |
| of his car. To avoid it, he braked, but the road was | | | | I believe that in this instance he acted as my spirit |
| slippery, and his car still skidded a few feet before it | | | | guide, a special gift from a loving Universe. |