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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:47:22 +0000

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What’s the Big Deal about Reading Tarot Cards? — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:48:19 +0000

[...] As I wrote on Erin Pavlina’s blog You don’t have to know a stranger’s name to be saved by them or receive a life-changing message. [...]

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Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:46:32 +0000

[...] This is a continuation of comments I made on Erin Pavlina’s blog… [...]

By: Tina

Tina — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:00:03 +0000

What a dreamy post, Erin. I’ve just been working with Sonia Choquette’s book, and it’s been a great experience for me. And naming’s been on my mind. I’ve gone ahead and given some names to a few of my guides. It’s been particularly fun with some joy guides, whom I’ve named Mr. & Mrs. Picklesby and Rhoda Morgenstern. I don’t know if these names are landing on spirits that match them, but it makes me happy to think so.

By: Jeff Lilly

Jeff Lilly — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:37:36 +0000

Erin, you mention Archangel Michael and Jesus as powerful spirit guides. How about other great teachers of history — the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Mohammad? Are they still around? I know of people who say that they regularly communicate with the gods of the European pagan tradition — Odin, Thor, Apollo, Hermes, Lugh, and so forth. Do different people “attract” different spirit guides to them depending on what they need? — If so, why do you think you ended up with Michael? — Will answering these questions take a whole new blog post?

By: Shift Your Spirits » Blog Archive » Do Spirit Guides Have Names?

Shift Your Spirits » Blog Archive » Do Spirit Guides Have Names? — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:32:39 +0000

[...] Here’s a quote from the Comments section of Erin Pavlina’s article “Do guides have names?” I’ve already apologized to Erin for hogging her blog… Yours truly is that Hermione-esque individual with his hand up in class, and you know I’m long-winded… [...]

By: Erin Pavlina

Erin Pavlina — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:43:31 +0000

Slade is exactly right. I never allow myself to get tripped up on the names. I can recognize the guide’s energy signature. But names do help when it comes time to explaining them to others. It’s much easier to say “Keith” than “the bouncing 16 year old who has only been deceased for a year.”

By: Slade

Slade — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:57:07 +0000

“you make it sound like the cast of Friends sitting around in a coffee shop…and whenever you need them, there they are.”

Actually, I believe that is exactly what it feels like. We have a tendency to over-intellectualize our intuitive abilities. Our “trying” is often pushing the river…

As a medium who does regularly receive names from individual entities who step forward to speak on a Questioner’s behalf, I’d like to comment on what spirit guides have told me regarding explanations for the individual “physical” characteristics — the personification — they display:

They take the associations from us. They modify themselves to mirror our expectations; things like appearance or names are somewhat like costumes they find in the attic trunks of our minds.

Not all benevolent entities identify by volunteering names — personal guardian angels rarely do; the Archangels have histories in human myth and tradition that establish their names, but the question there is kind of a “which came first – the chicken or the egg?” issue…

Like the names we give our pets, spirits may not call themselves what we call them, yet they seem open to being named if it helps us process the relationship with them.

Naming is very powerful — it is the co-creative assignment given to mankind by God as our participation in exploring and experiencing Creation. I encourage everyone to experiment with willfully naming the spiritual entities they connect with, if necessary, if it helps you to create, maintain, and development a working relationship with them. I emphasize your fre will, creative action, and your personal empowerment in this process of discovery. You don’t need someone else to write the script of your life for you — that’s dangerous. You must be the star and the author of your own life.

I do agree with Erin that getting too caught up on the name should not become a micro-management distraction factor that causes you to miss out on the Bigger Picture of why they are interacting with you in the first place. You don’t have to know a stranger’s name to be saved by them or receive a life-changing message.

By: Erin Pavlina

Erin Pavlina — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:58:28 +0000

@Elaine: Ah, you’ll love Laura. She’s great. I’ll be writing more about guides soon. You may want to read Sonia Choquette’s book, “Ask Your Guides” for clues on how to tune in to them.

@Jenn: I think it takes practice and time and patience and trust. I might write a blog entry about that so everyone can learn. Stay tuned.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:43:25 +0000

Oops — a very interesting post. (Guess I need to improve my proofreading skills!)