In my book Angels Among Us, I mention a poll done by the Washington Post in 2008, in which 36,000 people of various faiths (or none) were asked if they believed angels actively participate in our lives. The majority answered yes. That same year, in a poll by Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion of 1,700 Americans, 55 percent reported that their angels had protected them from harm.
Many people think that when we die we become angels. But according
to Billy Graham’s website that’s incorrect––we become something greater. The
Compelling Truth’s website says: "Humans are physical beings with a spiritual soul" whereas "Angels are spiritual beings . . . who can only
become physical if God ordains that their work requires it.”
As I understand it, we
won’t become angels, but we may evolve into spirit guides at some time. During
my visits to the spirit realm, I observed souls as colored orbs of brilliant
light. Their colors indicated their level of wisdom and experience (see my post
“What Color Is Your Soul?” for more). Blue and purple souls were the masters,
who guided beings on earth. These masters once existed as humans, but have now
reached an advanced level and no longer need incarnate––though they may, if
they choose. Less advanced souls––especially those from our own soul
groups––may also assist us throughout our earthly lives. (See my post “Soul
Groups in the Spirit World” for more.) I suspect that these entities are the
ones who watch out for us, and that we sometimes mistake them for angels.
Psychic and medium Francine Clausen, “The Angel Lady” of
Gloucester, Massachusetts, told me each of us has at least seven angels around us
all the time––and we can call upon more for assistance when we need it. I think
it’s possible that both spirit guides and guardian angels offer us protection
and aid. Furthermore, I think it’s likely that we knew some of these spirits on
earth––as I knew Ron for many years––but we may never have encountered some of
them in physical life. (Nature spirits, fairies, and other ethereal entities
also exist among us, but that’s a topic for another post. You can also read
more in my book Fairies: The Myths,
Legends, and Lore.)
In his book Journey
of Souls, Michael Newton, PhD writes, “Most of my subjects report the first
person they see in the spirit world is their personal guide.” Even if other
entities that the newly deceased person knew on earth are present, the
individual’s main spirit guide stands nearby, ready to escort the soul into the
spirit realm. This guide, it seems, remains with us throughout all our earthly
incarnations as well as during our time out of the body––teaching, protecting,
and steering us through life with great love and compassion.
Children often speak of seeing their spirit guides,
although adults usually discount these claims, labeling the spirits “imaginary
friends” or “alter egos.”
You may meet your spirit guides through meditation, trance states, dreams, hypnosis, moments of illness or trauma––they may even
appear to you during your everyday, waking life. People sometimes describe them
as light forms in the shape of a human being, as angels with wings, or as faint
ghostly images. Others see them as glowing orbs, as I did in my journeys to the
spirit realm. Even if you don’t actually see them, you may sense their
presence, perhaps as warmth or coolness, a slight breeze or movement, a tingling
sensation on your skin, or something else entirely. Once, while I was giving
Reiki to a woman, I felt her guide standing behind me, laying its hands over
mine to provide healing energy through me to the woman.
Trust your
experiences, whether you see, hear, sense, smell, or otherwise become aware of
your spirit’s presence. If you keep an open your mind, you have a good chance
of making contact with your spirit guide and benefiting from what it has to
share with you.
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