Spirit Guide or Imagination....How would I know?

[Fiona]

Okay, I have been fascinated with the idea of contacting my spirit guide for a long time now.

I recently bought a book on the subject which included some exercises and meditations to try.

The other day I was reading my book- and not attempting to actually make any contact, all I was doing was reading it to see what was involved- and suddenly this really vivid image of a young, dark woman who was a Native American popped into my head out of nowhere, and the name Harmony came into my head too.

I haven't tried anything since, because I'm worried that A) It might have been my imagination B) I'm unsure how to tell the difference?

Can you give me any tips and advice as to whether this could have been genuine? I find it weird that my spirit guide would "meet me" when I barely even tried when some people try for months or years....I don't want to be a fool and be messing with my own head!

Any advice welcome

[mslemon]

I can't offer advice about this, but if you use our search for spirit guide or contacting spirit guide you'll get many threads. You can also scroll to the bottom of the first page of a thread and there will be links to similar threads. Those might be good places to start.

[Luna]

Judging by what I've read, I have a reason to believe that Harmony is truly your guide - or, at least, your main guide. Did you have a reason to be thinking about a Native woman as you were reading? If it came spontaneously, it's most likely your guide.

Mine came spontaneously, too. I was sort of meditating on the bus one morning several weeks ago (you can't really meditate on a bus full of high schoolers) when all of a sudden the name "Faberleke" popped into my head. I think previously I was wanting to know my guide's name, but it never came to me in meditation. It was a loud thought, and I could see it in my mind's eye. I don't even know if it's male or female, though.
But see? You have to trust what you hear/see. For all I know, 'Faberleke' might not even be my guide's name, but considering I heard it and saw it (at a time where I wasn't expecting anything), I believe it's truly his/her/its name.

I hope I helped a bit.

[Fiona]

Thanks for your help.

Luna, what you said made sense. I thought it was a good point. When I was reading the exercise in the book, I had absoloutely no reason to think of a Native American woman, much less the name Harmony.

I will trust my instinct on this and try to explore it further.

Any more advice/tips/thoughts welcome though...

[ElementalElder]

dear fiona. everyone's experience when it comes to their spiritual guides is different. Some guides believe that the person doesnt really want them around, so they stay hidden until they are assured they are wanted. The fact that you wanted to meet yours probably resulted in "Harmony" coming to meet you. Try once again to contact her. if the same woman appears again, you can be sure that you have found your guide and you are not playing tricks on yourself. if she doesnt show up again, then you just gotta go back to your meditations. hope this helped.

[The CROW]

Images from the spirit world often do tend to come to you that way, suddenly and unexpectedly, only appear very briefly, almost in the same instant they come and are gone again, yet they will also be very clear and have such an impact on your mind that you'll very clearly remember what those images look like.  Years later you will probably still be able to see that image very clearly when you happen to think about it and the experience of seeing it.