Volume 2 Issue 2, January 12, 2001 Hello all, The last couple of days have been one of those days writing for me. Yesterday it was a severe case of writer's block when it came to anything but answering questions and today started off with me walking all the way across town and back because my youngest daughter forgot something she desperately needed for school. After I go home I curled up in bed to think and warm up even though it still is in the middle of the January thaw a long walk in Iowa in winter still can get you chilled. I was smart enough to set the alarm or you might have got this really early in the morning. Anyway to make a long story short I dragged out a old article of mine, dusted it off edited it a bit so I am not soundign quite as appologetic for my beliefs and sent it instead of doing the writting I planned. Anyway that's enough of that. Welcome to this week's issue and I hope you enjoy it. Sheila K. Watkins Web page: Subscription & unsubscription information: Submissions: Zeliziw@n... ~*~*~*~ The Truth is Out There By ShadowWalker "The truth is out there It is for everyone to see Written on walls and On simple scraps of paper It is written on peoples faces As they stare at you on the street In the words they speak If you listen well All that lie Slip up from Time to time And let the truth Leak out there Shattering thier lies It makes them edgy When they are caught Making them hateful That you got smart So remember when Someone is talking Or just staring You in the face That if you look Between the lines The truth is staring You in the face" ~*~*~*~ Cool Link of the week BIBLIOMANIA: Best online literature and reference books: ~*~*~*~ Meeting Your Spirit Guide By Sheila K Watkins Before I start, I would like to say that the only time I actually used this meditation was the before I became a witch. I found other ways to talk with my guide without doing this specific meditation. Over the years though I have shared this with others. For the most part each person has been able to meet his or her guide. As always you will need to find a place you will not be disturbed and dress for comfort. Sit or recline in a comfortable manner with your eyes closed. Relax let all tension flow from you. See a white light surround you, pouring down over you, swirling around you or just appearing. Feel it's protective energy around you and know that nothing that means you harm can pass though it without your permission. First just have the light flowing over your skin, your being then slowly expand it to a circle. Watch the circle grow but remaining as strong. When you feel that it is large enough have it stop growing. There will be enough room for both you and your guide in the circle. Now that the circle is as large as you wish it to be mentally call out to your guide, asking for it to approach but not to enter the circle. At this time your guide should appear just outside the light. Don't be surprised at what appears. It could be human animal or other. Guides are not limited to forms such as ours and appear in forms that we can accept. The form of the guide also influences the lessons that they are here to help us learn. When the being appears ask it to enter the circle as long as it means you no harm. If it is not free to enter the circle well send it away and send out the call again. Your guide should be able to enter the circle freely. Once your guide enters well here come the fun part. Getting to know your guide Start off by asking his or her name. Some will give it, some won't and some like my current guide might tell you just to pick a use name. Make note of your guides features and what his or her presence feels like. Basically you question and get acquainted like you would anyone else that you have just meet and are going to spend time. Eventually come slowly out of the relaxed state bringing the circle of white light in to a protective covering that surrounds you. (Why not give yourself a little extra bit of protection. A side note, you can use the white light on a daily basis as a means of protection and can even layer it.) So what happens when you come out of the trance and have trouble hearing your guide speak. Well you can always go back into this place whenever you wish to speak with it. Permission to enter the circle will not be needed again. What are spirit guides anyway? Most of my information except how to meet them comes from feelings, visions and information I have received from my guides over the years. I believe that guides are spirits who may or may not have spent time on this plane. We are born into this life to learn certain lessons and achieve certain goals. Unfortunately we tend to be a forgetful lot and can't remember why we are here. Some of us make the same mistakes lifetime after lifetime. That's where the guides come in. They know what our goals were for this lifetime and like a good friend reminds us when we get off track. They can start nagging and if we really start ignoring them they can throw up there hands in disgust and let us stumble through on our own. So why do guides guide us? It is my belief that we take turns as guides and the guided helping each other grow and learn through our lives. It's part of being responsible to those you love. And on that note I shall end. Sheila K Watkins Copyright (c) 2001 Sheila K. Watson. All Rights Reserved