At my first visit with a psychic, I asked who my spirit guide is. I was told his name is Frederick, and the past life we lived together was described to me. Shortly after this visit, I joined a mediumship circle, and I asked the teacher of the group the same question. Again I was told his name is Frederick. I was also told to search the internet, and when I come upon the word angel,
I would know I had found who he was and the past life we had shared. My research validates the information told to me by both psychics. However, even though the name Frederick was common to both, the information was about two different past lives. Apparently, in one life he was my protector, and in the other life I was his governess. My question is: Is it possible that I shared multiple past lives with my spirit guide?
Bunni
Susyn:
It is not unusual to share multiple past lives with our spirit guides as well as our loved ones. In fact, many of our spirit guides are people we have known in either our current incarnation or in past lives. Once they pass over, they take on the task of protecting us for the remainder of our lives here on the earth plane.
Sometimes a loved one will choose not to incarnate during a particular lifetime and opt to remain in the spirit world where they can serve as our personal guides. Other spirit guides never experience a human incarnation, for their main purpose is to watch over and direct us.
I love the fact that we have access to the internet nowadays and can research people or spirits we shared past lives with at the touch of a button. It is a wonderful way to validate our experiences with reincarnation, which can otherwise be difficult to prove. Now that we have an endless source of history at our fingertips, validating the information we intuit is much easier. As the internet expands and the world gets smaller, there is no limit to what we might discover.
It is commonly accepted that we tend to travel from lifetime to lifetime as a group. I am not certain how often people reincarnate with the same names or surnames, but it is not out of the question that your guide went by the name Frederick in both instances. We can serve different roles from lifetime to lifetime, so we may be the parent of an individual in one life and a child of the same person in the next. In this way, we get to experience our favorite souls on a multitude of levels.
A past-life reading can sometimes bring up more than one incarnation at a time, so a psychic might be looking at two or three life spans at once. What you can rely on is that the spirit guides who carry the strongest and most enduring connections will come through. On that note, it appears Frederick may be the spirit guide most prominent in your life.
You may want to try a guided meditation to learn more. With the information you already possess, you can call on Frederick directly and ask him to speak with you. He could reveal images and clues regarding the past lives you have shared or send helpful messages about current issues you are dealing with. Either way, it is a good idea to capitalize on your discovery. Now that a door to Frederick's identity has opened, it should be easier than ever to hear and sense his presence and to remember that he is traveling with you in this lifetime as well.
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Oceania:
When clients ask about their spirit guides, I find that they're avoiding putting in the effort to build a personal relationship with their guide and any other source of inner wisdom. Knowing a guide's name does not mean you know him or her, so I recommend you just start talking to your guide and practice listening. Your guide doesn't care what you call him/her, so you may choose a name of your own liking.
You seem reluctant to trust in your own judgment, so I encourage you to make some decisions, make a mess, and make mistakes. You seem eager to abdicate your power and hand it off to others whom you place in positions of authority, whether or not they deserve it. You gave your power away to a psychic you'd never met before, to the leader of a group you'd just joined, and now to us so that we could all tell you about YOUR spirit guide, who is yet another being you want to place in a position of power.
I wonder if your family dynamics pressured you into seeing yourself as inadequate and incapable. Were you fearful of challenging or outshining your parents? Where's Bunni in all this? Even your name conjures up an image of a vulnerable creature about to be carried away and eaten by a hawk.
If Bunni's a nickname, you might consider letting it go for now. If it's your real first name, consider going by your middle or last name for a while. Better yet, create a new name to represent your genuine, radiant, spiritual self. (Just don't ask someone else what that name should be!) Even if you don't use it publicly, at least start using your fabulous new name privately. You might also choose a talisman like a special ring to remind you of your newfound sturdy identity.
Like a bunny, you've been passively hiding out. Marianne Williamson wrote: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.
I took the liberty of asking Frederick to guide me in choosing a tarot card for you, and now you've got TWO of us wanting you to reclaim your power and dare to dream, as the card turned out to be Number I, the Magician - the most empowered card in the deck! It invites you to be boldly creative, to define your own truth, and to courageously manifest your dreams.
Astrea:
Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.
Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!
While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!
I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!
As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.
I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.
You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!
Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.
A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.
You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.