Meet Your Spirit Guide: Connecting With Your Inner Guidance

Today we take the time to slow everything down in our daily life. We will begin by lighting a candle and creating space here so you can hear something truer: the voice of your higher self and the guidance that meets you with love instead of pressure.

We walk through who spirit guides can be, from ancestors and archangels to animal totems, nature beings, and even pets who have passed. Then we anchor the session with two oracle cards that frame the night’s intention: Keeper of Truth, which calls out the lies of doubt and early programming, and Keeper of the Wild, which reminds you that the “wild” is not just out there, it lives in your bones, breath, and heart. You’ll get reflection questions to help you name what you’re facing and identify what your mind might be getting wrong.

We then move into a guided meditation inviting your younger self to walk with you. You have the opportunity to enter a beautiful forest of luminous trees that become the doorway inside of yourself. Here is where you will meet the Spirit Guide who wishes to be present with you in this moment.

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Transcript

Candle Lighting

Who Can Be A Spirit Guide

Oracle Card Intentions On Truth And Wild Spaces Of Hope

Reflection Questions For Your Heart

Poem: Ten Million Stars

Guided Meditation: Meeting Your Spirit Guide

The Forest Of Sacred Trees

Meeting Your Spirit Guide

Receiving Wisdom And Loving Energy

Returning And Integrating Your Younger Self

Drumming To Ground The Message

Connecting With Your Intuition

Invitation To Join Live Sessions

Shannon Sullivan 0:01

Hi, thank you so much for joining me today. I'm Shannon, and this is Starseed Evolution, bringing the wisdom and insight of the cosmos to you. I'm grateful that you're listening. Hello, and thank you so much for joining me tonight. I'm Shannon and grateful to be here for our session together. The first thing we do, no matter what our session is, we always start the same way. And what we do is I light a candle for us to set the intention or energy of our space together as a way for us to begin by bringing our both our physical body, like our self, into our session, but also taking the time to call in your higher self as well to be here so you have both the physical grounded part and then your spiritual soul self too. So I always start all of our sessions with the intention of lighting a candle. The first intention is just individually. So each of us calling ourselves into this present moment to be here, to be here for yourself. And if you imagine that each of us physically connects our physical self into this session, then it begins to form a beautiful circle of our community, no matter where you're located, and it creates that beautiful circle around our world. And then the next step is as our physical body is here coming in to be part of this practice, and we take a deep breath in, then we imagine that our crown chakra opens. And as it does, because we are grounded physically to Mother Earth, and our crown chakra opens, then we create that channel where we reach up to our higher self. And the candlelight is like a light for our soul self to call that part of us in, that soul part of us, that beautiful light. And so then you can imagine that all of us that have created this beautiful circle together physically are calling our soul selves in to create that circle around us that protects us and guards us and also brings that light of the universe in. And then because our higher selves go as far as the fifth-dimensional practice of connecting with the universe, the archangels, the master teachers, then this candle through our soul self opens and creates calling in all those different energies to be present and to creating a circle not only around us and our higher self, but creating that beautiful light from the universe, surrounding us from that divine connection. And then when you take a deep breath in, bringing in that energy from the candle, then you call in that energy not only around you, but inside of you. So what I'm gonna do is just walk through the steps of what we're gonna be doing together, and then I'll go in detail for each part. The goal is to, and you don't have to know ahead of time because we're gonna be doing a guided meditation to get there, but we're gonna be calling on spirit guides, and I'm gonna go through all the different kinds that are present here, and just know that it will be different for each person here. So I've left it very open to the guide that comes through for you as you need it. So it will be different for each person. So I'm gonna first talk about all the different types of guides that are present for us. Then what I'm gonna do is go into the theme of what we're asking our guides about tonight. And it's come out through a couple of the oracle cards that I drew. Um, so it'll talk about the theme of our intention for tonight. Then once I read those cards, which bring up the focus of the theme that we're focusing on for our guided meditation around connecting with our spirit guides, then I'm gonna go through questions of reflection that I have you answer. And those questions of reflection are based on the cards that I'm gonna be sharing. I'm gonna read a beautiful poem for us that brings in that loving energy that we're connecting with. Some spirit guides can show up as our ancestors. So I've had time before where sometimes my grandmother or grandfather can show up in moments of needing to share with me about my journey. So ancestors can be present as spirit guides. Archangels are often arrive as spirit guides. So all the different archangels that I've worked with for years and years and years are anybody from Archangel Michael, Archangel Gabriel, Archangel Raphael, Archangel Ariel, Uriel, Metatron, Sandalfon, like all the different archangels can show up singularly or even in groups to become spear guides for different things. Thank you, Laura. Hi, yes. There are also, those are archangels. There are also angels that can show up, angels that work underneath the archangels. So, like my grandma and grandpa, although ancestors, they're also like angels to me that will bring me words of wisdom. Our pets who have passed over can show up as angels and work as guides. Um, I also have, and you'll see, they're all all the things I talk about are on our altar space. Fairies are also spirit guides. Unicorns, you see the unicorn. Um Buddha can be a spirit guide that brings in that peace and wisdom. Um, Jesus, Mary. So over here I have that representation of um Mary showing up as a way to be present for you. Also, animal guide totems can show up in those different ways. Hi, Catelia. Grateful to have you here tonight. And just know that different ones come in depending on you and how you connect with the energy around you. We are all different. That doesn't make anybody better or less than. It just makes us all different all the time. And so, what I wanted to do is the theme and the guided meditation that we do that calls in the spirit guide for you, allow your own heart and your own self to be present for yourself of what needs to come forward for you. So, what I want to do is set the intention of the energy that we're working with, calling in the guides to be present with us. And how I set this intention was I drew two cards from the same oracle deck, and they pair with each other to have us focus specifically. And so I'm gonna read the two cards for us, and then we're gonna do questions of reflection to help you see how you want to focus for yourself on what's coming up in these cards. So this one is the theme is treekeeper oracle, and so those are the cards that it came from to set our intention. And the first card that came up, which is the highest of intention, and it's number 23, and it says keeper of truth. No matter what you're facing right now, and how it tempts you to look away, one thing is certain your anxiety is lying to you. The thoughts and beliefs that come from our early unworthiness programming are false stories. The crippling fear that you're not enough, that it'll never happen for you, that you are less than deserving of every good thing, all lies it's time to unmask those falsities and seek proof of your inherent value and worthiness. Not by listening to the old stories, but by telling new ones. Follow the treekeeper's example and have a conversation with the moon. Listen to her encourage you to shine. Endeavor to hear the voice that speaks the truest and most beautiful tale of you, even when facing uncertainty or doubt. So this one is a really important thing because sometimes the doubts that come upon us can throw us off. And so the intention tonight behind our guided journey to reach out for the wisdom of our spirit guides is to bring more truth and peace to yourself through this place. And the second card, and we're gonna go into some questions of reflection in a moment, because that one is a little heavier energy. I drew a second card out of this deck that helps lighten or support that path. And so the second card is number 33, and so I like that number, that cosmic universal number of 33. And this one is keeper of the wild. The wild isn't just a place out there, it's also a place in here. You are related to elk and deer, butterfly and hummingbird, bison, gazelle and tiger. The mountains live in your bones, the rivers in your veins, wildflowers grow along the chambers of your heart. You weren't born to pay bills and die, distracting yourself with the secondary satisfactions of house and car and happy hour. The time has come to unplug from your matrix. Your mind is a savannah team with running wilder beasts. Your heart is an ocean full of mighty whales and splendid dolphins. Your soul is a forest full of the stories the moon whispers late at night. Indulge your own nature and rewild your life. And I like how that one paired up with the first one so that you can begin to transition between just staying in those hard, difficult spaces and beginning to come back to that worthiness to yourself by connecting to these beautiful wild spaces that live inside of you. And so that will be the focus of moving into our guided meditation to connect with the spirit guides who wish to bring that wisdom to you. And before we go into that, what I'd like to do is spend this time through that theme that we've brought forward into the questions of reflection. And what the questions of reflection do allow you to begin to connect with these themes so that you are present to yourself when we go into the guided meditation when you're ready to call on your spirit guides. And we're gonna do three questions of reflection. Now, for the questions of reflection, the first question of reflection is this What in this moment are you facing about yourself? What in this moment are you facing about yourself. Often the guides are more about showing us different perspectives or holding space for us or just being present for us where we're at. The second question, so taking that first question that you named and comparing it or complementing it with the first card that we read through, was are there any things that you named connected with it that are lying to you? And I mean your mind. Are there any parts of your mind that lie to you because of doubt? So if you want to name what are some things that you're not sure, like there might be things about you that you think are one thing about you, but it's not the truth because it's something set from you know long ago when you were younger. Are there any things that you named connected with it that are lying to you? And I mean your mind. Are there any parts of your mind that lie to you because of doubt? Is this Are you ready to listen to the spirit guide that can share with you today during the guided meditation? Are you ready to listen to whichever spirit guide shows up that can share with you what you're needing to hear today. The poem that I'm reading for us, it's called Ten Million Stars, and it's by Nancy Wood, and it's from her book Spirit Walker. Ten million stars. Inside each raindrop swims the sun. Inside each flower breathes the moon. Inside me dwell ten million stars, one for each of my ancestors. The elk, the raven, the mouse, the man, the flower, the coyote, the lion, the fish. Ten million different stars am I, but only one spirit connecting all. Now, what we're gonna do is take all that we've set our intention with behind understanding of where we are in this present moment to move into the guided meditation and then to receive that connection with the spirit guide that wants to come forward for you. So the first thing that we did is say yes. We're open to receiving that connection with our higher self. I take us point by point through this guided meditation. And so what I do is create this visual aspect for you to just be surrounded in and part of, that it guides you into being present with where you are now. Not all the answers will come through in this moment, but it does open that doorway. So once we close our time together, it can be hours, days, weeks, months that more information comes flowing to you from what we start tonight. So just know that one journey doesn't give you everything you need right now, but it does open that pathway. And so I invite you now to move into that space of going on the guided meditation, allowing your heart to be open to, you may not know until the part in the meditation where I call that forward, which spirit guide is coming for you, and just leave your heart, mind, and energy open to that. So I'll have you move into a comfortable position now, whether that's seated or lying down and allowing yourself to connect. Bringing support and love in this moment, taking a deep breath in and allowing that energy from Mother Earth to move through your whole body, knowing that you are supported in this moment. Now, in your Imagination as you are held safely in the space, and we begin to move into this guided journey. And your imagination I'll have you standing in front of your third eye, connecting with the doorway of your third eye now. What does it look like? Feel like, knowing that this doorway will open into your journey with your higher self. You reach your hand out now and touch that third eye doorway. And as you do, that indigo light opens brightly surrounding you in that indigo light. And as it does, you see that your younger self now stands next to you, going on this journey with you. You and your younger self take a deep breath in and feel that indigo light surrounding you and welcoming you in this time. Now taking another deep breath in, you both step through this third eye doorway into yourself deeply. You find yourself now standing in a beautiful, safe, soft forest of trees that welcome you in this moment now. You and your younger self see all the trees, flowers, plants, and birds that greet you. You and your younger self connect with nature now. Allow yourself together to explore this beautiful nature. Through this welcome time, you inhale the energy of this beautiful forest, and exhale as you travel through its energy. You and your younger self walking through this beautiful forest. One tree in the forest is brighter than all the rest as it calls you through and wants you to stand now in front of it. Which one tree is calling to you in this time? What does it look like? How tall is it? What are its leaves and bark and branches look like as you and your younger self now stand in front of it? As you and your younger self stand in front of this beautiful tree, you both reach out with your hands and begin to touch the bark. Both of you hugging it now. Thank you for welcoming you into this space. This depth of who you are. As you connect with the tree now, you ask, can it create a beautiful doorway that allows you to step through it so that you meet the spirit guide who is wanting to be of guidance to you tonight? The tree smiles warmly, saying, Yes, I will create a doorway going deeper into yourself. As you and your younger self step back to look at the beautiful tree, you see that this doorway inside of it has opened up so that you and your younger self can now step through this doorway of the tree that leads through to the other side. You and your younger self now step through this beautiful doorway in the tree. As you both step through the doorway, you now find yourself in a beautiful space that represents the energy of the spirit guide who's wanting to connect with you tonight. This location will be different for each person here. So begin to look around and connect with the energy of what the spirit guide represents here in this location. It might be a mountain top. It might be another forest. It could be a city. It could be a beach with waves. It could be a beautiful library. It could be an intimate home. It could be the clouds of the angels. Allow yourself now to connect with the space that you have stepped in that represents what your spirit guide will be here. Connect now, just looking around, walking around and exploring this beautiful space that is in front of you. Taking a deep breath in and exhaling, you and your younger self move through this beautiful location, and a seat for both of you presents itself for both you and your younger self to sit down. Allow yourselves to find a comfortable space within here. Now from the seated position in this beautiful location, I'll have you now ask dear spirit guide that represents the love and wisdom and answers that I'm needing in this moment. Can you step forward for us in this location? Who arrives for you now? What spirit guide steps forward, welcoming you here to this beauty? Who is here in front of you now that wishes to share with you wisdom? Allow yourself to connect with a spirit guide who is present with you now. Allow yourself to see, feel, and hear this spirit guide who is wishing to be present with you tonight. Take this time now just to connect with their energy now, taking a deep breath in and exhaling, your spirit guide now sits across from you and from your younger self. And the two of you lovingly begin to receive at first the energy of this spirit guide, to begin to open your heart, your mind, your energetic self just to being present with your spirit guide. Allow yourself to open to receiving the energy of the spirit guide that surrounds you to start with. Now, with an open heart, an open mind, and an open energy, you and your younger self ask your spirit guide this question. What wisdom can your spirit guide gift you with in this moment tonight that helps you in the direction of the steps that you are going in your life? Allow yourself in the next few minutes of silence to allow your spirit guide to share with you through words, images, colors, songs, wisdom that you're needing to hear from him or her. Allow yourself to receive this energy and wisdom now from your spirit guide. And now your spirit guide you and your younger self will receive this loving energy that flows through all three of you, creating a beautiful circle of light that moves through each of you, keeping you connected within and around you. And allow all three of you to receive this loving energy that comes in from the divine and holds space for each of you now. And exhale. Always sending you more love and wisdom whenever you're needing it. You and your younger self now stand up, getting a hug from your spirit guide. Your spirit guide now steps back out of the space, transforming back into energy. You and your younger self look into the space that you're standing in now and see that the indigo doorway of light is present before you. Holding hands, you look at each other and smile. And now, when you're ready, the two of you step through this third eye doorway of light. And as you step through it, your younger self integrates back inside of you, and you now stand in front of that third eye doorway once more. Reaching your hand out and touching that third eye space to close that indigo doorway of light just for now. You reach up and touch your third eye with your right hand and your heart with your left hand, taking a deep breath in, allowing that energy that you receive tonight to move through your whole body, allowing you to integrate it now. And now you take a deep breath in and exhale, and another deep breath in, and in this deep breath, coming back into this present moment with me, and as you exhale when you're ready, opening your eyes, coming back to this present moment and slowly allowing yourself to stretch your arms, your hands, your fingers, your neck, just to begin to move your physical body coming back to this moment now. And now that you have that first step in with your spirit guide, what I'd like to do is continue with that energy and just do a little bit of drumming to allow that energy to surround you and continue connecting with you. Allow yourself to receive this loving energy so that you're grounded. And taking a deep breath in. And exhaling. And the card I want to close with is a way to create unity around our experience. This one is from the fairy wisdom oracle. Amy Brown is the artist. Nancy Brown is the writer. And the card that came forward is believe. It's number 16. Key word, faith. You have pulled this card to remind you to believe in yourself, your divinity, to have faith in spirit. This may be a time when you have been facing questions about your life, asking for answers. You may wish to know if you are on the right path. This card tells you that you are divinely guided. Release all your doubt. If someone tells you that your dreams are not realistic, remember this. Who are they to judge your parts or your path? You have that voice within you that gives you from your ancestors the answers that you're needing. It will not lie to you. Listen to its message. It will only give you sound advice. It may be time for you to evaluate your belief in the higher power. Realize that you are part of the higher intelligence. You're made of the same stuff. Have faith in your connection and rejoice as it is so. Believing is a very important step in actually manifesting your good here on earth. Believe also in that other realm that you cannot necessarily see all the time. They believe in you, like you, their divine by birth. They will help you work with the concept of faith if you just ask for their help. I'm grateful for spending this time with you and all of our guides who are present in the gift of their energy. Know that the energy you received today will continue to move with you for as long as you need it, even after this practice closes. I'm grateful for getting to spend this time with you today. Thank you so much for joining me for today's episode of Starseed Evolution. I'm Shannon and grateful to have you here with me. If you'd ever like to join me live, I teach on Insight Timer, the meditation app, on Wednesday evenings. And you can find my schedule by clicking in the show notes below the Insight Timer link. All of the live events offered on Insight Timer are offered by donation. So feel free to check the classes out, and I look forward to seeing you there or listening here on the Starseed Evolution podcast. I'm wishing you an awesome day. Namaste.