{"id":5865884,"date":"2011-01-08T07:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/?p=5865884"},"modified":"2012-01-03T16:17:37","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T00:17:37","slug":"meet-your-spirit-guides-past-life-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/meet-your-spirit-guides-past-life-connections.html","title":{"rendered":"Meet Your Spirit Guides: Past-Life Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tasha from Pennsylvania says:<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m just beginning to really open myself to new <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/how-your-beliefs-create-reality.html\/\">realities<\/a><\/strong> and experiences in this journey, but something is holding me back. There\u2019s this entity, this sort of hooded\/masked shadow figure that haunts me, ever since I saw it in my childhood. I fear it mostly within the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/how-to-overcome-darkness.html\/\">darkness<\/a><\/strong>, but now that I live in my brother&#8217;s room (where I had initially seen it open his door and peer in at me in my younger years) I obsess over the idea of the door opening again, and find it difficult to look away. It\u2019s never honestly hurt me, or anyone that I know of (my sister in law has said she\u2019s seen the same kind of thing, except this time at the bottom of the stairs), but it leaves me in fear\u2026 something I need to overcome in order to open myself to understanding both of our existences and how they intertwine. I\u2019m not sure how to approach the situation, or even whether this being is directly influencing me. Would you be so kind as to offer any insight&#8230;? I would love and appreciate your time and consideration. Thank you.<!--more--><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dear Tasha,<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s always wise to be cautious when you\u2019re exploring other realms, and I can understand why you\u2019d find this particular figure worrisome. After all, the image of a dark, hooded monk has populated ghost stories and other scary tales for literally hundreds of years.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s interesting is that I encounter hooded figures like this fairly often when I do spirit guide readings, and so far I haven\u2019t encountered one which was actually a negative entity.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the hooded and robed guides I\u2019ve encountered have past life connections with the people who see them, so it may help you to understand where those fears probably come from. The worst of the Inquisition, which spanned a period of almost 500 years in various countries, and the later persecution of Catholic religious orders, especially monks and nuns, dumped plenty of pain, fear and negative thought-forms into our collective consciousness. These experiences became energy images which are still vivid in peoples\u2019 unconscious minds more than 400 years later.<\/p>\n<p>Your monk seems to be a past life connection, apparently connected to your family as a whole. When I tuned in to the episodes you described, I experienced caring, wisdom and a kind of vigilant, watchful devotion for your entire family&#8230; but no threat of any kind.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to get acquainted with this being, use the suggestions on CaliforniaPsychics.com for<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/getting-technical-with-shamanism.html\/\"> clearing the energy<\/a><\/strong> in your room and creating <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.californiapsychics.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/spiritual-journeys.html\/\">sacred space<\/a><\/strong>. This sets up a protected area in which you can safely get acquainted with your monk and put your fears to rest. Then invite him to come forward, asking him to stand outside your sacred space if you feel safer, and ask him about his mission and intentions.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck! This could be amazing \u2026<\/p>\n<div style=\"border-top: 1px dotted #c9d9d9;border-bottom: 1px dotted #c9d9d9;margin: 10px 0px;padding: 10px 4px;font-weight: bold\"><strong>How can you get in touch with\u00a0<em>your <\/em>psychic side<\/strong><strong>?<\/strong> Try a psychic reading. <!-- ADD COPY ABOVE -->Call <span style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #d33d26\">1.800.573.4830<\/span> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiapsychics.com\/newcustomer2\/pick_your_psychic.aspx\">choose your psychic now. <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does a dark, hooded monk appearing in dreams mean? 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