Communicating with Spirit: How to get the best Guidance

Tom and Teresa discuss the benefits of consciously working with your personal team of Spiritual Helpers, or Guides, to evolve faster. They also highlight Spirit's support throughout their entire life, even when they made poor decisions. The conversation explores  seeking your Helpers clarity as it relates to your Spiritual Thrust in life.  

They cover the experience of receiving clear answers at first, but then losing that connection over time. The pressure you put on yourself to make the "right decisions" and the fear of moving forward are addressed as causes.  Tom and Teresa share solutions from their perspective and personal experience. The conversation emphasizes when to get into action,  rather than passively waiting for answers before doing anything.  That's like being in Limbo. Enjoy this week's episode!

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Transcript

Today on enthusiastically spiritual, we're going to talk about being a participant in your own spiritual life. And this has a lot to do with working with your spiritual helpers or your guides. Well, this sounds fun. It's going to be fun. So today, what's on my mind is one of the things that's occurred to me over the last week, and I'm, you might say I'm relearning or, you know, becoming more and more aware of is that

 When I work with my spiritual helpers or my guides, I need to be clear about what my decision is, you know, what my direction is. Then they can move in and back me and they can help me, you know, check out if that decision's in my best interests. Is it the right timing? Is it realistic? Those are some of the questions I can check, but no one can do it for me. And my guidance are not there to live my life for me.

 they're here to assist me on my journey. In fact, one of my mentors, one of my key mentors used to say, you know, I don't want my guidance to, you know, do anything for me. I just want them to point the direction. How does that resonate with you, Teresa? Well, that resonates with me big time because most of my life I had no idea I had guidance or no idea I had spiritual helpers or angels or whatever you want to call them listeners. So,

but I always had a direction and I always had and now that I know what I know, which we sometimes say, right, you don't know until you know what you know. Now that I know and understand that I recognize, oh yeah, well, I've obviously had this presence around me that's guided me. Of course, I have to make decisions, but even when I made really crap decisions, there was guidance around it. So it's always, I've always had this.

through my whole entire life. So that really resonates true with me. Or I should say it rings true. Ding, ding, ding. Sounds great. So a lot of folks I meet, they first get involved with checking with their guidance or in that profile that we talk about, gifts and guidance, we show people how they can communicate with their guidance. And there's some links to that in the show notes. One of the things that...

uh, starts to occur is often they'll get answers that are really clear at first. And then over time, they seem to lose that connection and the answers aren't that clear. And one of the areas you can sort of take a look at for yourself, and I've had to regroup for myself at different times is, you know, am I asking my guidance to make a decision for me?

you know, am I in a sense in a limbo situation where I'm just waiting for some big aha moment or something. So you could say, uh, in that situation, you know, there's a little fear there that's holding me back from just moving forward. And that's because there's a lot of pressure in our society to do the right thing and to do it the first time and get it correct. Well, spiritually, that's not how things really work.

spiritually, we're all just practicing. And we're always gonna have opportunity to practice whatever we think we've mastered or what we're mastering at a higher level. So one of the keys to regaining that clarity of inspiration from guidance for me has been to get into action, make a decision, even if it's not totally clear to me.

what I need to be doing. Once I start moving into action, I find that the other answers I'm looking for start to come through. Have you ever had that happen? Yeah, I have. And that's, I like where you're going with this because of the fact that, you know, there's a lot of passivity in spirituality in as far as meditating, doing even my yoga nidra, like, you know, just, just not doing anything, right? Yeah. 

but I do have to be in action because to accomplish things, to be a part of my existence and the existence of being here on the planet. So it's just like some people say, you know, the monks that are up in the mountains meditating their whole life away, it's like, well, okay, maybe that's what they came here to do this lifetime, but to be in action really is where for myself, the fulfillment comes. Well said. And what occurs to me is, you know, just...

for me to remember that there's no mistakes. There's only stepping stones. And, you know, with experience over time, I seem to get better and better at working with my guidance as if I practice. And I often counsel folks when I first meet them, you know, don't be afraid to get some wrong answers. I mean, explore how you communicate and explore in certain areas of your life. You may have expectations or you may have a religious concept around 

you know, that positive Holy Spirit that's here to guide us. Well, you begin to let go of those as you have experience. You know, you can't outthink every situation. You just have to live it. In fact, recently, you know, I was on a retreat where we really, you know, decided to regroup. What is this whole idea of spiritual lessons? You know, what's going on there? And essentially, you know, we have opportunities.

We have experiences and let's say my job's an experience that I have. Well, what's the opportunity there? It might be to be more organized or communicate more clearly or all kinds of learning opportunities. And when I really tune into what the lesson is, that's when it all starts to take on more meaning. And that's really where my guidance can help me. 

you know, help me more. How do I stay in my thrust? My spiritual thrust is to be happy and free. Well, I haven't always felt happy and free, you know, when pressure moves in on me, but when I work with my guidance and look for solutions, bother to ask, then the solutions come to me. Have you ever had anything like that happen to you? Yeah. And I guess what kind of, kind of me as you're talking about it is that this is really about making all this unseen parts of us practical. 

and understanding that, you know, we do all have a team that we have, you know, our we call them spiritual helpers or spiritual teams. But, you know, like they're part of us. So they're, you know, obviously the unseen parts of us, but a part of us that we can access, you know, 24 seven anytime we need to get gain some support or or even if we don't ask for it, right, it's there. I mean, like I said, the times I had no clue that I had.

any kind of help from the other side. It was always there was always help there. And so what I like about where you know what you're talking about Tom is how it's again it's about making it practical like you know I can meditate I can yoga nidra I can go to a conference I can gather all kinds of insights in my mind you know and in my intellect and even in my body so this is back to the mind body spirit you know part of us.

And in my body, I can work out, I can, you know, really exercise and be healthy and eat well. But that spiritual part of us, a lot of people just don't really understand it or even relate to it. But it's just part of the mind, body, spirit parts of us. So in understanding that as a team, I've got a team that loves, backs and supports me and respects me. But I need to be in action and I need to move forward what I'm here to do in order to really access.

fully access the teamwork that I have put together for myself. Yeah, you might say that when, you know, I'm in action and I'm moving forward one way or another, the solutions come to me, you know, I'll see, oh, that's what's going on here. So sometimes, you know, the questions that I'm asking my guidance, or things I'm trying to clarify or check out, you know, I'm even asking because I have a false idea of what I'm checking out, you know, it's not even,

And in fact, one of the things I love to share with people is that, you know, once I get the information, once I find out the facts or I gain that understanding, or I have that picture, or I have a real honest feeling about something or that inner knowing, once I get that, I go, aha, I don't even need to ask about this one. You know, this is obvious. I don't want to be involved with this, or I do want to be involved with this. And, you know, but that's the...

that's the main thing, you know, they're there to back us and our growth as you were sharing, you know, I could just could really feel in my feelings, I could really feel that idea of, you know, I'm here to be involved. And that's where the action is. That's where the fulfillment is. That's where the outflow is. That's where the enthusiasm starts to flow again, when I'm involved in my life. So like I shared another,

other times, you know, our, our spiritual helpers, our guides, they respect us too much to do it for us because they know what we're capable of. And when you have doubts, that's a good time to just recheck. And like I say, sometimes, you know, it's not the best timing for you to do something or you might not have all the facts, but that's where guidance can help you and clarify that help you work more with your sensitivity.

 know, if you ever gain to get a hunch about something, you know, oh, I got a hunch. I wonder if that was my guidance. Or is that just something, you know, a thought that's traveling around through the environment? Right? Yeah, being able to really clarify what's what am I hearing? What am I feeling? What am I knowing? What am I which are there are senses, right? Those those Claire, those parts of that, which we call our we call our four gifts, spiritual gifts. Yeah. So really understanding that.

 as I'm in action and I'm working with those gifts, guidance is bringing in information. So I'll give you some examples of like connecting this to my loved ones that have passed on. So years ago when I'd be out walking and I would smell cigarettes and this is part of one of my senses, right? And I, for some reason that the smell, the sense of smell has been very prevalent in different times in my journey.

So I'd be out and I'd smell cigarettes. And then all of a sudden I'm like, what's that? And I would know it's my dad or I would smell roses. And this is a really good one. I might have shared before, but it's been a while and or maybe I haven't. So I'll just share it anyway. I went to my walking into a nursery, a place, you know, where you buy plants and stuff. And all of a sudden I smelled fried chicken and I looked all around. I'm like, what in the world? I mean, like it was so, so pronounced.

And all of a sudden I knew it was my grandfather who for years we would go to Disney World Disneyland and at the end of Disneyland we would go home my grandmother take her home. We'd buy my grandpa a bucket of chicken of KFC chicken. No plug on KFC because I don't eat that anymore. But it was really good back in the days. And so knowing that whenever I'm accessing these parts of me these spiritual gifts as Tom and I refer to them in our gifts and guidance consultation session that we offer.

that it's a way to connect with spirit because that's how it comes in. That's how spirit can share with us through a smell, through a feeling, through an inner knowing is one aspect of the gifts that they can amplify a little bit more than just us working with them. Yeah, or if you're high in vision, they communicate through symbols. So the language of spirit is the language of feelings. And those feelings and impressions come through our four

Spiritual gifts is what we call them because as a soul, that's how we communicate. And, you know, for me, I think in pictures, I get symbols, then it's, I get those thoughts or that understanding. And then I have, or keywords, you might say, then I have a feeling for something, you know, that gut feeling we all talk about. And then that sense of that inner knowing. And that's my gift order is vision, intuition, feeling, and prophecy. And

the impressions come with all those, from all those different angles. I had an experience recently where I walked into a chance to do some business in a business situation and it kind of felt good. I liked the lobby and the environment and there was some opportunity there for me if I wanted it. And...

It's it's been occurring to me lately like well, maybe it'd be easier than this other thing I'm you know, trying to do Why don't I just go do that and I was checking with my guidance and you know, is this in my best interest? Is this the right timing and I you know, I received a no answer and Then I was like, well, okay. Well, what's what's that about? Because it keeps coming to mind and then when I I delve further that with that with my gifts, you know I really picked up this impression like I

the picture that I have of the place is not really what's going on there. So, you know, when we get impressions that we say later, like, Oh, I thought it was going to be different. I thought that job was going to work out differently or that relationship was going to work out differently. You know, this is a kind of a million dollar tip here is that it's sometimes because we have a fixed idea or a fixed impression of what we think we want.

And sometimes that opportunity, even though it may appear to us from an intellectual point of view, you know, that it's right for us if you really had the full inside scoop on the place, it's not, it wouldn't be great for your energy or it's not the best thing, you know, for your energy. The great thing about your guides, as you mentioned, is, you know, they back you no matter what and they'll always be around and...

If you've ever experienced those chills or goosebumps when you know you're really in the flow, I get them a lot playing music and when I'm really listening to the other musicians and tuning in and, and almost anticipating, you know, what somebody's going to play next. And that doesn't always happen. You know, sometimes I'm thinking too much, you know, and, uh, then I'll get chills and then just a reassurance for me, what that means is it's a reassurance that I'm really, I'm spot on. I'm in the right place at the right time.

I've achieved my goal and that kind of thing. Yeah. So what comes to me too about that is the fact that it's almost like layering, like a layering. I'll make sure I get that that word correct layering. So as a soul, you know, we're energy and we are obviously here on our journey, life, whatever. And another layer of that journey is the fact that we've got these beautiful guides that are working with us. And so what Tom and I work with and, and

and our beliefs. So there's all kinds of guides, right? There's ascended masters, there's, you know, galactic beings, there's, you know, elementals, there's all kinds of things that people, you know, pull in and work with and - A lot of different energies and - Absolutely. Consciousnesses that you'll hear people share about. Yeah. And so what we work with and what we help people connect with in our session, the Gifts and Guidance session, is that it's energy of souls that have been here on the planet.

they have gone through their life and they've mastered some piece that you are here to work with. And so you choose them before you come in to actually support you in that mission of what you've come in to work with. And we each have some people have one or two, some people have five or six or seven or more, it depends on what you've come to do. But they are, I guess you can call them angels, we call them guides, but you've connected with them before you came back into this body. So,

It's a contract together, a working contract. And once you get back, then they start working with you. And again, like I mentioned earlier, I had no idea for decades that I had any kind of support or guides. I didn't even think about it, honestly. I mean, so to be able to understand and relate to the fact that, wow, I have the support on these pieces that I'm putting together for myself this whole lifetime with. 

with certain angels and certain guides that are really that have mastered that is really a pretty cool thing. Yep. And if anybody wants me to channel a message from spirit or channel from my guides, they want to know they want me to share that or I'm allowed to share that, you know, no matter what you're going through, everything's going to be okay.

Nice message, Tom. An impromptu. Yeah. And well, it's been real for me. I've been working with my guidance for, you know, a long time in a conscious way. And it started for me as an imaginary friend when I was a child. And then, you know, then people talked me out of the fact that I had this imaginary friend. And then so I didn't believe in that anymore.

And then over time, I got reintroduced to my guidance through one of these gifts and guidance profiles. And then I began to learn about my four gifts, the spiritual ways that I perceive impressions. And then as you, we talked about in a previous episode, we check where our energy's at. So, you know, life for me has been kind of an unfolding process. And the more that I've worked with my guidance, the easier it gets. And there's always sort of new challenges and new opportunities to take it further.

but they're very patient. Even when I get off track, you know, they have a lot of patients and I like to say the environment, the universe is really a very benevolent place. I mean, we're, we come here with a purpose and a thrust. Our purpose is to learn and grow. We're definitely here to get experience. That's how we turn that experience into wisdom. And when you're aware of what you're learning,

by working closer with your guidance, then you grow faster. That's all. I mean, people don't have to believe in guidance to grow spiritually. It just helps us grow faster. And if you're listening to this podcast or watching this on YouTube or rumble, you'll know that there's many people that share about these things, but that it's okay to just

relax, take one step at a time and and be patient with yourself as you're moving through that process. Yeah, and I think the key is really just making it practical and knowing that you know, this is not this is not I've said maybe rocket science. Yeah, and it's not it's not it's not complex. This is a part of us. Yeah. Yeah. You know, the word angels just means messenger of God.

 And, you know, think about it. If, you know, that creative force, God, that loving I am energy, you know, he's smart enough to delegate. Or she, hello. Yeah, that energy is smart enough to delegate. It's smart enough to delegate. Yeah. Correct pronouns. And you want to work with the highest source that's available to you. And those, those spiritual helpers are a hundred percent positive. They're very patient, very loving.

they can work magic in your life and open doors for you. And, you know, the key is just, you know, are you listening and, uh, and trusting, are you involved in your life enough that they can help you move forward? So it's not a thing of, you know, it's not a thing you have to figure out. It's not a theoretical thing. It's you need your, you need to have a feeling for things. You need to organize your feelings.

and then move into action. Then you come back to your feelings. You may modify what you're feeling and reorganize something based on what you find out. And as long as you move from that, a lot of folks thinks it starts with thinking, but really if you wanna have some sustainability in what you're doing, work from your feelings first. If you wanna be in the right place at the right time, pivot from your true feelings. 

And we always talk about emotions are not your true feelings. In fact, you might say they're programmed or they're feelings of the intellect, you might say, is one way to describe it. But we need our emotions because it's how we communicate. And there's nothing wrong with emotions. It's just my guidance can really help me discern, is that an emotion I'm feeling or is that my true feeling?

But when you're relaxed, when you're positive, when you're hopeful, that's the best time to get those answers. And I could talk about working with my guidance all day long because it's been such a powerful influence. And the times when the little light bulb goes off, you know, and I have solutions. Even yesterday, I was, I'm working on a new business project and you know, part of me is like, where do I get started with this? This is kind of new and.

 Right away I had this little flash of inspiration. Well, like, how about just find out what they're looking at? Why don't you read their website? Oh, okay. You know, like, and from there, the next step occurred to me. Well, now that I've read these terms on their website, some of that, I don't know what they're talking about. Let me go look that up. And then from one thing led to another, to another. And before you know it, you know, I'm aware in a new area. That's being practical, right?

 That's being practical. Absolutely. So, listeners, if you are looking at a moment in your life when you're ready to be in action and not so passive, you can check out the link in the show notes and you can check out our Gifts and Guidance profile session, which is a one -hour session that both Tom and I do offer. And it's a great way, again, to connect with your spiritual helpers. We will share with you how many you have brought in with you. We'll share what they were in their last incarnation, masculine or feminine, which just gives you an essence of

what energy are you working with more this lifetime through them? And also a two -way connection to connect with them, which is a really cool technique. Yeah. And the soul has no sex, no color, no religion, but the masculine vibration is kind of more about direction and organization. The feminine vibration or that feminine opportunity is more about nurturing.

and guiding and we need both and we all have both parts in us, but what our guidance were in that last incarnation, just as another hint as to where they might be helping us, the areas they might be helping us that are fresh, you know, for them. Right. So it's a, it's a great session. If you're looking into it, you look again, you can look in the show notes.

And also in that session, we also share with you about your four gifts of intuition and give you a gift order of how you work with them. How you see those impressions and how you receive those impressions. And also that snapshot of where your energy is at, which if you listen to the episode before this, you heard a little more about that. So that's what the whole session has in it. It's a really powerful session. It really helps shift me in a big way with understanding more about that spiritual part of who I am. Yeah. And the profile will really help you, you know,

make sure you're tuning into the highest source available to you because sometimes, you know, the ideas or the concepts we have about what we're going through are not really accurate. You know, they're ideas we've been programmed with. So sometimes the way our guidance communicates, it's like, what? Oh, wow, that's a different perspective. Getting back to that higher ground, that spiritual perspective that we always like to share about.

So yeah, so that's a great place to, I think, stop and give a little thanks. Let's wrap it up here, Thomas. So thanks again for listening to another episode or watching again on YouTube or Rumble to another episode of Enthusiastically Spiritu. We appreciate you so very much. And we know that y 'all are in all corners of the world because we look at our stats for like, oh my gosh, you're everywhere. So.

 wherever you're at, sending you lots of love and backing for your journey and hopefully you have amazing connections with your spiritual helpers. And thank you for listening to another episode. Yeah. And if you have any comments or experiences you'd like to share, please comment at either the podcast inbox or the YouTube videos or Rumble videos. We'd love to hear about your experiences. Apple's another good place too. Oh, and Apple.

Apple. Okay, so until next time, just remember that life is too short to not be enthusiastic about your unique journey.