“Divine Union” by Rassouli
An Invitation from Your Invisible Friends
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Engaging Our Mystical Companions
Do you have a spirit guide?
Wherever there are people, there are spirit guides. A spirit guide is a non-physical being who can be your loving friend and empowering companion. They also may appear in one-time events to impart encouragement and comfort. The Bible almost always calls them “angels” in a misleading transliteration of the Greek word angelos, which means “messenger.”
For many Christians, Jesus is the primary personal presence of God that we may or may not have a mystical relationship with today. Many forms of progressive Christianity have left behind the personal relationship with Jesus as too chummy, naive, or narrow. Instead, one deals with a somewhat abstract or theological “Christ” or an amorphous spiritual energy. Angels, which appear all throughout the Bible, are also often dismissed these days—along with the communion of saints, the cloud of witnesses, and other mystical, personal forms of divine presence appearing in our lives.
Our mystical companions are offering us an invitation today to rediscover their loving and guiding presences, reclaim the 2nd-person relational connections of mystical spirituality, and rediscover the joy, wisdom, and healing that they long to bring to us.
In this recorded live event, Paul Smith first opened our minds to understanding the history and ways spirit guides come forth to us through teaching to our minds, followed by a time of question and response. Then you’ll have the opportunity to open your heart to receive experiences of connection and guidance through collective practices and group processing afterward.
This experiential 3-session process of discovery, opening, awakening, and deepening is a time of responding to the invitation from our invisible friends. A time to engage with our mystical companions, whether they be new, unmet friends or life-long companions on the journey.
This course is available to be taken for any amount that seems right and appropriate for you and is respectful of your current financial situation (suggested range of contribution: $20 - $80). We are grateful to all who contribute to help make our work possible.
Course Components:
Session One:
Teaching from Paul Smith
What can we learn about spirit guides and what sources should we trust?
Paul says, “Don’t believe everything you hear about spirit guides, including what I say. Remember, the earth used to be flat. However, I will present a case in the morning session for evolving Christians that makes plausible some claims about spirit guides.
Session Two:
Question and Response
Following the teaching, participants share their questions and experiences for further collective learning and discovery.
Session Three:
Group Practices for Guided Discovery/Engagement
How do we meet our spirit guides in the first place? Or enter into a more regular relationship of presence and even communion?
Ultimately, it must be your own experience that demonstrates the reality of spirit guides for us. So, we do more than talk about these mystical companions. In this session, we engage in individual and collective practices to help deepen your awareness of their presence. Questions are available for processing and reflection.
