The Guides

So much has been written and said about Spirit guides or Angels, and so
much of that is based on various belief system concepts.   What I propose
to you is that all of the traditional views are valid up to a point, that point being the concept's own boundaries or limitations.   Yet we can go beyond
those limits if we have no concepts of what we should experience and
discover  as our Truth.   The Guides I came across over many many Journeys could be classified, if you had to, into a few loose groups.   The Main Guide being  the Higher Self,  Other guides who have contracts with you to help
during certain periods of your life, and those who may be very long term
Friends also acting as Guides.   You may also be fortunate  enough to meet Guides who are representations of Earth's Energies, such as a manifestation of Gaia..... the Mother or other Spirit forms.   Each one you meet is there for a reason and you can communicate easily with them all to remember what you
are doing and what you are.   Some people will want to include passed-over family members and this is certainly true for some people.

Many people are even finding that they may have an Alien Guide    As you Journey more you will meet many beings from many places  that can help
you to understand that all types exist in this Universe of our's.   Then you will come to know that all of them are great Souls just like YOU, only they are working from different awareness levels to you and I.   They are the same because they were created by the Creative Awareness exactly like us,
making them and us the same.   Yet we are more then just the same, we are
One and the same, manifesting differently because of our choices and
needs as Great Souls.        
When meeting other Beings and energies in Astral and Soul Journeys
it is a good idea to feel them out before jumping right in.   This is not an attempt to scare you, just to remind you that not all the things you
meet  will have your best interests at heart.   So a certain amount of Caution  is advised.   But don't let this blind you to the many important lessons that the not so friendly energies can help us with, because they too are the from the same source as you.   They will and do help us through our Fears so that we become stronger and learn how to effectively deal with the more 'negative' ones.  

This is an important part of the process of remembering and growing,
as it shines Light into our own dark corners, enabling us to bring
together our dual natures and become whole.   In a sense, all the Beings you meet are helping you in some form or another to grow stronger and be all that you are.... A Great Spirit.