This is a simple and fascinating exercise that can open the way to some beautiful encounters with The Other Side as often as you like, and it only takes a few quiet moments to accomplish. You can ask to meet your Spirit Guide, or a departed loved one, but please welcome whoever shows up. If whoever shows up is not someone you recognize, ask their name. If they don't tell you right away that's ok, just keep talking, keep asking questions, and keep listening. In the process of telling you why they have come and what they have to say, they may reveal their name sooner or later. It may be an ancestor, it may be your Spirit Guide, it may be someone with a message from a loved one. But whoever it is, welcome them! So, with a clear, relaxed and OPEN mind, sit comfortably, as distanced from possible interruptions and distractions as you can manage. Lite some candles, and close your eyes...
	You are approaching a pair of huge, gleaming brass doors, intricately etched and ornate. The most beautiful you have ever seen. In the center of each door is a large brass ring. The smooth, polished metal feels cool to your hands as you grab the rings easily swing open the heavy doors. Inside, you find a perfectly oval room. It's serene and embracing. You feel safe and unburdened, taking deep breaths of fresh clean air as you walk down the three steps into  the vast room. The floors are hardwood, with white rugs as soft as clouds that soothe your bare feet as you walk slowly across them. A fire warms the room from a gray stone fireplace. An arched window reaches to the ceiling, and the ocean breeze it lets in only slightly disturbs the sheer, graceful curtaind of loosely spun silk. A white grand piano is set beside the window, reflecting the pastel light of sunset. Candles glow all around you. You detect a trace of nearby jasmine. Two chairs wait side by side, identical, of rich white brocade, with legs of curved wood. You settle into the left chair, so that the chair to the right is empty. Your breath slows. As you look around this oval room, from the comfort of your chair, you are quietly filled with the knowledge that you have never felt so peaceful, healthy, alive and content. You ask to be surrounded with the white light of ancient spirits, and you immediately feel the warmth of all powerful, unconditional love spread over you and through you until the light is part of you. You know the joy of being adored. From the stillness to your right you notice movement, and you turn towards it. A figure steps forward and takes a seat in the empty chair beside you. You are not afraid, knowing no harm or darkness with approach the divine white light that protects you. The figure waits, patient, still and open. You are blessed by its presence. Finally, softly, you speak...
			Sometimes the figure will be someone you recognize, a dear departed friend or family member. Talk to them. Share your heart with them. But don't forget to listen, too. Even if all they have to say is, "I'm here and I love you," what  a wonderful thing to hear from someone you were so afraid you'd never see again. If the figure is your Spirit Guide, thank them for comming and ask them for help in whatever you need. They are there to encourage, advise, support, and guide you on your life's path.