Calling in Your Spiritual Team

Sep 25

Calling in Your Spiritual Team

You may have heard the term higher-self, spiritual team or Council of Light around as you embark on your healing journey. In this post, we’re not only going to get clear on what exactly these terms are referring to, but also ho to indulge in some spiritual practices to call in the essence and guidance of your own spiritual team and recognize them as they show their guidance to you. It is important to remember that although we will be referring to our team as something outside of us, recall that the wisdom and guidance we receive is coming from within. In fact, recalling these truths is proof that we’ve had this knowledge all along.

Understanding Your Spiritual Team

Your spiritual team is a collection of ascended masters and healed ancestors who, as you journey along your path, offer insight, protection and guidance meant to support you and all those closest to you, for the highest good. Some of the spiritual support may come and go depending on the situations you find yourself in. Other forms of spiritual support are lifelong and have been watching over you in this lifetime and many others prior. The recognition and identification of those on your spiritual teams happens gradually, it is like any other relationship - the more you water it, the more it grows. Those on your team will reveal themselves to you as needed, others however will rarely their identity but rather show their presence in the form of signs.

The Higher-Self

Simply, your higher-self is the evolved and awaken self that resides within you and as a part of your spiritual team. Your higher-self has gone through and exceeded in healing all parts of your current and past lives. The higher-self holds sacred knowledge, wisdom, and guidance that, upon the right time, can be revealed to you. There are several pieces of you that exist simultaneously; the inner-child, the past life, the higher-self, and the physical self. Think of yourself, for a moment, as a cinema with each theater showcasing different aspects and timelines of your life. Your higher-self is one who has complete access and oversee’s this process and can interject their wisdom accordingly. To connect with them picture how you believe your higher-self looks like and visualize your current self and higher-self integrating, coming together in unison. In times of struggle, ask your higher-self to reveal to you now what must be known for the highest good of all.

Angels

Angels are guardians of those who live on Earth. It is believed by many that we all receive our own individual guardian angel, assigned at birth. This angel is meant to follow along your journey and offer God-like protection. This can come in the form of protection when driving, strengthening prayers, guiding you to places you are meant to be and blocking you from entering places you shouldn’t. Honor your guardian angels by following your gut feelings and intuition. Other angels can be attained as a part of your spiritual team by using ritualistic practices to call in various Archangels.

Ancestors

Ancestors are the type of spiritual guides that may choose to keep their identification private. I’ve noticed that those who have a deep connection to a particular ancestor(s) many have had family members that passed over in this lifetime. However, there are many other lifetimes and lineages that your ancestors have lived and still watch over and protect you. There may be some ancestors of high stature and for this reason, they may want to keep their identity a secret, of course until they feel called to reveal themselves. Creating an altar honoring your lineage is a great way to honor, give thanks and call on your ancestors.

Guides/Animals

Animal guides and familiars act as protectors on this physical realm and gift messages in many ways. Every animals’ nature and spirit can be taken and applied to our own life, offering insight ranging from family matters and self-love to our work ethic and travel. Spirit animals can too change depending on the situation but can be identified quite easily. If you’ve had a favorite animal since childhood, you can assume that is a spirit animal of yours. If you’ve noticed an animal coming up in your dreams or daily conversation/environment, it is safe to assume that this animal is offering you guidance of some kind. Look up that animals Spiritual properties and decide if that resonates with you or your inner-child. Additionally, if you deeply resonate with a certain element; fire, water, air or earth, look into the animals that closely resemble or live in those environments. Example, water = ocean/rain forest animals, air = birds or winged bugs, earth = four-legged friends or insects, fire = desert animals or reptiles.

Book recommendation to connect more and find your spirit animals: Shamanic Power Animals, Don Jose Ruiz.

Ascended Masters

Ascended masters as a part of a spiritual team look different for everyone and can show up in many ways. Ascended masters vary from deities, gods/goddesses, starseed or astral-beings (ex. Pleiades) and famous spiritualist like Jesus Christ, Mother Mary or Buddha. Because connecting with ascended masters is such a personal experience, in this paragraph I’m going to speak from my own experience so only take what resonates! I have found that ascended masters reveal themselves in the same few ways as mentioned above like dreams and childhood memories. For me, I’ve connected with ascended masters most in meditations and readings. Again, this is a very intimate experience so what works for me may not work for everyone. I would recommend purchasing books with various deities or famous spiritualist and see which ones stand out to you the strongest!

Guided Meditation practice

Connecting with your spiritual team is like maintaining a relationship, it involves vulnerability and a willingness to connect and do the work. This meditation is simply a practice, apply it as you like and add your own twist to it!

To begin, find yourself in a calm and energetically cleansed space. Slow your breathing until you feel your body tension melt away and your mind is clear of any, or most, thoughts. It may help to lay down and cover your eyes with a blanket. This portion of clearing your mind may take some time before you proceed with the next step so take your time!

You’ll want to begin visualizing yourself sitting among a throne. Picture a golden castle surrounding you, offering protection as a vessel of true beauty and glory. This golden castle is a safe-space and only those with positive intentions may enter - you are protected here. Slowly drop away from the sense of you as a body, person and name and feel yourself as a spirit with no body, person or name. Picture in this castle, their are several empty seats next to you. Begin calling your spiritual guides to reveal themselves next to you by saying something as this:

“I welcome my higher-self, spirit animals, angels, ancestors, ascended masters and all others who are here for my highest good to be here with me now.”

In this moment it is important to have no expectations or attachments to whom may show up. Try to remain in a state of pure gratitude and love if you feel self-doubt rising. These two feelings hold strong vibrations and should bring you back to center. Again, take your time with this meditation, follow your intuition and trust you are being guided. Here you can extend the meditation and ask questions to your spiritual team. This may involve several rounds of practice so be patient with your results. When you are ready, slowly being moving back into your physical body. Offer your gratitude as a gift and journal your experience.