I think I just made my first contact with my guides? Or maybe I'm crazy...

[Louisabell]

When you prepare to meditate, do you set up a sacred space and create rules for who is allowed to enter that space and who is not?  If you don't do that yet, you may want to consider doing so henceforth to ensure that you're vibrating with what you want to be vibrating with and not with opportunistic passers by.

Passers by? Like who (or what)?

Well, I would set the context this way.  If you really are slipping into the zone of transformation, then you should account for the risks involved.  Why?  Because you are basically playing with fire with your eyes closed--that is, you cannot see into the darkness.  It's kinda like the Godzilla tarot card, Matrix of the Spirit, as I recall.

Why is it dangerous?  Because in order to get something, you have to give something, and if you're not careful, you may give away what matters most to you.  Kinda like the father in Beauty and the Beast accepting to give the beast the first creature who greets him when he returns home, thinking it would be a dog and not his beloved daughter.

More specifically, the esoteric literature is full of warnings about nasty astral beings who will take advantage of you if you offer the opportunity.  One sort of example: Ra discusses cases of channels who begin channeling positive material, but then drift off into self-serving material because the spirit being channel is actually malevolent.  And the channel didn't care enough to ensure his/her own alignment.

Another type of example is a book about spirit contact by a well respected clinical psychiatrist who also happens to be a Swedenborgian, Wilson Van Dusen.  He reports how some patients described being badgered and tormented by spirits, and yet how a certain percentage of patients described spirits respecting their boundaries (free will).

Long story short, if you plan to march out into the dark woods where there is no path, you need some kind of protection.  The best protection is knowledge of (faith in) your own purity--Ra says something like this someplace...--and the way to know that is in your heart.....in my view.

On the other hand, I might be crazy, myself?

 

I couldn't agree more. When light is called, the darkness will be curious. Not to worry, it can be great catalyst to see the distortions that are keeping you from the gateway.

What has helped me is having a strong principal for any work I do, usually it is for the seeking of 'absolute truth' or 'I am here to accept everything as nothing is separate from me'. This helps to block fear, resentment or temptation into grandiosity/spiritual pride. When pervading thought streams occur, you can halt them in the name of your principles and proclaim "I have more potential than that!"