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 |  Subject: WHAT ARE ANGELS & SPIRIT GUIDES?  Mon Apr 08, 2013 9:25 pm | |
| WHAT ARE ANGELS & SPIRIT GUIDES? You do not walk alone into the next life. With you walks your greatest friend, your guardian angel who was with you when you were born into the physical world and is with you now at the end of your earthly life. Theosophists call them "devas" or "Himalayan masters," the Indian yogis refer to their "masters," the Christian Church speaks of angels, while Spiritualists refer to "guides," "helpers," and "the gatekeeper." Other schools of thought talk about "higher consciousness" or the "over self". I will use the guardian angel image- although I do not personally associate this with a being with wings but as higher beings from the spirit world.
You may not know your guardian angel while on earth, but as soon as you enter the astral levels of the next world you will immediately become aware of such a presence. You will have the comforting feeling that a divine friend is with you. Some of us are fortunate, because we get to know our own guardian angel before we die. If you are mediumistic or open to spiritual forces, you may sometimes sense a guiding hand helping you through life. You may feel inspired by an outside force, or may have a sense of moral guidance. At a time of great danger or despair, have you felt an angelic hand lift and shelter you from your plight? Angels are not a matter of belief but of experience.
DEFINITION: ANGEL
The word Angel originated from the Latin angelus, itself derived from the Greek, angelos, meaning “messenger” The closest Hebrew word for angel is, mal'ach, also meaning messenger. In the Bible angels were described as an intelligent and immortal species, usually presented as being visually indistinguishable from humans -- i.e. with a human body and without wings. Sumerian society, that flourished around 3,000 BC between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq, is the oldest society that has left us clear evidence of the use of a winged human motif. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] | |
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