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first contact was Larry, a true soulmate on the same level as this subject. Notice also in Case 7, that my subject’s spiritual guide was not conspicuous among her former relatives and friends. However, as the scene unfolded, there were indications of a spiritual guide orchestrating the whole meeting process while remaining in the background. I see this in many cases.
    The second manner in which we are met right after death involves a quiet, meaningful encounter with one’s spiritual guide where no one else is revealed in the immediate vicinity, as in Case 5. Case 8 further illustrates this sort of meeting. What type of after-death meeting we do experience appears to involve the particular style of our spiritual guide along with requisites of our individual character. I find the duration of this first meeting with our guides does vary after each life depending upon the circumstances of that life.
    Case 8 shows the very close relationships people have with their spiritual guides. Many guides have strange sounding names, while others are rather conventional. I find it interesting that the old-fashioned religious term of having a “guardian angel” is now used metaphysically to denote an empathetic spirit. To be honest, this is a term I once denigrated as being foolishly loaded with wishful thinking and representing an out-dated mythology at odds with the modern world. I don’t have that belief anymore about guardian angels.
    I am repeatedly told that the soul itself is androgynous, and yet, in the same breath, clients declare sex is not an unimportant factor. I have learned all souls can and do assume male and female mental impressions toward other entities as a form of identity preference. Cases 6 and 7 show the importance of the newly arrived soul in seeing familiar “faces” identified by gender. This is also true of the next case. Another reason why I selected Case 8 is to indicate how and why souls choose to visually appear in human form to others in the spirit world.
    Case 8
    Dr. N: You have just started to actually leave the Earth’s astral plane now, and are moving further and further into the spirit world. I want you to tell me what you feel.
    S: The silence … so peaceful …
    Dr. N: Is anyone coming to meet you?
    S: Yes, it’s my friend Rachel. She is always here for me when I die.
    Dr. N: Is Rachel a soulmate who has been with you in other lives, or is she someone who always remains here?
    S: (with some indignation) She doesn’t always stay here. No, she is with me a lot-in my mind-when I need her. She is my own
    guardian (said with possessive pride).
    Note: The attributes of guides as differentiated from soulmates and other supportive entities will be examined in Chapter Eight.
    Dr. N: Why do you call this entity a “she”? Aren’t spirits supposed to be sexless?
    S: That’s right-in a literal way, because we are capable of both attributes. Rachel wants to show herself to me as a woman for the visual knowing and it is a mental thing as well with her.
    Dr. N: Are you locked into male or female attributes during your spiritual existence?
    S: No. As souls there are periods in our existence when we are more inclined toward one gender than another. Eventually, this
    natural preference evens out.
    Dr. N: Would you describe how Rachel’s soul actually looks to you at this moment?
    S: (quietly) A youngish woman … as I remember her best … small, with delicate features … a determined expression on her face … so much knowledge and love.
    Dr. N: Then you have known Rachel on Earth?
    S: (responding with nostalgia) Once, long ago, she was close to me in life … now she is my guardian.
    Dr. N: And what do you feel when you look at her?
    S: A calmness … tranquility … love …
    Dr. N: Do you and Rachel actually look at each other with eyes in a human way?
    S: (hesitates) Sort of … but different. You see the mind behind what we take to be eyes, because that is what we relate to on Earth. Of course, we