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Helpers, Angels and Guides ~ 37
    sisted. I did a few sessions a week. However most of my effort and
    energy remained devoted to being an artist. I still went to work
    most days in my studio and lined up several art exhibits. While
    being a medium was interesting I did not feel ready to fully commit to it as a profession. I continued to feel a cosmic push in this direction, but I did my best to deny and tune it out.
    However despite my resistance, there was a different plan than
    mine at work. One sunny morning while driving to a store to pick
    up some supplies, my art career ended. I did not see the car to my
    left, run the red light. Instead, I heard a large boom and felt the side door of my car crash against my arm. As I watched my metal fender
    sail brilliantly through the sunlit sky, I realized that my car was air borne right alongside it. Yet, instead of fear I experienced a moment of surreal awakening.
    I heard myself say. “Okay, I get it. I will be a medium.”
    I knew that this was no accident. It was a clear message. Al-
    though my car was totaled beyond repair, I sustained only minor
    injuries. My shoulders, neck and upper back bore the worst of it.
    Weaving and silk painting, my art of choice, required the continu-
    ous use of my upper body, shoulders, back and arms. While I may
    have eventually been able to do art for an hour or so, I could not
    physically manage the long hours that were required to make a liv-
    ing.
    Earth School Lessons
    As I lay on the couch recuperating and thumbing through a mag-
    azine the first week after the accident, I came across an ad for a
    program which trained and certified spiritual counselors. It was
    starting in a couple of weeks in a town not far from me. I called the number and set up an interview. Within a week I was enrolled. If
    I was going to be a professional medium I wanted to be prepared.
    As I continued to recuperate and heal from my injuries, I had
    a lot of time to think. It occurred to me that there was an impor-
    38 ~ Spiritual Helpers, Angels and Guides
    tant lesson in what had just happened. One that I recognized was
    in my best interest to fully grasp. As I mulled over the recent events, I considered my work with the Elder. The instructions and advice
    that he had me tape record now seemed more significant. As I went
    through the tapes and notes from my earlier work with him, I came
    across what I was looking for.
    Several months previous to my accident, the Elder told me that
    before our birth into this life our angels and spirit guides help us to design a life plan. We agree to experience specific earth school lessons which will promote our soul’s growth and evolution.
    “Once you are in the physical life.” He said. “Your angels and
    spirit guides watch over your progress and steer into those situa-
    tions which will benefit your life plan. You will know when we are
    in synch with your life plan when events and opportunities flow
    smoothly. Things seem to fall into place. Even though not every-
    thing always goes your way, you feel an inner assurance that you are on track. Despite the ups and downs of life, you know that you are
    where you are meant to be.”
    The Elder encouraged me to listen to these internal nudges and
    persistent feelings. He told me that guides communicate through
    the still, small voice within, through gut feelings and through synchronicity. These intuitive messages let us know when everything
    is going to work out and when we may need to re-examine and
    change the path we are on. Our spirit guides and angels fill us with courage and determination when we need to go forward and try to
    steer us in another direction when we are detouring from our life
    plan.
    “Angels and guides communicate to you through either opening
    or closing doors to opportunities and plans. If you are not on track with the lessons that you agreed to participate in previous to your birth, expect conditions to right themselves. Sometimes this happens in what