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Chapter 6<br />
LOS GUIAS—SPIRITUAL<br />
GUIDES<br />
As we have seen, los guias, the spiritual guides, make up a big part of the<br />
spiritual frame. They work with espiritistas dispensing wisdom and<br />
blessings, and give guidance, healing, and direction. These guides are also<br />
called seres, or beings, because they speak on behalf of God and the pure<br />
spirits. Sometimes, when speaking to someone who does not understand the<br />
culture, we call them espiritus, or simply spirits. In the past, it was common<br />
to hear the elders call the guides hermanos or hermanas espirituales,<br />
spiritual brothers or sisters. The term assistentes, or assistants, was also<br />
frequently used.<br />
Most spiritual guides start down their path of development by acting as<br />
personal guides to an individual. Once they have helped enough people and<br />
gathered enough light, they move forward on their path and become viejos,<br />
meaning that they no longer serve a single individual, but can be<br />
approached by and connect with many individuals.<br />
Spiritual guides have developed high degrees of spiritual power that<br />
make them able to help humanity. They have gone through numerous<br />
incarnations—enough so that they can choose whether to incarnate.<br />
Spiritual guides who choose to incarnate are called guias materiales. These<br />
are spirits of living physical elders, teachers, and mentors who have chosen<br />
to help people here on Earth directly. Those who choose not to incarnate<br />
continue to assist humanity from the spiritual realm. And as they assist,<br />
they are also assisted and continue to elevate.
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