The best investment of your time & energy with a spirit companion is your willingness to let them into your life. Talk to them as you would any friend, include them in the little & big things in life, share thoughts, share stories, invite them to share memories or visions with you, and as you would anyone who is in your life, state clear expectations from both you.
It is refreshing & a way to bond for all involved if you draft something that states your expectations as a Spirit Keeper & your expectations of the spirits who come to be with you. It is something that you should have a clear understanding of. Why did you become a Spirit Keeper? Why did you choose those specific spirits to be with you? And likewise allow them the opportunity to share with you why they chose you as a Keeper (especially for Reverse Adoptions & Custom Conjurations).
Spend time going over these thoughts & expectations with your spirit companions, and be sure to go over them again when you invite new friends home!
Spirits will manifest in their own way & in their own time. Some require more trust & a more founded relationship before they interact, that's okay, you shouldn't always assume that lack of manifestations is fault of yours, sometimes they require some time.
Spirits can manifest in a myriad of ways, and you should take the time to identify with the subtle & great ways they may come to you, here are a few common ways...
Orbs
Shades
Light Streaks
Shadows
Mist/Haze
Telepathic Messages/Visions
Intrinsic Knowledge
True Form
Animal Form
You have to remember that humans are on the "now, now, now" time table, little else in this world (and definitely beyond this world) is on that time table. Some things are worth waiting for, worth investing your time with, and worth putting yourself into. You can't expect everything to happen in your own time table because you are the only human in the equation, the spirits you are working with have their own concept of "time" and they are certainly there to be with you since they chose to be with you as a Keeper... so relax, enjoy what you are doing, and spend some time just enjoying having them with you, and everything will fall into place!!!
Trust yourself, because they already trust you.
Many people talk about what they might be doing to block spirits from coming through. Usually the blocks caused by the keeper are very fixable issues that are usually temporary.
Temporary Blocks that can be overcome
Tense/stress energies
Anxiety/fear energies
Distraction & lapse in interaction
If you have a period of time when you are stressed, overworked, tired, or have other things going on, that's okay, just recognize it as a temporary time where you are going to have some possible energy blocks and once things settle, resume as usual with your spirits. What tends to happen is a Keeper goes through a rough patch, and they get tense & anxious because then they feel like they can't feel the spirits, and then that snowballs into more stress, and it spirals out of control from there. You end up with compounded issues, and really all you need to do is recognize these times and accept them as "down" time with spirits and even magick, and then pick up at times or on days when you don't feel so drained.
All Keepers go through "Glory days", and down days, you aren't alone.
:dragons:: :kistune:
