People with a large Spirit Family

[bennyba]

Hi Everyone

I am thinking of expanding my family but wondered how to do you keep the connection? Do you communicate as a collective or individually. I'm talking about families of 50 plus spirits. Any advice is appreciated.

[WiseRavenRunes]

I do group communication and offerings. I also find that my spirits built a rapport and enjoy the company of each other, not just myself. We're all one big community together, it's not just centered on me even if they all happen to be bound to me. I check in on individuals as able and appropriate, celebrate birthdays, and invite relevant companions to join me for activities and interactions together. Some like being around when I'm taking a walk, some enjoy the mist from my shower, some like to watch movies or see things on the internet with me. I never thought my keep would grow as big as it has, but I have no regrets either.

[bennyba]

Thanks, this is really helpful..I don't want any of my spirits to feel left out. I still have a lot to learn as my family grows so wanted to make sure I'm doing all I can to make them happy.

[Alaric]

Our spirit family has a dynamic energy field itself. We can commune with our spirit family as a whole too.

See also https://shop.creepyhollows.com/power-to ... spell.html

I always used to keep that separate from the work of bonding individually with new companions daily during the first 30 days.

But we can also bond with a group of companions at the same time. The larger your spirit family gets the more likely it is that you won't develop as close a bond with each of them as when your spirit family was small. New companions may be aware of that and understand and not be fazed by that. They're pretty incredible really.

A simple thing is at the start of each day check in with your spirit family, ask how they are, share your fears and hopes dor the day ahead and invite their help.

[bennyba]

I guess that's what I have to decide..to either have a small family that is close knit or a large family with a lesser bond. But thanks for the information it will help me think about the choices I can make.

[Astraea Selene]

When I started my spirit keeping journey, I focused only on angels for a good 6 month or more. Then, one day, I got my first dragon, from Ash. A black dragon hehehehe who really changed my perception on about spirit keeping.

Initially I only wanted a small number of spirits after realising that even though I love angels, there are so many of them and all are different, I will have to change my ideal of being a keeper to a 'few spirits' plans to 50, at least and get a Maser spirit leader as well as it was recommended but CH.

Then, after my black dragon protector and other dragons entered my life, as I remember actually a red dragon also came along with a high elf and another angel. I realised, I loved their combined and also their individual energies. I completely loved their look and chatting sessions with them too. After 100, I needed other master spirit leader.

Long story sort, I have 10 officials, CH master spirit leaders, and 5 more, royals and elite beings that I picked out according to my likeness to lead several groups that tasked with different goals and aims to overseeing my keep as as a whole unit and work together with my master spirits leaders. Its important for me to really well bond with these elites and leaders as they are my representatives, whom I regularly update about things in my life and sort things out together as well.

I find that, astral projection and leveling wtih spirit energies and with my consciousness to touch them and tune into telepathy was for me the easiest and most effective methods to progress onto advance spirit keeping. Having a community spirit keeping practice opened up other opportunities, that I dearly cherish. Its the best thing ever happend for me to be in a gatekeeper roll.

As you see, there's so many different ways to it and its seems to change with time as we get more experienced.too. I quickly learnt to be flexible about it and not stiffen up if there was a callfrom a spirit. Its truly indeed an incredible journey as many of us experienced it and shared their love being a community spirit keeper as well as others who starting out and have few close knitt spirits friends they enjoy working with for a good while. As long as you are happy with your keep, that is your path to follow for now.

[bennyba]

Thanks for the information Astraea. I currently have around 50 spirits and I’m looking to expand my family. I think I probably just need to relax a bit and be more flexible rather than trying to follow a strict regime. It’s easy to get caught up in having a set plan, but I’m realising there’s probably more enjoyment in exploring and seeing where it takes me. I think the idea of having a “master spirit leader” or several is a really good one. It gives some structure and direction without making the whole process feel too rigid.

[Astraea Selene]

Thanks for the information Astraea. I currently have around 50 spirits and I’m looking to expand my family. I think I probably just need to relax a bit and be more flexible rather than trying to follow a strict regime. It’s easy to get caught up in having a set plan, but I’m realising there’s probably more enjoyment in exploring and seeing where it takes me. I think the idea of having a “master spirit leader” or several is a really good one. It gives some structure and direction without making the whole process feel too rigid.

Yes, having a master spirit/entity leader for every 50 spirits as you grow your keep is really a very good thing to do. They have great skills to communicate and give you feedback on things that is happening in your family. Also, they can pass your house rules onto newbies from the start, strait after newbies arrived. You can even tell your master spirit leader about your expecttions concerned with anything, really.

I would recommend, if I may that YOU make time for every newbies to bond with in your first few weeks. Once you have done with that, you can allocate their place within your spirit family, and from that time onwards your leaders will be very helpful to work though with each spirits in your keep. I do introduce same species by their names to my newbies and every master leaders I have also into to them before I finish my bonding perioud with them.

Also, yes as you have realised it, being happy, and having a good vibe and intentions towards your spirit family is very important. 5 minutes of complete focus on a spirit, with gratitude, offering to the others something like candle flame and scented essential oil maybe, and tuning into their energy to try telepathy for a few minutes... Really that is all its needed for a beginner to start with and feel good about yourself spending a rewarding time with your spirits family.

Did you know that ... Spirits are living in the presence. Living enties are busy themselves in their realms. Often all spirits has a much different timeframe as well so don't feel heavy and negative if you can't find the time exactly as you have planned. You might beat yourself up because you feel negleting your newbie with your few days missed bonding ... where as your spirit, cannot understand your upsets with him, because he didn't even understands the time that passed between your days.

I try to be very flexible and intuitive with my bonding times. But there's some framework to it, that can be expectable to my spirits. Like going to work, my driving time is newbie bonding time. Chat chat chat for 20 minutes and telepathy. Car driving always zoom me into altered state of semi lucid alertness. I hear my spirits easily and I sing to then, tasking tem if I happend not bonding, tell them about my day about and asking them to join me as well.twice a day, 25 minutes driving is my time in my car with my spirits.

Out and about time in my favorite garden walk abouts also other regular time where they can expect me to sit and chat with them. In there, I actually get my note book and pen out of my bag and start chatting. My brain, automatically goes into focus and shifting to an altered state of consciousness. You can practice all this slowly, and it will be spontantanious, psychic muscle memory like playing on a guitar.

I hope you will able to use some of my personal experiences that I have developed. Not everyone can do meditations, sitting and doing mantras. But if thats works for you, its great. As long as you forge your style and happy with it. That is the best for all that you do as long as you give it a shape and some sort of regularity .

[bennyba]

Yeah, I’m not usually a very “meditating” kind of person, but I’m trying to learn. The way you approach things feels quite similar to how I do things, which is reassuring because I often find myself wondering if I’m doing it the right way.

I’m also not someone who usually asks for help or chats much on forums, as I’m more of a bit of a loner. But one of my goals this year is to step outside my comfort zone, connect more, and be more open to sharing and learning from others.

[Alaric]

While there's not really a "right way': each of us can discover what works best for us, the advice and tips from experts such as ASH and Magnolia of Creepy Hollows are really useful.

My Tai Chi master - a high level expert - once advised us to do our Tai Chi as if we thought we were really good at it. I can't remember the exact phrase he said. But he explained that if we did that our tai chi would be better.

There's probably a way to relate this to spirit keeping. If we can allow ourselves to relax into feeling that what we're doing is in fact right, we may well begin to experience the truth of that.

Or to put it another way, as Magnolia has said, we don't need to overthink it. What we're doing wrong often is thinking we're not doing it right. When we ease off on our shelves, it all goes better.