1.0Dream Gateshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgatesRobert Mosshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/author/rmossAppearances of the Guide - Dream Gatesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pK1QdqMzqp"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/2010/09/appearances-of-the-guide.html">Appearances of the Guide</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/2010/09/appearances-of-the-guide.html/embed#?secret=pK1QdqMzqp" width="600" height="338" title="“Appearances of the Guide” — Dream Gates" data-secret="pK1QdqMzqp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The Guide can take many forms, in dreams and on the roads of waking life. Our true spiritual teachers often use shock or humor in their efforts to wake us up to the real nature of things, and they love to play dress-up. An earnest woman in a church group once asked me, at the…http://blog.beliefnet.com/dreamgates/files/import/assets_c/2010/09/Tiger_in_South_India-thumb-370x246-17926.jpg