One of the hardest ideas to face is that each of us may have to pass through life and death entirely alone. We are born, we lose people we love, we confront the unknown, and we try to understand what our experiences mean without knowing whether anyone is nearby who can help.
My research has led me to a different understanding: the soul is not an isolated unit. Between incarnations, it lives and develops among souls close to it, receives support from guides and teachers, and, at a higher level, from elders. These terms describe different forms of connection, and they should not be confused with one another.
Support exists, but it does not remove our responsibility. No one can live our life for us.
The soul group: the soul’s spiritual family
At the third energy level, which I perceive as the soul’s world between incarnations, souls gather in small soul groups. In my book, I describe groups of roughly ten members or fewer, although their actual structure may be more varied than human concepts allow us to imagine.
This kinship is not defined by blood, nationality, or a single earthly life. It grows from a long shared history, the closeness of experience, and the ability to develop alongside one another. The same souls may meet through many incarnations while changing their roles and circumstances.
In one life, someone may be a parent; in another, a friend, child, spouse, rival, or a person who appears only briefly yet changes the direction of our inner development. The role itself matters less than the experience the souls create for one another.
A soul group is not an exclusive spiritual circle, and belonging to one does not prove that anyone is “more evolved” than others. It is a working community of souls who know one another well, review their experiences together, rest, learn, and prepare for new incarnations.
Why we do not recognize everyone immediately
People are drawn to the idea of recognizing a kindred soul at first sight. Sometimes that feeling does arise. A meeting may bring deep trust, a sense of having known the person for a very long time, or an unusual clarity.
Yet a powerful emotion by itself proves nothing. Infatuation, similar personalities, psychological need, and our own expectations can create an equally intense impression.
A kindred soul also does not necessarily enter our life only to make us comfortable. A close bond may be difficult. Another person may reveal a weakness we have avoided, compel us to mature, or establish a boundary where we have been unwilling to accept responsibility.
For that reason, I do not recommend assigning a spiritual label to every relationship. It is far more useful to ask what the relationship teaches us, whether it makes us clearer and more responsible, and whether it preserves respect for the other person’s freedom.
What is a guide?
A guide, or helper, accompanies consciousness through places it does not yet know how to navigate. This support is especially important during transitions between energy levels and after the death of the physical body.
In my own experiences, I perceived a guide as a distinct, conscious personality able to direct me toward the right space, help me maintain my state, and explain what could not be understood at first glance. In my book, one such guide is Ilrin. He does not display authority or demand reverence. His role is to accompany me and help me see.
A guide may be a kindred soul or a more experienced helper. A guide works closer to a specific situation than a teacher does. To use the metaphor of a journey, the guide knows the road, warns us about its boundaries, and helps us avoid getting lost—but does not walk the path in our place.
We often do not see our guides. Their visible presence might frighten a person or encourage someone to hand over responsibility for every decision. Support may therefore remain almost imperceptible.
How is a teacher different from a guide?
A teacher does not focus on one transition. A teacher supports the longer development of a soul and its group. In my model, teachers are souls who have completed their principal incarnations at the first and second energy levels. They possess greater experience and are approaching the transition to the next level.
Each teacher may have particular abilities and an area of responsibility. A teacher helps the group examine lives already lived, develop the qualities it needs, and prepare for new stages.
A true teacher does not suppress the student, demand blind faith, or create dependence. The higher the level of consciousness, the less need there is to control others through fear or authority.
If a supposed “spiritual teacher” flatters someone, declares that person exceptional, demands obedience, or promises power over others, that is a reason to stop and question the source. Elevated status is not established by beautiful words.
Who are the elders?
Elders belong to a still broader level of guidance. In my book, I connect them with the fourth energy level. They oversee larger processes of learning and help souls understand a life within a more complete context.
One of my most profound encounters was with an elder named Elonius. His presence did not feel oppressive. It felt like immense power deliberately softened so that communication could take place. He did not give me a list of orders. He helped me gain access to an understanding that I then had to interpret and bring into my life on my own.
An elder is not an earthly superior who distributes rewards and punishments. An elder is a more experienced soul able to perceive relationships that remain beyond the reach of consciousness while it is embodied.
How support appears in physical life
Most people do not see guides and teachers directly. That does not mean support is absent. It may appear as a clear inner warning, an unexpected realization, a meeting with the right person, or a sense of direction during a difficult moment.
But we should not declare every thought to be a message from above. The human brain continuously produces thoughts, fantasies, and explanations. Fear and desire can easily disguise themselves as intuition.
I use several simple signs:
- real support clarifies rather than frightens;
- it does not demand immediate, blind obedience;
- it does not inflate a sense of being chosen or superior;
- it does not remove personal responsibility;
- its meaning withstands calm examination over time.
A guide may illuminate part of the road. The person must still walk it.
Why we are not given ready-made answers
If more experienced souls are near us, why do they not simply tell us how to avoid every mistake?
Because a ready-made answer does not create our own understanding. We can memorize someone else’s formula without becoming more aware. The soul develops its essential qualities when a person learns to distinguish motives, make decisions, and live with their consequences.
Help must not destroy the purpose of incarnation. Guides and teachers provide support, but they do not turn life into a performance in which an actor is told every movement in advance.
The same principle applies to pain and difficulty. Support does not mean that a person will be spared every hard experience. It means that the person has not been abandoned and can find the inner resources needed to move through the situation.
How to ask for help
No elaborate ritual is required to ask a guide for help. It is enough to formulate a calm request: help me see this situation more clearly, recognize my own fear, or find the next honest step.
Then, rather than hunting for signs, observe. The answer may not arrive as a voice; it may come as a change in understanding. Sometimes help appears through a person, a book, a conversation, or a solution found unexpectedly.
We should never surrender control of our life to an invisible helper. Any information must be measured against conscience, reality, and its consequences for other people.
The soul is never abandoned
The soul group offers a sense of home and a long shared history. A guide helps us cross a specific stretch of unknown territory. A teacher accompanies the development of the group. Elders see a broader path and support transitions between levels.
These are different expressions of one idea: consciousness does not develop in isolation. We are connected to one another far more deeply than a single earthly life allows us to see.
Spiritual support does not make us dependent. Its purpose is to help the soul become more aware, mature, and capable of acting independently.
We may ask for help and accept it. But we must live our own life, make our own decisions, and do our own inner work.
For a fuller account of soul groups, guides, teachers, and encounters at the third and fourth energy levels, see my book The Phenomenon of Consciousness Beyond the Body.
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