Quote Originally Posted by sabran
Hello,
Hi and welcome sabran.

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this question but I was hoping you might be able to shed some light on something that has been happening to me over the last few years.

Basically, a few years back I was going through a really stressful time and one night I had to walk home from work in cold wet weather (a few miles) and was rather upset. I had been interested in a certain man for a while and while I was walking home all of a sudden it was as if a man was standing in front of me I could see him although I knew he wasn't really there. And I thought "wow, you're not like J (the guy I was interested in) at all!

Over the next few years, exit my interest in J but this male energy (for lack of a better term) visited me on and off. It was like I was being visited astrally. I was concerned that I might link up psychically with someon who wasn't a nice person but more of a psychic leach (having had some of that in the past and not wanting to repeat it!) so I stopped reaching out mentally for this energy which I found I had begun to do.

So, now, recently I have not felt this energy having not been looking as I said and if I felt it come around I ignored it. But just this past week it was very very strong and clear. I could see his face, he was close up in front of me. I wasn't afraid and he "feels" very nice. I'm just not sure what or who it is. I don't know if it's a person I've known from a past life who visits me in spirit; a spirit giude; someone dropping by astrally who I don't know - if that's possible. Is there a way to find out? The energy seems to come around strongest when I am going through or about to go through a bad time - those times I see the person in my minds eye. Other times I just feel his presence.
Interesting dilemma. It could be many things, from guide to person who's projected double you may have engaged, your own animus, neg. entity, to precognitive vision of someone you haven't met yet, to past life memory of an aspect you knew and had similar issues (karma).
How to tell? First, do you still see this being? Can you talk to it? There is a notion out there amongst occultists that say that asking them what they are or why they're there three times in a row forces them to answer truthfully. I don't know if this is strictly true, but it's worked for me in the past.
You say it comes in response to stress. How do you feel after you have encountered him? Is it comforted, or is it weak? This is also a good indicator of what's happening.
You can pray for guidance, and do some shielding, with the caveat that only love can get through the shield, so you don't reject him if he's an angel or part of you.

I hope this post isn't too long. Thank you for any guidance.
You should read one of mine. Or maybe you shouldn't. I hope this helps a little.