🔼: [[⭐️ Internal Family Systems]] # Guides Guides are essentially the IFS version of Guardian Angels, the opposite of [[💡 Unattached Burdens]]. They are benevolent non-parts from elsewhere. > [!note] Note > For many people, meeting a guide is something like a spiritual experience, and they don't necessarily square with the person's spiritual beliefs. I've had clients who identify as atheists find guides in their inner-ecosystems and come out the other side tickled and dumbfounded by the whole thing. Ask them if they're a part, they'll say if they are or not. If you ask what they are, they might avoid the question but imply they're from elsewhere.[^1] Dick Schwartz claims [[⭐️ Internal Family Systems|Internal Family Systems]] didn't come from him, but from his Guides. Is it honest? Is it loving? Is it compassionate? - [[🔑 The mind is porous]] - Culture and parts push guides away, but they're everywhere. [^1]: [[📖 ✅ IFS Online Circle]] - Month 6 - The Body & the Automation Nervous System & Putting it All Together - Month 6 with Richard Schwartz Continued