[SkyGodWarrior]

@Django.....

That is a very gooooooood question!!!!!! :) There are no rules there are no answer choices and you asked the perfect questions to receive an answer you want to know.....

""""If 'beings can look like whoever they want and even sound like whoever they want,' how could you ever discern between a good and authentic being or a not good and authentic being?""""

:) Even though you asked this question first read this question should be 2nd. I will answer in order below.....



""""You say use your heart and ask your guides, but who's to say your heart is actually perceptive enough to discern the truth and these beings aren't just continually fooling you""""

Your heart knows the truth and will tell you the truth if you consult it first.........
It takes getting to know your heart and understanding it. You can think of it as a type of calibration..... when you first start to get to know your heart it will seem scary to you.... Because this energy is so great you will be afraid of it.... it will take courage to learn to trust and follow your heart.

We often think with our head first and if we start there we can trick the heart into feeling what the head thinks is true.... In a physical sense... when we use our head we can create that emotion and it will trigger the different chemical responses in order to manifest that reality. Once these different chemicals are in our blood it is a matter of time before it affects the heart.... (This is why stimulants and things like caffine can make feeling from the heart difficult.... the heart is under influence..)

One must learn to to listen and pay attention..... and you will see lessons in all things..... Ask the universe more questions in order to be guided in the right direction to the information requested.... do not allow the head to tell you what is true or not....

Through the observation of the heart you learn to feel. You will start to feel with your whole body..... an example of this would be... when you dream.. and you have a nightmare... you feel sooooo horrified.... in a dream you are having a good dream.. you feel sooo goood.... these are examples. This is also called your emotional body or astral body......

When you learn the origins of intention and the signs you will know right away which being is which....For the most part... lol it will be harder to deceive you so easily after you are able to discern for yourself. lol the truth is that the universe loves you unconditionally.... generally speaking in a simple way... the universe will display this.... but love may not always be in a form you understand.....

Also in reality things that have ego are the things that have form.... but in order for us of limited consciousness to understand the possible origin of an energy we demand form and names.... lol...... your angels are all around you..... formless.... but is that enough for you to be happy or feel secure in knowing that your guides are but a light or even a spec smaller than this "."

""""and who's to say your 'guide' is actually your guide and not your ego mind or one of the dodgy beings? The chances seem high to me that all the beings on the astral plane are low energy level scammers.""""

An ego can be you from the past or future but can still play an important roll in your life..... "All roads lead to One source" words limit the ability for one to understand what it is to learn from. Answers are both simple and very complex?

Years of wisdom over many life times still leads one to know not enough and to learn a lot more.

:) lol Good luck dude... Read up... meditate and ask a lot of questions..... and learn...... it isnt easy to follow your heart because it soo scary... its scary because society tells you to go against your heart.....