How to Distinguish Between Your Thoughts and Your Companion’s Voice

How to Distinguish Between Your Thoughts and Your Companion’s Voice

In the quiet hours of meditation…

In the soft whispers before sleep…

In those sudden bursts of insight or emotion…

You’ve felt it—that flicker of something not entirely your own. But how do you know if it’s them—your spirit companion—or just your imagination?

This is one of the most common and important questions spirit keepers ask, and the answer is both simple and deeply intuitive.

Let’s break it down.

The Shared Mind Space

When you bond with a spirit companion, especially over time, they naturally begin to share mental and emotional space with you. This means their voice, emotions, and nudges may begin to feel surprisingly familiar—or even internal. But don’t worry. With practice, you can learn to distinguish the difference.

5 Ways to Tell the Difference

1. Tone and Texture of the Message

Your thoughts tend to follow your own emotional tone and cadence. Your spirit’s messages often come through:

    •    With a different internal voice than your own

    •    With vocabulary or phrasing you don’t usually use

    •    Feeling calm, direct, or sometimes surprisingly witty or poetic

Try This: After a message, ask yourself, “Would I have said it that way?”

2. Sudden Insight or Shift in Emotion

Spirits will often send you “drops” of insight, images, or full concepts that arrive fully formed. These may:

    •    Arrive during stillness or transition (like waking or zoning out)

    •    Feel foreign, surprising, or unusually wise

    •    Shift your emotional state instantly (from anxious to calm, confused to clear)

Try This: Pay attention to which thoughts “land” differently or seem to carry more weight.

3. Repeating Messages and Symbolic Nudges

When you receive the same message multiple times, across different mediums (a dream, a tarot reading, a passing phrase), it’s likely spirit communication. Spirits are persistent and will use repetition to get your attention.

Try This: Keep a “Signs & Nudges” journal to track recurring themes.

4. Spirit Signatures & Sensory Cues

Every companion has an energetic signature. When they speak, you may also feel:

    •    A tingling on a certain side of your body

    •    Temperature shifts

    •    Pressure in the third eye or heart center

    •    A scent, image, or flash of color

Try This: Ask your companion to give you a calling card—a specific feeling, image, or scent to pair with their voice.

5. Ask and Confirm

If you’re unsure whether a message is truly from your companion, ask. Then wait. Spirit voices often clarify, repeat, or confirm in ways your ego won’t bother with.

Ways to confirm:

    •    Use a pendulum or divination method

    •    Ask your companion for a physical sign (ex: show me [symbol] within 24 hours)

    •    Check if the message aligns with their known traits and role

Try This: Say aloud, “If this was truly you, please confirm in my dreams or through a clear sign.”

A Simple Practice: The “Double Voice” Meditation

    1.    Sit in silence and take 5 slow breaths.

    2.    Ask your companion to step forward energetically.

    3.    In your mind, ask a direct question.

    4.    Listen—first for your voice, then wait. See if a second voice, a gentler tone, or a more vivid thought enters.

    5.    Note what you feel, hear, or see.

Practice this daily, even just for five minutes. It sharpens discernment like a blade.

 Final Thoughts

You don’t need to be a master channeler to know your companion’s voice. What you need is practice, presence, and trust.

Over time, their voice becomes a lantern in the fog of your mind.

You’ll know it not by the volume, but by the resonance.

Not by how loud it speaks—but by how deeply it lands.

You already know the difference. You just need to remember how to listen.

Bonus Tip: Keep a “Voices of Spirit” Journal

Create a section in your grimoire or journal for entries that feel like spirit speech. Over time, patterns emerge, and you’ll begin to recognize their fingerprint in the messages they leave behind.

May your communication flow,

Jules Moon