The opening is more like a stepping back and letting go of control. You tell them to leave and you get rude if you have to. Sara, it is an honor to listen to your experiences. Though my room-mate in social psychology is who introduced me to astrology. Well, let's see.
Automatic writing is really a form of channeling.
When I use the word channeling I mean voice channeling, as in an entity speaking through you using your voice and making your lips move etc. The rest of my family either ignores it and doesn't talk to me about it or thinks it's fascinating. Yes, I think that everyone has a whole bunch of guides and that they can learn to contact them. Have you have or known anyone to have problems with fear in this line of work. I think fear is the biggest block people face in learning to open up to their guides and to more complex forms of channeling.