Inspiration can be
a valuable tool

Inspiration makes all men mediums. Allan Kardec, in The Mediums’ Book, establishes the difference between intuition and inspiration. It says this is a variety of intuition, but it is not an imposition by the communicant. Its characteristic is the spontaneity, that is, its manifestation is free, without constraint; the medium responds with his own words, only stimulated by an idea, a perception or a feeling. So, it's really hard to tell if the thought comes from himself or a connecting intelligence.

Inspiration is the main means of communication of protective spirits; and this manifestation is what we call the voice of conscience. There is no use in seeking to discern own thoughts of others. What happens is the choice of this or that reason, safeguarding the ability to choose.

"Spirits exert some influence in the events of life? Certainly, as they advise you." (The Spirits' Book, question 525.)

Kardec says that ordinary, inspiration is a means used by good spirits, but like any mediumship, it can serve an impure spirit. Our thoughts can be directed to particular purpose, with or without addition of new ideas of the communicant Spirit. With the mechanism of associations, the incarnate’s brain itself can produce new ideas. In this case, the same content can manifest itself in different arrangements. Manipulating this mechanism, the communicant Spirit may bring up ideas that did not participate in the medium’s memory, without being hampered his free will.

"Do Spirits influence our thoughts and our actions? Much more than you imagine, because they often drive you." (The Spirits' Book, question 459.)

Free will is the options that we repeatedly make in a full path of alternatives. We can reject the influence. No one is bound to follow certain inspiration. We are free. But depending on the affinity and degree of wedlock between the incarnated and spirits, it can be said that the medium behaves like a puppet, and it has dramatically reduced his free will.

"Not that we are capable by ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our capacity is from God." (2 Corinthians 3:5.).

Referring to the Christian ideas, and every high content, Paul states being unable to generate thoughts that are his preaching, whose source is in God. His humility does not allow to consider him a person capable of engendering the contents of the good news. In a way he is right, because the Christian doctrine is a source of crystalline water that fertilizes our earthen vessels, resenting the impurities that we bring with us. On the other hand, his humility prevents him from be considered able to be a suitable instrument for the transmission of good news. And perhaps with reason when it is considered that we are unable, by ourselves, of producing something good, because it is God who is our ability. Says Emmanuel: "From God comes the seed, the soil, the climate, the sap and the guidance for the development of the tree, but also flow from God intelligence, health, courage and discernment of the grower, but we are obliged to recognize that someone should plant." (Harvest of Light, ch. 39.)

There are, however, more flexible people for their humility and their knowledge and therefore more likely to develop the resources of the word and behavior, they deserve the sympathy of the messengers, and become appropriate tools to work on as well.

Even with the inherent limitations, inspiration can be a valuable tool in the hands of the guards, if they find mediums humble enough and therefore able to be good instruments.