Thursday, December 10, 2009

Like Attracts Like

For the past several months I have been interviewing New Englanders about their ghost experiences and have found a recurrent phenomenon. I'm writing today because I have had several individuals who visit this site take me to task for including "religious stuff" in a web site devoted to the ghost phenomenon. These correspondents want to study ghosts as a separate item, though there is nobody and no thing in the  universe that can stand on its own. My years of studying ghosts and associated phenomena has led me to believe that ghosts, psychic phenomena and the workings of our souls are inextricably bound. So I must talk about the spiritual side of life.

"Spiritual," to me, is a term that doesn't necessarily connote bended knees, prayers, The Bible, or singing hymns. These are all activities of a specific religion, and if they assist the individual to connect with the Creator, so much the better. But, every individual on this earth and in the universe beyond was created (or "issued," as a friend likes to say) from the same substance and, apparently by just ONE Maker. So all of our destinies seem to be linked. Our interactions serve a purpose that we often don't probe very deeply. Each individual must have a link to that great mind or force or purpose that lies at our beginning.

I use the world "spiritual" to refer to that link that each of us has with our Maker. Whether or not we acknowledge our purpose in being alive (and, having been a professional numerologist for over 25 years, I am certain that each of us has an overriding soul goal when we take up life) doesn't seem important, though we grow more quickly if we seek out that goal. Each of us has a link. So, our non-dying essence must be in constant contact.

Ghosts are slow (even strongly resistant) to let go of their individuality or some personal interest with which they have so strongly identified in what they call "my life."  That is why we encounter them. But the point of today's blog is to re-assert a principle from the Ancient Mystery Schools, where initiates were taught to more deeply understand what was called "Life." This is the  principle that "Like attracts like." We are, as Edgar Cayce used to say, always encountering our selves, and that idea probably means "our deepest selves," which our egos aren't very interested in facing, as it seems as if we can continue living a pretend life.



Over the past few months I have met individuals who, perhaps to enhance their egos or self-image (which very often seems to be a LACK of positive self image) worked with pagan or satanic groups, where the individual is glorified. And many of these people (some, happily now ex-members) found that their lives became fear-filled or chaotic. They never were taught the essential rules of the spiritual world (ex. "As ye sow, ye reap.") and have tried to glorify their ego self, casting spells on others or trying to force open the doors to deeper consciousness. These activities, because they are divisive in a world that was designed to be unitary, must reap troubling results. We are faced with living for ourselves alone (and reaping darkness and fear) or living for a higher purpose (where joy can be found amidst often-troubling experiences...which are simply invitations to change and grow). It seems simple to me that one should live within the highest unselfish, unity-producing, healing or holistic principles that he/she has learned. There is much less to fear.  So, if you find yourself fearful, try being more "whole," and stop depriving yourself of genuine togetherness. It is the only way "out."s as a separate item, though there is nobody and no thing in the  universe that can stand on its own. My years of studying ghosts and associated phenomena has led me to believe that ghosts, psychic phenomena and the workings of our souls are inextricably bound. So I must talk about the spiritual side of life.

"Spiritual," to me, is a term that doesn't necessarily conote bended knees, prayers, The Bible, or singing hymns. These are all activities of a specific religion, and if they assist the individual to connect with the Creator, so much the better. But, every individual on this earth and in the universe beyond was created (or "issued," as a friend likes to say) from the same substance and, apparently by just ONE Maker. So our destinies seem to be linked. Our interactions serve a purpose that we often don't probe very deeply. Each individual must have a link to that great mind or force or purpose that lies at our beginning. I use the world "spiritual" to refer to that link that each of us has with our Maker. Whether or not we acknowledge our purpose in being alive (and, having been a professional numerologist for over 25 years, I am certain that each of us has an overriding soul goal when we take up life) doesn't seem important, though we grow more quickly if we seek out that goal. Each of us has a link. So, our non-dying essence must be in constant contact.

Ghosts are slow (even strongly resistant) to let go of their individuality or some personal interest with which they have so strongly identified in what they call  "my life."  That is why we encounter them. But the point of today's blog is to re-assert a principle from the Ancient Mystery Schools, where initiates were taught to more deeply understand what was called "Life." This is the  principle that "Like attracts like." We are, as Edgar Cayce used to say, always encountering our selves, and that idea probably means "our deepest selves," which our egos aren't very interested in facing, as it seems as if we can continue living a pretend life.

10:16 am est 

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Ghosts can't change...not without your help
            What became of all the “Moon in the Seventh House and Jupiter colliding with Mars” crowd from the Seventies? If genuine inner growth and wisdom could only have come in tie-dyed clothing, primitive hair styles, free sex, and a drug culture..through external changes! But, instead, there evolved a lot of very mellow (read “tuned out”) people, but very, very few became tuned in to a Greater Reality which could have changed their lives. For real change and an elevated understanding to occur, not only our exterior must change, but our interior world must do likewise. And there are too few in this world who dare to pruning their egos.            Energy is energy. In and of itself, energy is neither positive nor negative—it is simply the power that permits a person to translate his or her thoughts, beliefs or understandings into physical form. And it is that outer form that we judge to be good or bad behavior. In other words, society, with all its fickleness, will judge the outcome. Where, why, and how you expend your energy leaves an imprint of motivation in your bio-electric package—the part of you that survives bodily death. It is the “real you,” and cannot be erased by a new perm, a new car, a different clothing style or a cool drink. That is why there are few today who seem to have their act together. We want so badly to please others, and thus we drift from fad to fad and style to style, but never make any genuine accomplishments or real change.
            Once your body has died and you are reduced to the real you...spirit...you cannot change what you have been. Fortunately, there is more of "you" than just the personality that you adopted for this lifetime's learning. At that point, then, you must learn from your past earth experience and this present personality must decline. Then you will be given a new opportunity to return to the earth plane (which isn't really flat) for further experiences, hopefully enriched by the trials and errors of your current life.
            So if you want to help a ghost move on, or assist a loved one to progress into Truth, you should talk to them, encourage them, pray for them to see light (because you can't know what else they need in their present condition), and hold their memories (even the ones you didn't like much) in Love.
11:45 am est 

Monday, November 9, 2009

Pay Back?

It has been a while since I blogged--getting ready for my numerous Halloween activities kep tme busy. That has slowed down now, and I have many issues on my mind at present.

Over the weekend I had a chance to chat with a woman who was interested in ghosts and had had some intuitive experiences. When I told her that I thought all of us go through a "cleansing/letting go" period after death, she became excited. "Oh, I can't wait," she responded. I asked why she wanted to transition into ghosthood and she said there are so many people that she wants to haunt. Did that mean "hurt?" I wondered. I quickly gave her the no-no look. "You don't want to do that," I said. "It is the desire for revenge or pay-back of some kind that can keep an individual (either in-body or out, dead) rooted in low planes of existence. When we have been released into spirit, we need to want to move forward. A friend of mine just checked in with me, in a vivid dream, to smilingly tgell me that she just got out of "the shower," and it has only been about four years since she died.

Aside from the karmic burdens that one attracts, desiring revenge, I told her, she won't be able to leave the harshness of the earth atmosphere until she can let it ALL go. And then, karmically, she is likely to have to spend time in a relationship with that soul when she returns again to that body. "Would you like to return as that individual's child?" I asked. She frowned, now rethinking the matter.

I believe it is the departed soul who is haunted, still tied to the unresolved issues that so concerned them in life. Those who worshipped their body and just the physical side of life (to the detriment of their soul or spiritual side) seldom have a close vibration to the Creator when passing over. They may have attended a church but never attempted to LIVE the principles of their religion (most of which teach love, humility and forgiveness--now do you see why? why we need to get this release work done while we still can, in the body?). All that remains then, once he or she has gone back into their spiritual essence is the body. And, being dead, it is buried six feet under if not cremated. Hard to worship and venerate in that condition. I think this is often a cause of a horrible stink that ghosts occasionally send into our plane--they just recognized how rotten their lifestyle was. And, for those who have no "heaven" to aspire to, there is only the lonely, cold watch-keeping at the grave after death--at least until they look up and see the "light people" who have gathered to lead them onward and upward.

Forgiving is hard, I know that from abundant experience. But you really don't want to spend much time in the spirit world, still trying to make somene else "pay."
1:43 pm est 

Friday, August 14, 2009

I'm working on a 2010 book, New England Ghosts, and took a break yesterday while working on a Massachusetts story. One element of that tale involves a psychic woman seeking the cause of ghost activity in her house. Her intuition directed her to the portrait of her male ancestor which hung on the wall. It seems that the man was unable to make the transition into the light. What held him back, he told her, was the teaching of his childhood religion; he confessed to her that he expected to be in Hell the minute he released his hold upon the earth plane--therefore, he held on tenaciously. He willed not to be dead, though he was a goner. The punishment of Hell, he had been taught, was his lot because he had held sexual thoughts toward another female during his marriage. This scenario is not at all uncommon when dealing with ghosts--they remain in denial that death has occurred because they fear any alternative to the life patterns they once lived. All that many religious organizations can offer their adherents is fear, which paralyzes the free operation of the will.

Taking a break from the manuscript, I sat down to watch some news and instantly was thrust into the controversy over whether the government was going to initiate "death panels" under the proposed national health bill. Most thinking people have already disregarded this bit of nonsense, as it was raised only to scare (control)people. Still, many, many people who are disinclined to do their own research and who rely totally on media or political authority figures for their facts, are now in a situation similar to the old Massachusetts businessman whose portrait still hangs in Newton.

Occasionally, readers of this blog write to urge me to stick to what I know about ghosts, and to leave off my speculations about spiritual matters. However, the two issues are intimately joined, and one cannot address the one without reference to the other.

I have come to know the Creator of All That Is as an essentially benefic entity, incapable of punishment, though this Creator does let us take our lumps under the universal laws that were set forth long ago. We, in fact, through the Law of Cause and Effect, punish ourselves in the afterlife or its preludes. But if like leads to like, then what about the political purveyors of fear? Fear is diametrically opposite to love, so the fearmongers are operating in opposition to the Universal Mind. I wonder how many clergy across America are preaching this to their flocks. Sadly, religious teachers and political operatives too often choose to set up a negative force field constructed of fears as the easiest way to manipulate and control their members. And little fears will attract great fears for our nation--it is universal law--what we send out always returns to us. And I don't think that we need to have a massive 50% of the population cringing in paranoia in order to bring on very negative experiences for America.
As there has always been, there is much ego posturing and manipulation of the simple by individuals who seek simply their own glorification. In this world, they will reap a whirlwind--but the rest of us will have to endure it along with them. So it behooves truth-seekers to speak up.

And when the manipulators' time in the physical body is done, how can these fearmongers find companionship with the Loving Force that made us all? And what, then, will their spirits have to do to "make things right" in eternity?

9:24 pm edt 

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Some new thoughts?
I recently had an e-mail from an American woman who was raised in a strict religion and believed, as many Americans do, in just a single, make-or-break, life. She told me I was going to Hell for not believing as she does. I wonder how she was so fully blessed with the truth, as she has less than a high school education.

Certainly, this is the only life that we all can remember, so we must work on that. However, young children appear here and there, with memories of a supposed past existences. One of the best books on this subject is Twenty Cases suggestive of Reincarnation, by psychologist Dr. Ian Stevenson of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. He worked hard to screen out all other influences on these children, and ended up believing that reincarnation in some form was the most likely explanation.

One of the traditional stories from the late 1930s is the famous Shanti Devi case, which can be found on-line.  http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Hinduism/2002/06/I-Have-Lived-Before-The-Reincarnation-Of-Shanti-Devi.aspx

Now, there is a new one. See link below:

http://www.fox8.com/wjw-reincarnation-txt,0,1190900.story

 This link will take you to an interview done within the past year. I welcome your explanation of how so much precise information could be in the consciousness of this 5 year-old boy, unless there is such a thing as reincarnation. 
11:15 am edt 

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