Ghosts are the mental and emotional bodies of the deceased. (Another word for them is ‘astral entities’ – I use both words, as they mean the same thing.) They exist in the astrals, but have not fully crossed over to the astral realm and so a part of them is still on Earth. They are often found in hospitals, police stations, funeral parlours, cemeteries, bars, clubs, and hotels.
Ghosts can stay behind on the earth plane for a variety of reasons. For example, if a recently deceased soul believes they have done something wrong that they will be judged for, they may refuse to cross over. Or if a soul had an addiction when they were incarnated that they are not ready to release, they may also be reluctant to cross over. And when someone dies suddenly and unexpectedly and the person is too shocked and distressed to cross over and leave their life behind, they may choose to stay on the earth plane. Unfinished business can also cause a soul to keep a part of themselves in the earth plane, long after their life has ended.
(Important note: don’t confuse astral entities/ghosts with the popular term ‘negative entities’. Ghosts are not scary or even inherently negative – they were once incarnated people.)
Ghosts can occupy homes and can attach to peoples’ auras too. When they do this, they drain energy, which is one reason why it’s not a good idea to keep ghosts hanging around, no matter how much we like them!
One ghost will drain a very small amount of energy. But the more ghosts you have hanging around you, the more draining it becomes. The second reason why ghosts are to be avoided is because by nature they are very unstable and susceptible to negative emotions. When they attach to someone, they amplify and echo any pain and negative emotion in a person’s energy field. So if you feel angry and have one hundred ghosts in your energy field, that anger will be amplified. The same goes for any fear, pain or guilt. Those negative emotions can be reduced by removing any attaching entities that are present (although note that removing the astral entities might do nothing to remove the actual root cause of the negative emotion – astral entities simply echo negative emotion that is already there – they do not create it.)
Sensitive, EMPATHATICand intuitive people often notice ghosts. And ghosts notice sensitive people and are attracted to their auras because they are so open.
Your aura may be even more open if you practiseAUTOMATIC WRITING channelling or mediumship, and you are willing to channel whoever ‘comes through’. Ideally, you would want to be channelling your GUIDES IN SPIRITS or your HIGHER SELF – not just any old astral entity. For this reason, I recommend starting an automatic writing session by addressing your higher self or spirit guides. Because if you are willing to open up to whoever comes through, you may actually be channelling the emotional body of a ghost who was the neighbourhood alcoholic (as an example). That’s the earthly equivalent of marching up to an addict on the street and asking them for advice on your latest life issue. You might not get very helpful advice because it is coming from a place of stuckness and fear (remember that many ghosts won’t cross over because of fear, pain or occasionally even a desire for revenge.)
Spirits can and do come back and forth from the Other Side to visit and they will do so intermittently. They may choose a more emotionally removed person to appear to pass on messages. If your mother died and the two of you were very close, you may still be grieving for her years following her passing. She knows that appearing to you may impede your bereavement and this is something she wouldn’t do. Bereavement is a training process so to speak, and is something very personal that we all much face and learn how to deal with. So to let the family know that she’s okay, she may appear in a dream or even in person to someone more removed such as your spouse or a niece, or even one of your friends. Or they may not appear to anyone at all. You cannot force an issue such as this- Spirits choose if and when they will appear. And to be frank, Spirits have a lot of things to do where they are and they do get busy. More often than not, if they do visit us they tend to leave signs more than making appearances, especially when they’ve been gone for quite some time.
Spirits can manipulate many things in our physical environment to announce their presence, very much like ghosts can. Sometimes it may be hard to tell the difference. Spirits can affect anything electrical such as lighting, appliances, televisions, computers, and even phones!
Spirits can pick up and move physical items, and even bring you little presents.
Animals and very young children will see visiting Spirits because nobody has told them that they don’t exist. This is why babies look over your shoulder and giggle. Dogs and cats will sometimes run and play and talk to someone who you cannot see. These are people that they may have known and remembered. Even if they never met them while the person was alive, they know that this visitor is someone they can trust. Many if not most young children before the age of five will see Spirits and may tell you about it.
Even your beloved pets who have passed over hear you when you speak to them. Spirits hear everything, they watch everything, and they know everything. They know what’s in your heart and what you are thinking. Ghosts on the other hand are still earthbound, so ESP is not something they are blessed with. They may be able to manipulate the physical environment better than they used to, but they cannot read your mind. Only those who have passed over correctly gain all of this knowledge. Ghosts also have no boundaries and no understanding of when they have crossed the line. Spirits have infinite knowledge of this, and one of their main concerns is not to upset you. You may beg them to come and visit you, but they will know whether you are truly ready for this or not. And if you are not ready, they will not come regardless of whether you think you are.
There
are many different dimensional levels on the other plane of existence
besides the one we live in. On a level close to our own, you have a
Spirit Guide or Guardian Angel (if you prefer this description). A
Guardian Spirit can also fall under this category. Some of these spirits
have lived before- they may be a relative or someone with a special
interest in your life, or they may just be assigned to you for a change
approaching your life that they have superior knowledge of. Sometimes
you have made an agreement with them and chosen them to be your Guide.
A
Guide will never appear or do an activity that would make you
uncomfortable or frightened- they know you and they know what your mind
will accept and allow. They do not stand and stare at you or knock
dishes out of kitchen cupboards. There are also no severe abnormal cold
or hot spots from a Guide’s presence, although I have felt cool breezes
and smelled certain scents that announce their presence. They do not
show up on EMF detectors or any other equipment that which we would use
to detect Ghosts. They are not judgmental about our sexual preferences,
the color of our skin, or our personal religious convictions. They also
do not have the negative or positive fields of emotional energy carried
with them as a Ghost does. A Guide is only positive energy and never
negative, although we frustrate them and they can get annoyed and
exasperated by our behavior.
Some
Guides are only with you for a short while- others are with you
throughout your lifetime. They do seem to change positions and depending
on what the situation is, can and will leave you in the hands of
another Guide. You can have more than one Guide at one time, and most
people do, although there is always one that is your ‘main’ teacher and
supporter. Guides do have a hierarchy. Theologians have noted and
written about the hierarchy of Angels.
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In fact many of these Misguided Spirits, Ghosts & Angels, over time become more negative in nature, because they have lost their contact and influence from The Spirit World and their Spirit Guides. Spirits, Ghosts & Angels, have a free choice to do whatever they wish, just like us. They are Misguided because they would never have been judged in the Spirit World. Their actions and behaviours would have been acknowledged and accepted. However, they would know themselves and be made aware, that they had made some decisions or taken actions, that were not in the best interests of them selves and often others they hurt of mislead. They would be guided and helped to correct this in the next stage of their evolvement
One
of the biggest problems with Spirits, Ghosts & Angels, floating in
The Earth Realm is the lack of positive guidance. The longer they are
here the more they take on the more human emotions like, power, greed,
control and they soon like to exert influence in the material world by
giving suggestions or even giving spiritual orders to those who will
accept them. This does not mean that all Spirits, Ghosts & Angels
floating in the Earth Realm are negative in nature, many are positive
and continue to help people as they would in the Spirit World. This area
of Spirits, Ghosts & Angels, is one to be left alone unless you
have the ability to Heal, Remove and Release all Spirits, Ghosts &
Angels, type "Energy Forms" back to the Spirit World.
Spirits,
Ghosts & Angels that are highly evolved are very powerful because
they know many secrets of the Universe. If they become negative they use
this information to exert influence on anyone who will listen to them.
All Spirits, Ghosts & Angels that are asked a direct question cannot
lie with one exception the Angels. However they all can deceive and
they often do this by adopting a number of names in addition to their
Spiritual name that they are known by in the Spirit World. I have had
negative Angels tell me, they are Jesus Christ, who happens to be my
main Spirit Guide, and at times the only way to determine who is talking
to me is to ask if this "Energy Form" is an Angel. This answer comes
from my Aura Being who can identify any type of "Energy Form". Other
Spirits will not lie like this if asked a direct question however they
will take on names like God, Mohammed, Jesus, Lord or even Lord Jesus
trying to get me and others to believe
they are The Creator of all knowledge so they can lead me and others
astray. This deception and the fact that they block communication with
your Spirit Guide while in your Aura Field, make this area one to avoid
if possible. 
Some
of you with more evolved Souls may have had some disturbing experiences
where you feel you have been getting information from what seems to be
conflicting sources sometimes positive and sometimes negative. I have
know of cases where five or six Spirits, Ghosts & Angels have been
talking to a person for years, some were negative and some were positive
and this person was talking to their Spirit Guide. This would have
been OK if the Spirits, Ghosts & Angels had not adopted names that
this person identified with God The Creator of the Universe. Because of
this persons great faith, they rejected all the negative advances
however it is no wonder this person was confused and had mistrust. Many
antisocial acts, murders, crimes, wars etc that have been carried out in
the name of God, Mohammed, Jesus and other names we use for The God of
our Faith. These have been done by people who believed they were
carrying out the work of "The God" when it was
information from a negative Misguided Spirit, Ghost or Angel.
