Spirit Activity, what it is, how to tell if your home has it, and what to do about it.
Paranormal activity involving spirits can either be a comfort to us, when the transient visitors are our family and friends visiting from love, or disturbing when it is the attention of grounded spirits.
Loved ones visit us to comfort us in our hour of need, or remind us that they are there for us. They can even appear to warn us of potential problems coming up, but always have the most positive of intentions.
Grounded spirits are often unable to cross over due to fear of being judged for mistakes and negative actions which have hurt others. Sometimes their obsessional nature and identification with their own base energy leaves them with no option but to stay here and continue the mischief they enjoyed on this plane. Consequently, they can be attached to particular locations on the earth where they either lived or regularly frequented, or where they committed their misdemeanours, as their anger, fear or shame holds them here, unable to expose their darker emotions to the light, to be cleared and purified. Others are held by grief, sometimes searching for loved ones who never returned to them, or being held in a trapped emotional state by another spirit which prevents them from moving on.
Let us take a look at the phenomenon of spirit activity, and examine both the good and the bad, and what we can do when the visitations in our homes are not welcomed!
When we shake off this mortal coil, we commonly “go to the light”, where we are greeted by family, friends who have crossed over, loved ones and even our beloved pets. Death is not the sad event it is for we who are left without them, for those who transition it is a joyful event, a reunion with those we have missed, and a loving acceptance of all the mistakes we have made in our lives.
The worlds of spirit are considered by Mediums to be realms of unconditional love, where we are reunited with our loved ones, and where our soul growth is assessed by loving guides, and we discuss in between lives how we wish to move forward in our next incarnations from many different options. Unfortunately due to the rigid interpretation of the bible by the majority of people, the imagination focusses on the idea of hell or damnation, and in reality nothing could be further from the truth, from what we know as told to us by both Mediums and also those who have experienced NDEs or Near Death Experiences.
If we think of life as a school of hard knocks, then the spirit world is the place where those knocks are healed. In this life, we imagine that we are simply our experiences, but on a soul level we are so much more, and the lives we lead are according to many, co-designed with our guides to give us the best opportunity to become more whole ( or holy ) and more spiritually refined beings, and realise the true potential of who we are. Sometimes a life may be well lived, other times not, there is no judgement, as it is only we ourselves who judge. Our conscience is part of our soul’s own ability to assess it’s own needs.
When our family or friends visit, they will often do so to “check in” with us and remind us of their love, care, and supporting presence in our lives. This could be by the feeling of:
1) Smelling a scent that we associate with them (clairalience).
2) Having our face, hair, hands or shoulders lightly touched with a loving hand (clairsentience).
3) Sensing their presence (clairsentience).
4) Hearing their voice, or the sound of an activity you identify with them, or a high pitched buzzing (clairaudience).
5) Seeing them as an apparition or as a glowing orb or wisp (clairvoyance).
6) Receiving a sign. This can be a feather suddenly appearing without logical explanation, a coin, stone, or any “apport” as they are called, a manifestation from spirit that has no logical cause. It can also be a synchronicity, for example dreaming of them and then being given their favourite flowers, unexpectedly bumping into a close friend of theirs after a long time, etc.
7) Dream visitations . These dreams are often lucid, much clearer than standard dreams which are simply processing emotions brought up by our daily lives
8) Significant changes in temperature, feeling of static electricity, or feeling a sudden unexplainable and significant gust of wind.
9) Objects in the house moved for no apparent reason.
10) Mysterious text messages or phone calls, usually from an unknown number with a lot of static, although ( and I have experienced this myself) it also happens that people can have long conversations on the phone with people who have passed!
11) Electrical equipment behaving strangely, flickering lights etc.
12) Changes in one’s mood, unexplained euphoria, feeling graced by a presence.
While all of these experiences can be a great surprise, and even sometimes cause us to change our world view, they are usually highly positive experiences and can be a huge source of comfort to those of us missing our loved ones in spirit.
The manifestation of unwanted spiritual activity can be a cause of concern, although it is not always anything to worry about. Many spirit manifestations we can experience are simply from spirits who have a love, or attachment to the property, and although they have crossed over, love to return back to the place where they experienced good times. These are simply visitations, and unless you have a problem with the occasional positive energy returning back to visit the house, are best left alone, and accepted as part of the character of the house!
Those of a darker nature are usually spirit attachments to a building from a grounded spirit who is unable to move onto the light. This can either be through grief, being held here through the activity of other spirits, or from shame, anger or attachment to the darker energies of the material world. It is also possible to have an attachment to oneself which follows one from place to place, as some spirits, just like humans, are intent on using and manipulating those around them.
The presence of grounded spirits, or “ghosts”, can manifest in all the ways that a positive spirit or loved one can manifest. However, it is the flip, or darkside of those experiences, so manifests as:
1) Smelling a foul scent of sulphur, rotten eggs, etc.
2) Being touched in a disturbing way, sometimes inappropriately, or being scratched. In extreme cases, being physically attacked, including being held down, etc.
3) Sensing a dark and brooding presence .
4) Hearing voices , whispering or mumbling in a manner that is scary or disturbing.
5) Seeing a frightening apparition or a glowing orb or wisp.
6) Receiving a sign. This can be a feather suddenly appearing without logical explanation, a coin, stone, or any “apport” as they are called, a manifestation from spirit that has no logical cause. It can be a worrying object one does not know the origin of
7) Dream visitations . These dreams are often lucid, much clearer than standard dreams which are simply processing emotions brought up by our daily lives. These can with a ghost , be frightening or a communication about why the spirit is trapped or why they are disturbed.
8) Significant changes in temperature, feeling of static electricity, or feeling a sudden unexplainable and significant gust of wind.
9) Objects in the house moved for no apparent reason. Sometimes this can also be to turn on objects which may cause a danger , for example cooker rings being turned on, objects left in places which may cause a fall, etc.
10) Mysterious text messages or phone calls, usually from an unknown number with a lot of static, any communication via electronic source of inexplicable origin which leaves one feeling uneasy.
11) Electrical equipment behaving strangely, flickering lights etc.
12) Changes in one’s mood, spirit oppression caused by the spirit directly changing the mood of people in the house. In extreme cases, possession.
If you have experienced the second category of spirit manifestations, you will be in no doubt that your house is haunted ! Now that you know, what can be done?
Fear not, there are a number of different options:
1) The first and easiest option, is to have a “clearing” performed by an experienced Medium. I have performed these many times myself, and it is nothing to be anxious about. Most spirits when given a purified dwelling to inhabit will run a mile, and that is before they are “shown the light” by a Medium, and invited to move on to the next realm of existence, and detach from the physical. In some cases non-human entities are also stuck in properties, these too can be moved on with perseverance. The most important thing is to claim back the property and asset one’s will, whilst maintaining a level of energy in the house that no negative spirit would wish to stay in !
2) So you don’t want to have a Medium in the house, what do you do ?
The first thing you need to do is to reassert your own personal power and reclaim the house. Living with a house that is haunted can cause one’s spirit to be oppressed, which is really a form of emotional control by the unseen and univited guest, stand back in your power! Remember who you are! Armed with smouldering white sage or palisanto, or even something like a bunch of lavender with a bowl to catch the sparks , go from the bottom to the top of your house and depending on your belief system, offer a prayer, and state that the spirit can no longer dwell in your house, that you are not happy with all the spirit has been doing and you will no longer tolerate it. Insist that the spirit moves on. Smudge around the room, and then close the door, smudging around the doorway. Repeat this till you have reached the top of the room. An alternative used by some mediums is to rotate the arm and create a vortex of energy, then walk through the house and out to the doorway, and literally create a consciousness vortex which attracts the spirit who can then be thrown from the house at the front door, and told to never return.
It can be a good thing to put rock salt black salt in the four corners of the house, or alternatively black tourmaline is useful for protecting a house once it has been cleared. Many people also use a crystal wand to draw a protective crystal grid around a property and the entry ways, using the power of intention, and also visualising drawing light around key areas in grids, whilst either chanting holy names or repeating that no negative energy can pass through, whilst asking for protection from divine source.
Whatever method you choose, be sure that it is the power of your own intention and being mindful of your own emotions that will free you from negative consequences of spirit activity. Apart from nuisance and the fear factor, spirits can also sometimes create ill health in people in the house, and through oppression and overshadowing can destroy lives, and relationships!
If you have been affected by a haunting, and would like assistance, please feel free to contact me for a consultation, I would be only too happy to help.
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