“There’s this boy that keeps showing up in the garage and it’s freaking me out!” “Any time I walk into the back bedroom I feel like someone’s watching me.”
By Wendy Joy, Ascension Tips
I get a lot of questions about ascension symptoms as more and more people are awakening and life as they knew it is changing. One of the most common topics is ghosts. I think it’s because they can be the scariest of the phenomenon. No one seems to be too troubled when Angels show up, but ghosts are another story altogether.
Having some understanding of what’s going on and that you’re not alone can be helpful. You are simply tapping into another frequency of vibration that has always been there. It’s just that now you are aware of it. Your connection might appear as seeing ghosts and scenes, feeling sensations related to them, hearing voices, knowing of presences or events, or all of the above.
Some people turn off the abilities as soon as they appear out of fear. In fact, some of the people who are experiencing ghosts now, did so first as children. They turned it off out of fear and having no one to guide them. I would encourage you not to turn it off now. Instead, learn more about it, and try some techniques before making a decision.
Protect Yourself
I rarely feel the need for protection from spirits in my daily life. I’m just not that aware of them as I go about my day. (I recognize that many people are, though.) But on occasion during a healing session, something will present that I feel the need for extra help with. My go-to for spiritual protection is Archangel Michael. I call him in, stand firmly in my energetic power (no fear) and command the entity to be gone. This is not really a ghost, but more of a lower energy entity of some sort.
I do always call in protection before a ghost crossing excursion. Ghosts have a lower vibration than an angel or even most of us. You don’t want that energy attaching to you. It will drain your energy and change your mood. I ask for the protection of my guides and Angels and imagine a white light coming down from the Highest Source, filling me and surrounding me.
It is not uncommon to pick up ghosts/spirits at hospitals, nursing homes and hospices—places where people frequently die. The rehabilitation unit I worked in several years ago also housed a nursing home. My earliest encounters with ghosts were with folks who had died at the nursing home, saw my light and were hitching a ride with me. All kinds of odd things would happen at home until I passed them through the Light. I had to learn to consistently clear my energy before coming home. Clearing is easy. It’s usually as simple as stating, “This is my energy and my space. You may not come home with me.” You can also sweep your hand in a karate chop clearing motion around your body. In this way you energetically disconnect from anything attempting to latch on.
Imprints
It’s helpful to figure out what you are dealing with when you begin to encounter these odd phenomena. You may actually be seeing or sensing an imprint or an energy trace instead of a ghost. Some call this a residual haunting. I like the word imprint. An imprint is a recurring loop, like you are seeing a movie clip over and over. You are simply seeing what happened there at some point. When you attempt to interact with it, there is no response. That’s the way you can be most sure it’s an imprint.
For me, imprints are often multi-sensory. On one ghost crossing trip, we went to a library that was alleged to be haunted. I saw, felt and knew a piece of what happened there. I saw an image of soldiers. They were sitting, laying and standing around. I also had a knowing of details that I couldn’t actually see. Feelings also went along with it. These men were sad, worn down and absolutely exhausted and there was an overriding feeling of senselessness about what they were participating in. Many battles had been fought on that land as it had always been an important port. I didn’t know which battle I was seeing, but I also had the sense that it didn’t matter—ultimately they were all the same.
Ghosts
At that same outing, there were at least two ghosts. These are typically experienced differently than the imprints. What the ghost is doing typically does not repeat. They may show you something more than once to make a point until you get it, but things will also vary within it. They can interact with you and they will often respond. You don’t need to ask your questions out loud. You can ask in your head or in a quiet whisper. You will either hear a response, know the answer or they will show you a vision.
Ghosts are souls that haven’t fully made the transition to the Other Side. Something has side-tracked them. Sometimes they are stuck because they don’t know what has happened. This can happen when someone crosses very quickly and unexpectedly, as in the case of an accident; or when they pass slowly, like fading away over the course of a long illness. They don’t always know that they’ve finally gone and don’t know to look for the Light.
Sometimes they are waiting for someone else to cross, like a spouse, before they will go through.
Sometimes souls will stay on purpose. They are afraid to cross into the Light because they believe they have done something so horrible that they’ll be punished (go to Hell) when they cross over. From what I can tell from this side of the veil, that is not true. The Other Side is always waiting for them with great expectation and joy and no judgment. The events of this lifetime are simply experiences to learn from and we will be given new opportunities to make better choices in the future.
In my situation at the library, there was an older man and a young boy. The man had killed someone when he was living and when he died, he was afraid to go into the Light and cross to the Other Side because he feared he would go to Hell. When the boy passed, he saw the man, became distracted and stayed with the man because he didn’t know what else to do.
The man had been responsible for the reported hauntings and had actually scratched some of the ghost hunters that had come before us.
What to do
So what should you do when you encounter a ghost? We already talked about asking for protection and clearing yourself or disconnecting from the energy when you are leaving a place where you are likely to pick up a ghost. I also build up my own light before going in so that it is harder for them to attach, so I can easily stand in my power, but also so that I can come from a strong place of love and compassion.
It’s my belief that you should assist in crossing ghosts over into the Light. I hate to hear the “cool” stories people share about hauntings without hearing that they also crossed that ghost over. I think crossing another soul over is probably the biggest gift that you could give that soul. I also believe it will have a big karmic impact for your soul.
Communicate with the ghost and attempt to figure out why they are still here. Assure them that they have died. Remind them that’s why it’s been so hard for them to interact with anyone. Tell them to look for the Light and go into it. Usually, it’s not quite that easy. Assure them that if they are waiting for someone that they can help the other person get to the Light better if they’ve already gone through it themselves. In most cases, that other person has already died and gone through. They will then generally go on their own.
If they are afraid to go, assure them it’s okay. They will not go to Hell. Let them know that Hell is just a very useful construct on this side of the veil that helps us to make good soul choices. Remind them they will have the chance to make up for any ‘bad’ choices in another lifetime. They can begin to make up for it—balance out their karma—if they look around for another soul to bring through with them. Any time I’ve ever asked a ghost to look around for someone else who is stuck, there has always been at least one other there.
For those who are really scared or stubborn, you may need to ask for someone significant in their life who has passed to come to the Light to escort them through. Once they see this person (often it’s a beloved pet), they go straight to the Light. At times, I have called on an Angel to carry them through. Other times, those of us on the ghost crossing trip will band together, pull down light into ourselves, build it up and then use it to push the ghost through the Light. I always know for sure that they’ve gone because there is a sense of quiet and peace. I’d love to see all ghost hunters also become ghost crossers.
Follow these tips for protection, clearing and building your light, then see if it’s possible to get comfortable with your new abilities. Perhaps you are the world’s newest ghost crosser.
About the Author:
Wendy Joy is the author of Clear Channel: A Guide for the Newly Awakening, and is dedicated to helping others awaken, increasing their vibrations and evolving their soul. She is a Reiki Master Teacher who is also certified in Shamballa, Integrated Energy Therapy, Past Life Regression, Spiritual Journeys, Crystal Layouts, Vibrational Alignments, Dysfunctional Core Belief Release, Emotional Release, Underlying Cause and Earthbound Spirit Release. To learn more visit her website www.wendyjoy.net
