Thriller Thursday - What is a ghost and why does it haunt?

What is a ghost and why does it haunt?

Hi All,

Well since Thriller Thursday is popular I will continue to write every Thursday about things that go bump in the night. Please send me topics you’d like covered that relate to the ghostly realms.

I am at The Enchanted Boutique this Friday night doing readings and all day Saturday. Please call 651-600-3769 to make an appointment. I am also starting to do Past Life Regressions there as well. Appointments for those will be booked at the minimum time of an hour and go up to two hours. Past Life Regression can help you break free of patterns in this life or habits you may have. By looking at past lives you may gain knowledge of present pain and how to help your body let that energy go to recover from the trauma once experienced. I will walk you through a mediation where you will uncover what life you need to look at and then we will work on it together once you have learned what it is you need to see from that life. You are in control the entire session, this isn’t hypnosis. 

Today we are going to kick this back to keeping it simple and go over some basic information and tie it in with some stories if need be.

What is a ghost?

A ghost is someone who has died and has not yet crossed over into the light. A ghost is very simply put— a disembodied person. Most ghosts do not cross over into the light for various reasons. The ghost may not know he or she is dead. The death may have been so quick or violent that the ghost has not had time to process that he or she died during the event. The ghost may have unfinished business. Yes, like the movies, this does happen. The ghost may have some message for a loved one it needs to get across to that person before he or she can cross into the light. Some feel like they do not deserve the “unconditional love” that is in the light and therefor choose to stay earthbound. Others may be too afraid to cross over because of religious beliefs they were taught in this life. There are many reasons ghosts stay earthbound and do not choose to cross over. Remember when dealing with a ghost, it was, and still is, a person, just without a body. We are instantly attracted to people or dislike people and a ghost is the same. He or she may not want to communicate with you so please be respectful. People who taunt and try to bully a ghost into communicating are just that, bully’s, and really do not know what they can get themselves into by being aggressive or mean to a ghost that refuses to communicate. Now, on the other hand, a ghost may be getting angry or mean with you and try to bully or push you around. Disengage and call down some angels to help protect you. Do not push it or say something that would cause it to follow you home this can lead to so many problems.

Popping in and out:

Some ghosts have already crossed over into the light and have had their life review and learned from it. These ghosts are often best friends or relatives who briefly come back into our lives to give us information and then go back to the other-side. They are what I will say pop in and out. They cross back and forth. Your grandma that you were close to and comforted you as a child or a young adult may still pop back in when you need comfort. You may even feel her presence in some way. You may have a feeling she is around, or smelling her perfume or cookies, seeing her favorite animal or some other sign.

What makes a place haunted?

There’s a question! There are so many ways to go with this one. Most haunted places are places that are familiar to the ghost that is hanging around. Places that are haunted usually have some kind of energy source around it. Natural running water, crowds of people have energy that can be used to manifest. Places where death was violent and abundant such as a battle ground can hold energy for a ghost or many to manifest. Such places are also full of tourist’s energy to help a ghost manifest. Cemeteries are, I’m told, often not haunted, but I have yet to believe this as every time I go visit one during the day there is one or two ghosts hanging around. The theory behind a cemetery not being haunted is there is no live people energy there that would give enough for ghosts to hang out and manifest.

Houses or buildings can be haunted because the ghost or ghosts haunting the place are attached to the place for some reason. The house may have been built and loved by the ghost so he or she refuses to leave it even in death. Buildings for the same reason can be haunted. Or a building may have a great deal of negative energy stored up in it as it could have been the place of violence or many deaths. It may be the building is just a popular public place from the ghost’s time period and therefor the ghost refuses to leave.

Have you noticed I didn’t say anything about residual hauntings or demons or negative ghost? Most of the ghosts I encounter are not ‘horrible’. I have been told that very few hauntings are demonic, I’m not saying it cannot happen, I’m just saying I’ve been told very few. That is different from say a violent person haunting an area. These angry ghosts can make things move and can be dangerous to be around. A great reason for not going into a place and provoking the local ghost. 

Residual haunting is an energy print of an event left on a place. It’s like a video tape or DVD that plays the same story at the same time every day or night. My friend’s cottage in England had a residual haunt. A dark shadow of a man would walk through her kitchen, stop at the foot of her stairs, pause, and walk through her wall into the next cottage. It happened frequently and mostly at night like he was checking in to make sure all was well before going to bed himself. He was more like a protector.

Well I’ve left you some things to think about, maybe say, ‘Wendy you are so full of crap or Hey, some of what you wrote here today makes sense to me’. 

Have an amazing weekend!

Blessings All,

Wendy