Spirits an Introduction, Special Mention of Ghosts, part 1

What are Spirits?

We all have one, we all ARE one, and it's the animating personality that a body would just be in a vegetable-like state or coma [or dead] without one.

According to some beliefs, the spirit enters the body before its born to have a physical corporeal life. Again according to those beliefs, at death the spirit separates from the body and continues its own non-corporeal life.

Now you may not agree with those beliefs and it is alright, but I do believe in that myself with proof from my own communication and channelings with the spirits as well as memories from the time between physical lifetimes that I have gathered together over years of soul searching.

Therefore I will put the warning that this post is purely from my own perspective, experiences, and beliefs so if you feel you do not agree then take what you will from this and move on. :)

Earth occupies the 3-Dimensional Physical plane and the energies are slower and denser and very solid and not willing to change as much. The Spirit Worlds can overlay Earth and be hard to sense or see with physical senses (but can be perceived by the psychic senses that everyone has but most of the time those psychic senses are drowned out by the dominant and stronger physical sense input). The Spirit Worlds often lay on the Spirit Plane, a faster moving and lighter and quick changing and "higher" (or greater or increased) vibration of energies that makes up that world.

Therefore if one is a spirit or ghost they occupy this plane, with spirits ranging in all the planes but ghosts bound to the plane just above the physical earth plane.

Ghosts are essentially spirits themselves but something happened so they are restricted to Earth and not able to move on. They are a higher vibration than physical bodies so they can not usually be seen or perceived without a huge effort made on their part, and can affect some objects (hence throwing objects and other effects that can happen), but it does take a toll on them to affect that much of the very solid physical Earth objects. They go through walls due to being able to energy shift deliberately to "phase through" the walls, but not the floors or things under them unless they should choose to do so. It is more of choice what they go through and what they don't, and some can be confused and not realize they can do this and therefore just stick to normal human walking paths.

This next section will deal with Ghosts more. Other sections in the future will deal with the general Spirits.

GHOSTS:

It has been my experience that a spirit can separate from the body after death but something happened that was so traumatic in the separating that the spirit is confused and thinks sometimes it is still alive and in a physical body and lingers on the earth plane.

These become "ghosts" essentially. Some can be malevolent and angry, some withdrawn and sad, some frightened and upset, some friendly but thinks that they are still living in the house and then would become angry when they see people "invading their homes" when they are still there.

Some are genuinely afraid of the afterlife out of not knowing since that fear in life can translate to after death and keep one from moving on successfully. Some just don't want to move on and may have something tying them here, whether it be a memory, grief, old debts, vengeance, or the like. And some just don't care to leave Earth (though if they were told they could come back as a spirit guide of someone else serving an earthly lifetime, then they might be more willing to move on to the Spirit Plane with the rest of the spirits after death).

Caution must be taken with a haunted place or with a ghost since they can be as varied as the humans you meet on the streets (which is apt since they usually WERE humans in their physical lives and would realistically act in similar ways too) and the cause of their deaths as well as the reasons why they are lingering can be unknown. It is advised to leave it to a trained medium or priest/religious head in whatever religion you believe in to deal with these ghosts. Some can get very ANGRY and dangerous if they perceive you are trying to "get rid" of them by making them move on.

Accomplished mediums usually work to convince the ghosts that they do want to move on of their own free will and soothes any worries the lingering spirits might have of the crossing. Mediums also must take guards against those who simply don't care to move on and who would attack them if the medium tries to force them to move on. It takes considerable mental discipline, Willpower, and spiritual belief/faith and abilities to force a recalcitrant powerful ghost to move to the other side and withstand the attacks that may be thrown at them.

Generally it is ill-advised for anyone to just read up online and decide to "become a ghost-hunter" themselves and plunge right in over their heads with the spiritual world without even knowing the slightest thing about protections, clearing/cleansing a space, what tools are at hand to use, and how to communicate with them and respectfully talk with them, as well as how to hone one's own willpower and mental discipline in case of mental battles against aggressive spirits, and what to do when severe warning signs are appearing.

Some of those warning signs might be:

• Blood or other liquids oozing out of the walls with no definable source
• "Evil" or malevolent air in certain parts or in all of the building (trust your gut when its sensing this because it knows best, this is the air of intent to harm and kill).
• Objects not just being thrown but consistently trying to hit you or your loved ones. Some would be life-threatening if they hit, or ARE life-threatening because they hit their mark.
• "Bad Luck" hovering around you and your loved ones. Jobs being lost, cannot sell the house, people keep getting sick [sometimes fatally sick or close to it], people die, and other very undesirable things.
• Animals not wanting to go inside the building or into certain rooms, and those happen to be where the "malevolent air" is the strongest.
• Terrifying noises happening, shrieks and screams when there is no one there, malevolent whispers that is heard by more than just you and by others who visit the place.
• Strange odors, especially that of death or blood or decaying bodies where there is obviously just clean "normal" seeming rooms.
• Often have legends or a bloody past that one can find out through some dedicated searching, almost always involving a violent death or murder.
•  Visible apparitions happening now and then, usually translucent like misted glass and of people hovering a bit above the ground they walk on and making no sounds. Sometimes are too vague to make anything out, or seem like distortions of the area in a human-like shape (air distortions look like distortions in hot air locations only its confined in a humanoid shape and often is not a hot day in any way and moves across normal air).

Most of these are signs that have to be taken together with other signs, and more of these signs with more extreme in intensity, the worse the haunting. If you are EVER in this situation there is only one thing you must do: GET. YOURSELF (And your loved ones). OUT. AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. NO excuses.

Now most ghost cannot even try to get to this level of haunting due to inability to use the force and energy required to have that much physical effect on the world. The spirits/ghosts that CAN however are the ones to be most wary of (not to say you shouldn't be wary of ghosts and spirits in general) and poltergeists are quite fond of the warning signs above. Ghosts and spirits can generally be reasoned with. A poltergeist usually CANNOT be reasoned with.

Poltergeists are tricksters in energy form, and any response to their efforts just encourages them. Even faking no response might make them angry and increase their efforts to unsettle you. The only sure-fire way is to GET OUT of the building and not return. Also make sure to see a medium or spiritual practitioner or head of whatever faith/religion you practice to make sure the spirit didn't hook onto you and just tagged along with you. If that happened then just moving would not solve anything, it would carry on its mayhem around you and make your life a living hell (pardon the pun).

Last thoughts would be that in general spirits can be helpful or harmful or anywhere in between, that ghosts are a form of spirits that are more bound to earth plane as well as can have variations too, and that poltergeist are best avoided at all costs and are usually very harmful.

Hope this all helps!

Namaste,
Indigo~

Busy Life right now

I'm working on a novel that is the story of two different spirit beings I have gotten to know very well, their meeting and first 5 years together in Ahn Ne'A (a different world than Earth that is on the 5th Dimensional Plane and of a higher energy vibration than the denser and solid Earth 3th Dimensional Plane). My friend is channeling one of the spirits for their P.O.V. (or Point of View) and I the other, for their memories for the story to write it about it so that an Earthling can understand it better.

For more information regarding Ahn Ne'A I and my friend have a site online about that but haven't gotten around to putting up the rest of the information about that world. http://www.spirit-realms-of-ahn-nea.com/

We are writing the story with the spirits' permission and hope to one day be able to publish the novels or even book series since there is a lot that happened to write about.

So forgive me if I am not on here all that often though I do check the site every day to answer any comments that people may put up. :)

Thank you for checking my sites!

Namaste!

~Indigo

Coming Samhain~

Take care during the days of Halloween (or All Hallow's Eve as it was once called), Samhain, on October 31st and the Dias de los Muertos "Day of the Dead" that happens on November 1st and continues on a couple days after with different days to different kinds of people who died.

All that week basically is the Time of the Dead, or those who passed on and may either still be lingering or have moved on but came back to visit relatives.

It's also when the Veil that is said to separate the world of physical humans and physical Earth from the Realm of the Spirits is thinnest so some spirits can go through more easily as well as some humans may be able to perceive them more easily.

Take care with your rituals during this time! You might attract many non-corporeal uninvited guests! And just like any uninvited human guests, spirits can run the range from friendly and helpful to moody and silent to angry and vengeful. Protect yourself!

But most of all, have fun! Who knows, you might see something this year around that time that you may not be expecting, a ghostly figure or two...~

Namaste!
~Indigo Star

Information for creating Ritual Circles

Some information if you want to create Rituals that involve the protective circle and call upon the gods/goddesses and the Elements too. I figure it would be helpful reference for people and you can use this information to create your own rituals if you wished to. :)



Elements, Directions, Symbols, Color, Associations:

Air - East - Wand, feather, incense stick - Yellow - Wind, enlightenment, breath, beginning, weather, sunlight, truth, communication and travel.

Fire - South - Athame (ritual and blessed knife), Candle/candlestick, flame - Red - Naked flame, manifestation of desires, power, want and desire, intention, creation.

Water - West - Bowl of water, raindrops, seashell - Blue - Water, wave, ocean, emotions, easing of pain and giving of fluid strength, flexibility, soothing with rain or pounding away of obstacles like waves upon stones on the beach.

Earth - North - Stone, grass, crystal, flower - Green - Strength, persistence, grounding, physical realm and manifestation, nature, connection to earth, physical bodies, solidity, willpower.

Spirit - Center - You, moon, star, spiral - White - Dreams, thought, wishes, spirit, who you are, what you want to do with this ritual, hopes, Gods and Goddesses, soul, the spiritual path.



COLOR - Element - Chakra - Associations (For Candles, Stones, Crystals, Fabrics, Aura, and the like):

Pink - Spiritual - Heart Chakra (center of chest on level with actual heart) and governs love and the giving and sharing of it, emotional connection, relationships - Affection, love, unconditional love, enjoyment, friendship, cordiality and hospitality, warmth, balance between spiritual and material needs, pity, guilt, shame, embarrassment, soothing, welcoming.

Red - Fire - Root Chakra (under pelvis) and governs survival, fear, safety - Dynamic, sexual energies, blood, war, passion, physical urges, activity, exercise, aggression, quick temper, vengeance,  fear, hate, seen as Masculine energies.

Orange - Fire - Sacral Chakra (under the bellybutton) and governs personal emotions, creativity, artistic and emotional expression, and the sex organs - Creativity, emotions, needs and wants of the physical body, immune system, world of work, ambition, relationship with the external world.

Yellow - Air - Solar Plexus Chakra (right between the chest and the bellybutton) and governs pride, self-esteem, opinions of self and others, power in world - Intellect, creativity, happiness, joy, power of persuasion, success, selfishness, jealousy, self-esteem, pride, clarity of thought, intellectual development luck (in some cultures).

Green - Earth - Heart Chakra (second color for that) - Money, luck (in some cultures), prosperity, vitality, fertility, envy, greed, possession, healing (one of the primary healing colors), peace, healer, nature, plants.

Blue (light to medium blue) - Water - Throat Chakra (center of throat) and governs communication, speaking one’s truth, verbal or written expression - Spirituality, intuition, inspiration, inner peace, sadness, depression, cooling and calming, serenity, contentment, spiritual development.

Indigo (dark blue) - Water - Third Eye Chakra (right between the eyebrows on the forehead) and governs psychic powers, mental compacities, physical senses like seeing and hearing, and higher thinking - Psychic ability (such as clairvoyance or “clear sight”, clairaudience “clear hearing”, clairsentience “clear sensing/knowing”, and more) , relaxation, reassurance, seeker of truth (often spiritual), mind, mental thought, introspection, astral travelling, communication with spirits and meeting them, dreams.

Purple - Spiritual - Crown Chakra (right above the top of your head) and governs connection with soul and personal spirit as well as the universe – Divine life mission and path, enlightenment, psychic connection with universe and one-ness, soul connection, personal spiritual power, mental disorders, higher spiritual development, high ideals, personal self-esteem, sometimes spiritual teachers.

White - Spirit - Crown Chakra (secondary color for that) - Truth, purity, cleansing, universal healing, protection, removal of pain and suffering, sometimes positive, death (in some cultures), mourning (in some cultures), chastity (in some cultures), high spiritual truth, high level of attainment in spiritual path if in aura, re-energizes and recharges all Chakras, like actual white light it has within it all the other colors except for black.

Black - Spirit (other side of it) - Root Chakra (secondary color for that) - Absence of color, unconscious and mystery, deep meditation, hidden, blockage, sometimes negative, evil or dark magic, nighttime, grounding, death (in some cultures), mourning (in some cultures), depression, despair, negativity, miserly, hatred, dark times, unknown, nighttime.

Brown - Earth - Feet/Knees minor chakras (located in base of feet and in-between knees) and governs flexibility, support, and stability of one’s life and environment - Stone, earth, practicality, common sense, material success, concentration, study, grounded, “down-to-earth”, hospitality, humility, selfishness, deception, confusion, discouragement, solidity, stubbornness, persistence.

Gold -  Spiritual - One of the 7 more chakras above your head and governs masculine go-getter and attainment energies - Wealth, power, understanding, luck (in some cultures), service to others, high spiritual attainment, abundance, powerful healing color that may be too strong for most people.

Silver - Spiritual - One of the 7 more chakras above your head and governs feminine reflective and receiving attainment energies - Wealth, protection (VERY protective color), purity, reflection, effacement, service, metal and machines, moon and stars, emotionless and cold, shielding, logic, and abundance.

 

Moon Phases and the power:

New Moon - Beginnings, best time to start a project. Not good time to finish one.  Can have magical strength but more along Darkness side rather than Light side of things. Often a quiet time and rest time to recharge and regenerate.

Waxing Moon - Increasing magical energies. Good time to be productive and work on projects.

Full Moon - Fullest magical energies, very potent and best for Light side of things and not so good for Darkness side of things. Best time to complete projects and very active time to do things. Said to be best time for spiritual work and discovery as well as dreamtime work.

Waning Moon - Resolving projects and more quiet time to reflect and meditate. Not as much gathering energy, more introspective time. Not very good time to do rituals in for the lessening of the energies and magics.

Note: The Fullest Moon is on one calendar day but the Full Moon phase lasts for 3 calendar days before and 3 calendar days after the Fullest Moon day. Same with the New Moon or the Darkest moon phase.



Time of Days and their Powers if any:

Dawn - New beginnings and pure energies from strengthening sunlight from the night before. Calm and peaceful at times.

Morning - Good for the increasing sun energies.

Noon - More or less highest and most direct sun energies to get.

Afternoon - Usually the hottest and still strong sun energies.

Evening - When the sun energy wanes enough and the energies of the night come into play. Winding down time.

Dusk - Last of sun energy leaving, the night and moon and Darkness energies start to come into play. Can be mysterious and spooky and things cool down.

Early Night - Powers of Night, Moon, Stars, and Darkness come into play. Not as active and dynamic as the Sun before in the daytime and spiritual energies start to grow.

Midnight - Height of Night and Moon energies. "The Witching Hour" occurs in the time after midnight, usually to 3 am, and is said when the demons, ghosts, ghouls, spirits, and other things wander and have greatest strength to affect things.

Pre-Dawn - Night energies start to wind down in the time after 3 am to dawn and with more gentle lightning of the sky the Sun energies start to come back. Very quiet transition time of night. Spirits settle again and the world prepares to revert back to the daytime schedule and energies. The moon energies wane usually.


Purification of space NEEDED before you start the Ritual:

Sweet Grass and White Sage incense - Strong smell yes but are great for clearing out negative energies. Need to use in all corners of the room or of the circle or space to be cleansed.

Salt - Sprinkled in corners of the room or outlining the circle also help with protections.

Quartz Crystals - Can be charged and programmed to maintain an energy shield of your room or space (must be in a formation of star, circle, triangle or pentagram though). Need to be cleansed and recharged before they're used in sunlight all day or salt water for an hour or under running water for an hour. Also need cleansing and recharging regularly.

Holy Water - Sprinkled in the corners of the room and wet some fingers in it to draw crosses on the walls or pentagrams (five pointed star surrounded by a circle) on the center of each wall and on the floor and ceiling if you can manage it.


Direction of Circle:

Clockwise (to the right) - Opening - Inviting things in, opening the shields, increasing power, increase in general.

Counterclockwise (to the left) - Closing - Keeping things out, closing the shields, protection, decreasing power, decrease in general.

 

How to Open an Element Circle:

-Start with East (Air) and invite it into the circle.

-Face South (Fire) and invite it into the circle.

-Face West (Water) and invite it into the circle.

-Face North (Earth) and invite it into the circle.

-Finish with Center (Spirit) and invite it (as well as any Gods, Goddesses) into the circle.


= Do the Ritual after inviting them all in where you ask and meditate on what you desire.=


How to Close an Element Circle:

 -Start with Center (Spirit) and release it from the circle (as well as releasing any Gods, Goddesses).

-Face North (Earth) and release it from the circle.

-Face West (Water) and release it from the circle.

-Face South (Fire) and release it from the circle.

-Finish with East (Air) and release it from the circle and thank all the Elements and Gods and Goddesses (if any) for coming.


How to End a Circle Ritual:

-After dismissing the Elements and Gods and Goddesses (if any), then give respects and step out (or break) the circle and clean up.

-If you did not do it in your room then be sure to purify your room before going to sleep because that protects you when you’re most vulnerable (right after doing a ritual as well as when you’re asleep, combining the two vulnerabilities after you caught the attention of spirits of all kinds is just asking for trouble).

 

I hope this all helps! :)

Astral Travel meditation help

Difference in Astral Travel and Astral Projection.

Astral Projection: You meditate so your consciousness leaves the body and thus has limited to no awareness of the physical body sensations. Very difficult and the body fights against this because its too much like when you die.

Astral Travel: You meditate or drift in an almost day-dream state and your consciousness leaves your body but you keep a strong tether to the body and almost dual-awareness of your spirit outside the body AS WELL AS the physical body sensations. Great if you have parents that like to walk in on you and you have very little time to snap out of this and react to them. Also the body doesn't freak as much because this is more like actual dreamstate than the frightening possible death state that the Astral Projection mimics.

For beginning Astral Travelling this is what I did:

Basically you go into a meditation trance. Then imagine yourself floating up out of your body, and then look at yourself as you do so. (Note: You do not have to completely separate yourself from your physical body sensations. Just "See" it all in your mind's eye, the thing you use to visualize when you're reading or when prompted to do so by someone else. With time and practice you'll be able to register the faint spirit feelings as well as separate them from the physical feelings and know which sensation comes from which.)

You should look either transparent version of you or just a glowing white energy mass that is vaguely body shaped. Also note that there is an umbilical cord connecting you to the body and KNOW this will never break, it is not meant to break until you are ready to die and pass on from physical life. It is also how you can always find your way back to your body, just follow the cord back and you will get back. :)

But if you want to first get the hang of astral travelling then think your want to see the Earth from space and then you'll rise up and up and up and see the world get smaller and smaller like you are literally doing so, then you'll pause and be able to see all the earth from space like those old moon photographs as well. Then you are free to just call it a day for now and put hands on your cord and will yourself back to your body and watch yourself zip back into the body again.

Or if you want to go further you can keep zooming out and out and see the world get small and have its place in the solar system and then zoom out more and explore the galaxy and the fantastical colorful amazing star clusters and supernovas and gas giants that are there. Stay away from black holes for now because they can suck you in if you're not careful. You can if you want to and if it doesn't tire you, go beyond the galaxy and explore other ones, go to other star systems and explore the worlds there. Always ALWAYS remember to use your cord to zip you back home though when you're done and need to go back.

This is how you first learn how to astral travel lol or at least how I did. xP :) I hope it helps!

Namaste!
~Indigo Star

New Blog!

Hey this is my first personal blog so if there's anything you wish to learn about in the realms of the following, please let me know: my personal experiences with spirits, angels, spirit guides and spirit animals, how to contact your spirit guides and spirit animals and guardian angels, basics of aura seeing and reading, stuff about Reiki and how it works, astral travelling and projection, ritual making, energy/spirit bodies and forms and how to contact your spirit/soul, the different kinds of psychic powers and mental abilities, new(ish) insights on some mental disorders and how they’re perceived by people who have them verses the doctors/psychologists verses the commonfolk, reincarnation and past lives and how to see them, working with spirits, and much more from all the different things I’ve been learning in my life until now.

I might even talk about how my life goes, with the spiritual component well and truly part of my reality and how it functions.

Namaste!

~Indigo Star