Ghosts

In my last post "The Good, the Bad and the Neutral" I talked about the different types of entities that one might encounter. In previous posts I have talked a lot about the positive and negative energies but, today I wanted to spend more time on the Neutral; more specifically on Ghosts.

When we die our natural tendency is to cross over to the higher dimensions/planes. Our end spiritual goal is to progress to the point where we can permanently live on those planes. Most people are not at that point and very few people dying on earth today stay on the higher planes. If a soul is not ready it means that they have not learned or cleared enough Karma. The soul would then after a period of time, which can very greatly, reincarnate on the earth or earth like world. But, like I said this is the natural path, not the only one.

Some souls, when they die, do not cross over. They instead stay behind on earth. This can happen for various reasons:

The soul does not know it is dead. As strange as it may sound some ghosts walking around right now believe that they are still alive; think of The Sixth Sense. These souls can spend many years/centuries/millennia walking the earth before they move on.

The soul is afraid of death. Now this is not a normal fear of death. Most people in our society have some fear of dying or death. These are the people who dying terrifies and when they do die they are too afraid of the afterlife to move on. They remain behind locked to the earth by their fear. In some cases to these souls Earth is there heaven. Some soul’s natural dimension is one that is lower to ours, dimensions and planes from where we get our concept of Hell. Again these spirits may stay a long time before finally moving on.

The soul remains behind to help the living. Sometimes souls stay behind in an attempt to help the living or out of an obligation to help the living. In most cases this need/want to help is linked to one or more specific people, usually someone they knew in life. Sometimes the connection will be to a person they knew in a past life. Either way, the soul would normally move on once their charges have died. Some find new people to 'Help', like the children and loved ones of the original people they were trying to help.

In all these cases it is in the best interest of the soul to move on. It is only by moving on that they can hope to develop and grow spiritually; staying behind help no one. So if you know a soul that is trapped on earth, help it find its way.