Spirit Healing

Getting rid of ghosts in your home, difference between good and bad ghosts.

We are surrounded by unseen infinite energies of all kinds. I talk of one instance where I had to have the negative energies removed because the renters all started drinking! Then I talk of how you can start to see positive energies around you like auras and divine beings.

Never forget that you are a divine energy that is on earth for a purpose. You are also surrounded by other divine energies, like your guardian angel and the spirit guides that go with you as you cope with the struggles and joys of life. Know that your aura is a sign of your divinity and that even though you can’t see it (not yet), it is ever present and this exercise is confirmation of its existence.

I have always hesitated to talk of these “unseen” energies for fear I would be ridiculed.  But since I have had personal experiences, I feel a need to help others know of them.  My first visual experience of seeing into what I call the 4th dimension, but is more commonly called 2nd Physical, was after I had gone through a heart breaking divorce and was literally devastated.  Before that however, and during, I was in a large, active metaphysical community in Oklahoma City.  I had been exposed to the Kabala, the Secret Doctrine, Eastern religions and as a psychologist, wonderful mind-body seminars.  So it wasn’t that I lacked preparation.  I had begun to see auras, so when I began to see into the Unseen World, I didn’t think too much about it.

I knew an uncle was quite sick and when I visited him, I noted that his aura was very dense and dark and close to his body.  Several months later when he died, I attended the funeral and saw a very “light” figure, shaped like a person standing by one of his sons and I thought that it was him.  In addition there was a very large figure standing over by the wall (shaped like a cross) which I assumed was his angel waiting to take him up after the funeral.  But because I thought my female cousin was his favorite, I doubted my vision.  I told another relative where I had seen him and thought maybe I was wrong, and she said that his favorite had always been the son I had seen him next to.

I have seen an angel on two other separate occasions.  They were both huge.  One was standing in front of my sister and her husband at their son’s funeral, and again I only saw an outline.  The one I saw in my front room was in vivid color and was so large her head was above the ceiling.  Her dress was one of the most beautiful elaborate gowns I have ever seen.  The vision lasted only seconds and then was gone.

However, one of the first things I noticed when I began to see into the “unseen” dimension was movement around me.  You couldn’t see it directly (but out of the focus of your eyes–to the side) which is how you see auras.  It was always to the right side and I assumed that that was my guardian angel.  Later I began to see other energy currents in the room but the one to my right was always closer and more active.

Once, after meditating I saw three Indian Spirit guides in my room.  One was close to me and wore a necklace. I thought that might be my Indian Spirit, Wahanee.  Two were in the back of the room and one wore a feathered cape.  Several months later I saw a old picture of Pocahontas in England wearing her famous feathered cape and recognized her as the one in my room.  Interestingly, the family rumor was that her son Thomas Rolfe– (she had married John Rolfe in 1614) had a daughter who had married a John Bolling and they had children, one of whom married a Col Richard Randolph.  The family rumor carried through centuries was that we had a famous ancestor (Poncahontas) but I and my family tried unsuccessfully to link her to our Randolph ancestry.

My abilities to see into the fourth dimension began to dissipate when I began to be more active on the earth plane, specifically playing the stock market.  Now in 2008, I have begun to “revive” this visual skill which has been dormant for while.  As before, I have begun to see auras and movement around me from the “unseen” world.

Grace, from a spiritual standpoint is thought to be a divine influence that helps us cope with our problems sometimes actually helping us by delivering a favor, a person, or “an angel’s whisper” (an idea) toward the solution.  Everyday Stress is a major factor in keeping us from being available to contact the Divine.  Not only does it keep us confused and anxious it actually raises the levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) and lowers the levels of good cholesterol–HDL.  It also helps damage the little nerve endings in the brain so that they can’t connect as well to each other– sometimes never again, thus permanently erasing memory links. Prayer, thinking positive, and belief in a higher power help us deal with the stress that we encounter on a daily basis thus affecting the healing of our bodies, our mental status, and importantly calms us down so that we have more opportunity to contact the divine.

A 2005 survey in Newsweek poll found that 79% of people described themselves as “spiritual” and that Americans yearn to “forge a personal relationship with God”. Having felt for many years that it was impossible to have a DIRECT connection with a higher power, I have recently found that problems faced with “calm, and assurance” have resulted in what seems like Help from Above.  In trying to figure out why, now, I have gone back over some of the changes that I have gone through.  I have been doing more meditation (even though I have been doing it off and on for years).  I have managed to not panic, (well, not as much) when what  seems to be a major problem without solution, comes along.  I trust more that I would have help in solving the problem and even if I attempted a solution immediately–and nothing happened– continued to wait patiently.   Several days would pass and then I would have a better idea how to take action.  Sometimes the idea would come to me in the night, other times I would be dealing with the issue and an inspiration or “need” to do a certain thing would come to mind and I would gather the strength to tackle it head on.  Other times, a synchronicity would occur giving me a new opportunity. Eventually I began to ask for help more often and then wait for the angel’s whisper.

So do I continue to get “hit” with ongoing problems?  Absolutely.  But so far it seems to be easier to deal with them and hoping to figure how why I hoped I could pass the information on to help you.  Other issues that are “different” now and might be a factor are:  1.  I am no longer in a destructive relationship and I don’t care as much when other people don’t like what I am doing.  2.  I have more free time for creativity.  3.  I remembered reading Depak Chopra and his statement that he doesn’t have to do anything special to be able to communicate with the Divine.  I found that I could be still, control my thoughts and see the blue or indigo light with closed eyes that–to me–represents an opportunity for communication on a higher level. 4. My house and yard are in more organized condition than they used to be. 5. I am more active socially in group situations.  5. I have contributed goods or time or money to a cat rescue operation, a horse ranch for abused horses, and feed the birds.  6. I am not working as many hours but am trying to be selective with the work time so that I get more quality work done.

In the sample in the 2005 Newsweek poll, they found that 2/3 of the people prayed and 1/3 meditated.  The healthiest older people had an optimistic outlook AND a belief in a higher power. In my own survey of people living to be in their 90’s I found that they don’t sweat the small stuff.  I have a 94 yr. old aunt, who played tennis outside well into her 80’s and is still very alert and active.  When I asked the secret to her health she thought for awhile and said “Well, I guess I don’t worry about anything I can’t do anything about”! Wow, well I guess I will add that to my list of attempted sacred life styles.  If you have anything to add about your ability to contact your higher power, I would love to hear it.  Mary Dean Atwood, Ph.D.

Wake up World. While I avoid watching the local news of the latest murder, car accident, and city council folly, there are some important issues that all of us need to be aware are happening.

Global warming is real. Geologist John Shaw at the University of Liverpool in England (using magnetic field direction in ancient clay pots) says that the rate of change in the magnetic fields (north/south pole) is higher over the last 300 years than for the past 5,000 years. Edgar Cayce, the great “sleeping prophet” predicted the Earth’s poles would begin to shift in the year 2000. And indeed, it has been in the last eight years that global warming indicates a melting of the northern polar ice caps. There are said to be only six large glaciers on the North pole still intact. How many of us has seen the doomed polar bear photographed on an floating ice chip that had broken away from a glacier?

Does the melting of the glaciers from the top but not the bottom (Antarctica) help tilt the earth’s axis? The magnetic shield protects us from solar radiation and with that now sporting weak spots it is necessary for us to take better care of ourselves physically and to do all we can to help the planet.

It is necessary to join a green organization, and use less emissions that interfere with the protective mantle. A DVD of a PBS’s NOVA Magnetic Storm is available at http://shop.wgbh.org.

It is necessary to wear sunscreen now on a daily basis, especially for babies, children, older people and those living in sunny climates Eating a better diet that includes fruits and vegetables is recommended to help your body’s immune system. Check the sugar content in your fruit juices, and even better, buy your juice at a health food store. You get more for your money. Which is a better buy? A two dollar jar of grape juice that is 16% juice and the rest water or sugar or a four dollar jar that is 100 & pure grape juice–not made from concentrate?

Also seeing your dermatologist is recommended. The good ones check you all over, including between your toes, as melanoma rates and skin cancers are soaring. Wear a hat when you are in the sun and don’t do extra heavy work during the hottest part of the day. Our earth has a long way to go before the end of humanity. But in the meantime we can help heal the planet as we continue our journey toward healing our spirit, our soul, and individually entering the age of enlightenment.

If you need inspiration for you work, your life, or for making changes, try these methods.

1. Make a stack of what you consider your most valuable books. Open each book and without looking open it up and put your finger on a page. Using that page or the one on the other side look for a heading. If there is one, read the whole thing and select out the most important sentence to you. At the top of a legal pad, write the name of the book page #, and then the sentence. Or, if you finger lands on a sentence and it seems to have a message to you, write it down. Repeat this procedure for a dozen of your books. After you have written the message down for each book, look them over and find you most valuable clue, or clues.
2. Get an advertisement in the mail or hear about a seminar or lecture from a friend and have an interest in the subject or think you might learn something? Enroll. Your say– but it costs a hundred dollars! What if you could get a $1000 idea from that $100 dollar seminar? I usually find that ideas put to use are worth many times over their cost. People don’t want to spend the money for health foods or psychotherapy but the cost could save them many times over the amount spend. Think of it as insurance. Having to have an operation or being hospitalized costs far more than a ounce of prevention. Spirit has a way of putting information we need in front of us. Use it.
3. Silence is golden. Practice clearing your mind and just sit without any noise or distractions. Make an attempt to be one with Spirit. Ask to be given information that you need–and then wait. Gently clear away messages about going to the grocery store or taking you car to the shop (unless you have delayed important repairs). Have a note pad in your lap and if you find yourself thinking about a solution, an idea, or something that could be new to you—write it down on your pad. Repeat until you have a number or options and then focus on those that are the most relevant. Put it in you “to do” stack.
4. One of the most important ways to get help from Spirit is to just try to enjoy the moments of feeling, loving, and knowing that you are at one with your divine self and divine divinity. Rest assured, help will come to you in very unique ways that you may not even ask for. When you have a problem, take the path of least resistance and simply ask for help that the problem will be resolve itself–and watch for the amazing results.

Let me know of your result with these methods. Peace to All, Mary Atwood

Working on projects or problems and wish you had some insight into which way to go or what to do? Visit your Higher Self for answers. It is impossible to contact your Divine Self when you are watching TV, cooking, reading or talking to a friend. To receive higher order wisdom, it is necessary to have silence and be resting.

When I was younger I discovered that if I laid down flat and shut my eyes, I would begin to have a solution to a problem, or direction without any initial intent to do so. You want to shut out the outer world, not necessarily have an agenda and just relax. If you are in an agitated mood and can’t relax, try reading until you “come down”. Or if other activities are soothing, like music, breathing exercises, or a bath— try those first.

Have you ever had the experience of waking up in the night with something you’ve forgotten or a reminder about something you did incorrectly? How could that be? When you are in the state between being awake and sleeping, there is an twilight zone where your conscious mind relaxes and solutions you have puzzled about during the day come to the surface. Einstein was supposed to have developed the theory of relativity during the night.

Some people deliberately ask their Divine Self or Spirit to be help them solve a certain problem, and then go to sleep asking for an answer. This is more likely to happen if you try to keep in contact with divine sources sometime before you go to sleep or during the day. Staying in an agitated mood all day and then going to bed still in full steam mode, or after watching an upsetting TV program usually negates help from high sources.

The average person deals with a wounded spirit, a “broken heart”, or splintered soul several times during their life time. If this happens to children, depending on the severity of the situation, it may take a life time of work to deal with the trauma. I was one of the children with “educated” mothers who followed the philosophy of only feeding a child every four hours regardless of their appetite or cries for food to “condition” them to the world. I was a lusty eater (still am) so every 2 1/2 hours I screamed my head off for 1 1/2 hours until I was too exhausted to properly suck the bottle resulting in swallowed air (colic) so that I had terrible pains in my stomach later and cried from that pain. Today I am not overweight, but I always make sure the refrigerator and pantry is stocked with food–in case. Not so curiously, I initially chose romantic relationships with people who couldn’t give affection and love, because of their own problems.

I knew one person who as a 5 year old was put in isolation in a polio ward for a year (couldn’t see his parents) and because he was verbal his bed was placed next to the iron lung so he could talk to that child. Every hour hot sheets were placed over the screaming children (”cure” from Scandinavia) and during that year he watched children around him die. His scars are formidable. Sometimes in these situations, the soul often decides to leave the body–a charitable angel or loving spirit–taking the child’s place in the same body.

As an adult, we go through experiences of being used and abused, betrayed, violated and exploited by those we have loved and trusted the most. How do we heal our spirit, because unlike young children, we have experience and education that can help us deal with the trauma. Of course there are the traditional methods: psychotherapy is invaluable–choosing certain vocations and working in charities are therapeutic. Medications may be helpful as an adjunct therapy and being around supportive and loving people are healing if they are available. Spiritual methods include meditation, prayer, being active in positive spiritual groups, and seeking out what Depak Chopra would call “the path of least resistance”–simple letting go of fighting your inner demons and the pressures of daily living. “Manana” is a custom that cuts through linear thinking and promotes solutions from the universe.

There is the– getting angry toward the culprit cure– versus– forgiving the transgressor cure. Each individual case is different. Often self-righteous anger can be justified in order to release the deadly repressed anger that can cause cancer and heart attacks. In one of the most comprehensive studies on Type-A personality and heart problems it was found that the two most important factors in Type A people who had heart attacks were 1. denial 2. consciously controlled anger (not expressing anger because it was viewed as inappropriate) . This was a study done by Logan Wright who was president of the American Psychological Association.

Some people, even who have lost their children, can forgive the “murderer”, usually because their faith knows that this is a temporary event in the “soul’s journey”. An important variable to remember is that we come into each life time with a set of “lessons” to learn and with “teachers” to give them to us. In many cases it the same people from past life times that you “go around with again” changing roles accordingly. Loving people and betrayers are both “teachers”. Emerson believes that the latter are more valuable that the comforters.

Our strength grows out of our weakness. The indignation which arms itself with secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed…. While he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is punished, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill.

Ralph Waldon Emerson

Dear Loyal Readers: The world is a complex place and for the first time in the history of the world we are bombarded with a ton of media and information that we couldn’t process if we have another 100 personalities all working at the same time.

So—we have to be selective. Avoid the negative and destructive information from others, the media, and newscasts.

Instead— we need to stress action and answers to help us work on ourselves in a positive way. In my book Spirit Healing: How to Make Your Life Work, I try to use both new positive thinking principles and the wisdow of the ancients to work on healing our Spirit.

Spirit in the dictionary is a synonym for soul, breath, courage, vigor and life. The SPIRIT; is a synonym for God or the Holy Ghost. Your spirit is a part of the Divine Spirit. You are a divine being and part of the great universal mind or intelligence.

Fortunately, we can heal ourselves by our will because INTENT of PURPOSE is king. When we really set out minds to heal ourselves it happens. To improve our lives, our happiness, and obtain success we must decide to Do Something. When you want a change, super fast, you can use a combination of body/mind/spirit healing all at once.

On my website www.spirithealingmakeyourlifework.com, I list 21 Magic Ideas to help a person begin healing now. Perhaps you are having health problems, or you find yourself choosing the same people in unfilling relationships, and are having trouble meditating. I list free meditations that might be helpful. Also, when we talk of changes, you have to use patience because although things can change in a minute, it ordinarilly takes time to manifest what you want.

I also find that if you want grace from above, your intent needs to be focused on you. You desire also has to be free of anger, jealousy, and any ill-intent for another person. One can’t cheat or try to hurt another and then ask for help from the universe. That would negate any grace. Because you happened on to this article, the above warning would rarely apply to you. A case of synchronicity means that you were led to this article for a reason.

Perhaps you found this message because you need help. Let me know what I could tell you that would be helpful to you. If I know what information people want to be discussed, I can tailor my comments in that direction. Whatever the situation, I would appreciate feedback on problems you find insurmountable or questions. Dr. Mary Dean Atwood howtomakeyourlifework.com