Ghosts, Spirit attachment, Compassionate Spirit Release  Through out the process of creating a healthy home we may encounter other energy or environmental disruptions. The most common are ghost activity or spirit attachment. If a ghost is found, compassionate spirit release techniques are used. It's my belief that it's a kindness to release a ghost to its next level, not just chase it away. Ghosts are people without bodies; they deserve kindness and compassion too. Ghosts sometimes remain in a house or on the property because they have died quickly, committed suicide, died in their sleep, felt too close to someone who was grieving for them after they died, died violently or any number of other reasons. A ghost is different from spirits. Spirits are believed to have crossed over, experienced their life review and then made a choice to act as someone's guide or guardian. They understand they are dead and have passed on. You hear of spirits as described as watching over those that they have loved. Ghosts on the other hand come in two types, intelligent and non-intelligent. The non-intelligent are energy forms or signatures that remain from a prior event and they are typically not interactive. They do not interact with the physical world in any way. Intelligent ghosts are the type that goes bump in the night. They are the ones who are trapped or stuck and will interact with the physical world. They have unfinished business. They are still connected to there past whether it is a house, a piece of land, a habit, a person, maybe an event. They are in need of help and they can and do become frustrated. When that happens they can become very angry and wreck havoc on the home or property they are attached to. There are ways to determine if you have a ghost or spirit in your home. The most important thing to remember is ghosts are documented in history and through out most spiritual and religious practices. If you believe you have a ghost, don't be afraid, contact someone to help, you can always contact me and I'll be happy to help or to find someone who can help you. These are some common things associated with hauntings: Cold spots in the home; ghosts need energy to manifest and they will use the energy from a specific area, which creates cold spots. Mists or vapors might appear and be visible in the daylight or the darkness. You might hear footsteps, doors opening and closing, whispers, things being dropped or noises that represent what they did in life, things like the cook of the plantation rattling the pots and pans. You might experience the lights flickering, TVs or radios turning on and off by themselves. Things might move or disappear, books fall from the shelves, things like that. Smells are common with hauntings. You might notice shadows or catch something out of the corner of your eye, unexplained movement that you notice. Balls of light, what we call orbs, might show up in pictures or be noticed around the house or yard. Feeling that you are being watched. Feeling someone sit on the side of the bed or see an indention in the couch. Ghosts can look like: Orbs or balls of light that float through the air they can be colored or white. Shadow people move around and sometimes look dark. Apparitions are the most commonly noted ghosts. They look like people and appear see through and can appear in period dress. There are times when you might have a situation where the ghost wants to live through someone, they like the feeling of living and remember, they still don't know that they are dead.  This can often happen through suicide when a person is successful in committing suicide but when they separate from their bodies they don't know they are dead. They can sometimes connect with the person who grieves the most and then that person begins to have suicidal feelings. This is more common than you might think. There are times when someone will experience spirit attachment. This occurs where an earthbound ghost connects to someone's energy field and tries to live life through them. We are used to hearing this called possession and can happen when someone is addicted to drugs or alcohol, hangs out in bars, has a surgery, visits a cemetery, is the victim of a curse or psychic attack, has depression. Another event that can happen is psychic attacks and or curses, which are generated by people who send negative thought forms to someone. These thought forms are generated by our fears, grief, anxiety or jealousy, and these thought forms can not only invite a spirit attachment but can also feed one. If there is spirit attachment, then spirit release or an exorcism is needed where the entity is removed from the living person. Always consult a professional if you feel you or someone you know has a spirit attached to his or her energy body. Curses and psychic attacks can also be removed by working with the negative energy that has been sent to you. A great way to balance this is to clear the emotional and thought energy forms from your home on a regular basis. Learning simple protection techniques for the home and people living there is also a good idea.  The best defense, though, is to raise the frequency and vibration of your thoughts and feelings and those of your home. When you do this by using positive thought and positive practices and have loving emotions you almost become invisible to the negative or dark forces because you vibrate in a different frequency.