Monday "Please Speak English"

Dear Diary,

I awoke last night feeling really thirsty which drove me out of a warm bed. I looked at the clock passing by it and read 3 am. The little dogs heard me scoot out of bed and followed me into the kitchen hoping to get something from the fridge. Unfortunately for them at that hour of the morning I was on a one thought mission which was filling up a glass with water from the cooler by the counter. Finding it I drank greedily as it took awhile to fulfill my thirst. On the way back to bed I did however take the time to scratch a few heads of pleading dogs asking for anything that I had.

As I was laying my head back down hoping to fall asleep I started to hear someone talking in Spanish. Now, if you know me, my mother was very disappointed that I didn't study Spanish in school and that I took French instead, which I loved. Both of our children took French and one is still studying it. So at 3 am in the morning I found it a bit awkward to find myself repeating what I was hearing out loud in whole sentences. It took me a minute to realize that my husband and I were not alone in the room and the way the words were being expressed they weren't talking to me, meaning there was someone or others there with us.

"Great." I thought knowing that the pets had already gone to their beds and snuggled up in their blankets. It was early and I was a bit envious that I could hear my husband breathing softly in his sleep undisturbed. I decided to go ahead and acknowledge the ghost in the room in the few words of Spanish that I know and as soon as I did the talking stopped. Frustrated I expanded my energy out into the room looking for my guest and anyone else who might have been there. Sure enough I found two other energies besides the talker that I could feel backing out of my energy fields. I kept my energy expanded through out the whole room until everyone left. I wasn't trying to drive them out, I only wanted to let them know I was there. From their response it felt like I had crashed their little party and they were not in the mood to talk to the living. In a way I was glad, as Spanish is not a language that I am good at. I closed down my fields and tried to go back to sleep which took another hour since I was wide awake. 

This morning I tried to sleep in but could hear the pets getting up with my husband sending him off to work and then they came to wake me up for breakfast. I didn't mind but still a little sleepy from being awake last night. I didn't see or hear anyone in the house as I got my tea and was padding around doing my morning chores but that can always change...

Friday "The Accent"

Dear Diary,

 Over the past few days I have seen some activity in the house. It has been the smokey images that move in and out the rooms making themselves known but yesterday was a little different. My sister who lives in Los Angeles called me and asked me if I wouldn't mind going over to our grandpa's house to see if her birthday gift had arrived. She was so excited and wanted me to see what he thought. I was wearing my house clothes at the time to do chores in so I decided to stop and change so I would at least look somewhat presentable.

As I was changing in the bathroom I heard someone talking with a funny accent. It was so faint I almost missed it but my mind seemed to latch onto it, replaying what I heard so I could make sense of what I was hearing. It is a lot like someone clapping out a pattern and your mind repeats the sound in your head so that you can mimic the pattern. Once I caught on to what I was hearing I could listen without the repeat. It was a man talking to someone else in the room. I felt into the room and felt another presence only he wasn't answering the other man.

What I heard was a deep Southern accent telling the other ghost in the room what he thought of him using some choice words as filler. He also went on to talk about someone else, in a not so nice way. I did catch myself repeating the words out loud just to validate what I was hearing. After that I decided that I really didn't want to engage in the conversation. I was after all in a hurry so I just left them in the bathroom running out to jump into the car and see grandpa. When I returned home later that afternoon they were not there. I didn't try to contact them hoping that they moved on. So far so good!

Just a side note: When the fifth Chakra is open we can hear the other side.

Photographs by Steve Noyce

Wednesday

Dear Diary,

Today I was up early to visit with a Reiki client who lives out of town. It felt wonderful to be able to feel the freedom of the road during the early hours. The session went well and she was very relaxed during it. I always enjoy opening the Reiki up in my hands as the warm energy flows out of them picking up electrical currents that are moving around and in their bodies. During the session I always connect with my angel guides and enjoy not only being in the moment but feeling a part of all the energy. A calmness takes over after the first couple of minutes and my hands are guided by the angels who move them to work on certain parts of the body.

When working with Reiki you only have to set your intention for the highest of good for your client so that you don't impose your own will upon them. The Reiki energy does the rest and helps the client where the client needs the help. Often when I am working on someone for example like their head they will ask if I am at their feet as the energy moves to where it is needed. When they open their eyes they are surprised at where I am standing.

 Just a small note: It's funny as I writing this a form in black smoke is moving through the room and my son's Labrador is barking at it. He is even getting on the bed to get out of it's way. The other dogs are just watching it in fascination not moving a muscle. The other dogs don't seem to be afraid. I don't pick up any malice only curiosity...
LOL!

Photograph by Steven Noyce

Monday

Dear Diary,

I went out to eat breakfast with my husband and Grandpa at Denny's this morning as a fun outing for Memorial Day. While we were visiting the subject came up about my Diary. I started to tell them that that I haven't been having as many experiences with the other side as I have in the past. I was feeling like something has changed with my energy fields. As I was telling them this I scanned the room and immediately saw a woman (ghost) standing close to a lady sitting at another table. I then had to chuckle as it dawned on me that I have just been placing my energy and focus on other things which was mostly our family and what is going on with their lives.

Friday

Dear Diary,

It has been a busy morning and while doing my morning chores I have seen a few white smokey images fleeting around the house. It is funny that even though I have been preoccupied with our family and friends these last few days but I couldn't help catching glimpses of them coming in and out of the rooms. This morning it was busy.

The other thing that has been going on is that I have also been busy trying to clear some of my own energy so that I can do more spiritual work. I know as an energy practitioner it is always important to release any kind of baggage that is being carried around that may hinder any work on the spirit level. It reminds me a lot of what we do with the physical body as we start to train to get back into shape only this is on the spirit level. You never know what you might run into when going out into the field and if you haven't dealt with your own emotions, running into a lower level energies can be disconcerting especially if they try to attach themselves to you. If you are clear and are well centered knowing that your energy is in check then you have no worries that they can move into your energy fields or even touch you. This allows you to focus on them and helping them move.

It is also important to know that when working as a Spirit Rescuer you have to sometimes dip into those lower energy fields in order to find so that you can help encourage the lower energies into the light. If your fields are clear then you don't have to worry about getting stuck when you move into those lower fields. This takes practice clearing out any old emotional baggage or energy that could keep you there.

Wednesday "What to Know About the Darker Side"

Dear Diary,

It has taken a little time getting used to everyone's schedules around the house but we are starting to make the adjustments. This past week I was visiting with someone about the dark-side of seeing spirits. The one thing that I wanted to let them know is that we all send out signals in our energy fields and a lot of it comes from our emotions. So if we are feeling those higher vibrations like joy, being content, or in love, etc... the lower energies, the darker side can't pick up those higher energy frequencies on their radar, making us invisible to them.

It is when we are in the lower energies such as anger, frustration, depression, fear etc... the darker energies are more likely to see and feel those energy frequencies latching on to those lower energies. It feels good to them and so they are attracted to what they already know. That old saying that, "Like attracts like," rings true when working with ghosts.

Lower energy ghosts can be really be good at scaring someone as they also feed off of the fear that radiates out of someone's energy field.  Something else to note is that when we make the transition from adolescence to adulthood with all the different emotions moving in and out of our energy fields we can attract different kinds of ghosts as we move up and down the emotional scale. What is important at this time in our lives is to learn how to protect ourselves and learn how to bring our vibration up to a higher level so that the lower energies don't see us and want to make contact.

 When ghosts are in the higher frequencies they don't need to put the fear into someone as they are connected into the light which is a higher energy field that can sustain them while they are visiting. It makes the whole experience a completely different situation altogether.

If you are interested in more information about the darker side I would like to suggest a book called...

People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil, by M. Scott Peck M.D.

Monday

Dear Diary,

This morning I hit the floor running as I had volunteered to drive a friend's son to the DMV to take his driving test at 7am.  We also had a full house this weekend and it will continue to be so the rest of the summer as the kids are home. It was interesting that even with all the family activity there was still ghost activity in the house. I even caught a woman (ghost) with both hands on her hips surveying the whole scene as we were all visiting in the living room catching up with our busy lives.

She was just watching us and looking like she was a little annoyed with everyone but didn't seem to be too uncomfortable with us because she stayed there watching us for quite a while. As I watched her looking at us a man slowly materialized beside her. He was not at all interested in us but more interested in her. Eventually she seemed to get a little board with us and they both vanished together. I didn't see them again after that. We did however have other visitors come and go but they didn't fully materialize only those smoky white images that move across the room.

Photograph by Ana