Ghost Rescue Story
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I live in a Chicago
suburb and went to visit friends in Attica, Indiana who were living in a very
old Civil War era home. The house is on a registry of homes on the
Underground Railroad with a tunnel that had been filled in with dirt in years
past.
Anyway, they told me the house had a ghost that had been seen in
the room I was going to be staying in. The ghost was reported to be wearing a
Civil War uniform and was apparently a soldier who may have died in
battle.
I told him to look for the light, because that is where he
would want to go. He could move on and not have to replay this life over
and over, for a better world awaited him in the light. I think I told
him he'd see family there, as well.
Several months after my visit, I was
talking to my friends in Attica and they mentioned that the ghost had not been
showing up any more. I found that to be an interesting
correlation. From that time that I had visited onward, the ghost
never showed up again. I guess he was listening and my little talk may
have helped him.
I think most spirits are just poor lost souls who are
stuck. I am certain that two years ago I was visited by the spirit of my
next door neighbor who moved away. He was a nasty, miserable person who
developed a hatred for me. He, his wife, and semi-dysfunctional son would
not miss an opportunity to express this hatred. Happily, the family moved
away, because sadly, Mr. Nasty was dying of cancer. One night about a
month after they had gone, I had the strangest feeling of a
presence. I felt the sensation of something lifting away, like
a mantle of negativity lifted off of me, floating up and away. It was
a very strange feeling, but I got to thinking about what this could have been
and so I went to the computer and Googled this man's name. Sure enough,
his name came up in an obituary. He had died just a couple of days
prior!
I also learned that the new neighbors
(actually the wife) next door were hearing footsteps in the upstairs of the
house, and that the Mrs. heard steps walk into her child's bedroom. She
even saw a shadowy figure and was naturally disturbed by this. Her son was
not sleeping well since they had moved into the house. One day while her
husband was away (this would be against his religious beliefs), I came in and
thoroughly smudged the house and said some blessings while she and another
friend said prayers in the living room. I asked that all negativity leave
the house and that goodness and light fill the home and cleanse it of all
negativity that may have been lingering in the home. Immediately that
night, the little boy slept soundly for the first time and Mr. Shadow never
visited again. I think my ol' Mr. Nasty neighbor had his life-review which
removed a mantle of negativity, paid his visits to the home, and moved on
to the light. Maybe he needed to take care of some unfinished
business. I wish him well in his personal
growth.
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