| Ghost Town is a wonderfully funny ghost movie | | | | was already dead. I had the sense she had told this to |
| starring Ricky Gervais and Tea Leoni. | | | | the woman several times, but the woman didn't believe |
| After having encountered thousands of ghosts (so far) | | | | her. |
| in my lifetime, I couldn't help watching it with a little bit of | | | | I wasn't for certain if this was true until I began trying to |
| a critical eye. It's always interesting to see what | | | | locate her son. At that moment I felt his presence |
| creative license Hollywood will do with reality, and this | | | | behind me. He had already crossed over, and showed |
| movie is no different. (Though it's still REALLY | | | | up in that moment to help his Mom to get to the Other |
| enjoyable, I highly recommend it.) | | | | Side. |
| In the movie, all of the disincarnates stay behind | | | | She didn't see him at first, she was still too consumed |
| because they have unfinished business on the earth | | | | with her reality as she knew it. |
| plane. | | | | I used my energy to help connect the two of them, or |
| So, do people stay behind after their death solely | | | | in other words to help her to see him. After I did that, |
| because of unfinished business? | | | | she saw him clearly. She dropped her reasons for |
| Myth or Reality? | | | | staying on the earth plane and crossing her over |
| Well, a little of both actually. | | | | became easy. Her caretaker went peacefully as well |
| First, people choose to stay behind for numerous | | | | and she thanked me as she left. |
| reasons, not just because they have unfinished | | | | So yes, some ghosts do stay behind because of |
| business. | | | | unfinished business in their life. But resolving that |
| Second, some people do stay behind because they | | | | situation may not be enough to help that person move |
| have unfinished business that they want to resolve. But | | | | on to the Other Side. |
| there are several caveats to that. Staying behind (aka | | | | This is because the longer a person/a ghost stays on |
| not crossing over to the Other Side) doesn't mean | | | | this side of the veil after their death, the more they |
| you'll be able help resolve anything. And even if the | | | | begin to lose touch with reality. As in the case of one |
| situation does get resolved, that may not be enough to | | | | of my ghostly visitors, after a ghost has been here for |
| get you home. | | | | a while, they may no longer have enough presence of |
| For example, I recently was contacted by a friend of | | | | mind or awareness to recognize what has happened |
| mine who can see AND hear ghosts. But she hasn't | | | | or even that time has passed. |
| yet found the courage to try to guide them home. | | | | Ghosts always give us valuable mirrors and insight into |
| Because she can see and hear them, she tends to | | | | our own lives. |
| attract a fair lot of them to her home. When they | | | | In this case we see the expensive costs of trying too |
| make noise or become annoying with their presence, | | | | hard to hang on to what was, while resisting the gifts |
| she talks to them and tells them to knock it off. | | | | of what comes next. |
| Hopefully one day she'll feel comfortable enough with | | | | There is a natural flow to Life that we have to learn to |
| her abilities that she'll use them to help these lost souls | | | | trust. It can be frightening when we can't see what |
| find Their Way Home. | | | | comes next. When we're young, that curve in the road |
| In the meantime, she calls me if the ghosts get out of | | | | is exciting. By the time we've gotten older we've |
| hand and don't respond to her. | | | | learned to fear the unknown and to expect the worst, |
| The last time we talked she had two older female | | | | and usually the risk is more than we're willing to bear. |
| ghosts in her home that talked incessantly. Even her | | | | But there's a spiritual reason for everything and |
| daughter heard them and would walk around the | | | | although we can't always see these reasons clearly |
| house trying to find the source of the voices. | | | | when we want to, those reasons are ultimately |
| Unable to get them to quiet down or leave, she called | | | | working for our highest good. |
| me. | | | | We play a role in creating everything in our lives, and |
| I connected with them energetically and they 'saw' me | | | | I'm a huge believer that developing your awareness, |
| immediately. I could tell from their energy that they | | | | setting goals, being proactive and deliberating creating |
| were anxious for relief so I knew I'd be seeing them in | | | | your life can help you achieve what you want. Though |
| my home very soon. | | | | none of that means that we can control everything |
| I continued with my work on the computer and they | | | | that happens in our lives, much less the lives of others. |
| showed up within the hour. In my home, they were | | | | I think that this ghost story in particular, shows us the |
| quiet and respectful as they waited for me to put my | | | | real value of trust. We need to learn to trust ourselves, |
| computer down and turn my attention to them. | | | | trust our path, trust the inherent value in who we are, |
| Though I don't know that they had a relationship on the | | | | trust the Source and trust the flow of Life. |
| earth plane, one of the women functioned as a | | | | When we worry, fret and fear (even for others) we |
| caretaker for the other woman. She wasn't going to | | | | literally strangle the joy from our lives. In fact, the very |
| leave until she knew the other woman had gone first. | | | | word 'worry' comes from the Anglo Saxon word |
| I respected the friendship that had developed here, but | | | | weregan which means 'to strangle'. |
| I didn't agree with her choices. If she really wanted to | | | | Without trust, without faith and belief, we're just like the |
| help this woman, and it was clear to me that she did, | | | | ghostly mother from the story. A wanderer in the dark, |
| she would have had a much stronger ability to help her | | | | without direction, bereft of insight of any kind. |
| if she herself had crossed over to the Other Side first. | | | | When we surrender to the power of trust and we |
| As I began to guide the second woman home, she told | | | | plant the seeds of faith, we open the lines of |
| me that she had stayed behind to help her son who | | | | communication for the healing power of Divine |
| was sick and dying. She resisted going home and kept | | | | Guidance. And we make ourselves ready for the joy |
| repeating that she couldn't leave him. | | | | and the gifts to come. |
| The caretaker whispered to me that the woman's son | | | | |