Christine Whelan “Life and Afterlife: A Partnership” Introduction And Topics

Greetings and Welcome to my blog!!!

This is an exciting time, my friends.  The fear we may feel, if and when we do, is only the fear of the unknown, as it is called, or in more evolved terms, the fear of what is not yet remembered.  I firmly believe in the phrase, “Knowledge is power”.  I would like to add to this, “Remembering is most powerful”.

I feel that we are in a time when both those of us in living form are strengthening in psychic and intuitive ways while those in the spirit world are strengthening in their own ways.  The veil between the two worlds is thinning.  From my own encounters and hours of research, I’ve noticed that the number of experiences and the number of people having these experiences is on the rise.  Could this be since we are right around the corner from 2012?  Many resources suggest this.

My passion and purpose of this blog is to provide articles and stories of support, insight and education around the possibilities of life and the afterlife, and how we work in partnership.

It’s mind-altering stuff!

So, why in partnership?  Put in simple terms, the earthbound spirits need our help to cross over.  Those who cross over and return have specific purposes that are connected to us, to help us along our paths in life.

Let me first take a moment to define earthbound spirits:  “people who have died but do not realize their true condition, or do and choose the vicarious thrills of imposing themselves on earth-dwellers, the living. The results are hauntings and occasionally possessions which may present a condition that will attract the attention of paranormal investigators and the like”. Another definition includes, “An earthbound spirit refers to the state that happens when a person’s physical body dies but their spirit remains stuck on the earth plane due to some trauma, unfinished business or confusion.”  Bottom line is, they need to be crossed over so they can have their free will restored.  Until then, they are like a lost person stuck in a building for all existence.

When we feel haunted or spooked, when the hair at the back of our neck stands up, it’s a common reaction to refer to what we’ve seen on TV and in movies.  The ironic thing about this is that, usually this reference induces an emotional response of fear and fear will actually strengthen any energy that is not light, causing you to feel more anxious and afraid.  It can be a vicious cycle.  The reality is, when we feel haunted, we are often being asked for help.  Sometimes the spirits doing the asking have no idea that they are asking or what they are asking, due to confusion.  So, it makes sense that human beings can easily misinterpret connection that is not presented to the 5 senses, as we are so accustomed to, if it is being presented by a spirit who is confused.

I guess you can say that confusion is contagious

As you will learn more about my world, you will discover I live a life among many spirits, both of the light and those stuck and confused in darkness.  Many protect me and some I need to be protected from, as I’ve been recently told they “want to ring my neck – they are banning together to march me out”.

Part of working in partnership is to see passed what is on the outside and look within.

Years ago, I got a tattoo on my shoulder for a very significant reason of which I, at the time, had no clue of.  I just felt the urge, after my break up from my first husband, to get a tattoo.  This particular one jumped out at me in a catalogue. Several years later, the meaning drifted into my head.  “As long as I can see the inner beauty of everyone, I will have inner peace.”  The tat is of a red rose with a peace sign intertwined with the stem.  I’ve come to believe this is meant to apply to all spirits, those living in body and those….not, but just on the other side.  Sure, it’s easy to love a spirit who is sprinkling you daily with emotional sunshine.  Now, try sending love to a dark and angry shadow who tries to manipulate you  – “toying with you like a puppet on a string” — and use your friends and family!  

We all need to realize and remember that there’s a good possibility the energy that is giving us negative feelings and events is more confused and frustrated than anything else.  Imagine walk, or floating, around….possibly not knowing you are dead, or not know how you died, or aimlessly wondering about alone and lonely because no one else can see or hear you…..for years!!  Imagine watching the ones you love suffering and not being able to do one thing to comfort or help them.  That’s just a couple scenarios.  There are so many more!

My plan is to pass on what I’ve been learning over the course of this lifetime’s travels about living, learning, healing, and working with the spirit world.  At times I will be doing automatic writing, letting them have a voice.

I give the term Ghostwriter a whole different meaning….. I write for ghosts!!

Some of the topics will cover:

• Before we get started: Protect yourself — from the inside, out
• Meditation: A necessity for protection and heightening
• Recognizing your gifts and abilities:  It’s your life contract
• Signs of your strengths in your childhood: Creating a lifeline to identify clues and patterns
• Barriers from your childhood:  Identifying them and getting pass them
• Daily living
• Self-care and connecting with spirit
• Your intuition:  Trusting it
• Your Emotional Guidance System
• Creating a support system
• The importance of Balance when communicating:  Their rights vs. your intent
• Self-awareness and communication with spirit
• Your experience with spirit:  A reflection of a belief system
• Your experience with spirit:  A reflection of your past
• Getting beyond your fear
• Automatic Writing
• Personal writing and connection with spirit
• The pendulum

An environment of mutual respect needs to be attempted by using boundaries.  All of this is constructed within your mind and belief system.  Notice I wrote “attempted” and not “created”.  This is because I want to maintain a realistic belief in spirit communication.  To believe we always can have control over a situation, to me, is ego-centric and arrogant.  As in life so in death, we do run into souls, in life and in spirit, that just refuse to cooperate.  We do not have control over other people.  This is also true of earthbound spirits. Let us learn from the Serenity Prayer.

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

It is wise to know when to reach out for help.  It is wise to know when it’s time to get out.  But for now – it is crucial we learn to help and let others help us – in partnership.

Love and Light, Christine

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