COMMENTARY: HAPPY HALLOWEEN
In many places next Thursday (and in the days leading up to it) people will be dressing up in costumes, connecting with their communities, and making fun of their fears. It is kids, families, and communities having fun together and generating a lot of happy memories.
As one of our members posted on our Facebook forum, "Halloween is our chance to make fun of superstition. I don’t think the children think about the afterlife at all. But, monsters have to be seen as imaginary and laughed at. I think it quells the superstition that tends to plague mankind and may help to alleviate the natural fear of death".
In other parts of the world, the focus is on joining together to remember and celebrate departed loved ones, also very important in a death-denying society.
MOST "GHOSTS" ARE DECEASED HUMANS WHO HAVE NOT MOVED ON
In most cultures, there are those who claim that some spirits do not cross over to the light when they die. Instead, they say, these spirits stay close to the Earth's vibration and sometimes influence the minds of the living. Alan Kardec talks about this in his books and this idea is accepted in Spiritism (see Luis Sergio Marotta's video on spirit release therapy). But it is highly controversial even among Spiritualists and rejected by mainstream Western psychiatry.
However, Dr. Edith Fiore, author of "The Unquiet Dead: A Psychologist Treats Spirit Possession", and a small number of other psychiatrists support the idea. They claim that some spirits become confused after they die and do not cross over to the light. This is especially so if they died suddenly and traumatically. Others stay close to the earth because of addictions, unresolved guilt, fear of judgment or unfinished business. For examples see American Ghost Stories. Perhaps it was similar ideas that led to the belief in "hungry ghosts" which is widespread in Asia.
REGINA OCHOA, JEANNE LOVE AND DAN DRASIN ON WAYWARD AND WANDERING SPIRITS
Regina Ochoa and Jeanne Love, mediums from the Cosmic Voices Network, feel strongly that rather than fearing ghosts, people should realise that they are mostly people needing help. They experienced this first-hand working with the spirits of the astronauts who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger and Columbia disasters. In this extract from a recent Zoom Global Gathering video, Regina, Jeanne, and Dan Drasin share some personal experiences of wandering spirits.
NOT ALL GHOSTS ARE SPIRIT PEOPLE
In residual haunting cases, people report seeing, hearing, feeling, or even smelling the presence of "people" engaged in some sort of activity. They do not interact with the observer and go about their action in a set way, as if in a movie. In these cases people may hear the sounds of screaming, crying, breathing, phantom footsteps walking on the stairs or through hallways, or even odd, repetitive sounds like tapping or slamming. See video 10 most haunted battlefields
GHOSTS AND POLTERGEISTS While ghosts and haunting activity result from spirit energy, poltergeist activity—also known as "recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis" or RSPK—is believed to be primarily the result of psychic energy generated (usually unconsciously) by a person, referred to as an agent. Various kinds of stresses can be the cause of this activity, including emotional, physical, psychological, and even hormonal stresses. Modern investigators try to examine the personal and family dynamics particularly if there is conflict within the family. Read more.
PARANORMAL 101: AN INTRODUCTION TO PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION Phillip Wyatt is an experienced paranormal researcher who is also an evidential spirit medium. He is the founder of Georgia Paranormal Investigations uses an impressive protocol to decide whether a reported haunting is really being caused by a spirit. If it is, he offers the spirits help to move on to the next dimension.
HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE Haunted houses, if one believes, can be problematic for real estate agents. The New York Times talked to agents who have embraced the macabre or have at least learned how to navigate it, as believers themselves or as sympathisers. Read more.
LOVED ONES IN SPIRIT INTERVENE TO HELP IN TIMES OF CRISIS
There are many reports of people in spirit coming close to loved ones and intervening to warn them of danger or to help them escape from a difficult situation. Sometimes children can be frightened by a spirit presence which turns out to be a deceased relative or a guide.
YOU CAN TALK WITH YOUR ANGELS AND GUIDES Forty years ago Nancy Freier taught herself an automatic handwriting technique based on author Ruth Montgomery's method. In the beginning, the focus of these readings was to heal her desperate grief by communicating with her deceased fiancé, but as time went on, she found herself communicating with angels and messages came through for others. When the angels' messages were followed, miracles happened. Illnesses were healed that weren't expected to be healed; and, those in spirit came through with messages to heal the grief in the hearts of those they left behind. Now Nancy is ready to help more people with this step-by-step program drawn from her many years of classes. You can purchase the book from Amazon.
STEVEN FREIER'S BOOK OVERVIEWS Steven Freier, who hosted the above discussion, has been investigating the intriguing field of Consciousness for over 30 years. Each month he prepares a book overview for the Inner Voice Magazine that he co-produces with his sister, Nancy Freier. Check out how many you have read.
A PLACE TO GET ONGOING ANSWERS
If you have any ongoing questions about strange happenings we highly recommend Kim Parker's bi-weekly "Gatherings Over Strange Happenings" or GOSH, as well as all of the other FREE Zoom groups that we advertise each week. All of our presenters, guests, and regular participants have years of knowledge and experience and are willingly giving their time to build a supportive community where knowledge overcomes fear.
SYDNEY NORTHERN BEACHES SPIRITUALIST CHURCH FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1st 2024 Northern Beaches Spiritualist Church (Sydney, Australia), is having a face-to-face meeting on Friday November 1st 2024, at Manly Vale Community Centre Innes Road Hall. See location and transport details.
From 6 p.m. to 6 45 p.m. We will be having our healing service.
And from 7 p.m. our guest medium Michelle Hughes. With every reading, Michelle aims to provide clear, undeniable evidence that life continues beyond physical death, offering peace and healing to those seeking comfort from the spirit world.
NEXT WEEK'S FREE AFTERLIFE ZOOM GROUPS - ALL WELCOME
Saturday October 26th, 2024 / Sunday October 27th, Australia
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro.
A free Zoom group about Spiritism, Kardec, and Chico Xavier. See videos of previous meetings.
Times:
Pacific time 1 p.m. Saturday
Phoenix time 1 p.m. Saturday
Mountain time 2 p.m. Saturday
Central time 3 p.m. Saturday
Eastern time 4 p.m. Saturday
London 9 p.m. Saturday
Rome 10 p.m. Saturday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Sunday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Sunday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: Ana Castro
Just click this link to join.
Sunday October 27th, 2024/ Monday October 29th, Australia
Mediumship Development with Dr. Susan Barnes CSNU Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending with spirit.
Meetings: Every 2nd and 4th Sunday
Note: If Dr. Sue is not there at the appointed time, it is probably because she is dealing with an ongoing health issue. She apologises in advance and will try to be back next time.
Times:
Pacific Time 10 a.m. Sunday
Phoenix time 10 a.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 11 a.m. Sunday
Central Time noon Sunday
Eastern Time (New York) 1 p.m. Sunday
London 5 p.m. Sunday
Rome 6 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 4 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 6 a.m. Monday Check time in your city
Coordinator: Dr. Susan B. Barnes, CSNU susanbbarnes@gmail.com
Online in Zoom https://zoom.us/j/8738817733
Sunday October 27th, 2024/ Monday October 22nd, Australia Global Gathering: NOTE TIME CHANGES -
1 hour earlier in USA, UK and Europe.
This week's guest is SHEILA LOWE who leads the Zoom group Automatic Writing and Mediumship on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. She has had many years of experience as an author of afterlife-related books and an investigator of all things afterlife. She will be sharing and inviting discussion on some of the best resources that she has gathered.
Times:
Pacific Time 1 p.m. Sunday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Sunday
Mountain Time 2 p.m. Sunday
Central time 3 p.m. Sunday
Eastern time 4 p.m. Sunday
London 8 p.m. Sunday
Vienna 9 p.m. Sunday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Monday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Monday
Check time in your city
Co-ordinator: wendyzammit@gmail.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Monday October 28th 2024/ Tuesday October 29th, Australia GOSH: Gatherings Over Strange Happenings with Kim Parker When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesday 7 a.m. (Sydney). A small group that meets to share and explore the meaning of strange experiences like missing time, seeing scenes from another time, interacting with a person who suddenly wasn't there, bi-location ETC. If it's something you cannot share easily with others, bring it to this group to get validation and speculate on its cause.
Times:
Pacific Time 1 p.m. Monday
Phoenix 1 p.m. Monday
Mountain Time 2 p.m. Monday
Central time 3 p.m. Monday
Eastern time 4 p.m. Monday
London 8 p.m. Monday
Vienna 9 p.m. Monday
Perth 4 a.m. Tuesday
Sydney/Melbourne 7 a.m. Tuesday
New Zealand 9 a.m. Tuesday
Check the time for your city
Email: Kim at kmrainbow57@yahoo.com https://zoom.us/j/7595442928
Tuesday October 29th 2024/
Australian-based Physical Mediumship Development Circle (Dark Circle) NOTE TIME CHANGES -
1 hour earlier in USA, the UK and Europe. Every week participants interested in trying to develop physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 40 minutes, relax, and listen to music. This is a long-term project and participants must be prepared to sit in harmony without much seeming to happen on the surface.
Times:
Pacific time 2 a.m. Tuesday
Phoenix Time 2 a.m. Tuesday
Mountain Time 3 a.m. Tuesday
Central Time 4 a.m. Tuesday
Eastern Time (New York) 5 a.m. Tuesday
London 9 a.m. Tuesday
Rome 10 a.m. Tuesday
Perth/Singapore 5 p.m. Tuesday
Sydney Australia 8 p.m. Tuesday
Auckland 10 p.m. Tuesday Check time in your city
Email paulhinson@gmail.com for more information and the Zoom link.
Wednesday October 30th, 2024/ Thursday October 31st, Australia
USA-based Physical mediumship development group Every Wednesday with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan. Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena.
THIS GROUP IS CURRENTLY TAKING NEW MEMBERS
Times:
Pacific 6 p.m. Wednesday
Arizona 6 p.m. Wednesday
Mountain time 7 p.m. Wednesday
Central time 8 p.m. Wednesday
New York time 9 p.m. Wednesday
London 1 a.m. Thursday
Perth 9 a.m. Thursday
Sydney/Melbourne 12 noon Thursday
New Zealand 2 p.m. Thursday Check time in your city
Email r.craig.hogan@afterlifeinstitute.org for meeting guidelines and link.
ARE YOU TIRED OF NEGATIVE NEWS? "Reasons to be Cheerful" is a nonprofit online magazine that tells stories that reveal that there are, in fact, a surprising number of reasons to feel cheerful. Many of these reasons come in the form of smart, proven, replicable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Through sharp reporting, its stories balance a sense of healthy optimism with journalistic rigor, and find cause for hope. Read more.
SILVER BIRCH ON FEAR "Perfect love casteth our fear. Knowledge dispels fear, for fear is born of ignorance. Where there is love and trust and knowledge, there fear cannot reign. An evolved spirit cannot be afraid at any time, because he knows there is no experience that can come to him in any phase of life that he cannot master, for he is the Great Spirit."
("Teachings of Silver Birch" p.54).
'LIKE ATTRACTS LIKE' - THE LAW OF ATTRACTION "A group that meets in harmony and with pure and selfless motives, will, by The Law of Attraction, draw spirit people of like nature and thought; and they will, if needed, enlist the aid of others in establishing a circle of light that uninvited or undesirable entities would find most difficult to penetrate. This also applies to individuals who "sit" alone for communication with spirit people. In both cases, the latter especially, the right mental attitude is of utmost importance in helping to prevent obsession." Spiritual Light- p.467.
And, on humorous note:
INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC: "GUIDING LIGHT" BY DONNA TAGGART
The stunning "Guiding Light" written by Foy Vance is Donna's follow up release to the worldwide phenomenon "Jealous of the Angels." The recording features Omagh Community Youth Choir from Donna's hometown.
Lyrics
Well, the road is wide
And waters run on either side
And my shadow in the fading light
Is stretching out towards the night
'Cause the sun is low
And I yet have still so far to go
And my lonely heart is beating so
Tired of the wonder
There's a sign ahead
Though I think it's the same one again
But I'm thinking 'bout my only friend
So I'll find my way home
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
Oh, well the air is cold
And yonder lies my sleeping soul
By the branches broke like bones
This weakened tree no longer holds
Oh, well, the night is still
And I have not yet lost my will
And, oh, I will keep on moving till
Till I find my way home
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
So lead me home, lead me strong
Like the road I walk on
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
When I need to get home
You're my guiding light
You're my guiding light
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FRIDAY
AFTERLIFE REPORT
In many places next Thursday (and in the days leading up to it) people will be dressing up in costumes, connecting with their communities, and making fun of their fears. It is kids, families, and communities having fun together and generating a lot of happy memories. 
NOT ALL GHOSTS ARE SPIRIT PEOPLE 
While ghosts and haunting activity result from spirit energy, poltergeist activity—also known as "recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis" or RSPK—is believed to be primarily the result of psychic energy generated (usually unconsciously) by a person, referred to as an agent. Various kinds of stresses can be the cause of this activity, including emotional, physical, psychological, and even hormonal stresses. Modern investigators try to examine the personal and family dynamics particularly if there is conflict within the family. 
Haunted houses, if one believes, can be problematic for real estate agents. The New York Times talked to agents who have embraced the macabre or have at least learned how to navigate it, as believers themselves or as sympathisers. 
Steven Freier, who hosted the above discussion, has been 
Northern Beaches Spiritualist Church (Sydney, Australia), is having a face-to-face meeting on Friday November 1st 2024, at Manly Vale Community Centre Innes Road Hall. See 
Spiritist Literature: Directed Study (SLIDS) with Ana Castro. 
Developing the skills of mental mediumship and blending with spirit.
Writing and Mediumship
When: Every two weeks on Mondays (UK EUROPE and USA) and Tuesday 7 a.m. (Sydney).
Every week participants interested in trying to develop physical mediumship sit in a darkened space in their own homes for 40 minutes, relax, and listen to music. This is a long-term project and participants must be prepared to sit in harmony without much seeming to happen on the surface.
Every Wednesday with Rob Blackburn and Craig Hogan. Participants sit in a darkened space in their own homes; the group has been going for some time and members are experiencing phenomena. 
"Reasons to be Cheerful" is a nonprofit online magazine that tells stories that reveal that there are, in fact, a surprising number of reasons to feel cheerful. Many of these reasons come in the form of smart, proven, replicable solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Through sharp reporting, its stories balance a sense of healthy optimism with journalistic rigor, and find cause for hope. 
"Perfect love casteth our fear. Knowledge dispels fear, for fear is born of ignorance. Where there is love and trust and knowledge, there fear cannot reign. An evolved spirit cannot be afraid at any time, because he knows there is no experience that can come to him in any phase of life that he cannot master, for he is the Great Spirit."
"A group that meets in harmony and with pure and selfless motives, will, by The Law of Attraction, draw spirit people of like nature and thought; and they will, if needed, enlist the aid of others in establishing a circle of light that uninvited or undesirable entities would find most difficult to penetrate. This also applies to individuals who "sit" alone for communication with spirit people. In both cases, the latter especially, the right mental attitude is of utmost importance in helping to prevent obsession." 
