Mystic Mark Janssen shared this post on his blog. I thought you might find his perspective as fascinating as I find it. Here's Mark:

In your life there may be one Halloween per year.  It has never been like that for me.  Not since I learned what Halloween means to most people.

The night before All Hallows Day (All Saints Day) is when spooky creatures, ghosts and goblins are supposed to come out to roam the earth.  In our world—the world I share with others who are mystics and mediums--spirits are present every day and night.

In January 2008 I was asked to tour the Old Charleston Jail.  It was built in Charleston, SC, in 1802.  There were spirits—ghosts, if you prefer—all around the grounds and inside the jail when I made my first visit.  Most had been ordinary men, women and children.  A few were extraordinarily evil.  Which means yes, believe some of those horrible stories you have read about the pirates, highwaymen and others imprisoned there.

One part of the jail was known as the area where Union soldiers were held during the Civil War.  What I saw were soldiers in blue uniforms with guns and bayonets patrolling the halls.  The tour guide said that before me no one had ever seen Union soldiers’ ghosts reenacting the time they held Confederate soldiers prisoner after the war.

Many people would consider it a bit of Halloween come early.

That is my normal.

It’s always been my normal.

It makes no sense to me when anyone tells me they cannot see or speak with their guardian angel.  It’s the most natural thing in my world.  Each time I sit down to write there are a roomful of angels around me.  My guardian Michael is behind me reading as I type.  He might tell me how to phrase something.  The angels will suggest topics that make sense to readers.  They remind me you do not comprehend this in the same way as me.

They remind me that I am not writing for my family and friends.  They’re used to me.  I am supposed to write for people who have no clue that they have the same spiritual experiences we have.  You may not remember what has happened in your sleep.  You may not realize who is whispering into your ear.  We have lifetimes of experience in conversing with our angels and talking with spirits.  We are aware of who is talking to us when there are no humans present.

It’s said that seeing and speaking with God is done by only a few in each generation.  I cannot imagine Halloween or any other day of the year without God.

What is normal to ninety-five plus percent of the world’s population is simply incredible to me.

Just as my reality, my normal life, is unbelievable to so many people.  And you know what?  That is just fine.

The other day I was digging through some old photographs.  I came upon one which I forgot I had.  It was taken in the private parlor of a monastery.  Beside me sat one of the most beautiful women I have ever met.  She was one of those incredible people whose souls shine out regardless of where they are or what they do.  Sister wore her medieval widow’s garb and a smile brighter than ten thousand suns.  She also wore one of my old straw hats.

She was very old and ill by this time.

Within a few months I was attending her funeral.  There I witnessed something which could not have taken place in the physical world.

I saw another nun, a dear friend, in the chapel with the rest of the nuns.  She told me later that was impossible.  She had already left.

How are such things explained?

More easily than you might guess.  A part of her soul’s reflection remained behind while she had left.

There is more to life than what we see in movies and on television.

When you are ready, you will have your Halloween every day, too.  Maybe not the candy, but definitely the joys.

Start by sitting quietly and asking your guardian angel its name.  Ask every day.  Several times a day.  Ask until you hear an answer.

Give yourself the gift of making normal what you were told is not real.


Read the blog at https://markjjanssen.medium.com/normal-is-not-real-f1fb6edba6f8

Mark J. Janssen, author of "Reach for the Stars."

Halloween is nearly here. Here are three more “True Ghost Stories”:

1) I interviewed a woman who grew up in Okinawa, Japan, where communication with the spirit world was an everyday occurrence. This is part of her story:

“As a child, I saw ghosts. I knew how people died. I used to deliver newspapers and I could smell that a person had been in the hospital. I could smell the scent of the hospital. I could tell if someone was dying.

“I was 16 years old when my neighbor was killed in a car accident. When he was crossing, his deceased father’s spirit came and picked him up. He came in a wagon. These are all spiritual things. I heard the horse coming at three in the morning. Through my window, I saw the deceased father come for his son. I was scared to death. He parked the wagon and the horse, then sat there and waited. I heard the sliding glass door open, then the spirit of the neighbor who had died got up and left his body, got on the wagon and they took off. I could hear the bells ringing on the wagon as it went between the houses.”

2) Another Medium, Marianne Patyk, shared:
 
“Back in 1969, my grandfather came to me after he had passed away. That was my first experience with the other side. I was about 8 years old when he came and sat on the corner of my bed. I still remember it. I had a conversation with him.

“He was my Grandfather – I wasn’t frightened. This was about three days after he had passed away. He came and sat on the corner of my bed and I felt him sit down. I opened my eyes and it was my grandfather. In fact, all of my relatives have come to visit me after they have passed. It’s like having a normal conversation with them.”

3) One of my favorite stories is from Denise Singerline Foster:

“When my ex-husband’s brother Vinnie died, I woke up at about 5:30 a.m. and felt him standing next to my bed. He had died in a trailer fire that night, but I hadn’t yet heard about it. I felt someone standing next to me all night. The phone rang around 7 a.m. and they told me that Vinnie had died. His ghost stayed in our house for about two weeks and I would see him standing around and walking down the hallway. At night, he would stand next to my bed and want me to astral travel with him. He talked to me. I started praying that he would go into the Light and after about two weeks, that is what he did.

“Seeing ghosts can be scary because it is so unexpected. A lot of times there wasn’t anything to be afraid of, it was just surprising to wake up and find ghosts looking at me. There was one scary-looking ghost who I was afraid was going to touch me. I don’t know what would have happened if he had actually touched me. I prayed and made him leave.”
 
Have you seen a ghost? Share your story in the Comments section.

Gail
gail@MyPsychicSearch.com

                                 Quote from a Psychic - A Ghost Story

“The house I grew up in was haunted.

“Let me tell you about the first time I knew spirits existed. We had only lived in the house I grew up in for a month or so. I was playing with a friend at the library which was right next to our house. Our dining room was located over my bedroom. My new friend and I were playing in the library parking lot. I looked at my bedroom window and there was a chopped-off arm with an ax in my window. I was terrified to look through my curtains to see if it was really there.
                
“In addition, I would always see a woman dressed in black walking the hallways in our house. She would stop and look in my room. One day, I looked up above my bedroom and there were two brothers and a lawyer. One of them had an arm chopped off. They were all dressed in black and it looked like there was a legal transaction going on.

“Later, when I researched things, I found that the property had been owned by two brothers who had fallen in love with the same woman. One of them was dating the woman when the other brother fell in love with her. The brother who was already dating the woman, chopped off the arm of the other brother. The brother whose arm had been chopped off, sued his brother. I saw the transaction. The woman was so distraught over the situation that she wore black and was in mourning for the rest of her life. This all happened on the property where our house was located.”

                                                 Jesse An Nichols George

Wondering where to find inspiration and/or psychic connection while in isolation? Several blog readers have sent videos to me from people who they follow. Some of these videos come from psychics, astrologers, etc.

Here are a few sources for online information and videos:

1) Hay House often presents helpful articles, on-line videos, and free inspirational summits. You can check the website at https://www.hayhouse.com/.

2) IONS (The Institute of Noetic Sciences) has a website full of resources. https://noetic.org/

3) You Tube. One of my blog readers sent several You Tube recommendations to me. Many of these people are available for readings over the phone, through Zoom, via DropBox etc. I never thought about watching YouTube for psychic/spiritual information so this was news to me. Here is the blog reader’s list along with her comments:

A) Sheila’s YouTube channel is Celtic Tarot-Sheila. She does tarot cards, Kipper cards, pendulum and psychic (and more I'm sure!). She is very sweet and down-to-earth, yet spunky. Very high integrity.

She does a live video on Sunday mornings with Scott Alan, who has his own channel. She typically does a tarot reading which she posts every weekday, and she sometimes does pendulum questions in those videos.

B) Danny Shay’s YouTube channel is Bathrobe Tarot. He does tarot and is intuitive. He is very knowledgeable and kind, and really explains the reading. He posts videos a few
times a week.

C) Cash Peters, The English Channel. He gets his insights in pictures which he draws. He shows us the pictures and tells the story and what it means. I think he posts videos once or twice a week.

D) Scott Alan, Scott Alan Spiritual Essence. He does tarot, intuitive/psychic and channeling. He posts most days. As mentioned above, he and Sheila do a joint live video on Sunday mornings.

E) Revealing Light Tarot, I think her name is Mary Anne. She is a psychic and a tarot card reader. Very well versed politically. She usually posts videos on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

F) Linda Grindel, Linda G the Comanche Psychic. She has a very large following. She is part Native American. She is a psychic and tarot reader. She posts videos several times a week. She does a live video with a very good psychic named Sterling on Sunday mornings.

G) The Queen’s Tarot. She offers Tarotscopes and posts videos. A Tarotscope is a blend of astrology and tarot. Very in-depth. Very informative. She is also a psychic. She posts several times a week. Her level of detail is fantastic!

H) Cyndy, Soulprint Intuitive. She is a psychic and does tarot and pendulum, as well as videos on crystals and more. She also has videos on positive energy circles and meditations. I think she posts Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

I) Lena Rodgriguez, Tarot Down Under. She is a psychic and tarot reader. She is very snarky and funny. She posts a couple of times a week.

J) Dianne, Dianne’s Tarot. She is a tarot reader and psychic, and offers classes. She just started doing weekly live videos with Psychic Milou. Other than that, she posts several times per week. Very cheerful and upbeat.

K) Psychic Milou. Milou is a clairvoyant who uses no tools (no cards, pendulum, etc.) He does a daily video every day but Sunday. On Mondays and Saturdays, he goes live and does short one-question readings for viewers.

L) Amy, Truth Warrior Healing. She is a tarot reader and psychic, and she has lots of psychic dreams. She creates her own tarot decks, and has many more offerings. It is not unusual to see orbs floating around her in her videos. She posts videos several times a week.

M) The Oracle of Whimsy. She is a doctor, and has a lot of other education (anthropologist, etc.). She does remote viewing and tarot, and is psychic. She posts videos a few times a week.

N) Nine’s Corner (Nina’s Corner?), Nina. She is a psychic and tarot reader. She posts a few times a week. Really good energy from her.

O) Victoria Scerbo. She is an astrologer. She does videos from her healing center, where the grounds are a beautiful garden. She walks around, filming the plants and talking about astrology. Nice and relaxing, as well as informative.

P) Onae's Tarot on YouTube. She's really good too!

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One day, I wandered around You Tube and saw that people had posted information on their near-death experiences. I find those stories fascinating.

If you have a recommendation for an online resource, please post it in the comments section.

Gail
gail@MyPsychicSearch.com

            Quote from a Channeling Session -
               Hanging out on The Other Side

During a channeling event, I asked Spirit: When people don’t get along on Earth and they cross to The Other Side, what happens? Do they have to see each other? Do people change enough that they want to be together or are they allowed to avoid each other?

Spirit answered:  

That person came to rub you and you came to rub them. You came to teach them another way and they resisted it to the nines. No right, no wrong. You did your job to the best of your ability and they did theirs to the best of their ability.

You can state, “I don’t want anymore lives with that person, I don’t want any more time with that person. Thank you for the lessons we shared. I’m done.”

When you see them on The Other Side, it is like here in life -- you see what you want to see and you feel what you want to feel. You don’t have to sit and kumbaya with spiritual energies who you don’t enjoy. There is a total freedom of energies, honey. You don’t have to play with your family members just because they were family members.

As a matter-of-fact, Spirit is very precise when saying, “Someone that you feel joy and love with, guides you to The Other Side.” They don’t say, “Family comes and guides you.”

I am very proud of all the people who are voting right now. Some are standing in line for hours to cast their vote. Others are mailing ballots. Americans should be proud of how involved people are in this election. Whatever the outcome, we have all risen to the occasion of casting ballots. We are participating.

Keep in mind that we operate with a personal consciousness and a group consciousness. With the voting experience, you can solidly see our group consciousness at work.

Here in Tucson, the weather is cooling off. This may be our first week with days less than 100 degrees since June. The sun is shining in a lovely way. No fires, no floods. The river of life continues to flow.

From a channeled message:

    “You are going towards a creek, a very safe creek. Not an intimidating creek. It flows beautifully. This is the river of life. What you see today when you peer into the river of life will be different tomorrow, for this river moves gently along the path in which it is designed to go.

    “In the path of life, there are times in which the river is narrow and you can dip your feet and feel safe. And there are times when the path of this river is roaring and you keep your distance because it seems almost violent.

    “Understand that it is the same river, the one that is endearing to your toes and the one that could be very dangerous if you were to stick yourself into a changing environment. This is the guarantee that you get in life: it will change. It will constantly flow. What you see today is not what will be there tomorrow. Life flows, it shifts. It is ever-flowing.”

If you are dealing with a turbulent flow right now, one way to cope is to remember that this too shall pass. Life goes on. The river flows. Move forward. Enjoy the view of the sparkling waters. Try your best. Allow yourself to be wowed by both the familiar and the uncommon.

Another way to cope with challenges is to enjoy your personal environment. When you look outside yourself and analyze any situation, it might feel overwhelming. Turning your view inward and listening to your heart may make your situation more “heartful” – more meaningful, more personal. What’s going on in your interior world? Are you joyful? Are you sad? Is there something you need to do to take care of your health and happiness? Speak gently to yourself. Show the kindness to yourself that you would show to others.

A third coping strategy is to dwell in the realm of possibility. Imagine the future you desire. Visualize travels, communities, gatherings, and laughter. It may be a few more months until we can gather again, but it will happen. In the meantime, make the most of this quiet time if you are fortunate enough to be one of the people who has quiet time.

See yourself in the prime of your life. See yourself as you are and as you would like to be. Is there room for improvement? Now is the time to improve. Why not? What else have you got to do?

The Universe provides the matrix, the deep-space background, so that each individual can aggregate their energy into one point of light; into one body which seems to be independent of all others, but is actually a point in the connected matrix. It’s like a three-dimensional webbing – a black background with concentrated, darker black circles of individual souls. (Darker black circles AND points of light? I haven’t quite figured out this graphic.)

We are always supported by the matrix. With this support, we can move forward in life. We can maintain our current course, or we can choose to make changes.

Create peace in your home. Peace in your life. Peace in your thoughts. Enjoy pieces of thought supported by a flowing peace, in a body of your creation, in a matrix of connection.

Gail
gail@MyPsychicSearch.com

                               Quotes from a Channeled Message - Riches

“Riches are health. Riches are peace of mind. Riches are the environment you have created around you. No mistake about it, you have created these environments around you. If your life is chaotic, you have created that. If your life is peaceful, you have created that.”

“See the body as the greatest gift that you have during this incarnation.”

Before our birth, we work on a contract for the events and challenges which we would like to experience while on earth. This contract also specifies the date of our death -- our exit point. However, this exit point isn’t set in stone. It can change. While we are alive, we might decide we need more time to work though a situation, or we might decide that we have had enough of this life and we are ready to go.

Many people have told me about their Near-Death Experiences (NDEs). NDEs often provide an exit point. People sometimes remember a conversation while suspended between life and death in which they were told they had a choice -- they could remain on The Other Side or they could return to earth. The person made their choice.

Other kinds of exit points may be presented. Can you remember a time when you wondered, “Is this it? Am I going to die?” An illness, surgery, or accident may have been a potential exit point for you. For example, one man told me that he had been caught in a cold river, in waders, while fishing. He had fallen over and his waders had filled with water. He could have lived or he could have stayed under the current. With great struggle, he managed to right himself and get out of the water. He thought this might have been an exit point choice for him. He chose to stay.

Richard Schickel shared this story with me:

“When I was 12 or 13 years old, I nearly drowned on a rafting trip. I was caught in a hole under a rock under the water. That was the first time I saw my life flashing before me; like a wide-screen movie. It was scary. Then I felt them grab my ass and push me up. There have been three or four times when I could have died, but I just didn’t die. People have ‘exit points’ throughout their lives when they can die, but they don’t die because it is just not their time.”

Five or six exit points may be presented to each soul. People are supposed to have a hand in when they leave and to be able to leave consciously.  

To bring this idea into focus, think about the coronavirus. It gives people an opportunity to leave if they want to go.

In addition, some of them may not want to leave, but will leave none-the-less. They have agreed to leave at this time, and coronavirus is their excuse to go.

Have you survived an event that you know was a potential exit point? Let me know.

Gail
gail@MyPsychicSearch.com

  Quote from a Psychic - Nothing is Carved in Stone

I asked, “How firm do you think the future is?”

“I think it is very malleable. The readings can say that a certain situation will happen at a certain time and if you do nothing which affects that, it will happen that way. But almost anything you do can affect the timing. Nothing is carved in stone. People frequently have cards which come up in reverse which means that whatever is good about the card, some of the frosting is off the cake. If they want the frosting, they have to hold the idea very clearly in their mind and focus on it. Everything is in a state of flux. Life is not a destination, it’s a journey and journeys move.

“Nothing is carved in stone. There are a lot of things that you can do to change the future. You can turn situations around. You have freedom of choice. Everything you do is a choice which lays the groundwork for another choice.”

                                                             Cherie Fraine

Many people are in turmoil. Families are in crisis. A friend of mine asked a sitting of psychics how to help these people. How could she comfort friends as she watched their lives fall apart?

Two major answers came through: show compassion and bear witness. An admonition also came through: Don’t get involved in the details, drama, or energy of the situation. You will get hit by flying debris.

Friends come to us with their problems. They may be going through horrible situations which are destroying their families. Even when we are prepared to be of support, we may find ourselves speechless. We don’t know what to say. It looks like these people have done all of the “right” things. Whatever is happening seems unfair.

At the same time, we remember that every person, and every family, projects a face. We never know what goes on behind the scenes.

Eventually, these shaken people may find that the crisis has opened a doorway to a different kind of life. They may be mid-stride into their personal evolution. Their adversity could be a catalyst for something new. Who are we to interfere with their momentum? If we help too much, they may have to start the process all over again.

Instead of intervening, we can send them strength to handle whatever comes. We can send light and love, and hold a space for their healing. We can talk to their Higher Self and try to understand what is happening. Sometimes, people can’t hear their friends because they are so busy figuring out how to proceed. However, their Higher Self can still hear and can feel the love.

A few ideas were channeled regarding this issue:

1) Bearing witness is important. Sometimes, that is all we can do. Being present in a non-judgmental way, without doing more, does not make us heartless. Overextending ourselves does not make us noble.  

2) Think of a rose bush which has been blooming beautifully for ten years. Suddenly, a side of the bush gets fungus. The bush may need to be pruned. Initially it appears injured, but it will soon blossom in a different direction.

Personal crises can act as a pruning. Although they look cruel, they can reshape the direction of a person’s energy. Re-directions may look like implosions with loose ends and shrapnel, but  breaking apart may be necessary for growth in a new direction.

3) The Guides said: “Honor, respect, and value the process that it takes for them to step out of their comfort zone. Whether it was gently nudged or without their conscious permission, all are where they need to be to create what is to be. You have been in similar situations. You grew and you blossomed.

“All of you look back at your family trees, at the situations in which you thought, ‘Oh my goodness, this is the end of an era.’ And yet it was the beginning of so much more. People found where they needed to be. People found their own strength in their own way. No pressure, no diamonds.

“Allow. Speak to the Higher Selves. Be a presence. Know that bearing witness as you watch those trees re-blossom and bring fruit will reaffirm within you the knowing of divine order and divine perfection. You create your own universe, your own space, as do they.”

4) Creation is a personal thing. While we create our own experience, we cannot create the experiences of others. Our lives are our responsibility. Their lives are up to them.

5) Guides: “There are individuals who believe that they are the role they are living and would not know who they were if they were not living that particular role. Sometimes it takes situations which appear dramatic in order to jar the individuals out of their regimented positions or roles in life, and who they believe they are, so they can look deeper within themselves and see that their source, their being, their core, is not the role which they are manifesting on this physical earth. That role is but one aspect in which they display their true core self. Had it not been for these extreme situations, they would never seek further within themselves to know who they are.

“They see themselves as care givers, as parents, as role models. They do not see themselves as Spirit, as love incarnate, as precious solely by being. They see their places in life as what they do or contribute, or the role that they play, until it is so stifling that they cannot blossom in that environment any longer and must come apart at the seams in order to set everyone free to find their basis, their core, their strength, their energy within themselves; to see who and what they truly are and not just the roles they are at this point in their lives.”

So what do we do when a friend’s life looks like it is falling apart?

Bear witness, show compassion, send Light. Know that this stage will pass; understand that they are on their personal path to soul growth. Don’t try to fix it. Don’t get too involved. Witness the anguish and the progress, as they move through the muck. Encourage them as they achieve a new life stage.

Appreciate all that is going well in your life. Gratitude and acknowledgment help you stay strong so you can enjoy your life, while sending compassion and love to your friends.

gail@MyPsychicSearch.com