Awaking from a most unpleasant dream involving a man with a frightening presence taunting me,  I found myself pinned to the bed, paralysed, unable to move. I immediately called inside myself to Archangel Michael, the angel of protection, for immediate help. Yet still I couldn’t move. I called again, only this time with more gusto and urgency, and withing seconds the icky presence had gone.

We’ve all heard stories of ghostly encounters with the deceased and of houses that had unmistakable spooky presences, and perhaps you have your own stories to tell. I certainly get a lot of emails and calls asking for advice about this subject.

Is it an over active imagination at work or are ghosts for real? When we speak of the Spirit world where the deceased exist, where is it anyway? There is no GPS to guide us there but I believe it is another world, functioning on a higher vibration than earth and within that world there are varying degrees of vibration. Occasionally, our two worlds collide.

Not all presences are unwelcome.  It is common for people to say good bye to their loved ones before they cross over which can be a loving and special experience.

Then you have the Spirits that have unfinished business, are stubborn or attached to things, people or houses which prevents them from crossing over. Perhaps you have visited somewhere that had a strange energy and something has attached itself to you. Apparently, they like hotels and alcohol. I once picked up an old lady spirit after walking through a cemetery. She was not very pleasant but I was able to move her on. If you encounter these types of ghosts, there is no need to fear them, even if they are disturbing. In fact fear is what they feed on. They can be attention seeking, like a child who feels neglected. People are ignoring them and in their confused state, they cannot understand why.

The basic thing to understand is that if you raise the vibration in your environment and your own energy, the undesirable entities will not feel comfortable and will choose to move on.  They often hook into your energy when you are vulnerable, perhaps ill or feeling down. By simply raising the vibration, they can’t exist comfortably and will naturally disappear.

Here are some tips to move them on with the concept of raising vibration:

• Firstly, ask your guides and angels for help and protection and visualise a shield of white light around you
• Even though you may feel a tad silly, talk aloud to them, tell them they have passed on and there is a wonderful place waiting for them.
• Play healing, soothing or classical music. This will lift the vibration making it uncomfortable for them to stay in the same space.
• Light candles, burn oils such as lavender, sandalwood or eucalyptus or burn a sage stick
• Walk around the house slowly and notice if there are any cold spots, if you locate a spot, put the music, candles and oils in that room.
• Place some bowls of water with salt in them in each corner The salt will absorb any negative energy. Throw the water out after a day or so and repeat if it still feels weird.
• Walk around outside the perimeter of your house throwing salt.
• Sage your house and yourself with a sage stick
• Burn sandalwood incense
• Clear you own energy by having a salt bath or scrub (any sort of salt works)
• Program crystals for protection by firstly cleansing them and then projecting protection prayers and thoughts into the crystal. Wear the crystals or place them around the home.
• Balance your chakra centres (try Doreen Virtue’s You Tube chakra balancing meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xam4tq_UVEQ
• Call on Archangel Michael

These souls are often confused so send loving thoughts to them but at the same time put down your boundaries and tell them it is not appropriate they stay.

If you don’t feel any improvement after this or you feel uncomfortable dealing with this on your own, enlist the help of a ‘ghost buster’ type clairvoyant.

Remember that you have Spirit Guides and Angels that love you dearly and will always be there to help you but the key is to ask for their help. With a simple request you can unlock unconditional love, light and protection!

Liz Winter is a Medium, Reiki Master/Healer, Angel Therapist, Spiritual Teacher, Dream Coach, Qualified Counsellor.  Liz is based in Mullumbimby. lizwintermedium

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Verandah Magazine’s resident psychic and Reiki master Liz Winter ponders the eternal question of how to let the day’s frustrations go so sleep can arrive.

As I began to drift into sleep, fragments of my day danced in my mind in the form of random thoughts and momentary visions. The saleswoman in the sandwich bar who looked distressed; my son complaining about his dinner; the dog barking and upsetting the neighbours; the snake I saw slowly crossing the warm tarred road causing me to brake suddenly .

As I tossed and turned and adjusted my pillows, I felt frustrated – fatigue engulfed me and yet I couldn’t sleep and it seemed as if it would never arrive. I called out to my Spirit Guides and Angels for help and advice and I clearly heard the words, ‘clear your energy’ Could it be that simple?  My logical mind began to analyse their suggestion and I had to admit it made perfect sense.

We all have an invisible antenna that constantly monitors and absorbs the energy around us, whether we do it consciously or not. Human beings are sensitive and we often subliminally take on other people’s feelings, thoughts and vibrations. At the end of a busy day, taking these vibrations to bed with us is not conducive to a sound nights sleep.

That night I listened to a clearing meditation on You Tube and I found I slept deeper than usual.  Now I’ve set up a regular routine that seems to be working.

Integrating energy management practically into our lives seems apt in the 2000’s. The last thirty years or so has seen a huge shift in acceptance of spiritual ideas and practices but I sense that now is the time we are being encouraged to ground ourselves and apply spiritual routines into our daily lives.

Just like brushing our teeth, clearing our energy at night can become a simple routine and an effective way to drift off to our other life of sleep land and recharge our energies on a deeper level.

Listed below are some night time tips. I suggest you experiment with any that appeal to you and work it into your night time routine. If you don’t get immediate results, don’t despair, it may take a week to adjust to the new energy and for it to integrate. Sweet dreams!

Essential oils can help soothe an over-busy brain.

•  Lay in bed comfortably, place your hands on your stomach. Breath in until your stomach rises and on the out-breath put the intention that you are releasing any negative energy you have picked up through the day. Repeat several times.

• Use an essential oil that appeals to you – lavender oil is a particularly good one for sleep. Place a few drops on the palms of your hand, breath in the scent, rub your hands together and run your hands through your aura, over your chakra centres, whilst saying the affirmation, ‘I now release any negative energy I have picked up today.’

• Ask Archangel Michael to cut any cords of toxic energy you have accumulated through out the day.

• Visualise a soft violet light around your bed, see yourself gently breathing in the light as you go to sleep with the intention of cleansing old energy on the out-breath.

• Visualise a circle of angels holding hands around your bed and angels stationed at the bedroom door. Ask the angels to remove and unwanted energy from your aura and keep you safe through the night.

• Use a crystal you like,  a rose quartz or amethyst is a good choice. (Avoid clear quartz and smoky quartz, they may be too strong for sleep) Cleanse the crystal in salt water. Hold the crystal and say ‘I now program this crystal to clear any negative energy I have accumulated today’. Place it by your bed. Cleanse the crystal regularly.There are many clearing meditations on you tube and the internet. Experiment with ones that work for you.

• For a particularly heavy day, I have a salt bath before bed with ten drops of lavender before bed. Salt absorbs negative energy. I use the pink Himalayan salt but any salt works. Salt scrubs in the shower are handy too. To make a salt scrub, get a small container, fill it three quarters of the way with salt, use Almond oil to cover it and add a few drops of your favourite essential oil. I use rose geranium and lavender. Voila! Gently rub a small amount into the skin and rinse after soaping and rinsing in the shower, avoiding the face.  (The shoulders are good to scrub as we often pick up negative energy around the shoulders.)

• Ask your angels to guide you to the perfect evening clearing routine for you. Be creative and experiment, you know yourself better than anyone else, trust your inner wisdom!

Liz Winter has been a medium and spiritual development teacher for over 25 years.  Liz is a Medium, Reiki Master/Healer, Angel Therapist, Spiritual Teacher, Author and Qualified Counsellor. To contact Liz go to her website: lizwintermedium

You can purchase Liz’s memoir from Amazon here: amazon.com/For-Love-Spirit-Medium You can read Barry Eaton’s review of Liz’s book here: verandahmagazine.following-path-spirit

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