Can Ghosts Really Help Us?

Can ghosts communicate with us and offer help and guidance? This is a question that has fascinated people for centuries. Ghosts, or spirits, have been the subject of numerous stories, movies, and beliefs. While the evidence may be anecdotal and subjective, there are those who claim that ghosts can indeed assist us, albeit in various ways.

Visits from the Heaven

Though ghosts don't have a regular interaction with the living, there are accounts of heaven-sent messages and guidance. For instance, some people believe that deceased loved ones have visited to impart wisdom and encouragement. One such person shared, 'God allows people who are already in heaven to visit us here on earth. They tell us things like it’s not your time or there is a bridge ahead, but it’s not time to cross yet. These visits have happened to at least 20 people I know, with many not being ready to go.'

Guardian Spirits

Ghosts can be perceived as guardian spirits who intervene in our lives to protect writes passionately, 'She is very caring. I have been nursed when I was sick, and I have been protected from dangerous situations. But She does not seem to be protecting my property from attempts by a land robbery mafia. Instead, She seems to be encouraging me to distance myself from worldly wealth and reorient towards the afterlife where She may be waiting.'

Debunking Spirit Faith

However, not everyone believes in the existence of spirits. They argue that such beliefs can be exploited by those who wish to manipulate others. They claim that spirit beliefs are often used in a negative way, giving power to deceivers who control the gullible. The manifestation of such spirits is only in the minds of those who believe in them. “Spirits do not exist, and therefore do nothing for anyone in what we call 'real life.' But in the minds of the gullible who are controlled by the deceivers who deceive the gullible about the existence of spirits, these things which do not exist give the deceivers power over the gullible. And rarely is this deception used in a positive way,” one writes.

The Spirit World and Angels

On the other hand, those who believe in the spirit world argue that it is a real place where angels and demons also live. These spirits can assist us, both in physical and spiritual ways. They believe that angels and demons watch over us, intervene, persuade, visit, haunt, inform, communicate, and even fulfill our desires. These spirits can offer guidance and communicate with us if we listen closely.

Personal Experience

A personal account of a unique experience written by someone who engaged in automatic writing in the 1990s provides another perspective. In automatic writing, someone started 'talking' to the memoirists through their maternal grandmother, who had passed away at 84, while the memoirist was away from home. The writer shared, 'I experimented with automatic writing a year back, and someone was communicating with me through this method, identified as my maternal grandmother. There was a lot of input about my mother and my grandmother's family. Some of it was outright wrong, some made sense, and frankly, I didn’t have the funds to go research any of it in Vienna, so I just went along with it for a while. After about a year, I was told that Nana was done with her life review and about to head out on a new adventure.'

Further, a friend with psychic talents shared that Nana had, in fact, hung around longer than she might otherwise have done to do a sort of subtle guardian angel type gig. The friend explained, 'She wanted to help me write a family saga that could have sold better than what I did write – SF, but that didn’t happen. Like many immigrants, she was reluctant to talk about her life in the Old Country in any detail, protesting that she was an American now and her grandkids even more so, so forget that old stuff. So that form of help didn’t come until much too late if indeed that’s what the automatic writing was about.'

In conclusion, whether or not ghosts can help us remains a highly debated topic. For some, ghosts are a means of communication and support from the spirit world, while for others, these beliefs can be a tool for manipulation. Personal experiences, such as those shared above, add a layer of complexity to the discussion, making it clear that the topic is multifaceted and subjective.