When I first got into watching reality "ghost shows" on TV and first became concerned about what I was seeing my first reaction was to think of a solution, a better way of doing things. Considering that most ghostly interactions are attributed to the emotionality of said beings that of anger, desperation, or trying to get someone's attention and help it stands to reason that the most ethical way of going about confronting this phenomena is by trying to help the best way we can.
Humans are set apart from other species of animals by our capacity to feel empathy, show compassion, and lend aid not only to others of our own species but also to those of others. It shouldn't be such a far stretch for us to feel the same in kind for those beings that seem to exist but are far less understood. We should not, as has been the case a sad majority of the time, let our ignorance and curiosity about what exactly they are get in the way of our empathy and desire to help if we sense they may need our assistance. Perhaps we feel there is nothing that can be done because we don't understand the phenomena and so we excuse our lack of empathy and focus instead of the exciting novelty of it.
There is something that can be done. It has been shown many times that ghosts can be aided to where they need to move on to through a spiritual medium guiding them and lessening their fear. It is my belief that ghosts often get trapped because they fear moving on. Perhaps they fear being judged or punished for their sins wherever they end up. Like I said before, I don't personally believe in heaven or hell but rather in a resting place for souls to reflect on the life they've lived.
I would like to develop a type of "ghost therapy" that can resolve the unresolved feelings, emotions, and fears, held by these entities such as we would any living person who chooses to see a therapist. A therapist or medium can enter the place where the ghost resides and simply talk with them, assure them that it is okay to move on and heal whatever anger and hurt they feel. This I feel would do more justice to these entities then what they are currently encountering (see my other posts).
Just as psychotherapy can work for angry and violent individuals, it can also work for angry spirits or what many times are termed "dark energies", "negative spirits" or "demons" and which I believe are simply continuing to be nasty in death as they most likely were in life. It can be explained to all entities in a gentle and sensitive way that they have indeed died, that there is a place for them to move on to where they won't be punished and judged but rather loved and cared for no matter what they did in life. But that if they remain in this place there will always be living people residing in "their space" and there's nothing to be done about it. So they can either choose to co-exist peacefully with the living or move on. For those entities that simply don't know how to move on, a medium or other sensitive person can help guide them or at least lessen the fear that may be keeping the entity from seeing the "way out".
We need to start treating these entities simply as people without bodies and providing the help that they may need in the best ways we know how for now. As this type of therapy grows we may learn even more about the phenomena and develop even better methods of guidance and aid.
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