I walked into the room and felt the heavy atmosphere around me which was like walking through treacle, and there was the familiar feeling like something pressing down on my head. OK, not a problem, this was another consultation but with the addition of a trapped or earthbound spirit!
I had been called in by a lady who told me that her life was not moving on as she would like. She told me that she had a problem with throwing things out and her house would be very cluttered when I saw it. She also had a new man in her life but the romance was not going anywhere – and, oh yes, by the way, she thought that she also had a ghost! (She was right!!!)
This was a common scenario to me and, having seen and heard spirit people since childhood, something that I could cope with and sort out. As a two-year old child, my first remembrance was knowing that I had been an adult in a previous life with a much darker skin which bemused me slightly as I turned my arms over and over and looked at how light and pink the skin was now on my small, childish arms. As I grew, more remembrances came to me and I immersed myself in books to discover who, or what, I really was. It came as something of a relief to discover at the age of 16 when I found a group of like-minded souls that I wasn’t the only person in the world to feel like this after all. Seeing and feeling energy lead me to a lifetime study and finally a career in Feng Shui. But, anyway, I have drifted away from the story and will come back to all this another time.
My client had another problem – since she had moved into her house she felt that her eyesight had been getting worse – and the previous owner (who had since died) had gone blind. She was very worried about this and felt that it was directly related to him and she needed to be free of him being there.
I felt the male presence as I walked around the house and just murmured a quiet, “OK friend, I will be with you shortly”.
I spent the next couple of hours stepping over boxes, carrier bags and trying desperately to move from room to room without tripping over. My client really did have a problem letting go of things. “Have you moved from a much bigger house” I asked? “No” was the reply, “actually, a much smaller one”. Eek, I thought, more room means even more clutter to collect!
The Feng Shui went well and we discussed better furniture placement and a releasing of some bulky items that came with the residual energy baggage of divorce. Better colour schemes were arranged and her agreement to the releasing of all the stuck energy that comes with unwanted items that ‘might come in useful at some time’. The stagnation of energy would certainly start to dissipate when a lot of the clutter was got rid of and allow the clean, fresh energy to take its place.
I assured her that her romance would certainly blossom when her boyfriend could walk in and find a comfy armchair to sit (at that time, boxes and bags and various knick-knacks all had to be moved if you wanted to sit down anywhere). Also, if she was keen for the romance to proceed further, she really needed to make a space for her boyfriend by freeing up room in the wardrobe and emptying a drawer for his (potential) things. At the present time, there was only one small trail through all the clutter that led to her side of the bed! Definitely a romance that really wasn’t going anywhere!!
I then gave my full attention to this poor trapped spirit. I could feel his annoyance at the state of the house and had already been told that he had been very house-proud and kept the house immaculate. In a small but sacred ceremony I guided him to the Light and, soon after, left the house thinking that that had proved a good day’s work.
However, as I started my car, I was aware of the man in the passenger seat – he was not quite ready to go over yet! “Look, I know she hasn’t kept the house as nicely as you used to” I told him “but, just let it go, there is a much better place for you to go to and, after all, it is just materialism”. He must have finally decided that this would be a good idea after all as I felt the familiar shudder that tells me a spirit has finally gone.
I wonder if he is as house-proud in the beyond!
Friday, 23 January 2009
Feng Shui and the ghost of a housemaid
A Housemaid makes her way home
Feng Shui really is the love of my life and I enjoy and remember every house I have worked on, and we are talking about an awful lot of years now!!
I have worked on new houses, old houses, flats, barn conversions, offices, you name it I have probably Feng Shui’ed it. However, I have found that many of the houses I have been called into have a ghost and often that is why I have been asked to go. As I have always been very psychic, I view it as part of my work and it is always a good feeling to have helped some poor, lost soul move over into the next world.
I am often asked why the house would have a ghost and how it has become trapped. Well, often it is lack of religion that would hold a spirit back from making the final journey. There are many people who, sadly, do not believe in an afterlife and think that ‘when you are dead, you are dead’. Then, when their spirit finally leaves their body and they find that there is something after all, they do not know what to do or where to go. They become stuck and still do not accept that there is anywhere else to go to, so tend to carry on doing the things that they always did. After a while, they may get fed up with trying to speak to the people they find living in their house and get a bit angry and start rattling doors or moving objects around.
There are times when a person is so attached to their house and belongings (especially as they have worked hard all their life to pay for these things) that they may feel reluctant to leave them for someone else to enjoy.
Sometimes, they just get stuck because they have not had an education and have not had the opportunity to learn about religion.
I had an occasion recently when I was asked to Feng Shui a delightful Victorian house. It had been extended several times over the years and was situated in a large and beautiful garden that suited the house perfectly with a large, original ornamental fish pond near the entrance.
I could feel the heaviness of the atmosphere in the kitchen, and the feeling as if was walking through treacle, which extended into the hall where there was an old-fashioned fireplace with charming Victorian tiles on the floor. This was the hub of the house and had a completely different feel to the newer extensions all around. The windows looked original and the sunlight poured in through from the garden which looked much as it would have done many years ago. Although this was a large space, it felt small and the occupants said that they always felt as if someone was here and watching them, and they didn’t feel happy about it.
The house was enchanting to Feng Shui and the owners were pleased with my suggestions for colour schemes and furniture placement for the new and old parts of their home. I then went back to the kitchen to help the unfortunate, trapped soul. With spirit clearing, I am always careful to protect myself well as I never know what I am likely to face but I knew that there was nothing evil here, just a misplaced spirit.
I gently called the spirit to me and she revealed herself as a Victorian kitchen maid. She even bobbed a curtsey to me and looked down as if she felt that she couldn’t look me in the face. I felt that she was probably so used to being humble that she viewed me more as a ‘lady of the manor’. In a sacred ceremony, I guided her to the light and told her that her friends and family were waiting for her – and she literally went over to the next world in a flash. She was just so glad to be shown the ‘way out’. I felt instinctively that she was so used to being told what to do and where to go in life that when she died she didn’t know what to do – so, she just went about her business and did what she had always done. Her territory seemed to be from an old sink in a pantry in the original part of the kitchen through to the hall where she would have made up the fire – and she had obviously continued doing this for maybe a hundred years longer than she needed to!
The owners of the house felt the difference immediately and couldn’t believe how big the space felt in the hall. They held their arms outstretched as they both said, “It feels so big here now”. Well, yes, it would – there was no longer anyone making up a fire that would no longer be lit or walking continually to and from the kitchen.
I still feel very sad about her as she was one of the sweetest and most heart-rending spirits I have encountered. She must have had a hard life and it lasted much longer than it needed to. I am glad that it is finally all over for her now and that she is at peace.
It is not only the older spirits that get trapped. I was asked to Feng Shui an office in Canary Wharf a couple of years ago which had a ghost that was spooking people who worked after hours. The ghost was rattling doors and people could feel a chill as something went by. They had exhausted all possible rational explanations and several people were refusing to work late or on their own. I had heard that Canary Wharf was built on an old Roman battle ground and searched on the net for some more detail but came up with nothing. On the day, as I went around the building I was aware that there was a heaviness in one room and this was where the ghost had been felt the most. I asked my contacts to leave me while I called the spirit to me. I was expecting to see some kind of soldier but it was a modern-day builder who stood before me who had passed over (or rather, not quite) whilst working on the building. He couldn’t work out why he had been stuck mainly in one room and had been getting quite annoyed and had thus started rattling the doors in his exasperation. He was shocked as he had not known what had happened to him but went over into the Light very happily when I explained. The office people came back in and expressed surprise how big the room felt (this is a common feeling once a spirit has been cleared). No more doors rattled, or chills were felt and people worked late again without their additional spooky companion!
Feng Shui really is the love of my life and I enjoy and remember every house I have worked on, and we are talking about an awful lot of years now!!
I have worked on new houses, old houses, flats, barn conversions, offices, you name it I have probably Feng Shui’ed it. However, I have found that many of the houses I have been called into have a ghost and often that is why I have been asked to go. As I have always been very psychic, I view it as part of my work and it is always a good feeling to have helped some poor, lost soul move over into the next world.
I am often asked why the house would have a ghost and how it has become trapped. Well, often it is lack of religion that would hold a spirit back from making the final journey. There are many people who, sadly, do not believe in an afterlife and think that ‘when you are dead, you are dead’. Then, when their spirit finally leaves their body and they find that there is something after all, they do not know what to do or where to go. They become stuck and still do not accept that there is anywhere else to go to, so tend to carry on doing the things that they always did. After a while, they may get fed up with trying to speak to the people they find living in their house and get a bit angry and start rattling doors or moving objects around.
There are times when a person is so attached to their house and belongings (especially as they have worked hard all their life to pay for these things) that they may feel reluctant to leave them for someone else to enjoy.
Sometimes, they just get stuck because they have not had an education and have not had the opportunity to learn about religion.
I had an occasion recently when I was asked to Feng Shui a delightful Victorian house. It had been extended several times over the years and was situated in a large and beautiful garden that suited the house perfectly with a large, original ornamental fish pond near the entrance.
I could feel the heaviness of the atmosphere in the kitchen, and the feeling as if was walking through treacle, which extended into the hall where there was an old-fashioned fireplace with charming Victorian tiles on the floor. This was the hub of the house and had a completely different feel to the newer extensions all around. The windows looked original and the sunlight poured in through from the garden which looked much as it would have done many years ago. Although this was a large space, it felt small and the occupants said that they always felt as if someone was here and watching them, and they didn’t feel happy about it.
The house was enchanting to Feng Shui and the owners were pleased with my suggestions for colour schemes and furniture placement for the new and old parts of their home. I then went back to the kitchen to help the unfortunate, trapped soul. With spirit clearing, I am always careful to protect myself well as I never know what I am likely to face but I knew that there was nothing evil here, just a misplaced spirit.
I gently called the spirit to me and she revealed herself as a Victorian kitchen maid. She even bobbed a curtsey to me and looked down as if she felt that she couldn’t look me in the face. I felt that she was probably so used to being humble that she viewed me more as a ‘lady of the manor’. In a sacred ceremony, I guided her to the light and told her that her friends and family were waiting for her – and she literally went over to the next world in a flash. She was just so glad to be shown the ‘way out’. I felt instinctively that she was so used to being told what to do and where to go in life that when she died she didn’t know what to do – so, she just went about her business and did what she had always done. Her territory seemed to be from an old sink in a pantry in the original part of the kitchen through to the hall where she would have made up the fire – and she had obviously continued doing this for maybe a hundred years longer than she needed to!
The owners of the house felt the difference immediately and couldn’t believe how big the space felt in the hall. They held their arms outstretched as they both said, “It feels so big here now”. Well, yes, it would – there was no longer anyone making up a fire that would no longer be lit or walking continually to and from the kitchen.
I still feel very sad about her as she was one of the sweetest and most heart-rending spirits I have encountered. She must have had a hard life and it lasted much longer than it needed to. I am glad that it is finally all over for her now and that she is at peace.
It is not only the older spirits that get trapped. I was asked to Feng Shui an office in Canary Wharf a couple of years ago which had a ghost that was spooking people who worked after hours. The ghost was rattling doors and people could feel a chill as something went by. They had exhausted all possible rational explanations and several people were refusing to work late or on their own. I had heard that Canary Wharf was built on an old Roman battle ground and searched on the net for some more detail but came up with nothing. On the day, as I went around the building I was aware that there was a heaviness in one room and this was where the ghost had been felt the most. I asked my contacts to leave me while I called the spirit to me. I was expecting to see some kind of soldier but it was a modern-day builder who stood before me who had passed over (or rather, not quite) whilst working on the building. He couldn’t work out why he had been stuck mainly in one room and had been getting quite annoyed and had thus started rattling the doors in his exasperation. He was shocked as he had not known what had happened to him but went over into the Light very happily when I explained. The office people came back in and expressed surprise how big the room felt (this is a common feeling once a spirit has been cleared). No more doors rattled, or chills were felt and people worked late again without their additional spooky companion!
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