Discovering your true life purpose can be a startling realization for some people. But the act of finding it is crucial, and none of us want to be so far off track that we don't see that what we're doing on a continual basis is just not what we're supposed to be doing.

That can be very problematic, and no one want to be so deep in the wrong direction that they can't find their way back home.

There is one very uniquely powered Greek spirit who can help us discover what we need out of our lives, and his guidance can be monumental …

Charon – Opens your mind and eyes to see what your true life purpose is so that you can seek out that path and align yourself to it perfectly; guides you to seek and become the highest potential of yourself so that you can feel into your true purpose in a way that brings you the fullest level of happiness, prosperity, and personal achievement over time.

Though the Greek spirits are sometimes seen as more mythological and historical than actual gods to work with – they are much like the angels and can be worked with to make your life better.

Experiencing a deep life breakthrough such that the Greek paradigm can bring you can be seriously deep and enriching. It is definitely not something for the weak or those who don't want to know who they really are – because this is a very intense and powerful experience, and it doesn't make sense to seek out these spirits if you don't want serious change.

Sometimes we might look to these spirits for knowledge and the comfort of knowing that we are on track, but that isn't always possible because we are often misaligned with who we truly are – and that can be horrific when the spirits show us how badly off track we are.

But they can make things a lot better, and we have to rely on the fact that life can always get better as long as you have them guiding you forward.

Without their guidance we are far more likely to fall off track, and though we can do this ourselves, it might not be smart or wise to – and we just have to consider that not having their powerful guidance steering us along literally might be one of the worst mistakes we ever make.

What if angels really do exist and you’re never alone? Most spiritually inclined people believe in the other side, but imagine how the world would change if everyone believed in other-dimensional beings that you could call on for help.

It would be nice to witness the leap of faith around the globe, but we realize this planet is not and won’t ever be the utopia that exists on the higher planes. It’s not supposed to be, considering the theory that schoolhouse Earth is for lessons and spiritual growth. Embracing this hypothesis allows you to more easily accept what you can’t change.

“The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly: they are nothing but His angels, His ministering spirits, who usually appear to us when we are in a great predicament.”

Paracelsus

Our findings show that everyone has the ability to access help from benevolent beings on the other side, no matter his or her religious beliefs or lack of them. Angels and helpers of the Light have existed long before the world’s organized religions, and no religion has a monopoly on them.

“But men must know, that in this theatre of man’s life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.”

Francis Bacon

We believe angels are always around you, and their presence can be more easily felt at times, seemingly diminishing the veil between this dimension and the higher planes. It’s not easy to always know when angles are present but sometimes it seems obvious.

Scott’s Experience

Years ago while working out at a gym, Scott felt an overwhelming, peaceful feeling and wondered about the source. Soon after, he realized an elderly gentleman had collapsed on the other side of the gym, in need of medical attention. Thankfully, someone administered CPR and an ambulance showed up soon after. Though he was concerned for the man, Scott felt the most soothing feeling while observing the chaos surrounding his collapse and revival. Even as he drove home, Scott could still sense the wonderful feeling. It may sound terrible to sense bliss while someone is having a medical emergency, but he’s simply reporting his experience, and sincerely hoped the gentleman made a full recovery. His theory is that he sensed the collective energy of the gentleman’s angles and helpers on the other side who had come to his aid.

“It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God’s pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.”

Voltaire

Time and time again in near death experience (NDE) case histories, those who journey to the other side report, “Nothing is hidden; there are many beings both good and bad watching us at all times. You are NEVER alone so your secrets good and bad will always come out sooner or later.”

We agree with this sentiment, which is why we always recommend protecting yourself spiritually, such as with a protection prayer or Spiritual Detox. Imagine how dramatically the world would change if everyone believed that they are never alone and there’s a spiritual record of everything you do or say. Some humans would have a painful transition to being a good person after behaving horribly for so many years.

To get in touch with archangels and angels of the Light, and spiritual helpers, meditate daily, even if it’s only 10 minutes. We also recommend regular protection prayers.

Once you realize you’re never truly alone, loneliness subsides, the other side captivates your attention, and life becomes more meaningful.

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One day a lady in my Ministry had a dream where she saw a strange man having sex with her. By the time she woke up, she noticed blood bleeding from her private part.

Please find below how spirit husbands and wives can make your life miserable

Spirit wives and husbands can convert your life to a dustbin.

Spirit wives and husbands can carry evil activities on your marital, social, business, financial and spiritual life without you knowing it.

Spirit wives and husbands can make you get married late and in some cases, you may never get married at all till you enter grave.

Spirit wives and husbands make sure you get married to a wrong partner or married at old age.

Spirit husbands and wives can frustrate any proposal made by potential partners.

Spirit husbands and wives make sure that everything will become too difficult for you to handle in your marriage: your virtues, goodness and prospects will be kept in a witchcraft cage.

Spirit husbands and wives lead partners into bondage, by attacking them through sex, especially if they committee immorality.

The moment a spirit wife or husband succeeds in having sex with you in your dream, you are already connected with the wicked spirit that vowed against your marriage.

Please take note of the following regarding spirit husbands and wives

Sleeping with many partners increases your chance of having spirit spouses and having problem of child bearing.

Many lives are into bondage because they have sold their bodies, souls and spirits with multiple partners.

Many men do encounter financial limitation and dryness in their career.

Please find below what you need to know about Spirit Husbands and Wives

They are spiritual enemies living and sleeping with one.

They are very stubborn, aggressive and dangerous.

They are terrible enemies with killer motives: They kill your joy, peace, health, brain, calling, virtue, marriage etc.

They violate the right of their victims.

They also molest their victims with sex in the dream.

They are desperate and very wicked in their activities.

They are specialists in stopping, frustrating and killing marriage with passion.

They don’t give up easily.

They can entice anyone with physical gift..

They come with familiar faces most of the time.

They empower lust and decay in the society.

Prostitutes are used as strong bait to hit hard on their target.

They can impersonate physical spouse.

They are very jealous.

They attack marriages with divorce.

They bind men and women to terrible spiritual marriage that troubles the physical one.

Spirit wife/husband can be inherited.

They can enter through rape.

It can be through evil dedication of individual.

They can enter through underwear manipulation.

Through tattooing and incision.

If you observe the following, then you need to watch out, spirit husband or wife is at work.

Late marriage or no marriage at all.

Rejection by opposite sex.

Constant sex in the dream.

Chains of marital troubles.

Miscarriages after sex in the dream.

Inability to make love to your wife.

Serious pain when about to make love.

Early menopause.

Missing menstrual period in the dream.

Having prolonged pregnancy

Physical disappearance of marriage ring.

Lost of job and valuables just after marriage ceremony.

When your loving spouse suddenly becomes your enemy.

When one is pregnant in the dream.

Breast feeding in the dream and even seeing breast secreting milk physically.

Inability to conceive.

Having evil or bad body odor.

Constant wet dreams.

Wedding in the dream.

Nursing children in the dream.

Inability to maintain holy life.

When one is always jilted by serious partner.

Feeling tired every morning.

Overcoming Spirit Wives and Husband

Give your heart to God -Not negotiable.

Repent from all inherited and personal sins.

Break every soul ties with all spirit spouses.

Pray aggressively against their activities in your life, set ablaze

their marriage rings, certificates, wedding garments and children, etc.

Determine to live holy.

Make Bible your best friend.

Add fasting to your prayers.

Start doing something in the house of the Lord.

Go for deliverance.

The Definition of Channeling

Channeling, in psychic language, it is the process of receiving and transmitting information to and from an external invisible entity or a source in an ‘altered state of consciousness’ or trance. This state is thought-based, self-induced, or triggered by an expert. The channel loses his body-consciousness and attains a level of intelligence which is almost in sync with that of the spirits. The result is that the psychics are able to communicate with the spirits. The spirits may be good or evil. They may belong to the dead or the living; they may be of the angels or demons.

How do Mediums Facilitate Communication with Spirits

Bereft of the physical constraints, the consciousness or the spirit of the channel can fly about anywhere and communicate with the other spirits that know the ‘truth’ or ‘the solution’ to the problems, which, otherwise, remain intractable due to our limited physical vision and mobility. The channel can sit, lie down on a couch, stand or move about the room, talk even humorously with those around him, look with his eyes wide open, make gestures, and yet he does not have his body- consciousness. As an ordinary human being, you cannot utilize your five senses, look or go beyond the wall or veil, but as a channel, your spirit or consciousness can cross over into the metaphysical world, witness and interact with the invisible entities.

Levels of Channeling Ability

Besides interacting with the entities of the lower level, a channel, depending upon the level of the evolution of his spiritual consciousness or the psychic ability, can communicate with higher spirits or guides and seek their advice about problems which not only have individual, but universal relevance. The channels, in fact, receive signals or messages and interpret or translate them in normal human language. The accuracy of their interpretation depends upon their psychic ability. The predictions of mediums like Edgar Cayce are a case in a point. You surrender the control of the body and let the higher spirit, as per its characteristics, take a temporary possession of it. Interestingly, the channel, upon its return to his normal physical state, remains unaware of what was said or what had transpired. In this way, the channel with his psychic eye can see the coming events and make predictions about the bigger pictures of life like earth quakes, social, and political upheavals, the Russian Revolution, devastating oceanic tides, hurricanes. These predictions can benefit mankind at large.

Tools that may be used by Mediums or Channels

The channels, depending upon their expertise, tap many tools to ‘channelize’ their psychic energy. They may use tarot cards, crystal balls, gems or dream analysis. They use their psychic abilities of clairvoyance, clairaudience, and clairsentience. Deeply sensitive, blessed and compassionate souls utilize their psychic abilities to empathize with those who have lost their way, or the ones who are confused and depressed due to their problems. Psychic channels can communicate with the spirits of the dead, which sometimes constantly hover around those whom they fiercely loved or hated when they were in human body and their desires remained unfulfilled when they were alive.

How to Develop the Ability to Channel

Practically everyone has the psychic ability to be a channel to a certain degree. If you wish to be a psychic, you need to have the desire, commitment, and perseverance. This is a pursuit of occult nature. A blind and untutored attempt may cause harm to the subject. It is, therefore, always advisable to work under the guidance of some master psychic medium. There are, however, certain steps which you may take on your own even before seeking the guidance. You can start by finding a peaceful and quiet venue in the morning. Sit on the floor in the lotus pose or meditation style. Try to feel relaxed. Breathe in deeply a few times and try to empty your mind of all the clutter when you inhale or exhale. All this time, try to focus on your in-coming and out going breath. This will help you develop the power of concentration. Once you have attained a comfortable level of concentration, try to contact a master psychic to proceed further.

What's the purpose of a wine label; or for that matter a label on spirits and beer? Obviously, the first response to that question is: to satisfy the TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) regulations. Once that is accomplished, the label space remaining may be used for branding and marketing copy. The fact is, there is very little space on bottle labels to get creative with messages. Now technology is helping solve the limited space on labels by way of RFID (radio frequency identification / ID) technology. Tap a smartphone on a NFC (Near Field Communications) tag embedded on a bottle and see what comes up on your smartphone; assuming there is currently a tag on the label.

Depending on a winery's budget and the number of smartphones enabled with RFID tag readers (newer smartphones have built-in reader capability), wine, beer and spirits producers can communicate directly with the consumer while they are standing in front of the bottle or can. These electronic tags can impart information in any format. The information can be audio, a message or automatically opening a website page; the choice is up to the winery or craft beverage company. The most economical tag option is to use NFC tags embedded in a label or a very thin flexible film adhered to a bottle.

This NFC technology has different names such as Smart Labels, Tags, and OpenSense Tags; the moniker I use is "Tap Tags". Smart Labels (originated in the consumer products industry) are starting to appear on food, personal care and pharma items. Although extremely limited, spirits, beer and wine are recent joiners. In fact, companies using smart label tags are not just the big players in the food and personal care space but are also used by small start-ups. Basically, tags are a means for producers of products to give the consumer more information than is possible to print on a label. But, the benefits of such tags aren't just in dispensing more information, it is also about branding, loyalty, increased sales, etc.

QR codes have been around for decades. They can do some of the operations a NFC tag can perform but are limited. More on QR code versus NFC follows.

Twenty years ago, I was involved with a gentleman who is an expert integrator of RFID (radio frequency identification / ID) tag technologies for casinos. His patented technology is used today in allowing casinos to authenticate and track their gaming chips within a casino. Ken Smith, writing for Blackjackinfo.com on November 5, 2012 reported that Wynn / Encore Casino's in Las Vegas starting using chips embedded with RFID tags in 2005. Point being: the level of sophistication offered by "tag" technologies allow companies to communicate with consumers, even before they buy the product.

Decades ago barcodes started allowing companies the means to track inventory, monitor parts and adjust pricing instantly. Then RFID tags came along which expanded the capabilities of product monitoring passively and actively; reading and writing information to a RFID tag. Depending on the capabilities of an RFID tag, information can not only be read from a tag, but that tag can also be written to; adding more / different / updated information on the tag. We don't want to forget the QR (Quick Response Code) that most smart phones can read optically and provide an on-screen response via a link to a landing page. The QR code, invented in 1994 has a similar application as the barcode. Smartphones today come with QR reading capabilities and more recently antenna to communicate with NFC tags.

A derivative of RFID technology that is gaining acceptance rapidly is the NFC tag. A strong proponent of NFC technology is coming from Grocery Manufacturers Association and the Food Marketing Institute-the SmartLabel ™ group. They formed an alliance called Trade Partners Alliance to explore ways to be transparent with quick, reliable, actionable, in-depth product information for the consumer. One of their applications involves NFC tags which takes the consumer, via their smartphone, to a navigational landing page. All the consumer is required to do is tap their smartphone on the NFC tag on the product packaging.

Noted previously, most product packaging has limited space for details. The real estate available on a printed wine label may not be enough to provide a plethora of information options various consumers are interested in and / or need. Solution: why not make it possible for a consumer to tap their smartphone against a "tap tag" on a product and instantly be taken to a URL / website / landing page that allows the producer to communicate (in print, video or audio) with a potential customer concerning the product. An adage I hear a lot: You can do anything with enough time and money. Same adage applies to NFC technology. For our discussion I am taking the quickest and most creatively flexible approach to new label technologies; the NFC tag, while not totally forgetting QR codes.

This brings us to the "here and now" concerning new technologies that allow producers of wine, spirits and beer to communicate directly with their customer. I am talking about NFC (Near Field Communications), a technology application already being explored by Diageo, Coronado Brewing, and a winemaker in Spain (Barbadillo Wines). In December 2017 Astral Tequila will feature NFC technologies to promote in-store consumer interactions. It has been reported by one integrator / manufacturer of NFC applications, an alcohol product company realized a 30% increase in conversion rates when testing their foray into NFC label tags. Yes, NFC is part of many label options that can be very transparent to the consumer.

A NFC type smart label is actually a RFID tag that is about as thin as 3 sheets of printer paper or.0002 inches. When labels, with embedded NFC tags, are tapped by a NFC enabled smartphone, the phone receives pre-programmed information. For example, the user may be directed to a predetermined site. The website / landing page the consumer is directed to can be designed as a winery, brewer or distillery deems appropriate. The information in the NFC tag can be approximately 7K in size. Again, larger and more capable RFID tags can offer greater capabilities and much more capabilities, but at more expense and involved integration.

One manufacturer of this technology that demonstrated the NFC options for me was Metal Craft. "The options for NFC to communicate with customers in the beverage industry is mind boggling," said Austin Elling, Marketing Manager-Metal Craft. "Here are some examples of what can be programmed into one of our NFC tags: vCard to import data into the address book, URL to open a given web address, plain text to display simple messages on a smartphone, telephone numbers to initiate a call , geo location to open a specific destination, "says Elling. "For alcoholic beverage business, my experience says that branding and creating direct communications with a customer is in the NFC sweet-spot. A winery may decide to use NFC capabilities for a loyalty program, announcements, promotional trials, initial trials, wine clubs, etc. "

Digressing for a moment. Recently, Anheuser-Busch launched a new Tequila flavored beer branded as Oculto Beer. The label on the beer was embedded with a tag and battery that lit up the eyes on the skull logo on the label. They positioned the switch where most people would gab the bottle. Obviously, it was creative and very expensive. Unfortunately, consumers bought the beer for the novelty of the label technology; consumers did not like the Tequila flavor and it failed.

Relatively inexpensive, NFC tags can only be read at extremely close range, which is why the label area containing the tag needs to be tapped with the enabled smartphone. Some more expensive and capable RFID tags can have a read / write range of approximately 200 feet. However, at approximately $ 0.10 each, NFC tags are affordable. The price however does not include set-up costs and integration with the back-end landing page. Nathan Chandler writing in "How Stuff Works" reports, "Memory capacity and speed dictate tag cost, which is a critical consideration for companies that want to spread information far and wide through smart posters or flyers … labels. around 30 cents apiece even in bulk, but the price should continue to drop until they're only a few pennies each [source: NFC Rumors]. "

Why would a winery, craft brewery or craft spirits company invest in a new label endeavor? Here are some immediate marketing applications that come to mind:

· Protect the integrity of their brands

· Build a comprehensive loyalty program and brand awareness

· Source for consumers to obtain product reviews

· Detailed product information-tasting notes, retail locations, AVA's, information about winemaker, DtC (Direct to Consumer) pricing

· E-commerce centric efforts

· Customer surveys

· Encourage wine club and newsletter sign-ups

Coronado Brewing in Coronado, CA found consumers were intrigued with their use of NFC technology (tap tags) embedded in their coasters; "consumers were keeping the coasters to show friends," reported Coronado Brewing's Marketing Dept. press release. Coasters are a unique use of NFC tags, because the craft beer industry is all about building brand trials, positioning the beer as being handcrafted and artisanal, and explaining quality. The coaster application certainly achieved the greater objectives. Coronado Brewing know they must be real, accessible, authentic, and back it up by delivering the message with and experience of being new. Once a brand wins loyalty, the brand wins, states the company's marketing material.

Coronado Brewing tested the NFC tag concept with ThinFilm of San Jose, CA and concluded: "A brand can do the following without the interference of search engines or social media platforms: Communicate directly with the consumer; provide a unique digital experience; and, surprise and delight customers on their terms, "commented Bill Cummings, Senior Vice President-ThinFilms Electronics ASA.

Barbadillo Wines, using ThinFilm NFC tags promoted a contest for consumers on their website form NFC generated visits, by using a series of uniquely generated entry numbers printed on each cork. Basically, they were promoting wine sales at the retail level and at home when the wine was opened. "With SpeedTap (ThinFilm brand name) tags applied, consumers are able to interact instantly with products and the brand by tapping the product tag with their smartphones (no app required). The tap launches the brand's customized landing page video or other digital asset on the smartphone, "said Cummings. "The ThinFilm application was not on the label, although it could have been, but rather on a bottleneck collar."

Immediate benefits of the ThinFilm effort was a 10-fold increase in traffic versus social media and a 2.8x increase in average time spent on the site. Further, Barbadillo sold significantly more wine.

In the alcohol related product business, the TTB dictates the requirement of wine labels and it is a rather complex approval process to get a label designed that meets TTB requirements. That fact notwithstanding, there is important information, to me, not currently on a wine label that I would appreciate, especially when I look for a new wine.

From a nice-to-know vantage point there are other bits of information I would find interesting that would probably push me to become a brand loyalist. Looking at a 3.5-inch diameter bottle, it simply doesn't lend itself to a great deal of copy about the product; small print doesn't work for me because I always forget to wear glasses. NFC could come to my rescue when looking for more information about a wine.

Here is a potential scenario to illustrate my point.

Assume you walk into your favorite wine store to look for a nice wine as a hostess gift and you are interested in getting more information about the wine than is on the label; such information as suggested food pairings, information about the winemaker, past wine awards, how big is the winery, comments about the wine from other consumers. This is important information you might like before you buy the wine. Maybe it isn't information that is life-saving, but it certainly would be nice-to-know. Further, I would probably become a loyal customer and maybe join their wine club.

Today what are my options to get ancillary information? I have long learned that large discount retailers are not a reliable source of information. Maybe you come home and do some research on-line. But there is an easy way to get more information. The easiest, and most economical would be the NFC tag on the bottle; the label or a stick-on tag would allow the consumer to tap their smartphone on the bottle. Once the consumer taps the NFC tag their smartphone would pull up a website where all ancillary information about the wine would be available instantly. The information format can be anything.

Any winery or consumer can easily experiment with NFC tags. In fact, by going to Amazon you can find many manufacturers who will sell 6 NFC tags for $ 8.00. These are thin flexible tags about 1-inch square, although NFC tags can come in various sizes. Then go to YouTube and learn the easy task of writing (programming) to the tag. As a consumer you will start to wonder why the wine, beer and distillery industry isn't running to this technology for their new labels.

Before rushing into this technology wineries need to understand that there are back-end costs associated with finding the best alternative to integrating the NFC technology into labels. Then there is the issue setting up the tag with the information desired to be on the tag. Then there is the issue of integrating the tag, customer and product interface.

Thus far we have explored NFC tags in general, highlighting myriad applications for the wine, spirits and beer industries and have mentioned QR codes. It is important to understand, there are similarities between NFC technologies and the ubiquitous QR code. Any smartphone with a camera and a QR reader app can retrieve information from this code. NFC is the newest label technology to retrieve information via programmed coding. Google and Apple use NFC technologies for their payment systems. Most smartphones currently produced are equipped with NFC tag readers.

To use a QR code, a business decides what they want the QR code to link to and uses a computer program to generate the image.

Anyone can generate a QR code for free. I have generated 2 QR symbols, one for my vCard and another was another that was a graphic image and text about Image of Wine, LLC. These were relatively simple to generate; just fill in an on-line form. After generating one QR code I needed to change an e-mail address and phone number. The problem was that I had already printed a new brochure and business cards with the now obsolete QR code. I had to re-order all the promotional material.

After experimenting with NXT's NFC tag's, I found I could re-program the tag with my smartphone; granted it was only one tag.

A static image of the code must be printed on advertising or product packaging. AS I found out, if anything changes about the product or information, a new QR code must be generated and printed on new material and old materials must be removed from the market. Further, QR codes are read by a smartphone camera and the success of reading a code can be contingent on ambient lighting, quality of image, colors used and the camera itself. One good thing about QR codes, they can be generated for free and NFC tags require creating a design and encode the tag. In the end NFC tags are more reliable and versatile than QR codes. For large volume information both options require a landing page.

QR codes can take a consumer to specific information on a website and provide static information; however, the security and convenience of a QR code is not equal to that of NFC tags. Further, information directly retrieved from the QR label really depends on the size of the QR image; the larger the image the more information. NFC tags do not need to be visible to work.

If customization is going to be an issue with bottles of wine, a QR code must be visible for scanning and the colors used must be dark enough for the smartphone camera to read. Further the consumer must open a QR code reader to scan the image. Conversely, NFC tags offer complete freedom of design options because the tag can be hidden and not compromise the integrity of the label image / branding.

In 2015 Tony Rosati of Trust Point Innovations wrote about QR code and NFC tags. He said, "NFC tags are more expensive (on the order of $ 0.10) than printed QR codes printed on a label. The verdict: QR codes could be replaced with the more convenient NFC tags; however, there is an additional cost. reasonable to assume that product manufacturers would want to take advantage of consumer convenience and security. " Further, "NFC tags are really easy to use – just tap the tag. No special application to open, it's built into the smartphone, and NFC tags are much more secure than QR codes."

The intent in this article is to explain a new technology the alcohol industry should be exploring as NFC technology is becoming mainstream; it is a relevant marketing tool embraced by today's consumers.

Consumers seem to love technology when it really can work for them. That same thought is transferrable to the winery, distillery and brewer. With all the conversations surrounding labels in the wine business, consumers must wonder, why not NFC tags-convenient, quick, flexible, leading edge method to distribute information and build loyalty.

In India a belief of a she evil spirit called chudiyal is strong and many tales are cited

A She Evil Spirit

Chudiyal in Indian folklore is an evil spirit who can take the form of a beautiful woman. The Chudiyal is part of Hindu mythology and denotes a woman evil spirit who has been denied entry into the spirit world for some terrible crime like child murder or killing of husband. Such spirits are destined to roam the human world and frequently meet men, who are their target. Such spirits will even marry a man and then at the appropriate time kill him. In the villages of India there are many tales of such woman spirits marrying men. Most people who relate these tales swear an oath that they are true. Perhaps there is an element of truth in it as the spirit world has not yet been explored by man and science.

The first time I heard the tale of a Chudiyal was when I was very young. I had gone to my village and my uncle related a bizarre tale. He said that there was a lonely bachelor in the village, who wanted to marry. One day while walking along one of the mountain paths he espied a most lovely and enticing lady crying. She told the man that she had been banished from home by her father and had no place to go. Smitten by her beauty, the man brought the woman home and married her. But a peculiar aspect of his life began to make the man wonder. The woman asked for no firewood and this intrigued him greatly. One day he decided to decipher the mystery and came home early. He peeped through the window and saw the woman having her leg aflame and using it for firewood by thrusting it in place of a log inside the Chula or stove.

This frightened the man greatly and when he came home and the woman lay down with him, he began to perspire with fear. There was a lamp some distance away and the lady asked him to smother the flame. He just lay and wondered what to do. The woman laughed and suddenly elongated her leg and with a swish of her feet extinguished the flame. Seeing this man ran out of the house saying a Chudiyal had entered his house. All the villagers collected and a soothsayer was called. He told the gathering that the lady inside the house was a Chudiyal and she would kill the man. Reciting mantras the soothsayer went inside the house and by extra sensory powers and mantras ousted the Chudiyal who ran away naked from the house into the woods.

Tales of Chudiuyal’s abound in India and one wonders whether there is an element of truth in them. Maybe some authentic research is called for

Reports of paranormal activity come and go through the years but one incident changed my perspective on spirits. I realized that what we call ‘ghosts’ are pockets of trapped energy.

Years ago, a newspaper in El Cajon, CA, called the Daily Californian assigned a series of travel stories for me to write. One involved driving to Riverside County to stay overnight at a place called The Mission Inn.

This property has been described many ways but it is fantasy and whimsy woven into architecture. Life-size figurines rotate through the clock tower, hidden stairways lead into catacombs and balconies are everywhere. There was even a huge Buddha that you could sit in his lap and have your picture taken as Raquel Welch did at one time.

I was booked into a room, had done my dining review and started to go to sleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I felt someone right in front of me. Every single time. For hours. I turned every light on, then off and back on. It was exhausting.

Nothing would make it go away. At 2:30am, I gave up and checked out. I left the hotel and drove all the way back to San Diego arriving just before dawn.

I still don’t know what was in that room with me but I felt it and it was there. And I don’t believe in ghosts. After that experience, I did decide that maybe energy gets trapped. That is what my gut feeling was from that hotel room, something was trapped and I was invading its space.

Recently, a friend with a camera and I decided to try to do a video story on the historic Eagle Mine in Julian, CA and came upon a similar scene in the ‘hoist room.’ I wasn’t stunned as I recognized the feeling. My camera man had a different reaction.

He ran out of the mine and the only video we got is the ground as he ran. I wrote the story with still shots. He claims when he lifted the camera, he saw someone standing behind me.

Ghosts are pockets of energy trapped at the wrong vibration so they disturb the surrounding energy. When sensitive people get near imbalanced areas, some perceive angst. Sometimes, similar energy will join or merge temporarily. Boundaries dissolve and re-appear-but not at will.

When man began manipulating electricity and other forms of power, imbalances formed that may be felt by certain humans-artists, writers, creatives, etc. Everything was once pure energy that came down in vibration to ‘appear.’ Some clusters become caught in a rapid vibration and are perceived by the artists among us.

During the 5th course of Oprah and Eckhart Tolle’s online class, Oprah brought to remembrance something that happened to Eckhart after he dealt with one woman’s heavy pain-body. Following successfully delivering this woman from a tormenting pain-body, Eckhart went to a restaurant to eat. Upon entering Tolle felt a heavy presence and a similar disruptive force in a gentleman dining nearby.

Tolle: “It was particularly strange because it happened immediately after I’d had a session with a woman who had a very heavy pain-body at home. …It was so heavy that one could almost sense it in the energy field.”

Gross darkness can spiritually be felt as was in the days of Moses, when the Israelites could feel the evil in the atmosphere (Exodus 10:21).

As far as the immediate spiritual attack on Eckhart following the glorious liberation of this woman, this is precisely what Jesus said often occurs following a spiritual breakthrough. “Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts” (Mark 4:15).

Oprah: “Yes. We’ve all encountered people like that where it’s deep, it’s heavy, it’s dark.”

The man at the restaurant started shouting and screaming, becoming louder and louder. It was then Eckhart realized the universal pain-body (what I call the devil) was reacting to the woman’s recent liberation.

Eckhart speaking for the pain-body mentioned it was as if it was saying, “I’m still here. You thought you got rid of me, but I’m still here.”

The demon just jumped into another person having the most negativity inside. Drawing it in, people often unbeknownst to themselves open themselves up to and absorb demon spirits who later act out their anger through them.

Demon spirits are always on the look out for bodies to inhabit and express their evil natures through. When Jesus cast out demons, He once was asked by the demons to enter the pigs nearby. Preparing to cast the demons out of two men from Gergesenes, the evil spirits cried out to Jesus saying: “What have we to do with you, Jesus, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” (Matthew 8:29)

Satan and his demons know their time is short as God’s impending judgment is quickly coming. In the distance a herd of pigs were feeding, which the demons asked Jesus: “If you cast us out, allow us to go away into the pigs” (verse 31).

When Jesus said, “Go!” The demons left the men and entered the pigs. The whole herd of pigs immediately under the influence of the demonic spirits ran swiftly into the water and drown (v. 32).

Those watching this in dismay and fear fled to tell everyone in the city what had happened to those who were possessed with the devils (vs. 33).

This is just one of many examples of how demon spirits leave one person and seek to inhabit another. Jesus said when a demon leaves one body or house, it immediately seeks to inhabit another (see Matthew 12:43). If the spirit cannot find a place to rest, it will come back seeking to inhabit the same person (see verses 44-45).

The person therefore must become spiritually strong and full of God’s Word to defeat the devil when he returns with the evil spirits desiring to posses him.

After witnessing thh patron making all of this commotion after Eckhart entered the restaurant, the owner came over to Tolle and asked, “Did you do all this, did you cause this?” (p. 47)

Intuitively the restaurant owner discerned the spiritual connection that precipitated the disruption.

Eckhart feeling the negative oppressive energy heavily in the restaurant does not dismiss the possibility that the pain body (or demon as I call it) followed him to the restaurant seeking vengeance for the loss of its former home within the newly liberated woman.

There are seven distinct Spirits of God. Each has Her own name and sphere of influence, but all always act together to produce the very character and nature of God Himself. Here we will consider some of the symbols used to represent the Seven Spirits of God.

Some of the non-specific symbols of the Seven Spirits of God include: the seven -branched menorah (Exodus 25:31-40), the seven eyes on the rock (Zechariah 3:9) and on the Lamb (Revelation 5:6), the seven lamp stands (Revelation 1:12), the seven stars (Revelation 1:20), the seven horns on the Lamb (Revelation 5:6), and the seven thunders (Revelation 10:3). Even though each of these symbols represent the Seven Spirits of God collectively, we have no way of discerning one Spirit from another. However, there are also many other symbols which do separate into individual Spirits. For example, let us consider the Spirit of Life:

The very first revelation of the Seven Spirits, not including the many repetitions of words and names of God, is the seven days of creation. On the third day, which we will call Tuesday by tradition, the Lord created the oceans, dry land, and plant life, hence the Spirit of Life acted in creation. She is represented by the breath of life (Genesis 2:7), Her rainbow color is green (the color of life), She is responsible for the first plague on Egypt (turning the river to blood – Exodus 7:19-25), the seventh of the ten commandments (adultery), and is represented by the last of the seven commanded annual feasts: the Feast of Tabernacles (Deuteronomy 16:13-17). When we look at the book of Revelations, we find that She is represented by the church at Sardis (the dead church 3:1-6), the fourth seal which is also the fourth horseman of the apocalypse (death 6:7,8), the first trumpet (vegetation struck 8:7), the second blessing of the Book of Revelation (those who die will rest 14:13), and the third bowl of wrath (rivers and springs turn to blood 16:4). Obviously, similar lists could be made for the remaining Spirits of God.

If the Seven Spirits of God are so ubiquitous throughout the entire Bible, why is it that almost no one has ever heard a sermon or teaching about Them? I asked the Lord the exact same question, and He replied “no one asked.” Yes the Lord God is infinite. Yes we will be forever learning more about Him, His nature, and His ways, but it isn’t like this information was hidden. Certainly the ancient priests of Israel should have known there was something special about a seven day week and a seven-branched menorah, but they apparently didn’t care to look into it. They were more concerned about what they could receive from God, rather than contemplating the identity of God.

Most people would much rather seek blessings from the Lord, but not the Lord Himself, the Provider of those blessings, and rarely receive the blessings they desire. They live in ignorance and poverty by their own design. Perhaps the real reason we rarely receive the blessings the Lord has promised for those who seek Him, is the fact that we would rather seek the blessings than the provider of those blessings:

Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. (Matthew 6:31-34, NKJV)

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6, NKJV)

Meths, Metho, Methylated Spirit or Denatured Alcohol, it’s all the same stuff and you may well have a bottle of it hiding in the shed at home (which is a good place for it because it’s flammable). Methylated Spirit is 90% Ethanol and 10% Methanol.

But what’s so special about it? Ethanol, made by fermenting sugar, is completely biodegradable and when burned produces only carbon dioxide and water, and is drinkable. Methanol, on the other hand is a toxic alcohol derived from wood products and is added to the Ethanol to make Metho. That of course makes it undrinkable, forcing drinkers to buy their alcohol via the normal route and thereby pay their taxes. Hmmn.

Throughout the years of Prohibition in the United States, tens of thousands suffered blindness, paralysis or death because of the Methanol added to Meths. Good enough reason not to drink the stuff? Apparently not; it’s proven necessary to add other substances to make it really unpalatable such as Spirit of Ipecac which causes vomiting (nice).

All very interesting, but none of it explains exactly why I spend my money on it. Ok, so what do you clean your toilet surfaces with? Does it have a colour to it? How about a perfume? No doubt it contains an antibacterial agent? How much do you spend on toilet cleaners every year? Did you know that the perfume and colour added to cleaning products can leave a residue that, once the anti-bacterial effect has worn off actually provides a great breeding ground for bacteria? In contrast, methylated spirit kills bacteria and evaporates very quickly leaving no residue. See where I’m getting to?

I dilute methylated spirit with 30% water to make a spray that thoroughly cleans and sterilizes the toilet, door handles, light switches etc, particularly when there’s sickness about. It’s also brilliant at cleaning glass, removing ink stains (apparently, haven’t tried it), making your mouth feel like it’s about to explode (mouthwash), cleaning computer screens and keyboards (yes, honestly), disinfecting the skin before an injection or operation (!), cleaning timber floors (yep), preserving biological specimens, treating cold sores and assisting in the production of biodiesel fuel.

But I only like it because it cleans my toilet thoroughly, saves me money (once diluted by 30% it’s about half the price of commercial cleaners) and leaves my windows looking good (but keep it away from heat and naked flames). Now, time for a nice glass of wine…