Possession of spirits into yourself. Possession by evil spirits

Strange, negative behavior of a person is often explained by the settling of one or another alien creature in his astral body. This is not such a rare case, and even those who are far from esotericism and spiritual teachings and practices can notice signs of an essence entering a person.

Reasons for moving in

There are two types of creatures that can move in with a person - these are low- and high-vibration creatures. Entities with high vibration can be called friends - they enter into symbiosis with a person in order to protect, help and advise, that is, to bring benefit. Such sharing occurs as a result of magical practices and ancestral heritage, and often a person is fully aware of the presence of the essence within himself.

Unfortunately, cases of precisely this type of settlement are the most common. Entities with low vibration are dangerous, and the reasons for their settlement may be the following:

Carelessness during a magical ritual or spiritual practices.
Conscious decision to share essence into your body.
Strong negative emotions and thoughts - hatred, anger, desire for death, anger at the whole world, and so on.
Presence of vicious addictions and bad habits - drunkenness, smoking, drug addiction, fornication, committing crimes of various types, and more.
Lack of astral protection, a decrease in “spiritual immunity” - every person has a natural spiritual defense (, ancestral protector, and so on), which during life, for various reasons, can be depleted and even disappear.

A low-vibration entity can move into a person during:

The absence of his consciousness in the physical shell (during sleep or anesthesia).
Spiritual practice, for example, a seance or trance.
Taking drugs and alcoholic substances - that is, those that cloud the mind.
When taking sleeping pills and strong tranquilizers.

Another special case of inhabiting an entity with a low vibration is corruption. Some magicians and sorcerers inflict damage or a curse on a person by attaching an unfavorable entity to him, which will dry the individual to the bottom, thereby killing him. Such magic is unusually strong, and it is almost impossible to get rid of it.

Signs of an entity

The essence enters the human body through a small gap in the body, which opens due to the above reasons. For some time, the entity remains inactive, showing no signs of its existence, and gains strength. This incubation period can last from several months to several years, and the longer the creature is in the human body, the stronger it is and the more difficult it is to expel or destroy it.

The essence appears very sharply, and then the behavior of the “vessel” suddenly changes. This becomes noticeable to the people around him - even the nicest and most well-mannered person becomes rude, irritable, aggressive, and begins to develop bad habits.

Main features subdivisions:

"Fog" in the head, detachment from reality.
Panic fear, strengthening of existing phobias.
Permanent anxiety, development of paranoia and other mental illnesses.
Apathetic state when a person cannot and does not want to perform any actions (for example, such a person can stare at one point for hours).
Loss of appetite or, conversely, eating large amounts of junk food.
Insomnia.
Tremor arms and legs.
Seizures like an epileptic attack.
Permanent Bad mood, development of depressive states.
The emergence of bad habits and addictions - drinking alcohol, drugs, sexual liberation.
Reluctance to take care of one's appearance and personal hygiene.
The desire to accept physical and mental pain others (quarrels, fights, humiliation, and so on).
Suicidal thoughts and impulses.
Indifference to yourself and those around you.
Severe pain and vibrations in the chest area.

In the case of a difficult situation or possession by a particularly strong entity, a person may hear voices and see unpleasant hallucinations. He becomes obsessed with the idea of hurting someone or committing suicide. Often such people become patients in psychiatric hospitals and outcasts from society.

It is also worth mentioning external changes. The more a person is under the influence of a malevolent entity, the worse he looks. as if it is slowly flowing out of it - the eyes become cloudy, dead, lose their shine, the quality of the skin deteriorates, bags and dark circles appear under the eyes. Such a person, as a rule, becomes painfully thin, haggard, and his hair and teeth may actively fall out.

Such external changes are also appear suddenly but progress quickly. Soon the unfortunate person becomes unpleasant to be around.

Consequences

Having become familiar with the signs of a foreign entity being in the human body, it is easy to guess that nothing good can be expected from such a neighbor. Entities with low vibration prey on human energy - it is food for them and the meaning of existence. But they cannot penetrate the body of any person, so they look for a victim among weakened people, and then penetrate it.

All people from time to time are in a zone of vulnerability for these creatures: in a bad mood, loss of strength, grief from the loss of a loved one or animal, despondency, irritability, and so on. It is not for nothing that the Bible lists despondency as one of the most terrible mortal sins - after all, it is in this state that even the most righteous person is vulnerable to the penetration of dark forces within him.

The main consequences of settlement:

Decreased immune defense body.
The emergence of diseases varying degrees of severity (from a simple cold to cancer, AIDS, and so on).
Development of mental illness(very often this is schizophrenia, paranoia, Cotard's syndrome).
A loss, loss of strength, bad mood.
Death.
Soul Destruction a person, the seizure of his body by an alien entity (such a consequence is an extremely rare phenomenon, but the losses and troubles from it are colossal. This phenomenon is often shown in horror films, for example, in “Insidious”, “The Last Exorcism”, “The Conjuring” and others ).

Invaders are dangerous not only for the human carrier, but also for the people around him. To an entity that has attached itself to a person’s body, other entities of the same nature are attracted, like moths to a light. These arriving entities in search of food can weaken the energy field of surrounding people and move in with them.

How to get rid of it?

An entity can enter the body of almost any person, but driving it out can be quite difficult. Depending on the severity of the case, there are two ways to expel the creature - self-expulsion and contacting specialists.

A particularly severe case of attachment is called possession, and the process of eliminating the entity is called exorcism. As a rule, exorcism is carried out by priests with certain training and esoteric exorcists. To expel an entity from another person, the exorcist must have an unbending will and a pure soul, otherwise he will break and become another victim of the malevolent entity.

Often, an exorcism procedure carried out incorrectly or by an insufficiently strong specialist is useless - the entity stops its attacks for a while, seems to hide, and then appears with renewed vigor.

But freeing a person from being a settler is not all - we need to help him return to normal life, restore his health and emotional state. There are cases when a person cannot get rid of the consequences of this kind of proximity until the end of his life - he becomes a patient in a psychiatric clinic, kills himself, or from time to time suffers from attacks of inexplicable melancholy or depression.

As for the second method of getting rid of an entity, it requires strength of character. Such a person must monitor his every emotion and prevent the urge to commit a bad act in the bud. You need to ask yourself - “do I really want this, or is someone else demanding this?”, and be aware of your every action, and not have your head in the clouds.

To expel an entity yourself, you must follow the following rules:

Always to be “here and now”.
Don't allow yourself to be weak and fluctuations.
Create a daily routine and strictly follow it.
Control your thoughts and don’t give in to a bad mood.
Look for the positive and joy in everything, doing things that make a person happy.
Refuse from bad habits.

And remember that a person is the master of his body and his emotions, and he has the right to decide who is in this body and who is not.

The possibility of possessing demons in a person is not questioned by the Orthodox Church. The Holy Scriptures give many examples of the destructive effects of these entities on human souls.

Who is possessed by demons?

This phenomenon is called demon possession or possession: it is believed that a person is possessed by demons that have possessed him. Doctors often regard this condition as a mental illness, for example, schizophrenia, but in the case of demon possession, a number of certain characteristic signs are observed, and correctly performed church exorcism rites lead to relief.

According to the clergy, the devil or demon can only inhabit a person who is prone to sin. Sinful thoughts, vices, unrighteous lifestyle - such people attract dark forces to themselves. Here are the words of St. John of Damascus: “The devil takes up residence in demon-possessed people because these people have attracted evil spirits to themselves: they themselves have prepared a dwelling for the devils in themselves - swept and tidied up; unrepentant

by their sins, instead of the dwelling place of God, they become a receptacle for the unclean spirit.” In turn, Father John of Kronstadt said: “Demons enter ordinary people because of their simplicity... The evil spirit enters educated and intelligent people in a different form, and it is much more difficult to fight it.”. Often the devil possesses those who are involved in the occult. It happens that children suffer from obsession - according to the priests, the sins of their parents fall on them.

How does the move-in happen?

“Sin enters the soul not at once, but gradually, passing through stages of development from an extraneous, external impulse knocking on the soul, to the master’s disposal of it.”, says Father Konstantin Parkhomenko.

The Church divides demon-possessed people into two categories. In the first case, the demon acts as a second personality, a “dark double” of the person, that is, the victim exhibits signs of a split personality. In the second, the devil enslaves the human will to various sinful passions. For example, a person indulges in debauchery, gambling, begins to abuse alcohol or drugs, and is drawn to crime.

How to identify an obsessed person?

Signs of obsession can manifest themselves on both a physical and spiritual level. For example, a person’s voice may change greatly, as if someone else is speaking for him. Sometimes he imitates animals, for example, barks. Temporary paralysis of the entire body or individual parts may occur. Sometimes there are incredible manifestations of strength: a possessed person can lift enormous weights, easily free himself from ropes and chains, if he is tied up and shackled, he can easily scatter several people leaning on him. Also, in some cases, the possessed person’s eyes change color, they become cloudier, and the color of the skin darkens. Others develop a huge belly, like dropsy, and may experience weight loss. Sometimes paranormal abilities appear: the victim levitates, speaks non-existent languages, writes under the dictation of spirits, and may smell of sulfur.

Spiritually, serious changes are also taking place. Obsession can manifest itself in the form of obscene thoughts or behavior, hatred of God, religion and religious paraphernalia. Many demoniacs cannot enter the temple, touch crosses, icons, candles, or holy water. During divine services, they can begin to rush about, howl, sob, shout blasphemous speeches, and curse, as the devil tries to protect their soul from divine influence.

How to cast out demons?

Christ said that demons can be cast out only through fasting, the cross and prayer. In Orthodoxy, there are many protective prayers from evil spirits: for example, these include the prayer to Seraphim of Sarov, the prayer of Elder Pansophius of Athos “From the attack of demons,” the prayer of St. Gregory the Wonderworker and, finally, the prayer to Jesus Christ. However, practice shows that in reality these simple actions do not always lead to results. There is a special ritual for expulsion, which not every priest or monk has the right to perform. The ritual includes special prayers, fumigation with incense, and anointing. Moreover, during the process of exorcism, the possessed person can strongly resist, even causing harm to the priest. Therefore, as a rule, several church ministers participate in the ritual.

If you suspect that one of your loved ones is possessed by demons, you should handle him with extreme caution, and, if possible, contact clergy who have the right to carry out the appropriate reprimand.

More than half of the population lives and has no idea that they carry within themselves peculiar “tenants” that poison their lives and destroy their energy protection.

As a rule, the entity is an otherworldly creature, the soul of a person, who was unable to leave our world due to sudden death. Such spirits need the energy of living people at the moment of its activity (when a person feels fear, envy or other negative emotion).

A creature not from our world becomes a resident entity. It settles in the human body unnoticed in order to take away his energy. But sometimes the settler is able to control the actions of the one in whom he lives.

The spirit of a deceased person who remained for some reason in our world can become a settler. But most often, dark demons inhabit people’s bodies, thereby stealing strength, energy and health.

Signs of the presence of settlers and their varieties

Settlement occurs when natural human defenses are violated. This may be a consequence of mental trauma or weakness, as well as incontinence in anger, use of intoxicating substances (alcohol, tobacco and drugs).

The main symptoms of exposure include a sudden change in a person's behavior. He becomes fussy and irritable. Experiences obsessive and causeless fear, programming himself for the obviously harmful influence of the entity. Looking at a person you know, it’s as if you don’t recognize him, as if another person is saying the words and doing the actions.

Clear signs of initial obsession:

constant fatigue;
soreness;
panic attacks;
detachment from the world;
uncharacteristic behavior;
bad luck.

The next ones are demons or astral bodies that exist due to human bad habits. Their favorite food is an unstable emotional background. The more a person depends on his destructive passions, the more at ease the demon feels inside its owner.

Why are entities dangerous?

Transformations of human behavior after moving in are little noticeable to others. Only over time do loved ones begin to notice changes that are unusual for humans. This could be an unreasonable craving for alcohol, gambling, rudeness and inattention to wives, children or parents.

An exemplary family man suddenly leaves the family, a reserved and kind person becomes excessively aggressive and rude. The hard worker starts drinking alcohol and loses his job.

In rare cases, those possessed begin to hear voices and even see the very same vampires who draw life energy from them. They impose behavioral tactics on their owner and force them to commit cruel acts that a person is not capable of in ordinary life. Such settlement may well destroy a person’s psyche and lead him to a psychiatric hospital, and in the most advanced cases, to suicide.

Methods of getting rid of settlers

The most accessible way to get rid of the settler inside yourself is prayer. However, it is only effective if the changes in behavior are minor. If the larva sits deep, it is necessary to perform an expulsion ritual.

It is reliably known that entities are afraid of high temperatures, which means that a bathhouse, sauna or hot water bath should be first on your to-do list. A candle is also suitable for intimidation. If there is no church one, light a regular one while taking water procedures.

The negative energy raging within you is best expelled during the waning moon. The lunar calendar will help you determine the most successful day for this.

The time and place for the ritual should be chosen carefully. It is best to carry out the ritual during the day and alone, so that the released essence does not move into another person.

Gather your strength and begin to read “Our Father” as many times as necessary for the expulsion.

Concentrate and imagine a clot of negative energy that is bothering you, materialize it and start cutting off parts with what is more convenient for you: a knife, an ax or a sword. Mentally imagine the outlines of the weapon in the radiance of pure light as a symbol of purification and remission of sins.

If the entity has succumbed to your mental influence, you will feel it. Usually the extremities become hot, the palms begin to tingle, and in rare cases the person shakes, as if with severe chills.

The exile may last several days. If on the first day you do not feel any of the signs described above, continue the process. As a rule, three days is enough for complete cleansing.

During recovery, pay attention to inner harmony and balance. For beginners, simple meditations are suitable and will not take much time. Gain control of your thoughts and emotions and do not forget that anger is the most powerful vehicle for the introduction of entities. Take care of yourself and your loved ones and don’t forget to press the buttons and

Obsession, the holy fathers believed, can be of two types. There is obsession in its extreme manifestations, when a demon lives in a person as a second personality, and the personality of the possessed person is in a depressed state. But the state of a person whose will is enslaved by passions was also called obsession by the saints. Moreover, these two types may simply be different forms of obsession.

The holy righteous John of Kronstadt, who observed a huge number of people, noted: “Demons enter ordinary people because of their simplicity... The evil spirit enters educated and intelligent people in a different form, and it is much more difficult to fight it.”

In addition, in our daily life, passions often take over us and sometimes make us uncontrollable. A striking and very common example of this is irritation. Therefore, as long as the devil has something of his own in our being, we are more or less subject to him, and therefore, in some sense, we are also possessed. Through sin, our soul opens up to demonic influence!

The entry of the devil into the human soul can be compared to the entry of pathogenic bacteria into the human body. If a person is physically insufficiently protected, has a weak immune system, then he is open to the penetration of various microbes and viruses, the consequence of such penetration is illness.

So the devil, when a person’s soul has no protection, gains access to it. But what is the protection of the human soul, its immunity, a barrier to demons, and why can it lose this protection? While a person slowly but persistently improves, while his spirit is directed towards God, while falls are followed by sincere repentance, he is in the sphere of action of God and in spiritual security, but when sin becomes a habit, when a person’s whole being is subject to some passion - he is deprived of the protective cover of Divine grace.

He is deprived not because the Lord punishes the offender: the Lord always loves a person and is always ready to help him. But this is precisely the height and exclusivity of God’s love for man, that the Creator respects the freedom of His creation. And a person chooses himself with whom he wants to be: with God or with the devil. All that is required of a person is to turn to God, with his heart, his mind, his whole soul, and accept everything that the Lord offers him. However, if a person turns away from God, he inevitably comes into contact with Satan, there is no third option: in everything good and beautiful - God, in the opposite (even if at first glance it is attractive) - the devil. G

reh is our choice in favor of the devil; by sinning, we seem to turn our hearts to Satan. And this is the result of our free choice. In sin, a person, like Adam and Eve once did, refuses the gifts of God, leaves, hides from Him and opens himself to the influence of demons. Now it is not God, but the devil who has influence over man and gains access to his soul. In the Gospel we find vivid characteristics of the relationship between man and the devil into which a sinner enters. The Savior, addressing the Jews who questioned Him, once said: “Your father is the devil.”

What did the Savior mean? Just as to be “sons of God” means to belong to the heavenly world, to be in the proximity of God, so to be “children of the devil” means to have close, direct communication with him. From their earthly father, children receive their upbringing, character traits, attitude to life, but, above all, they receive their very existence from their father. Likewise, God's children are like their Heavenly Father because they live His life. People who have turned to evil, in their sins, are also similar to the devil as their father, because from him they receive their sinful existence and live his life. Repeatedly the Savior compares the presence of the devil in the soul of a sinner with the life of a master in his house.

A person ceases to be his own master; someone else controls his soul and body. The owner is free to do whatever he wants with his house: he can clean and repair it, or he can destroy it. Based on the fact that the essence of the devil is evil, that he is incapable of creation, but only of destruction, there is no doubt what the devil will do, being the master of the soul.

This is what St. says. John Chrysostom: “Demons, once they have taken possession of the soul, treat it so vilely and insultingly, as is characteristic of the evil ones, who passionately desire our shame and destruction.” And St. Basil the Great explains this passionate desire of Satan in such an interesting way: realizing his powerlessness in the fight against God, the devil seeks to take revenge on Him at least by inclining the image of God - man - to sin. The Apostle Paul says about sinners that the devil “has ensnared them in his will”iii. They are like birds caught in a snare; the hunter who catches them can do whatever he wants with them - they are in his power.

Thus, a person who is seduced by the bait of the devil (this bait is the deceptive sweetness of sin) finds himself in his snare. “Only birds,” St. Innocent of Kherson correctly notes, “rush about, try to escape from captivity, but we rarely do.” “The Kingdom of God is within you,” says the Savior. This means that not only after death, but already now we can join the Kingdom of Heaven, acquire it into our hearts.

The Kingdom of God is within us - this, according to St. Simeon the New Theologian, “when God is with us in unity.” But we have the power to create in ourselves both the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of the devil. One enters the Kingdom of God through improvement in virtues and knowledge of God, while one enters the kingdom of the devil “through being rooted in vices” (St. John Cassian). And just as we have the power to open our souls before God and let Divine grace into it or remain closed to him, so it is within our power to either let the devil into our hearts or to prevent him.

“The devil takes up residence in demon-possessed people because these people have attracted evil spirits to themselves: they themselves have prepared a dwelling for the devils in themselves - swept and tidied up; by their unrepentant sins, instead of the dwelling place of God, they become a receptacle for the unclean spirit,” says the reverend. John of Damascus. This is also confirmed by Saint Theophan the Recluse: “Our inner being is always contained; The Lord Himself stands outside and knocks for it to be opened. How does it open? Sympathy, predisposition, consent. For those who have all this leaning towards Satan, he is the one who enters... That Satan enters, and not the Lord, man himself is to blame for this.”

Examples from life fully confirm this pattern. It is important to note that hardly any of the priests are skeptical about the possibility of the devil invading a person, since it is to them, to the temple, that people come to tell about the mysterious and frightening phenomena that they have encountered.

Archpriest Grigory Dyachenko, a famous priest who lived in the 19th century, collected a number of characteristic examples of possession in his book “The Spiritual World.” Let's list some of them.

It is important for us that all these examples illustrate the fact: possession is not necessarily a consequence of extraordinary sins and threatens people who find themselves in some special situation; Most often one encounters the presence of the devil when the most ordinary person ossifies in the most banal vices.

Thus, a rural priest talks about what happened in a peasant family belonging to his parish. The woman, the mistress of the house, was famous for her sullen disposition and grumpiness; she was constantly seen quarreling with someone. It is not surprising that after one of these quarrels, when she shouted at the neighbor’s children for an insignificant offense, terrible things began to happen to her, about which her husband said in horror: “My wife was so furious that it was scary to approach her.”

In another case, the reason that gave the devil access to the soul turned out to be something that many consider not only not a sin, but, on the contrary, a positive trait, namely an easy, frivolous attitude towards life. Two girls chose the grave of a very sinful man as their place of “rest.” Having drunk, they began to jump over the grave and...dance.

When the girls returned home from the cemetery, they began to scream and made inhuman sounds. Not knowing what to do in such a situation, the girls were locked in a separate room and a priest was called. If there were children in their place, there would be no harm to them, but these were adults, conscious people...

It must be said that there are known cases of possession of children, and at an age when they are not yet responsible for their actions, and therefore cannot be guilty of possessing the devil in them. Of course, all this remains a mystery: why the Lord sometimes allows demons to dwell in an innocent creature, but there is still logic here: most likely, this happens to the children of especially sinful people. Just as a child of drug addicts or alcoholics suffers as a result of the sins of his parents, so the soul of an infant may be given to the devil due to the inappropriate behavior of his parents.

Just as in the case of parents who are drug addicts, there is no mystical punishment of God here, but the laws of spiritual life apply. The child develops in the atmosphere that he sees around him; he does not know anything else. If there is an atmosphere of holiness in the family, then from birth the child learns to communicate with God, learns prayer and a good, bright life. It is not for nothing that saintly parents and children often become famous saints (let us recall, for example, St. Sergius of Radonezh). But if the devil dwells in the souls of the parents, then the child also gets used to sin and his soul becomes open to demons.

I’ll cite an incident that happened to us several years ago, when our whole family was vacationing in the south. We were returning home from the beach by trolleybus. At the next stop, a fairly young man and woman with children – a girl of about six and a boy of about the same age – entered the trolleybus. The parents were obviously alcoholics, they talked rudely to each other, laughed at some vulgar jokes. The girl, having pushed everyone away, sat down with her brother (or friend) next to us and began to behave so boorishly and vulgarly that Father Konstantin was forced to ask her to at least be quieter. Then something unexpected happened. The girl turned to us, her face was distorted with anger, and she began to shout in a hoarse, shrill voice that she had seen Father Konstantin in the church, began to grimace and imitate the actions of the priests. We were dressed completely like a beach person, nothing showed us any special involvement in the church, moreover, we arrived in this resort town the other day, and Father Konstantin had not yet appeared in the church. And from the girl’s screams it was clear that she really didn’t know anything. The mother tried to silence the girl, as the whole bus looked in surprise at the literally raging child, but she couldn’t, and the whole family got off the trolleybus.

And in particular danger are children whose parents either themselves are involved in the occult sciences, or turn to people involved in this (for example, taking a sick child to their grandmothers in order to help in a magical way).

So, by deigning to sin, we place ourselves (and perhaps our children) at the disposal of the devil, who penetrates into the soul and takes hold there as we take root in sin. And the holy fathers noted that sin does not enter the soul at once, but gradually, passing through stages of development from an extraneous, external impulse knocking on the soul, to the master’s disposal of it.

O. Konstantin Parkhomenko

ACCORDING TO THE ORTHODOX PRESS

Can a spirit temporarily inhabit the body of a living person instead of its owner?

The spirit does not enter the body as a person enters a house. He must become like a person, have the same flaws and the same traits as the real owner of the body in order to act together with him. Only the embodied spirit influences the matter into which it is embodied. The incarnate spirit cannot be replaced by any other, because the spirit and the body are connected until the time designated as the limit of life.

If there is no actual possession, then can a soul be dependent on another spirit to such an extent that its own will is paralyzed from time to time?

Yes, these will be the real obsessed ones. But such domination is never exercised without the participation of the one upon whom it is applied, either through his weakness or his desire. The word "possessed" suggests the existence of demons, special malicious creatures, and their coexistence with the soul in the human body. In this sense, demons do not exist, and spirits cannot live in the same body at the same time. The word "possessed" must be understood only in the sense of absolute dependence on imperfect spirits into which the incarnate soul can fall.

Is it possible to free yourself from the influence of evil spirits?

You can always reset it if you have a strong intention.

Could it be that the blindness caused by an evil spirit will be so strong that the one who is enslaved does not notice it? Can the healer then put an end to this and what should he do to do this?

If someone wants to provide help, then his will can help by calling on good spirits. The more good a person is, the greater his power over imperfect spirits, because he attracts good spirits. However, even a saint will be powerless if the one who is enslaved does not himself strive for liberation. There are people who want to be dependent, and this state fully corresponds to their desires. But in all cases, one whose heart is not pure cannot help: good spirits will neglect the call, and bad spirits will not be afraid.

Do formulas for exorcising evil spirits have any power?

No, for spirits the form does not matter. But prayers contain magnificent and good images, and the one who pronounces them usually strives for good. In this sense, prayer has great power.

Is prayer a cure for obsession?

Prayer will be a reliable support in everything. But rest assured, it's not a matter of muttering a few words and getting what you want. It is necessary for the person praying to feel his call to goodness in such a way as to destroy, at least temporarily, the reason in himself that attracts evil spirits.

How to understand the casting out of demons by Christ, which is spoken of in the Gospel?

Very simple. A pure and kind person can cleanse someone possessed by evil, illness or vice by forgiving and wishing well.

Do spirits have special likings for certain people?

Angels sympathize with people of goodness or those who strive for development. Lower spirits sympathize with vicious people or those who can become them. Hence, attachment is only similarity. However, a Helper or another spirit living on earth cannot be absolutely objective. Sometimes the Helper turns out to be very attached to some person without any particular reason. This is his memory of earthly concepts of friendship and love.

Do deceased relatives and friends have a special affection for us?

Undoubtedly, and often they protect you as they develop. But they do not see those who have forgotten them.

Are spirits interested in our happiness and unhappiness?

Good spirits do as much good as they can and are happy with your joys. They are upset by your troubles, especially when you meet them with irritation, because these troubles turn out to be fruitless for you. From the point of view of an Angel or Helper, a person experiencing misfortune is like a sick person, and if he drives away good spirits with his groaning and irritation, then he is like a sick person rejecting medicine.

What thoughts and actions are most unpleasant to good spirits?

Selfishness and callousness. All evil comes from them; and there is little we can do about the misfortunes born of pride and ambition. We are very glad when, in misfortune, you find the strength to call on goodness for help and wish goodness to others. This reduces your testing time.

The angels, who know that physical life is temporary and that the troubles that accompany it are the means to liberation, are grieved for you more for moral reasons than for physical ones.

Helpers retain more memory of worldly misfortunes and are much more sympathetic to worldly misfortunes. At a minimum, if nothing else can be done now, the Helpers strengthen your resilience in order to bring you out of despair and then provide other help.

edited news Melford - 5-08-2013, 14:16