"Gone yet not forgotten,Although we are apart,Your spirit lives within me,Forever in my heart."
Anon
As the 1980's were coming to a close, I experienced one of the most difficult times of my life. My mother began a new journey into the afterlife. Although I know she is always with me, I miss her dearly to this day. On several occasions after her passing, I've had the pleasure of her energy (or spirit) visiting me to let me know that she was okay, or to offer guidance, or just to comfort me when I needed it.
Not long after my mother's passing, I developed an increasing urge for change in my life. Eventually I could not resist the urges, I packed up everything I owned, told my family and friends goodbye and moved to Tennessee in 1987. This was a huge leap for me, I left everyone I loved behind and ventured to a place where I knew absolutely no one! Strange thing though, once I got settled, it felt like the place I needed to be at the time.
I initially rented an apartment in a large complex and soon discovered that a country boy living in a place where you heard EVERYTHING going on around you, I moved out as soon as my lease was up. I found a nice house to rent in an older section of the city and set up housekeeping. Soon after getting settled here, I began noticing that when I was sitting on the couch in the living room, I would catch a shadow crossing in front of the light at the end of the hall. I also began to sense the presence of something/someone other than me in the house. This sort of gave me an unsettling feeling, but I wasn't frightened. It was always fun to see the expression on someone that had never been there, when they caught the shadow crossing the hall light. They would always quickly glance at me and say "did you see that"! I would then attempt to explain that I was sharing the house with a spirit.
One night, asleep next to my partner, I suddenly awoke to a noise in the bedroom in the direction of the closet. As I focused my eyes to the direction of the noise, I saw a man standing at the foot of the bed looking at me! I just froze! I eventually was able to nudge my partner and tell him someone was in the room, which he saw too. Then he just faded out of sight. Again, I was very started, but not frightened. I was almost happy to be able to put a face on our house guest. The next morning, we were comparing our experiences that night. While we both agree that we saw the figure of a male, he was not able to make out any features, basically all he saw was a shadow of a man. I on the other hand was able to see him as if he was flesh and bone. He was so clear that I could tell that he was looking directly at me! He was a young man of American Indian decent. Although he spoke no words, I knew that I was safe and had nothing to worry about. We continued to live in that house for several years until the house was ransacked by a burglar and I soon bought a home and moved.
It wasn't long that we had settled into the new home that we started with the shadow crossing the light thing. I soon developed a strong feeling of familiarity! You guessed it, our spirit had moved with us! About a year after that, I saw him standing on my side of the bed, the same spirit I had seen at the other house! I became very accustomed to having him around......almost comforted. One night, a friend that had never been to the house was over for dinner. After we ate, we were all in the living room watching a movie. When the movie ended, my friend asked if we knew that we had a spirit in the house. I told him yes and that he had been with us for a long time. He pointed to my side of the bed and inquired as to who slept on that side. I told him I did and he told me that the spirit was associated with me and watched over me. He confirmed it was a male, although he could not see his features.
I have since moved to another house, and guess who came with me? Yep, my spirit! Over the years, I have come to realize that his is my spirit guide and know that he is with me all the time. I find it comforting to know that I have him near. I've also realize that those little voices that give you warnings and such are really him tell me to be aware. And I know I must really keep him busy!
So, this brings us to the end of the history lesson and we can now move to the present time and the real reason for writing this blog, but that will come later.
For now.......Namaste
Not long after my mother's passing, I developed an increasing urge for change in my life. Eventually I could not resist the urges, I packed up everything I owned, told my family and friends goodbye and moved to Tennessee in 1987. This was a huge leap for me, I left everyone I loved behind and ventured to a place where I knew absolutely no one! Strange thing though, once I got settled, it felt like the place I needed to be at the time.
I initially rented an apartment in a large complex and soon discovered that a country boy living in a place where you heard EVERYTHING going on around you, I moved out as soon as my lease was up. I found a nice house to rent in an older section of the city and set up housekeeping. Soon after getting settled here, I began noticing that when I was sitting on the couch in the living room, I would catch a shadow crossing in front of the light at the end of the hall. I also began to sense the presence of something/someone other than me in the house. This sort of gave me an unsettling feeling, but I wasn't frightened. It was always fun to see the expression on someone that had never been there, when they caught the shadow crossing the hall light. They would always quickly glance at me and say "did you see that"! I would then attempt to explain that I was sharing the house with a spirit.
One night, asleep next to my partner, I suddenly awoke to a noise in the bedroom in the direction of the closet. As I focused my eyes to the direction of the noise, I saw a man standing at the foot of the bed looking at me! I just froze! I eventually was able to nudge my partner and tell him someone was in the room, which he saw too. Then he just faded out of sight. Again, I was very started, but not frightened. I was almost happy to be able to put a face on our house guest. The next morning, we were comparing our experiences that night. While we both agree that we saw the figure of a male, he was not able to make out any features, basically all he saw was a shadow of a man. I on the other hand was able to see him as if he was flesh and bone. He was so clear that I could tell that he was looking directly at me! He was a young man of American Indian decent. Although he spoke no words, I knew that I was safe and had nothing to worry about. We continued to live in that house for several years until the house was ransacked by a burglar and I soon bought a home and moved.
It wasn't long that we had settled into the new home that we started with the shadow crossing the light thing. I soon developed a strong feeling of familiarity! You guessed it, our spirit had moved with us! About a year after that, I saw him standing on my side of the bed, the same spirit I had seen at the other house! I became very accustomed to having him around......almost comforted. One night, a friend that had never been to the house was over for dinner. After we ate, we were all in the living room watching a movie. When the movie ended, my friend asked if we knew that we had a spirit in the house. I told him yes and that he had been with us for a long time. He pointed to my side of the bed and inquired as to who slept on that side. I told him I did and he told me that the spirit was associated with me and watched over me. He confirmed it was a male, although he could not see his features.
I have since moved to another house, and guess who came with me? Yep, my spirit! Over the years, I have come to realize that his is my spirit guide and know that he is with me all the time. I find it comforting to know that I have him near. I've also realize that those little voices that give you warnings and such are really him tell me to be aware. And I know I must really keep him busy!
So, this brings us to the end of the history lesson and we can now move to the present time and the real reason for writing this blog, but that will come later.
For now.......Namaste
