Is There a Difference Between a Ghost and a Spirit?
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Because a spirit has already crossed into the light, there is a difference in the experiences you will have when a spirit is visiting you from the other side and when a ghost is visiting you. The difference between a ghost and a spirit is where the soul resides. Is the soul still here in our frequency or has it moved into the light on the other side?
One who is in spirit is in the vibration of love, and they are no longer attached to the negative emotions they may have felt when they were still with us. The soul has crossed over into the light and is now on the other side.
A ghost, however, is still attached to this plane, or frequency, and still is attached to all the emotions they had here, and they still feel as they did before they died. For this reason, their behavior is quite different than that of one who is in spirit, therefore, the experiences of being in their presence are quite different. This is the main difference between a ghost and a spirit.
How Then Do You Tell The Difference Between a Ghost and a Spirit?
When Your Visitor is a Ghost
The difference between a ghost and a spirit may become very clear once you have had a visit from a ghost! When your visitor is a ghost, they will do things to try and get your attention if they are aware they are dead. Some are not yet aware and may be stuck in a moment in time. Below or some common things that may happen when a ghost is in your environment.
You may be positive you set something in a certain place, and no one has been in your environment to move it, but you find it is no longer there, and find it somewhere else entirely. They move things.
Doors or cabinets may open and close seemingly on their own.
Lights may go on and off.
Batteries in things may be drained of power.
You may hear footsteps or other banging noises.
What shows up if you take a photograph, in most cases, is ectoplasm, which looks similar to smoke, however, sometimes you may get a full image of a transparent person.
If you are a natural medium with clairaudient ability, the way you may tell the difference between a ghost and a spirit is you may hear a low-tone buzzing noise in your ears when in the presence of a ghost, or actually, hear the ghost talking.
If you are a natural medium with empathic ability, what you will feel in the presence of a ghost. will always be the negative emotion that has them stuck here such as guilt, fear, anger, or sadness. You will feel whatever they are feeling.
To a medium with clairvoyant ability, ghosts may appear to them through the eyes, and/or in the mind’s eye, or other information about the ghost may come through seeing within the mind’s eye.
When Your Visitor is a Spirit Who Has Crossed to the Other Side
Things associated with one who is a spirit residing on the other side tend to happen in 3’s. For instance, you may hear 3 knocks at a door or on something.
Spirits send animals, such as birds, butterflies, or even squirrels around or close to you.
Lights may flicker from the energy charge to the environment, but not as if turned on and off deliberately.
Flames from a candle may flicker, and even go out.
Frequencies may seem messed up on devices such as cell phones.
Photos taken most often show orbs with a sort of nucleus within them. (angels and spirit guides will also show up as orbs, and sometimes ones with colors such as red, blue, purple, and yellow among a few.)
If you are a natural medium with clairaudient abilities, you may hear a high-pitched ringing in your ears, or even hear sounds such as music within your mind.
If you are a natural medium with clairvoyant ability, you may start to see different things within your mind’s eye such as symbols or objects related to the spirit who is in your presence.
If you are a natural medium with empathic ability, you will feel a deep sense of love and peace come over you, as this is what exists on the other side.
Spirits who exist on the other side only have the best of intentions for us and are no longer connected to issues they may have had while here with us, as they now see and understand the greater picture, and are filled with love and peace.
However, ghosts are still very much attached to issues they had while still living and are still attached to the emotions they may have felt while living.
Rest assured, when ghosts are in your presence, angels, as well as the ghost’s loved ones on the other side, are also near as they are constantly working to get the lost spirit back to the other side!
Hopefully, the difference between a ghost and a spirit is clearer to you now. While technically both are spirits, those still on the Earth plane are referred to as ghosts, and most often those who have crossed over into the light are referred to as spirits on in spirit.
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