Firstly let me say that it has been a while since I have written a blog. My readings, coaching and teaching schedule keep me extremely busy, and I know I have covered just about every topic I can.
I had some students recently ask me to update some things. They gave me some topics to write about so I will try to get that done in a reasonable amount of time.
The first thing that they asked me to reiterate is that we can manifest like crazy, and not get results. It isn't magic, it is simply energetic, like physics, there a re rules and laws. We don't get what we ask for magically when we ask for it. We usually get what we ask for, I say usually as there are a couple of rules for that.
Rule 1: You will be able to manifest a specific thing as long as it is not something that has been taken out of your path for this Earthwalk. How will you know? When you read the blogs on manifesting you will see that you first have to find out if it is OK through means such as meditation or muscle testing. That is ALWAYS step 1.
Rule 2: What you are asking for is something not harmful to yourself or those around you.
Rule3: You are asking for something for yourself, not others.
Then you have to have patience. When all three rules are met, the Universe answers, "yes", but the Universe does not always deliver "right now", it delivers at the best time for you . You also have to make sure that you are not asking something that effects the path of another. An example of this is one that was brought up to me a couple of days ago, and that is , "can I manifest that my ex's new girlfriends will go away?" Absolutely not.
Then there is the big one, the obstacle most people stumble over. You get not what you necessarily ask for , but WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND EXPECT to get. That energy is so strong, you have to be able to overcome it, and that is why people who have not gone through some training, some Universal Law learning usually fail at manifesting.
Remember energy attracts like energy.
Love and Light Gina
Monday, July 31, 2017
Monday, November 7, 2016
How you have behaved, or not, recently.....will effect your next 7 years.
I waited until the 11th hour to write this. The 11th hour of the upcoming Presidential election in the US. The reason why I waited, was that people had to be true to their behavior and beliefs, it was important that they do that. Why? The last year was shown to me as being a test. A test quite a few failed, a test that has been showing results to people for the past year.
Trump was, and is a catalyst. He is here to show if we are basically good inside or not so good. He is a Universal test. Now , let me be clear, this is NOT about WHO you voted for. You may have voted for Trump because you always follow the party line; you may have thought it would be good to have a non politician for President; you may have thought that he would be like the TV Trump and increase your wealth by making the nation more prosperous. You are safe.....at least you are if you were not hateful in your behavior in supporting your candidate. Those who were hateful supporting EITHER candidate, will, and already have been having issues with life.
Those issues will be a lesson, not a punishment, the Universe doesn't punish, on how to be more humble. I can't say it will be directly reflective on what sector or what avenue your hatred took, but three things were shown to me as areas people will suffer in, and already are. They are health, wealth and relationships. This will flow to anyone who has been hateful, even if they are not the least bit concerned with the election. This is about behavior thought to be "ok" because of the actions and words of the catalyst.
People with health issues will have them return, get worse, or new ones develop. They will have treatment become more difficult to obtain through finances or availability. There will be more physical pain in the world for those who were hateful. This doesn't mean that non hateful people won't ever get sick, if that is part of their path, that will remain, but those who were hateful will have worse medical condition than those who were not.
Financially things will cost more for you and less money will flow to you. Jobs, benefits, and financial worth will suffer in many different ways. Money flow will lessen and possibly stop. Again this has already been happening for a year. Have you lost your job in the last year and do not have a new one? Have you been hateful , deceitful, and damaging in the past year? Money will flow right out of your hands. Businesses will fail, and jobs will be hard to find.
Relationships will suffer. Even friendships and working relationships. Were you unfair and hateful? People will now be unfair and hateful to you. This is a lesson, a lesson on how it feels. This is a time of, for lack of a better term, instant Karma. People will leave you behind and you won't know why. People who are horrid to you will integrate themselves deeper into your life.
Look at your past year. Was it sickness? Job issues? Money issues? Serious relationship issues? What was your behavior? Were you hateful, reactive, mean spirited, unfair, prejudicial, unjust?
This can be turned around. It can only be turned around by turning around behavior. When you are less hateful, when you "do unto others", when you see the world from the eyes of people who are not like you, you can turn this loss around. Just giving $100 to a food bank won't buy your way out, you have to turn your perspective, be sorry, truly apologize, and move forward. About 1% of the people will be able to do this.
When you stayed out of the fray, nothing will happen either positive or negative to you along these lines, life will go on and will be in your power to make better or worse.
Those who tried to talk reason; to show others how to act; to bring light, true information and reason to discussions; to be factual; to try to calm others, will be rewarded. They will have better finances, relationships (including valuable new ones), and health.
Please remember this has nothing to do with whom you voted for, but how you acted during the past year. It is about what your words were, your thoughts, your actions. It is about how you treated others. Were you unfair, untruthful, hateful, harmful? Were you mentally, physically or emotionally abusive to others? Were you a bully? A cheat? A racist?
Living in fear, hatred and negativity only spawns those things, plus ill health, poor finances and bad relationships. Never make a decision out of fear or hatred. They will always be the wrong decisions.
You will see people around you who are complaining of new issues, and have been for the past year, look back at their behavior and see the proof in the words. When you are one of those people, please turn yourself around and make amends to the Universe. The downslide if you choose to stay as you are will go on for seven more years.
This last year was, IN PART, a test. Did you pass or fail?
I hope you passed!
Trump was, and is a catalyst. He is here to show if we are basically good inside or not so good. He is a Universal test. Now , let me be clear, this is NOT about WHO you voted for. You may have voted for Trump because you always follow the party line; you may have thought it would be good to have a non politician for President; you may have thought that he would be like the TV Trump and increase your wealth by making the nation more prosperous. You are safe.....at least you are if you were not hateful in your behavior in supporting your candidate. Those who were hateful supporting EITHER candidate, will, and already have been having issues with life.
Those issues will be a lesson, not a punishment, the Universe doesn't punish, on how to be more humble. I can't say it will be directly reflective on what sector or what avenue your hatred took, but three things were shown to me as areas people will suffer in, and already are. They are health, wealth and relationships. This will flow to anyone who has been hateful, even if they are not the least bit concerned with the election. This is about behavior thought to be "ok" because of the actions and words of the catalyst.
People with health issues will have them return, get worse, or new ones develop. They will have treatment become more difficult to obtain through finances or availability. There will be more physical pain in the world for those who were hateful. This doesn't mean that non hateful people won't ever get sick, if that is part of their path, that will remain, but those who were hateful will have worse medical condition than those who were not.
Financially things will cost more for you and less money will flow to you. Jobs, benefits, and financial worth will suffer in many different ways. Money flow will lessen and possibly stop. Again this has already been happening for a year. Have you lost your job in the last year and do not have a new one? Have you been hateful , deceitful, and damaging in the past year? Money will flow right out of your hands. Businesses will fail, and jobs will be hard to find.
Relationships will suffer. Even friendships and working relationships. Were you unfair and hateful? People will now be unfair and hateful to you. This is a lesson, a lesson on how it feels. This is a time of, for lack of a better term, instant Karma. People will leave you behind and you won't know why. People who are horrid to you will integrate themselves deeper into your life.
Look at your past year. Was it sickness? Job issues? Money issues? Serious relationship issues? What was your behavior? Were you hateful, reactive, mean spirited, unfair, prejudicial, unjust?
This can be turned around. It can only be turned around by turning around behavior. When you are less hateful, when you "do unto others", when you see the world from the eyes of people who are not like you, you can turn this loss around. Just giving $100 to a food bank won't buy your way out, you have to turn your perspective, be sorry, truly apologize, and move forward. About 1% of the people will be able to do this.
When you stayed out of the fray, nothing will happen either positive or negative to you along these lines, life will go on and will be in your power to make better or worse.
Those who tried to talk reason; to show others how to act; to bring light, true information and reason to discussions; to be factual; to try to calm others, will be rewarded. They will have better finances, relationships (including valuable new ones), and health.
Please remember this has nothing to do with whom you voted for, but how you acted during the past year. It is about what your words were, your thoughts, your actions. It is about how you treated others. Were you unfair, untruthful, hateful, harmful? Were you mentally, physically or emotionally abusive to others? Were you a bully? A cheat? A racist?
Living in fear, hatred and negativity only spawns those things, plus ill health, poor finances and bad relationships. Never make a decision out of fear or hatred. They will always be the wrong decisions.
You will see people around you who are complaining of new issues, and have been for the past year, look back at their behavior and see the proof in the words. When you are one of those people, please turn yourself around and make amends to the Universe. The downslide if you choose to stay as you are will go on for seven more years.
This last year was, IN PART, a test. Did you pass or fail?
I hope you passed!
Friday, January 1, 2016
Don't you want my birth date?
Happy New Year all!
I decided to get back into blogging more for 2016, and today I heard a question several times. This is a question that comes up every now and then, from people who generally get their readings online.
The question is "don't you want my birth date?"
No, I don't.
Spirit knows very well who you are and who I am. My guides and your guides come "face to face" when we are doing a reading. There is no need to make your identity more finite.
Many times online readers will ask for your birth, and tell you it is to help them "to connect".
What makes anyone think that a birth date would be a key to reading you? It doesn't make sense does it? So why do it?
People who are online can't see you. They can't see if you are 20 or 40. They maybe can guess by your voice or question, but they can't know for sure. When you aren't very good at what you do, you look for ways of pulling information from people, and the most popular is "what's your birth date"?
People who do that, know a couple of things right off the bat. Your age and your sun sign. They can then pull general astrological information and spread it throughout the reading. They can tell you that your Leo boyfriend likes the limelight, and most likely be correct. It is playing the odds. They also know that if you are 50 or older they won't talk about getting married and having children. Children are probably not in your future!
They can talk about how you will be a high executive in the far future if you are 20, or tell you how your past relationships weren't the best fit if you are 30 (which won't work well if you are 18). They will tell you to beware of health concerns if they know you are 60 and above, or tell you that you will start a new career entirely if you are in your 20's (a message that won't work if you are 70). They may say it is an important time to save for future retirement if you are 45 or older.
It is a fishing tool, they have important information from you to help make educated guesses before you have even spoken a word.
I cringe when people say , "I am "so and so", July 1, 1996, and he is May 3, 1997.
All I need ever is a question, and I ask a first name SOMETIMES to make sure you know that we are talking about the same person. Some people say "will my ex come back?" Have you had more than one ex? Probably, unless you are 18, maybe.....so I ask for a name. This way you know I am talking about THAT ex.
Many people who hear what they do not want to will say...oh that is probably me you are reading, or that is my other ex. It doesn't work that way. Spirit KNOWS who you are.....spirit KNOWS what ex you mean, but this way when I ask about "Bob", there is no way to say..."Oh that isn't my ex, maybe it was "john"". There isn't a way, even without Bob's name. It is a way for YOU to know we are talking about Bob.
When someone asks for your birth date, reply with "I'm sorry, I would rather not give that information". There is no reason why an authentic reader cannot read without your birthday!
You wouldn't want a reader asking you a bunch of questions, you want them giving you information, so why answer the one questions that gives them a ton of information about you? Give them your questions, and names, that gives no clues, but hold off on your birth date, it is not necessary.
Have a wonderful 2016!
I decided to get back into blogging more for 2016, and today I heard a question several times. This is a question that comes up every now and then, from people who generally get their readings online.
The question is "don't you want my birth date?"
No, I don't.
Spirit knows very well who you are and who I am. My guides and your guides come "face to face" when we are doing a reading. There is no need to make your identity more finite.
Many times online readers will ask for your birth, and tell you it is to help them "to connect".
What makes anyone think that a birth date would be a key to reading you? It doesn't make sense does it? So why do it?
People who are online can't see you. They can't see if you are 20 or 40. They maybe can guess by your voice or question, but they can't know for sure. When you aren't very good at what you do, you look for ways of pulling information from people, and the most popular is "what's your birth date"?
People who do that, know a couple of things right off the bat. Your age and your sun sign. They can then pull general astrological information and spread it throughout the reading. They can tell you that your Leo boyfriend likes the limelight, and most likely be correct. It is playing the odds. They also know that if you are 50 or older they won't talk about getting married and having children. Children are probably not in your future!
They can talk about how you will be a high executive in the far future if you are 20, or tell you how your past relationships weren't the best fit if you are 30 (which won't work well if you are 18). They will tell you to beware of health concerns if they know you are 60 and above, or tell you that you will start a new career entirely if you are in your 20's (a message that won't work if you are 70). They may say it is an important time to save for future retirement if you are 45 or older.
It is a fishing tool, they have important information from you to help make educated guesses before you have even spoken a word.
I cringe when people say , "I am "so and so", July 1, 1996, and he is May 3, 1997.
All I need ever is a question, and I ask a first name SOMETIMES to make sure you know that we are talking about the same person. Some people say "will my ex come back?" Have you had more than one ex? Probably, unless you are 18, maybe.....so I ask for a name. This way you know I am talking about THAT ex.
Many people who hear what they do not want to will say...oh that is probably me you are reading, or that is my other ex. It doesn't work that way. Spirit KNOWS who you are.....spirit KNOWS what ex you mean, but this way when I ask about "Bob", there is no way to say..."Oh that isn't my ex, maybe it was "john"". There isn't a way, even without Bob's name. It is a way for YOU to know we are talking about Bob.
When someone asks for your birth date, reply with "I'm sorry, I would rather not give that information". There is no reason why an authentic reader cannot read without your birthday!
You wouldn't want a reader asking you a bunch of questions, you want them giving you information, so why answer the one questions that gives them a ton of information about you? Give them your questions, and names, that gives no clues, but hold off on your birth date, it is not necessary.
Have a wonderful 2016!
Thursday, November 19, 2015
What happened to the Brotherhood of man and Lady Liberty?
When I was a young child in the 60's and 70's, the world took great leaps and bounds forward. It made great strides in equality, acceptance, and knowledge. Race , religion, and gender issues were being dealt with and things did get better. Resolved totally, no, but improved greatly. Woman's rights, rights of African Americans and Latinos, and relationships between races and religions all made great strides. A little later the Gay Community found more voice, and finally has found some of their goals met. We saw more and more inter racial couples, and men brought home Vietnamese women , something most of us had never seen before. It wasn't all roses and smiles, but it was strides in the right direction.
It was beautiful. We had the "Summer of Love". Peace signs were everywhere, marches and peaceful demonstrations. We allowed people to come to share the beauty of freedom in America. I remember a schoolmate from the Ukraine who told me how her Father managed to get them to America, and how the first time her Mother entered a supermarket she fell to her knees and wept tears of joy. You couldn't see American supermarkets on Google, nor in any publications, the vast choice and abundance was more than she could ever imagine.
There are still many people working toward making progress in all of our issues from being THE Melting Pot. Yet, things get resolved, people move forward and time marches on. We progress, we learn, we grow.Until now.
We have a country of abundance. It isn't always evenly distributed for sure, but that is because we are a Capitalistic country. Many people share though. There are charities, and organizations that do their best to make sure everyone has at least the basic minimum. Are there people who take advantage of these programs...... of course, there always will be, but that is no reason to stop the programs, or ask people to close off their hearts.
Now we have a world in crisis. We are a part of that world. When I hear people call for Isolationism, it just astounds me, we cannot survive in isolation. Cannot do it. Not without going without much, and we know Americans don't like to to without. It is impossible. World goods and economies are all mixed together, and they should be, it makes all of us stronger.
I grew up in a large city, and I will say that the large cities today still have a good grasp on the "Brotherhood of Man". Maybe it is experience with others, and learning that allowing those who are not exactly like us to be in our midst doesn't make horrible things happen.Maybe it is an education level. Maybe both, and more.
Now we have the world asking us to bring in Syrian refugees. Should we? Yes. Why? Because our world is one unit. When one country suffers, the trickle down effect makes all suffer, but more importantly it is the right things to do. People complain about Muslims. The Muslim religion (and we DO have freedom of relgion in this country), is a religion of community.It is a religion of helping others. Not all Syrians are Muslims, it is the predominant religion of the area, but not the ONLY religion.
Imagine yourself fleeing your comfy American home , with just the clothes on your back, and someone trying to kill you as you flee. You make a long, arduous journey, a deadly journey, and as you and your baby reach the shores of America you are told...get out, we don't want you here. How would you feel?
We talk about "What about the homeless here?" OK, so what about them? What have YOU done about them? There will always be homeless. Always. Sad truth, but some choose to be homeless, some are mentally ill, drug addicts, and alcoholics whose addiction and illness has a hold on them, that they cannot or will not break. Many cities have homeless shelters that do not fill until the temperature reaches 10 degrees or 110 degrees.
When you say "What about our homeless? What about our Vets?" or compare starving 2 year olds to gun laws, you aren't even beginning to make sense. My Grandma used to say "You can't compare apples and oranges". This is people's lives. Yes American lives are important too. However if I am a terrorist who wants to sneak in this country, you can bet I won't do it as a 2 year old fleeing bullets, crossing an ocean while starving and watching people die, suffering for days to come here and be assaulted, and insulted. I will fly first class on a jet and arrive on our shores with nothing incriminating, even my "country of origin" on my papers being bogus. To think that a terrorist would enter the country in a dingy is pure idiocy.
This country bases its' stand on all kinds of subjects based on social media and memes. Two of the LEAST informed places (and MADE to misinform) on this planet. It is so sad.
You are ALL refugees America.....most of your ancestors were refugees from religious restrictions in England back in the 1600's. You fled Poland, Russia, Italy, Germany.....and you came here, to America.
Take a moment and think about what truly makes sense. While you are doing that, read, and re-read the words written on the one woman who truly represents America. The statue of Liberty.......the poem by Emma Lazarus:
It was beautiful. We had the "Summer of Love". Peace signs were everywhere, marches and peaceful demonstrations. We allowed people to come to share the beauty of freedom in America. I remember a schoolmate from the Ukraine who told me how her Father managed to get them to America, and how the first time her Mother entered a supermarket she fell to her knees and wept tears of joy. You couldn't see American supermarkets on Google, nor in any publications, the vast choice and abundance was more than she could ever imagine.
There are still many people working toward making progress in all of our issues from being THE Melting Pot. Yet, things get resolved, people move forward and time marches on. We progress, we learn, we grow.Until now.
We have a country of abundance. It isn't always evenly distributed for sure, but that is because we are a Capitalistic country. Many people share though. There are charities, and organizations that do their best to make sure everyone has at least the basic minimum. Are there people who take advantage of these programs...... of course, there always will be, but that is no reason to stop the programs, or ask people to close off their hearts.
Now we have a world in crisis. We are a part of that world. When I hear people call for Isolationism, it just astounds me, we cannot survive in isolation. Cannot do it. Not without going without much, and we know Americans don't like to to without. It is impossible. World goods and economies are all mixed together, and they should be, it makes all of us stronger.
I grew up in a large city, and I will say that the large cities today still have a good grasp on the "Brotherhood of Man". Maybe it is experience with others, and learning that allowing those who are not exactly like us to be in our midst doesn't make horrible things happen.Maybe it is an education level. Maybe both, and more.
Now we have the world asking us to bring in Syrian refugees. Should we? Yes. Why? Because our world is one unit. When one country suffers, the trickle down effect makes all suffer, but more importantly it is the right things to do. People complain about Muslims. The Muslim religion (and we DO have freedom of relgion in this country), is a religion of community.It is a religion of helping others. Not all Syrians are Muslims, it is the predominant religion of the area, but not the ONLY religion.
Imagine yourself fleeing your comfy American home , with just the clothes on your back, and someone trying to kill you as you flee. You make a long, arduous journey, a deadly journey, and as you and your baby reach the shores of America you are told...get out, we don't want you here. How would you feel?
We talk about "What about the homeless here?" OK, so what about them? What have YOU done about them? There will always be homeless. Always. Sad truth, but some choose to be homeless, some are mentally ill, drug addicts, and alcoholics whose addiction and illness has a hold on them, that they cannot or will not break. Many cities have homeless shelters that do not fill until the temperature reaches 10 degrees or 110 degrees.
When you say "What about our homeless? What about our Vets?" or compare starving 2 year olds to gun laws, you aren't even beginning to make sense. My Grandma used to say "You can't compare apples and oranges". This is people's lives. Yes American lives are important too. However if I am a terrorist who wants to sneak in this country, you can bet I won't do it as a 2 year old fleeing bullets, crossing an ocean while starving and watching people die, suffering for days to come here and be assaulted, and insulted. I will fly first class on a jet and arrive on our shores with nothing incriminating, even my "country of origin" on my papers being bogus. To think that a terrorist would enter the country in a dingy is pure idiocy.
This country bases its' stand on all kinds of subjects based on social media and memes. Two of the LEAST informed places (and MADE to misinform) on this planet. It is so sad.
You are ALL refugees America.....most of your ancestors were refugees from religious restrictions in England back in the 1600's. You fled Poland, Russia, Italy, Germany.....and you came here, to America.
Take a moment and think about what truly makes sense. While you are doing that, read, and re-read the words written on the one woman who truly represents America. The statue of Liberty.......the poem by Emma Lazarus:
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of
Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride
from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset
gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch,
whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and
her name
Mother of Exiles. From her
beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her
mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin
cities frame.
"Keep ancient lands, your
storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me
your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to
breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your
teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless,
tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden
door!"
YOUR ancestors were one of those that Lady Liberty talks of unless you are 100% pure blood Native American Indian! You ARE a refugee, or child of refugees.
In closing.......what have YOU done to make this world a better place today?
Bring back the love of the 60's and 70's, it is BADLY needed.
When you make decisions based in fear, you ALWAYS make the wrong decision!
Always.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Please don't use the "S" word! (soulmate)
There is a word that has actually been detrimental to the lives of many. It is a word meant to have a positve context, but what it does, is irreparable damage to many people. It is the other "S" word...soulmate.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge first used the word in 1822. He was a poet and he wrote about being able to spend your life with the one you loved. It may sound strange to us today, but many times in the past people didn't marry for love. Marriages were arranged, and many cultures still use that practice today. People sometimes married strangers, especially royalty. Marriages were arranged to secure lifestyles, lineage, and to make sure that property and wealth stayed in the family. Poets thought it should be different, it should be about love, and Coleridge wrote about a "soulmate", meaning to marry a person you loved, not one who was arranged for you. That was the positive connotation of the word soulmate.
All was well for a very long time. Two hundred years in fact.
The 1980's dawned with an influx of "self help" books, seminars and teachings. The word "soulmate" then became twisted. It lost its' original meaning and became a slang word. A word that evolved into being" the one and only person that you were supposed to spend your life with". It took all choice and free will out of the picture and made a terrible mess of things. People started writing books and making money, telling people how to find their soulmate, what a soulmate was, and how the Universe paired you together. Twin flames, love, ah......and all total 1980's catchword bullcrap.
There is NO one person that we are supposed to spend our life with. People blame their obsessive feelings for others to those people being their soulmates. They MUST be with them. Many times the so called "soulmate" disagrees, doesn't feel the same at all and a terrible emotional mess occurs.
We do have a soul group, 111 other people in our lives that are there for our life lessons in this earthwalk. There are relationship partners in that 111. There are all teachers in that 111. There are people to help in that 111, and most certainly more than one option for a relationship partner in that 111.
Your soulmate is not with another person, not married, not rejecting you, not taking out a protection order against you.....as much as you love and adore those people, they are NOT your soulmate. There is no soulmate requirement on any of us. We sometimes have Karma to fulfill with others and that Karma is a teaching lesson, and sometimes it is with our significant other, HOWEVER that is with our TRUE significant other, a person we are in a monogamous relationship with.
Soulmates are not an entity that the Universe created, a person we MUST be with. "Soulmates" in the sense of this is the one and only, are nonexistent in the metaphysical world, and are a creation of self help gurus in the 1980's.
The saddest part of all this is that writers, psychic readers, speakers are making a fortune off of people's unhappy love lives. They are doing very well at it too.
Soulmates in the poetic sense, are people who we love, who love us equally, and who share our lives with us, teaching and learning. They are true partners and people who we can depend on , and who can depend on us. They are NOT people who we "make up/break up" with, have a child with, but no other relationship, are unhappy with. They are not married to , or living with other people. They are NOT people who hurt us physically, emotionally, mentally, financially. They do not tell us to "go away" in any way, shape or form. Poetic soulmates, meaning REAL soulmates, do not do these things!
There is NO ONE PERSON in this life that you are supposed to be with romantically. There ARE 111 people attached to you in life to learn and teach, and some of them are relationship partners. Here is another newsflash, not all of us are supposed to have romantic relationships in our lives, we are here to do other things. I will give you a prime example. Mother Teresa. She had a mission, she had wonderful loving goals. She never married, she was a nun, and if there was anyone on earth that God would give a soulmate to, don't you think it would be as lovely and wonderful a person as Mother Teresa? Yes, it would, but the fact is that the Universe, God, fate does NOT have people picked out for us that we MUST be with. The Universe doesn't even put romance high on the priority list.
When people obsess over others, they become, in their mind, a soulmate. It is an excuse for behavior that is irrational, and sometimes extends to improper and even dangerous.
Please do not waste your life looking for your soulmate in the sense of the one person. NO ONE on this earth is here to complete you, or fulfill you, that is YOUR job. Poetic soulmates are partners. They love each other, do for each other, support each other EQUALLY, that is what makes them MATES.
When a person rejects you , move on. Do not become stuck because of some misguided idea that was created in the 1980's to make money, become your life goal. There are many things you are to do and learn in this lifetime, and the Universe's primary goal is not to find you a relationship partner. There are many more important things to be accomplished and learned. Many of us have partners we love dearly and who love us back just as strongly, that is a wonderful situation, but there is not just one person on this planet that you are supposed to be with.
When rejected move on, that isn't your soulmate in any sense of the word.
Don't become a catchphrase, live a life.
Let's bring the REAL meaning, the poetic meaning of soulmate back into existence, and rid the word of the 1980's catchphrase that has damaged so many lives. Move up and on, and make sure that you are living YOUR life in a happy way.....
Triple Moon Goddess Gina
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge first used the word in 1822. He was a poet and he wrote about being able to spend your life with the one you loved. It may sound strange to us today, but many times in the past people didn't marry for love. Marriages were arranged, and many cultures still use that practice today. People sometimes married strangers, especially royalty. Marriages were arranged to secure lifestyles, lineage, and to make sure that property and wealth stayed in the family. Poets thought it should be different, it should be about love, and Coleridge wrote about a "soulmate", meaning to marry a person you loved, not one who was arranged for you. That was the positive connotation of the word soulmate.
All was well for a very long time. Two hundred years in fact.
The 1980's dawned with an influx of "self help" books, seminars and teachings. The word "soulmate" then became twisted. It lost its' original meaning and became a slang word. A word that evolved into being" the one and only person that you were supposed to spend your life with". It took all choice and free will out of the picture and made a terrible mess of things. People started writing books and making money, telling people how to find their soulmate, what a soulmate was, and how the Universe paired you together. Twin flames, love, ah......and all total 1980's catchword bullcrap.
There is NO one person that we are supposed to spend our life with. People blame their obsessive feelings for others to those people being their soulmates. They MUST be with them. Many times the so called "soulmate" disagrees, doesn't feel the same at all and a terrible emotional mess occurs.
We do have a soul group, 111 other people in our lives that are there for our life lessons in this earthwalk. There are relationship partners in that 111. There are all teachers in that 111. There are people to help in that 111, and most certainly more than one option for a relationship partner in that 111.
Your soulmate is not with another person, not married, not rejecting you, not taking out a protection order against you.....as much as you love and adore those people, they are NOT your soulmate. There is no soulmate requirement on any of us. We sometimes have Karma to fulfill with others and that Karma is a teaching lesson, and sometimes it is with our significant other, HOWEVER that is with our TRUE significant other, a person we are in a monogamous relationship with.
Soulmates are not an entity that the Universe created, a person we MUST be with. "Soulmates" in the sense of this is the one and only, are nonexistent in the metaphysical world, and are a creation of self help gurus in the 1980's.
The saddest part of all this is that writers, psychic readers, speakers are making a fortune off of people's unhappy love lives. They are doing very well at it too.
Soulmates in the poetic sense, are people who we love, who love us equally, and who share our lives with us, teaching and learning. They are true partners and people who we can depend on , and who can depend on us. They are NOT people who we "make up/break up" with, have a child with, but no other relationship, are unhappy with. They are not married to , or living with other people. They are NOT people who hurt us physically, emotionally, mentally, financially. They do not tell us to "go away" in any way, shape or form. Poetic soulmates, meaning REAL soulmates, do not do these things!
There is NO ONE PERSON in this life that you are supposed to be with romantically. There ARE 111 people attached to you in life to learn and teach, and some of them are relationship partners. Here is another newsflash, not all of us are supposed to have romantic relationships in our lives, we are here to do other things. I will give you a prime example. Mother Teresa. She had a mission, she had wonderful loving goals. She never married, she was a nun, and if there was anyone on earth that God would give a soulmate to, don't you think it would be as lovely and wonderful a person as Mother Teresa? Yes, it would, but the fact is that the Universe, God, fate does NOT have people picked out for us that we MUST be with. The Universe doesn't even put romance high on the priority list.
When people obsess over others, they become, in their mind, a soulmate. It is an excuse for behavior that is irrational, and sometimes extends to improper and even dangerous.
Please do not waste your life looking for your soulmate in the sense of the one person. NO ONE on this earth is here to complete you, or fulfill you, that is YOUR job. Poetic soulmates are partners. They love each other, do for each other, support each other EQUALLY, that is what makes them MATES.
When a person rejects you , move on. Do not become stuck because of some misguided idea that was created in the 1980's to make money, become your life goal. There are many things you are to do and learn in this lifetime, and the Universe's primary goal is not to find you a relationship partner. There are many more important things to be accomplished and learned. Many of us have partners we love dearly and who love us back just as strongly, that is a wonderful situation, but there is not just one person on this planet that you are supposed to be with.
When rejected move on, that isn't your soulmate in any sense of the word.
Don't become a catchphrase, live a life.
Let's bring the REAL meaning, the poetic meaning of soulmate back into existence, and rid the word of the 1980's catchphrase that has damaged so many lives. Move up and on, and make sure that you are living YOUR life in a happy way.....
Triple Moon Goddess Gina
(C)2015. May not be copied, or reproduced without prior written permission and credit.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Getting the best EVPs.
By Dr Regina Wolf, co-founder of PRIOV
Our group gets a ton of EVP evidence when we investigate.
PRIOV (check out PRIOVohiovalley.com for more information about the group), is a small group of serious investigators. People write all the time and ask how do you get so many EVPs?
When we investigate at a location that is a paid venue, we only go to quality places that we know have generated good results in the past. You can't train , test equipment, or try new things, at a place that isn't haunted. We do however also get results on our cemetery walks and other investigations. You cannot MAKE EVPs happen, but you can make it easier to capture them.
First a warning....Do not try this at home! Seriously.
The reason is, that if you do, you will live in a place that rivals LAX and Grand Central Station for traffic. When spirits know a place is a source of communication, they flock there. It may sound cool until you try to sleep at night and someone wants to chat. It isn't healthy for you, or good for the spirits, so only use a recorder as an investigation tool in places that are venues designed for investigators , or in a location that your group is investigating. Remember also that investigating frequently stirs up activity, so you don't want to keep investigating a location that is anyone's home or business. When you investigate homes the idea is to then help the homeowner by providing experienced cleansers or holy people. When you leave with your equipment the connection is gone and activity will go back to normal, when you do this at home, it won't die down.
Now back to recording EVPs.
There are practical tips and technical tips. all will help you to pick up and understand the EVPs.
First , get the best recorder you can afford, the more expensive brand names do cost a bit more,but tihey are worth it. A Yugo and a Mercedes will both get you to point B , but the ride is very different. You need a digital recorder with MP3 capability. That will get you the best results. There are multi directional recorders still floating around out there, but you will notice that no one really uses them anymore, the new technology for the masses works just as well. Buy a Sony, Olympus, or other known brand name. Price will go up as capacity goes up, just like your laptop.
I need to insert a note here, do not rely on a smartphone. Smartphones are awesome, and I have one, BUT they are made for phone calls.....little tiny dots of a speaker that are actually engineered to keep OUT background noise ......when in a situation where you are trying to pick up EVPs, you don't want anything to REDUCE noise, you are trying to pick up what sometimes sounds like whispers. A phone is counterproductive.
Do NOT use a phone for serious investigating at all! (All those apps don't work either, the phone doesn't have the right sensors to make those apps work they are just a waste of your $$$$, and generally include some sort of spyware).
Now that you have your recorder (and probably spent between $60-80) you need one more thing, headphones or really good ear buds. Many times the recorder will pick up live EVPs and you can hear them as they happen. This is not always the case and we are not sure why.....but then there are still many "whys" in investigating the paranormal. Now one more little trick, take some Velcro and put it on the rear of the recorder (be careful not to block the battery compartment closed), and another strip on a strap or piece of clothing that will be part of your normal investigating gear (I carry everything with me in a molle bag, and the recorder is attached to it). The reason for this is that any movement is picked up by the sensitive mike. Evern your hands will make raspy noises that can obliterate EVPs. When you are hands off, and away from any interference, you will get clearer EVPs. This also frees up your hands to hold other equipment.
You still have work to do before setting out. You want to learn how that little machine functions, they are much more complicated these days and just pushing REC is only part of the process. It will most likely be dark, and you will need to be able to use the recorder without seeing it or reading the manual.
It is a pain until you understand the recorder, but get out that little book that came with it and make sure the recorder is set up properly. There are settings on it for recording. You want your volume all the way up when you record, EVPs are frequently low volume. You also want to set your recorder on CONFERENCE. This allows the recorder to NOT do what your cell phone does, and that is filter out voices away from the mike. You WANT to hear those voices, and "Conference" assumes you are in a large room, and the recorder "listens hard". You also want to make sure that your noise reduction setting is turned OFF. Again, we want to bring in as much as possible, not filter it out, to do that turn OFF the VCVA tab and turn UP your Mike Sensor. Make sure that the volume is up, and the batteries are fresh.
That is all the techie side to getting going, now the practical side of things.
First when you turn it on say where you are, the date, and who is present. Include the room where you are, for instance: May 1, Waverly Hills, KY, Myself, Bob Jane and May, first floor, morgue.
OK, time to see what you can get! The best practice I have found is to first say "Hello", introduce yourself, and ask if anyone wants to talk. When I watch some paranormal shows and all session they ask about a "known" spirit, I laugh. I just picture them asking "Bob" several questions, while Bob isn't there but 5 other spirits are standing around hoping someone asks them a question! It is OK to ask a specific question of a specific event , but don't limit yourself.
Take your time, give them time to answer. Time on the other side is different basically because time is a "man made" concept. I have also found MOST EVPS are captured when NOT when asking direct questions, but when walking around the location and even chatting with other investigators. Residual conversations do not answer your questions, they just are going on in the background, so asking questions won't bring in those EVPs. You don't want too much chatter and noise however, as you won't hear the EVPs, but leave your recorder on when you are setting up and touring the location, you will be surprised at what you get. Remember TV is edited for time and you get little pieces of everything that is being done.
When there are noises being made, such as a person walking , or someone clears their throat, mark it on the recorder as "George clearing his throat" or "May walking". Later you will be able to distinguish footsteps on a floor from a whisper and creaky doors from a groan. When you hear noises during an investigation immediatey go and check them out (that is a discussion for another day), and mark them also.
NEVER whisper while doing an investigation, and never talk in funny voices without marking it. If you slip say "that was me whispering" or "George talking like the wicked witch". You also frequently get burps, stomach growls, sneezes and yes, flatulence. Mark them all!
You can listen while at the location to see if you picked up anything, or wait until you go home. It is easier to listen at home in a quiet room, but you may be trying to get a direct response which is fine, just make sure you are not mixing up your recordings. Most recorders won't allow you to record over another one, they move to another folder, but make sure you know how your works.
When you are home listening, have a pen and paper. Write down the time and what you heard, this way you can get back to it without going through the whole session. Some recorders will come with a cord to patch into your computer. Save the EVPs on your computer so you can eventually erase the ones on the recorder. Otherwise someday the files will be filled and you will need another recorder! We use Adobe Audition to evaluate and label the EVPs, we then post them to our page and youtube.
Make SURE that it is an EVP BEFORE posting. We try to post only Class A EVP, sometimes others are so interesting that we post them, but generally EVPs are difficult to hear. Listen carefully when you go over your evidence! Remember to use the Grant Wilson rule....when in doubt , toss it out. Don't open yourself to even more ridicule by skeptics.
I will tell you that from experience we know that when having a psychic, medium or empath in the group makes for more EVPs, the spirits recognize talents and come to talk. Their light shines brighter and they are like having an "open for business" sign out.
Just remember the one very important rule....DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME. It really will make your life a living nightmare.
ENJOY!
(C) 2015 Dr R M Wolf, May not be used, copied or reproduced without prior written permission.
Our group gets a ton of EVP evidence when we investigate.
PRIOV (check out PRIOVohiovalley.com for more information about the group), is a small group of serious investigators. People write all the time and ask how do you get so many EVPs?
When we investigate at a location that is a paid venue, we only go to quality places that we know have generated good results in the past. You can't train , test equipment, or try new things, at a place that isn't haunted. We do however also get results on our cemetery walks and other investigations. You cannot MAKE EVPs happen, but you can make it easier to capture them.
First a warning....Do not try this at home! Seriously.
The reason is, that if you do, you will live in a place that rivals LAX and Grand Central Station for traffic. When spirits know a place is a source of communication, they flock there. It may sound cool until you try to sleep at night and someone wants to chat. It isn't healthy for you, or good for the spirits, so only use a recorder as an investigation tool in places that are venues designed for investigators , or in a location that your group is investigating. Remember also that investigating frequently stirs up activity, so you don't want to keep investigating a location that is anyone's home or business. When you investigate homes the idea is to then help the homeowner by providing experienced cleansers or holy people. When you leave with your equipment the connection is gone and activity will go back to normal, when you do this at home, it won't die down.
Now back to recording EVPs.
There are practical tips and technical tips. all will help you to pick up and understand the EVPs.
First , get the best recorder you can afford, the more expensive brand names do cost a bit more,but tihey are worth it. A Yugo and a Mercedes will both get you to point B , but the ride is very different. You need a digital recorder with MP3 capability. That will get you the best results. There are multi directional recorders still floating around out there, but you will notice that no one really uses them anymore, the new technology for the masses works just as well. Buy a Sony, Olympus, or other known brand name. Price will go up as capacity goes up, just like your laptop.
I need to insert a note here, do not rely on a smartphone. Smartphones are awesome, and I have one, BUT they are made for phone calls.....little tiny dots of a speaker that are actually engineered to keep OUT background noise ......when in a situation where you are trying to pick up EVPs, you don't want anything to REDUCE noise, you are trying to pick up what sometimes sounds like whispers. A phone is counterproductive.
Do NOT use a phone for serious investigating at all! (All those apps don't work either, the phone doesn't have the right sensors to make those apps work they are just a waste of your $$$$, and generally include some sort of spyware).
Now that you have your recorder (and probably spent between $60-80) you need one more thing, headphones or really good ear buds. Many times the recorder will pick up live EVPs and you can hear them as they happen. This is not always the case and we are not sure why.....but then there are still many "whys" in investigating the paranormal. Now one more little trick, take some Velcro and put it on the rear of the recorder (be careful not to block the battery compartment closed), and another strip on a strap or piece of clothing that will be part of your normal investigating gear (I carry everything with me in a molle bag, and the recorder is attached to it). The reason for this is that any movement is picked up by the sensitive mike. Evern your hands will make raspy noises that can obliterate EVPs. When you are hands off, and away from any interference, you will get clearer EVPs. This also frees up your hands to hold other equipment.
You still have work to do before setting out. You want to learn how that little machine functions, they are much more complicated these days and just pushing REC is only part of the process. It will most likely be dark, and you will need to be able to use the recorder without seeing it or reading the manual.
It is a pain until you understand the recorder, but get out that little book that came with it and make sure the recorder is set up properly. There are settings on it for recording. You want your volume all the way up when you record, EVPs are frequently low volume. You also want to set your recorder on CONFERENCE. This allows the recorder to NOT do what your cell phone does, and that is filter out voices away from the mike. You WANT to hear those voices, and "Conference" assumes you are in a large room, and the recorder "listens hard". You also want to make sure that your noise reduction setting is turned OFF. Again, we want to bring in as much as possible, not filter it out, to do that turn OFF the VCVA tab and turn UP your Mike Sensor. Make sure that the volume is up, and the batteries are fresh.
That is all the techie side to getting going, now the practical side of things.
First when you turn it on say where you are, the date, and who is present. Include the room where you are, for instance: May 1, Waverly Hills, KY, Myself, Bob Jane and May, first floor, morgue.
OK, time to see what you can get! The best practice I have found is to first say "Hello", introduce yourself, and ask if anyone wants to talk. When I watch some paranormal shows and all session they ask about a "known" spirit, I laugh. I just picture them asking "Bob" several questions, while Bob isn't there but 5 other spirits are standing around hoping someone asks them a question! It is OK to ask a specific question of a specific event , but don't limit yourself.
Take your time, give them time to answer. Time on the other side is different basically because time is a "man made" concept. I have also found MOST EVPS are captured when NOT when asking direct questions, but when walking around the location and even chatting with other investigators. Residual conversations do not answer your questions, they just are going on in the background, so asking questions won't bring in those EVPs. You don't want too much chatter and noise however, as you won't hear the EVPs, but leave your recorder on when you are setting up and touring the location, you will be surprised at what you get. Remember TV is edited for time and you get little pieces of everything that is being done.
When there are noises being made, such as a person walking , or someone clears their throat, mark it on the recorder as "George clearing his throat" or "May walking". Later you will be able to distinguish footsteps on a floor from a whisper and creaky doors from a groan. When you hear noises during an investigation immediatey go and check them out (that is a discussion for another day), and mark them also.
NEVER whisper while doing an investigation, and never talk in funny voices without marking it. If you slip say "that was me whispering" or "George talking like the wicked witch". You also frequently get burps, stomach growls, sneezes and yes, flatulence. Mark them all!
You can listen while at the location to see if you picked up anything, or wait until you go home. It is easier to listen at home in a quiet room, but you may be trying to get a direct response which is fine, just make sure you are not mixing up your recordings. Most recorders won't allow you to record over another one, they move to another folder, but make sure you know how your works.
When you are home listening, have a pen and paper. Write down the time and what you heard, this way you can get back to it without going through the whole session. Some recorders will come with a cord to patch into your computer. Save the EVPs on your computer so you can eventually erase the ones on the recorder. Otherwise someday the files will be filled and you will need another recorder! We use Adobe Audition to evaluate and label the EVPs, we then post them to our page and youtube.
Make SURE that it is an EVP BEFORE posting. We try to post only Class A EVP, sometimes others are so interesting that we post them, but generally EVPs are difficult to hear. Listen carefully when you go over your evidence! Remember to use the Grant Wilson rule....when in doubt , toss it out. Don't open yourself to even more ridicule by skeptics.
I will tell you that from experience we know that when having a psychic, medium or empath in the group makes for more EVPs, the spirits recognize talents and come to talk. Their light shines brighter and they are like having an "open for business" sign out.
Just remember the one very important rule....DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME. It really will make your life a living nightmare.
ENJOY!
(C) 2015 Dr R M Wolf, May not be used, copied or reproduced without prior written permission.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Not everything is paranormal.
I joined a page on Facebook....it is supposed to be about people needing help of a paranormal team. I have one of those...a paranormal team...so I joined. WOW.
It is scary how many people think that they are experts on the paranormal and their photo is showing...demons, ghosts, unusual animals, you name it. It is pure Pareidolia. Our brains are hardwired to look for "sense" in what we see.We can't help it. Many of us have sat outside and looked at the clouds and said "that one looks like an elephant" or " I see an alligator". That is us playing with our mind's ability to "see things".
When we look at the world and something seems off, whether it is perspective, light, or an optical illusion, it catches our attention and makes us take a second look. How many times have you or someone you know said something along the lines of " I thought that was a cat on the chair, it's Bob's winter hat".
We do it all the time.
We need to make sense out of what we are seeing, it is a survival instinct that we don't need as much as we used to when we lived in caves, but it is neuroscience. It is real.
Today the paranormal is HOT HOT HOT. It used to be if you talked about ghosts or hearing things, you were nuts. Today it is almost the national past time (sorry baseball). Cameras do things on their own, especially the newer , more sophisticated automatics. They can create abnormalities, and they can "see" much better than their predecessors, bringing out things that we didn't see before (especially when it pertains to light). We are now seeing things that were always there, but we couldn't see them before. They must be paranormal! No, they must not be.....paranormal photographic evidence is the hardest to achieve (audio being the easiest). Cell phones are great at the number of pixels, but that ends it. They are terrible for taking "authentic" photos.
The internet is not only full of pareidolia examples, but fakes. It is so hard to weed out the one in a thousand these days. Everyone wants to have the paranormal photo, even if it isn't really a paranormal photo, they will make it one , by imagination or trickery.
I have learned a lot on the past few years about what cameras will do. I can tell you that a flash is your worst enemy. Flash creates false photos. When the light is just right, light rain, taken with a flash camera, can look like little balls of fire coming up out of the earth (rain bounces when it hits the ground). The photos look cool, but are not paranormal in any way. Once you see the way light reacts, and duplicate it, you understand what cameras can do. Pareidolia is a whole other issue.
One thing to know is that if you have to point it out, it probably isn't paranormal. When others say they don't see anything, it isn't because they are blind or idiots, it is because they are looking at it critically, which allows them to control how the mind is reacting to some extent.
The worst thing you can do besides take a flash photo, is take one in a mirror or other reflective surface. Never take a photo through a window, in a mirror, or shiny metal surface, you will see all kinds of things that aren't paranormal, including yourself. We will never use a photo taken in such circumstances as they are too open to not only not being real, but not being provable.
People mention orbs all the time. First of all, we don't even know if "real" orbs are paranormal, it is just energy. Some may be related to ghostly activity, some may not. It may be a moment when we see normal science . Energy doing its' thing, remember, cameras see better these days. I have NEVER had an orb guarantee paranormal events are happening. I will see a thousand photos of dust, pollen, pet dander, moisture, or bugs before I see an honest to goodness orb. They are rare, not as rare as a full body apparition, but rare. We don't call those streaks of light orbs, we call them "light anomalies". Light anomalies just means, the light is doing something abnormal. The abnormal reaction can be to normal things...including your camera flash. Movement of the light is important in determining what it is, when it turns at 90 degree angles it is more likely paranormal.
Orbs don't mean there is a haunting, they don't mean anything, so most paranormal investigators disregard orbs altogether. Lay people get excited over them , real investigators ignore them. There are much better ways of showing a paranormal event, like an investigator picking up a voice on a recorder when the investigator right next to them does not.
When you have a real paranormal investigating team checking things out for you , they will investigate. That means, they try to find out alternative reasons, they try to recreate it, they try to find an answer, when there is not a "normal" answer, they say it is paraNORMAL, or above the norm. Now, paranormal, means above the normal, beyond what you will normally see, that does NOT mean it is a ghost. It means it is UNUSUAL.
I have lived in two haunted houses, have experience , training and life events galore, and I am so skeptical about most of what I see because I know what the real deal looks like, sounds like; what cameras can and can't do; what other explanations there are; I know what pareidolia is.....
Not everything is paranormal. When someone says it is not....don't be disappointed, and certainly don't be hostile, instead try to capture some other evidence. Now, that being said...NEVER do investigations where you live, in your own home. NEVER take out a recorder and ask if someone is there. Bring in someone to do that, and who will leave and take the communication device with them. When you investigate in your own home the level of activity increases. Some have thought that would be fun, but they thought that for a very short time, then they call in people to stop the activity. Sometimes people, not homes, become haunted and you really don't want to be that person .
Not everything is paranormal. When you have to imagine or create an image like you do with clouds, it isn't there. When you have to try to see it, it isn't there. It is just normal camera reaction 99% of the time.
Happy investigating!
(C) 2015 Dr R M Wolf. May not be used, copied or reproduced without priior written permission.
It is scary how many people think that they are experts on the paranormal and their photo is showing...demons, ghosts, unusual animals, you name it. It is pure Pareidolia. Our brains are hardwired to look for "sense" in what we see.We can't help it. Many of us have sat outside and looked at the clouds and said "that one looks like an elephant" or " I see an alligator". That is us playing with our mind's ability to "see things".
When we look at the world and something seems off, whether it is perspective, light, or an optical illusion, it catches our attention and makes us take a second look. How many times have you or someone you know said something along the lines of " I thought that was a cat on the chair, it's Bob's winter hat".
We do it all the time.
We need to make sense out of what we are seeing, it is a survival instinct that we don't need as much as we used to when we lived in caves, but it is neuroscience. It is real.
Today the paranormal is HOT HOT HOT. It used to be if you talked about ghosts or hearing things, you were nuts. Today it is almost the national past time (sorry baseball). Cameras do things on their own, especially the newer , more sophisticated automatics. They can create abnormalities, and they can "see" much better than their predecessors, bringing out things that we didn't see before (especially when it pertains to light). We are now seeing things that were always there, but we couldn't see them before. They must be paranormal! No, they must not be.....paranormal photographic evidence is the hardest to achieve (audio being the easiest). Cell phones are great at the number of pixels, but that ends it. They are terrible for taking "authentic" photos.
The internet is not only full of pareidolia examples, but fakes. It is so hard to weed out the one in a thousand these days. Everyone wants to have the paranormal photo, even if it isn't really a paranormal photo, they will make it one , by imagination or trickery.
I have learned a lot on the past few years about what cameras will do. I can tell you that a flash is your worst enemy. Flash creates false photos. When the light is just right, light rain, taken with a flash camera, can look like little balls of fire coming up out of the earth (rain bounces when it hits the ground). The photos look cool, but are not paranormal in any way. Once you see the way light reacts, and duplicate it, you understand what cameras can do. Pareidolia is a whole other issue.
One thing to know is that if you have to point it out, it probably isn't paranormal. When others say they don't see anything, it isn't because they are blind or idiots, it is because they are looking at it critically, which allows them to control how the mind is reacting to some extent.
The worst thing you can do besides take a flash photo, is take one in a mirror or other reflective surface. Never take a photo through a window, in a mirror, or shiny metal surface, you will see all kinds of things that aren't paranormal, including yourself. We will never use a photo taken in such circumstances as they are too open to not only not being real, but not being provable.
People mention orbs all the time. First of all, we don't even know if "real" orbs are paranormal, it is just energy. Some may be related to ghostly activity, some may not. It may be a moment when we see normal science . Energy doing its' thing, remember, cameras see better these days. I have NEVER had an orb guarantee paranormal events are happening. I will see a thousand photos of dust, pollen, pet dander, moisture, or bugs before I see an honest to goodness orb. They are rare, not as rare as a full body apparition, but rare. We don't call those streaks of light orbs, we call them "light anomalies". Light anomalies just means, the light is doing something abnormal. The abnormal reaction can be to normal things...including your camera flash. Movement of the light is important in determining what it is, when it turns at 90 degree angles it is more likely paranormal.
Orbs don't mean there is a haunting, they don't mean anything, so most paranormal investigators disregard orbs altogether. Lay people get excited over them , real investigators ignore them. There are much better ways of showing a paranormal event, like an investigator picking up a voice on a recorder when the investigator right next to them does not.
When you have a real paranormal investigating team checking things out for you , they will investigate. That means, they try to find out alternative reasons, they try to recreate it, they try to find an answer, when there is not a "normal" answer, they say it is paraNORMAL, or above the norm. Now, paranormal, means above the normal, beyond what you will normally see, that does NOT mean it is a ghost. It means it is UNUSUAL.
I have lived in two haunted houses, have experience , training and life events galore, and I am so skeptical about most of what I see because I know what the real deal looks like, sounds like; what cameras can and can't do; what other explanations there are; I know what pareidolia is.....
Not everything is paranormal. When someone says it is not....don't be disappointed, and certainly don't be hostile, instead try to capture some other evidence. Now, that being said...NEVER do investigations where you live, in your own home. NEVER take out a recorder and ask if someone is there. Bring in someone to do that, and who will leave and take the communication device with them. When you investigate in your own home the level of activity increases. Some have thought that would be fun, but they thought that for a very short time, then they call in people to stop the activity. Sometimes people, not homes, become haunted and you really don't want to be that person .
Not everything is paranormal. When you have to imagine or create an image like you do with clouds, it isn't there. When you have to try to see it, it isn't there. It is just normal camera reaction 99% of the time.
Happy investigating!
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