Haunted House: Haunted LIfe

Halloween is fastly approaching, where Americans will dress themselves (and their children) in witches, wicked clowns, goblin costumes, etc and party the night away. Over 2,000 years ago on October 31st, All Hallows Eve, the Celtics believed that the veils between our world (and the spiritual world, sometimes known as the 4th dimension) became very thin. They specifically had dark and cloaked ceremonies where they sacrificed crops and animals to deities that would no doubt endue them with knowledge of the future and allow them to speak to the souls of their dear departed loved ones.

Although we Americans have tried to lighten the mood and sometimes dress in funny, cute, endearing costumes, exchange candy and have fun… don’t fool yourself to believe the original intent has just cease to conduct the real activities. Witchcraft (casting spells), demonic summoning and psychic activities still do continue. But in our world today… these things have become common place. Do you think people wait until October 31st to Halloween it up? Noooooo… now they just call it… being “spiritual”… A RELIGION. Why call it spiritual, because its spiritualism or deals with the spirit realm, which is very real, believe it or not.

Ever been to a haunted house? There’s something intriguing, even invigorating about not knowing what’s around the next corner. Bumps that make you jump, screaming and unnerving noises that makes your skin crawl… It can be very very entertaining. But if you knew something very real was lurking in the darkness just beyond your view was waiting to capture and imprison you, would you go that way or avoid it at all costs? Sometimes we’re the one in the horror movie, in a very dark house, walking towards the killer… saying “Whose there?”

In the next couple of weeks we are going to explore some Haunted Houses, primarily you’re own… and we will crack open our own closets and hopefully address a few dead and rotting skeletons of our own. So rock with me. Let me lay this foundation for you before I bounce…

You have heard me talk about us being 3 part beings. Many people believe, as do I, that we are Spirit, that part that comes from God that gives us life. We have a soul, the place where our Mind, Will and Emotions live and they live in our BODY, also know as a HOUSE. The old church people say, “One day this house will wear out and we will leave it and go onto glory.” In case that confuses you, that last breath at death is leaving our house and moving on to whatever is next. Glory, is that place where you meet God (I believe every RELIGION will get you there.) But what happens next will determine where you will spend the rest of eternity. I don’t know about you but I’m a little nervous about seeing my life played out for all eyes (in Glory) to see… and then being judged for it.

Our house, has many rooms. Think of it as being a mansion with a wing for your childhood, one for your teen time and another for your adult life. What might you find in your rooms, both darkness and light. What doors have you opened and allowed … spirits to come on in? And what walls have you built? Where have cracks and holes developed.

Clearly everyone of our houses need a little renovation. Some issues you can addressed through DIY (Do it yourself) efforts, but some things cannot. You may need professional help… whatever it is, lets clean house to get ready for the holidays.

Join me for the next couple of weeks as we tackle a little SELF renovation!

Family Demons

Its hard enough reconciling your own behavior with whatever standard you hold yourSELF to especially if you hold tightly to a moral compass. In my older age, I have relaxed my standards quite a bit, feeling life is short… certainly I have less time ahead then I do behind me. And now more than ever I consider what the generations after me will inherit. Will I leave a legacy of dysfunction and poverty… or courage to face and unpack my baggage so that it will not carry over.  I don’t want any skeletons in my closet coming back to haunt or torment my loved ones.

My mother was an alcoholic, it’s tough to say out loud, but it is the truth. She was violent, depressed, and had hardly any financial discipline (or literacy.) She was literally demonically tormented, and she couldn’t hold onto a good romantic relationship if it were in a bucket with 10 handles (even with 10 hands.) But she was unique, amazing, regal, and a very memorable woman.  And my Poppa, though he remained married until the day he died, had the spirit of a rolling stone.

And I am sure your family has stufffffff too, all of which affects us in ways that are little known, until intentional digging unearths a dead something that still lives… in you. Speaking of ghosts and zombies… muhahahahahaaaaaaaa… HAPPY HALLOWEEN! But in all seriousness…

One of the longest battles I have faced is in relationships. My parents were divorced when I was 3.  Mom was also a product of divorce but both her and her mother married and divorced 3 times.  Big Al, Lenora’s only brother had 6, yes sixxx marriages. Do you think it’s all coincidence?  Nah, something is definitely hiding there. It may be useful to know that every one of my siblings (including myself) have also been married and divorced.  Is it a curse or iniquity? Ever heard of that word iniquity before?  It means bowing downward… as in taking the straight spine of a bow (as in bow and arrow) and bending it downward towards the ground continually until the bend remains. In otherwords, bending a straight thing until it is permanently molded into a curve. Something completely taboo if done over and over again can become part of one’s SELF - literally changing the DNA, which can be passed on.  

Sounds outrageous I know, but I was just thinking of this celebrity family whose father molested/raped his own sons and how many of the kids turned to drugs and have struggled publicly for decades as a result. Then the oldest son molested his younger siblings, became addicted to heroine… and eventually died of Aids while in prison. Now… I wonder at what point did the father’s wrongdoing towards his own sons, become, excusable (in his own mind) then permissible, and then ok to continue doing…  Incest and rape… forcing this struggle onto the gender neutral, innocent child.  The bent then is passed on… and will continue flowing through the bloodline, until dealt with. This type of thing is SPIRITUAL. When certain lines are crossed over and over (generational sins) seeds are planted and spiritual doors are opened. When visitors come to temp the carrier (in the next generation) to bring alive again the seed, a decision must be made … will they or won’t they…) and then a generational curse is the infection that comes from the continual sin. THESE ARE SPIRITUAL ISSUES, and they are open doors that connect our ancestors lives to our own. Sometimes the darkness and pain we experience is flowing through the doors of the past into our own lives. These doors MUST BE CLOSED. Now your generational stuff may not be as intense as mentioned above. Maybe yours is explosive anger, mental/physical abuse, narcissism, or even poverty… but whatever it is, it will not just go away with time. They’ll only get stronger and bigger as they roll along.

“Spiritual” can be creepy… especially when you lack spiritual authority. Its like being a pedestrian  who walks up to a cop involved in scuffle and demands that they back down and let you handle the situation... the truth is, you’re probably going to get hurt. Get yourself to a counselor, a pastor or priest with experience in deliverance. They’ll get you unlocked and to an EXIT and then close all the doors behind you so that you can move onward and upward. Deliverance doesn’t just free you, it protects your kids from the skeletons you thought you buried. Let me just say this, don’t just go to church, you’ll need to add your own SELF-work with all diligence so that when “the caller” comes knocking, you’ll have the strength needed to say “GO TO HELL!”

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