QUOTE(gashout @ Sep 26 2024, 08:23 AM)
Raina, thanks for this.
- Can you share with us more on how you have helped your friends?
- are there specific people who are more prone to bad spirit disturbing them?
- do you know when they will cross the bridge as i think these spirit hasn't found peace in what they are looking for, hence they keep hanging onto the earth.
- and have you seen Chinese ghost or Malay spirit etc. Each culture seems to have their own bad spirits.
- Or is it more like what is known in the Bible - they look angelic most times.
Thanks in advance.
Welcome. Btw, my nickname is R-A-
L-N-A.
I'll answer your questions one by one, as follows:
My friends... usually I can sense if something is following them or nearby them. I can't physically see those things, but I can sense them like a radar with signals of height, shape and some details about what type of spirit it is.
My Real Story 1: Haunted SG Condo and Teddy Bear» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «
When I worked in Singapore, I stayed in a rented condo with several housemates and a roommate. At night, I just felt there was something in the living room, so I 'sensed' and realised there were 6 spirits hanging out in the living room. These spirits were friends who liked to chill around in the living area. Then, there were several spirits in the kitchen and storeroom. They didn't disturb us, but they gave us spooky feelings whenever we walked into these rooms/areas at night.
My roommate had a big teddy bear, which she placed on the cabinet facing our bed (we shared the same bed in the master bedroom). I felt that bear was kinda odd because it kept 'staring' at me. So, I 'sensed' it, and I told my roommate, "Hey, there's a spirit in this teddy bear. It's a little girl, about 5-6 years old, and she's always curious about people and things. Just remove her from our room okay."
My roommate half-believed me, because that teddy bear was given by her ex-boyfriend. He bought it at some theme park when they were still dating back then. Nonetheless, she put the teddy bear in the living room, and guess what happened? Other housemates complained. They said every time they got back from work and opened the main door, they'd see the teddy bear staring at them from the living room, and that was creepy. They said the teddy bear's eyes were so bright like it was alive, so they covered its eyes.
It was only then my roommate got scared. She wanted to dispose of it, but I said no, because if the teddy bear was picked up and kept by the next person, it would bring misfortune to the person. My roommate then contacted her friend in Taiwan who worked as a medium. She couriered that teddy bear to Taiwan, and her friend confirmed that there was indeed a lil girl spirit inside. The medium did some ritual and burned the teddy bear finally.
In addition to this teddy bear story, the condo master bedroom was haunted at night, because there were different kinds of spirits visiting every night-- I was always alone in the room as my roommate worked late, and I usually could sense something behind me as I played computer games in the room. Man, those things were curious with whatever I did, and I told them to fck off la.
Also, there were an old witch and a evil boy demon appeared in my dream + my room mate's dream. Yes, we dreamed of the same spirits. We moved out of the place after that. According to other housemates, tenants who moved into the master bedroom usually wouldn't stay more than 6 months.
My Real Story 2: Ghosts from Japan» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «
I used to join a Christian fellowship and attend church back in my university days. After I graduated, I lost touch with some of those Christians friends. One day, I somehow reconnected with a guy friend from the fellowship, and we decided to WA voice call since we hadn't caught up for some years.
He called me from Japan, and said he was under a scholarship doing his master's there. We were chatting halfway over the phone, and I suddenly felt something wasn't right, so I asked him straight, "Eh, is your place there haunted? I feel something odd." (He memang knew I had this spiritual ability).
Him: Wow! How do you know? You can sense it?
Me: Yeah, I feel so uncomfortable right now, like something dirty is near your place.
Him: Ya! The unit opposite my condo unit is vacant, and it's haunted. We can hear strange noises from that unit every night, like, things rolling on the floor, or someone dragging the chair, and some footsteps...
Me: You'd better pray for protection. Do you have your Bible with you? Come, let's pray together. I will pray for you.
& I did. We prayed together over the phone, and after that said goodbye to each other.
It was hot in the afternoon, so I turned on the aircon and fell asleep. Guess what? While I was sleeping, suddenly I heard a woman laughing in a high-pitched voice like a witch next to me. aaahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa like that. Super high-pitched and sharp voice, right next to my ear. I jolted from my bed and looked around. The room windows were all shut and the aircon was running. Nothing unusual.
That's when I knew the ghost from Japan had come to kacau me. I scolded it kaw-kaw and prayed. I also voice-messaged my guy friend and told him to really protect himself by cleansing his condo unit and putting up some protection items.
The following few nights, I got harassed by different Japanese ghosts.
Firstly, while I was sleeping at night, I felt something staring me in the dark, so I opened my eyes and saw a tall dark figure standing in front of my bed. I immediately recognised that it was a samurai ghost because of the shape of the helmet and armour (could see with some faint light from neighbour's house, in the dark). I closed my eyes and prayed to Jesus, and when I opened my eyes again, it disappeared. I summoned angels to watch over me, and I continued to sleep.
In the same week, faceless female ghosts in white robes appeared in my sleep and oppressed me physically (sleep paralysis). I fought them off in my sleep by calling out to Jesus Christ, and prayed in my heart since I couldn't open my eyes nor move my body. They disappeared after that.
I wasn't scared, but highly annoyed because they would only attack at night. I then cleansed my room and smeared anointing oil, and prayed to protect the whole house and my family. Things were calm after that.
I still have a lot of such encounters, macam-macam la over the last 15 years-- in hostels, at home, in other people's houses, in hotels... Usually, these spirits visit me because they are curious/surprised why I can sense them; they don't like to be exposed to humans. Also, they hate it when I interfere in the work by helping my friends and family, so they'll kacau to give warnings or sorts. This is when we get into direct conflicts.
Usually, these spirits and demons are attracted to people who are broken-hearted, or have some traumas, or lots of fears inside them. In fact, they enjoy those negative aura and low-frequency energy from humans-- it attracts and nourishes them. Such humans are usually frail in willpower, which makes it easy for spirits to control, manipulate or possess.
People who die will have their souls and spirits (roh, 灵魂) going to heaven or hell. Those spirits that hang around on earth are mimicking those deceased-- they are not the deceased, contrary to popular beliefs. Christianity has a term for this type of spirits: familiar spirits.
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When the Familiar Becomes the Foe
Our society causes many to unknowingly function under the influence of familiar spirits. These spirits operate undercover in the name of tradition, trend, fashion, lifestyle, and personality traits.
A familiar spirit is any demonic assignment that surveys and studies people, territories, and bloodlines of families. The goal of their assignment is to gather spiritual intelligence that will open doors to instigate death and destruction. They enter and gain power in people’s lives by disguising themselves as something common (familiar) while operating unawares through people, places, and things.
Familiar spirits
attach themselves to you through something or someone
you are extremely familiar or comfortable with. But all the while their agenda is unknown to you.
A person can willfully form a relationship with a familiar spirit oftentimes simply through ignorance. This is why it’s critical to know what you are inviting into your home and heart.
Source:
https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/11664-b...r-spirits/day/1Hence, Christians usually don't hang photos of the deceased at home nor pai-pai (pray to the deceased or ancestors). To us, these open doors to those familiar spirits to come into our houses and disguise themselves as our deceased ah gong ah ma.
If really wanna test familiar spirits, very simple. Just take out the Cross, our Bible, and make our prayers. Those familiar spirits disguised as ah gong ah ma will immediately flee. They cannot stand the holy presence of God.
Lastly, the lower-class spirits and demons maintain their ugly form (goblins, white ghosts, light orbs, headless ghosts, etc-- quite disgusting la, and they know it). The higher-class demons can shapeshift into human form. The highest class I've seen... looked like Roman soldiers, generals, and some looked like handsome princes. Some even disguised as Jesus leh, but we usually test them with the power of God-- and they'd flee.
I have Christian books on those different types of demons, from different countries and cultures. In Christian colleges/universities, there are academic subjects with proper documentation and literature about angels and demons. There are encyclopaedia, journals, personal accounts on how to exorcise-- or, in Christian term, to deliver someone from demonic oppression or possession.
However, we don't easily do it unless we are sure the person (unbeliever or believer) has fully accepted Christ as their saviour. It's just like when you wanna exit a country (in this case, the demonic kingdom), you need to first have the citizenship of another country (the heavenly kingdom), otherwise you cannot exit successfully and will also not be accepted into another kingdom. It is not possible for humans to be neutral; no such thing.
The Bible records what Jesus Christ said in Luke 11:21-26. The 'house' here refers to our body.
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“When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted and divides up his plunder.
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
“When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”
This is why you don't see Christians doing deliverance (the layman term is exorcism) often, although we can. This is because if the person isn't strong in faith nor spiritually protected, he will get harassed, oppressed and possessed again by the original 1 spirit + 7 more even stronger and more wicked spirits.
Interesting, huh? I spent many years studying and reading these because I was trying to make sense of what I was experiencing first-hand. Usually people won't believe me until I 'read' their past or current thoughts-- yes, I can do so too, if I want, but usually I don't.
As a human, my spiritual power is not unlimited; I'm merely a vessel who can use a tiny bit of God's power when I am close and obedient to God. Think of role-playing games (RPG) where the hero/heroine doesn't have unlimited power, but needs to keep going to shrines/temples to collect some magical potions and drink to regain the superpower again. That's how gifted Christians like me operate, but by studying the Bible, praying, worshipping God, etc-- to recharge our spiritual power.
I'd say out of the Christian population, only less than 5% have such gifts of seeing the supernatural. Not every Christian want to or are chosen to serve God this way, because, honestly, need a lot of guts to go through all these. It's not fun when dealing with demons; can be as bad as horror movies without the dramatic sound effects.
This post has been edited by Ralna: Sep 26 2024, 06:34 PM