Little Girl Ghost Saves Lost Child
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I just finished Russell Targ's autobiographical book, Do You See What I See? Memoir of a Blind Biker. He has three compelling afterlife stories in it. Targ did extensive work on the remote viewing program with the CIA. He is a believer in ESP and a variety of paranormal phenomena. One of his tales involves an Icelandic sailor who drowned decades previously. His body washed ashore and was badly mutilated by birds and dogs. He was buried in the local cemetery. His thigh bone was discovered later and for some reason built into the wall of a home. When the owner of the home was present at a seance, the ghost appeared and indicated that he wanted his thigh bone back. He revealed its location, and sure enough it was there. One must ask, what did he think he was going to do with it? It was claimed from previous seances that he still had a craving for alcohol, tobacco, and colorful speech. If there is a heaven, this guy did not go there. Nor is he locked up in a fiery hell as we Christians would think, but neither is he having much fun in the afterlife. He is hanging around earth longing for things he can't have and wouldn't do him any good if he got them. By the way I do NOT recommend attending seances or believing everything some disincarnate entity communicates. Some are demons and demons lie.
Another story involved a medium who was requested to hunt up a Grand Master chess player. Iceland is particularly fond of chess. An experimental match was called for between a deceased Master and a living one. The living person won, but other GM's verified that the game was played at a Masters level. I wonder if the former Master hangs around chess games wishing he could play or if he just couldn't resist an unusual opportunity.
The most compelling story was the one where Targ's little granddaughter was lost in the wilderness for 3 days. A psychic declared that she was OK and being taken care of by a nice lady. When Haley was found, she said that a little girl stayed with her and guided her to her present position. After a historical investigation by the Targ family, the girl turned out to be the ghost of a child who was murdered by a cult many years previous. The mother was in fact, still alive and in prison. This would be another of numerous cases in which the spirit of a child still manifests as a child--as if they never grow up. I am happy to read that Haley was found, especially since Russell Targ lost his lovely and brilliant daughter to cancer when she was only 40.
It would not be surprising that children manifest in the spirit world the same age they were when they died. The question that it raises for me, however, is that in the case of reincarnation, all souls seem to be adult, even if they are in infant bodies or in a child's body. They are not just temporarily adult, but they have been adult for eons. They even have a spirit name that follows them from life time to life time. Children who remember past lives struggle to express the images they see with their current, infantile vocabularies. They also are unable to replicate the language of their former lives, although the images and many names are still available to them.
The case of the murdered child had a double happy ending. The mother in prison was informed of the rescue and was beside herself with relief and happiness. The odds are great that she had been blinded and controlled by the cult leader and was manipulated into killing the child by claiming that she was demon possessed. The mercy and goodness of the fruit of that whole rescue encounter suggests to me that the child was either manifesting as her young self to accomplish this task (the psychic indicated that a nice lady was taking care of Haley) or that she was allowed by benevolent forces to aid in the rescue. Hopefully, her afterlife is a little more positive than that of the sailor.
My studies in the paranormal have altered my thinking a bit. a) I think that when Jesus said, "In my Father's house there are many mansions." He may have meant various levels of afterlife existence. I find it unlikely that a fiery hell is the fate of all unbelievers. b) But I would add that the metaphor of worms would be applicable to the regret that many must feel when they find themselves just powerlessly floating about with no purpose and no joy. A ticket to Worm Island would involve selfish, damaging, unethical behavior. God is merciful, but heaven is not meant to be a replica of earth with all the evil and deception we see down here. c) I also believe that Jesus Christ is truly the Door to the Holy City. No one will get in without Him. He may let some in who had no chance of knowing him on earth. There are billions upon billions of such humans, but ultimately Jesus is the Doorway because He is part of the Trinity that rules that domain. d) We need to dedicate our children to God's kingdom. In fact, I think dedicating them in the womb is not too soon. The universe is a complex and not always benign place, and God offers us the promise of protection and favor.
For another ghost story, see https://janetkatherinesmith.blogspot.com/2023/04/flight-610-june-1951-ghosts-claim.html
Your story is facinating and not one Ive thought a lot about. Because I have family who, at least at this point in their lives, say they dont believe in God, Jesus,etc I still struggle with the idea of a loving God not still allowing them the peace of His presence at the end of their lives. Maybe wishful thinking. But something I struggle with as I believe we must witness with love so as to not alienate others. Carol Wall
ReplyDeleteThere's a passage in 1 John 5 that gave me hope when my grandpa died. He was a wicked man when he was an alcoholic, and he died I think from cancer from smoking. His wife was a super religious Catholic. Still, after he got clean, he was a wonderful grandpa to a horde of grandkids. Vv 14-17 say, "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
ReplyDelete16 If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death." So let's lean on God's mercy and his honoring our heartfelt prayers for our loved ones, because I also have a son who has denied his faith.