A ghost is a being which used to have a body, and which has unresolved issues so it is unwilling to cease existing as the personality it used to be while it had that body.
Structurally a ghost is a being that is holding on to an astral-body (see my web-page on details of the astral-body) in order to remain in existence after the physical body it was using has died. The Astral-body can retain some of the shape of the body it used to be part of, or can become ovoid or spherical in shape (a human in very good spiritual condition will have, while their body is alive, an Astral-body of ovoid shape and much bigger than the human body).
The Astral-body, which is one of the 143 energy-bodies a human body has (see my website on those), would normally dissipate within 3 days after the physical body dies, as do almost all energy-bodies (with the exception of placed-spirit). To become a ghost, the being who owned the physical-body insists on remaining in existence, and (usually unknowingly) links to the Astral-body as a vehicle to remain connected to this universe.
Less than 1% of humans who die become a ghost. There are, occasionally, ghosts of alien species, which are on earth for various reasons (see below for animal ghosts).
Most ghosts only exist for a few weeks to a few decades, because the spiritual charge on their unresolved issues will gradually decay, and/or it only makes sense for them to remain while people they know are still alive because their unresolved issues relate to that context. Very occasionally a ghost can last for hundreds or even thousands of years.
A ghosts can also be referred to as a discarnate, because they are not owning a body. To be precise, the ownership of a body and the incarnation connection are different connections, but that’s a very advanced perspective. For more info on how a human body is owned see my web-page Energy-bodies added when the body is owned by an Ultimate-self.
Do ghosts of pets exist?
Domestic cats occasionally become ghosts (for the rather interesting reason behind this, see the writings of Lobsang Rampa) but that is a lot rarer than with human ghosts, and for other animals it is almost unheard of, mainly because they exist much more in present time than humans do, so are less involved in holding onto the past or thinking about the future.
People do occasionally cause the soul-levels or spirit-arising of a pet to persist after the pet’s body died, which will retain some of the personality of the animal. People do this to try to keep the “memory” of their pet with them. But, being precise, that is different from a ghost, and also not ideal for those spiritual components it is applied to. It is kinder to choose to let go of the pet when their time is at an end, so their soul-levels and spirit-arising can return naturally to where they should be going.
What is causing a ghost to be a ghost?
The unresolved (or more precisely, “not let go of yet”) issue causing the ghost to persist as a ghost rather than letting go and connecting into the Between-lives sequence (here’s my web-page giving details of the Between-lives sequence) might be something like a goal which is incomplete (such as a strong need to take care of a child), or lingering vengeance.
It could also be anger about a situation, such as the example in one our case-studies where a ghost was angry that the house she used to live in had been demolished to build a new building.
The being can be in a very withdrawn and unaware state where they are not aware of the unresolved spiritual limitations which are causing them to remain a ghost.
When one lets go of all of one’s goals, one is automatically drawn into the Between-lives sequence.
Should you be afraid of ghosts?
It makes no more sense to be afraid of ghosts than to be afraid of people.
Most people are afraid of ghosts because they don’t have enough spiritual awareness to see clearly what ghosts are and why they are in the state they are in.
A ghost can have various spiritual problems that can cause physical problems around them (see below), in the same way a person can, but this is no more common with ghosts than it is with living people.
Common advice such as “emotionally rejecting” ghosts has limited effectiveness and can often make things worse because it is adding polarization and might be perceived by the ghost as you choosing to be its enemy.
If you think you might have a ghost that is causing you any kind of problem, ask us to give you details of what is causing the problems and what can be done about it.
Can ghosts manifest physical effects?
Poltergeists and related phenomenon of unwanted physical things happening, are not knowingly caused by ghosts themselves. If a person was unable to consistently be cause over matter and energy directly using “spiritual will” when they owned a body, they will be no more able to do so when they no longer own a physical body . . . ceasing to have a body does not cause their spiritual condition to improve (unless they knowingly process themselves during transmigration, which most people are not in good enough spiritual condition to do without a body), and the trauma and loss due to the death of the body usually makes their spiritual condition a lot worse.
Anyone who is in good enough spiritual condition to be able to consistently control matter and energy while they had a body, would not be in a low enough spiritual condition to be a ghost (other than for a week or so while processing themselves during transmigration, if they choose to do that).
Poltergeists, and related phenomenon of unwanted physical things happening, are caused by Eshus (chaos spirits). An Eshu can be attached to a ghost, to a living human or animal body, to a building or other location, or might not attached to anything.
How we handle ghosts.
Here at GhostRemovalService, we handle ghosts by handling what is causing them to be a ghost.
We can explain to the ghost why it’s existence as a ghost is not ideal, and show it better options, and/or directly erase the spiritual limitations which are causing it to be stuck here. Then we connect it directly into the beginning of the Between-lives sequence (here’s my web-page giving details of the Between-lives sequence) so it can let go of the non-ideal state of being a ghost.
This is a much more win/win handling than using a ceremony or ritual to request, or attempt to force, a ghost to leave without handling the real cause(s) of why they were there in that location.