Another Visit

Yesterday and today I was blessed with an extensive visit to "the other side." Previous visits have left me sad and confused. I could not understand why the ones I loved who had passed seemed to be stuck  in one place. Each time I would visit them they were dressed the same, looked the same and the venue was always the same.
This time I took the advice of a gifted friend and asked questions. Those with whom I was visiting were only too glad to answer. In fact they were waiting for me to begin this long anticipated dialog.
It turns out that my perceptions of lack of change was on the money. Our loved ones on the other side create a venue in which they are most comfortable and they stay there. They pick their favorite age, some are young, some are older. They pick their housing, some pick the home in which they were raised others pick the home which provided them with the comfort of child raising or natural beauty. They even drive their favorite cars. They can visit others no matter what the time setting may seem. A person who is comfortable in the 1960s can easily jump in the car or ride a bicycle to their friends who are comfortable in the 1930s. The distances and roads are provided by the expectations of the travellers.
They can even visit us on occasion but those visits are fraught with potential dangers. They are fascinated by our progress and psycho/spiritual growth. This is the one thing that they cannot participate in directly while they are in their current state of being. They will stay the same until they return and begin to grow again. But we can help them. By sharing our experience they can vicariously grow. They love that. They are our family and we owe them that privilege. They in turn can petition the higher beings to help us and them. These are our spirit guides and angels. Some of them may be our own well experienced family members.
I said earlier that these visits can be fraught with danger. There are many, many of those who have passed who do not have a suitable age, time or place in which they feel safe or comfortable. These souls wander about alone or in "gangs" just waiting for an unguarded spirit to pass by. These lost ones will try to hijack the unsuspecting one's milieu. The results are a chaotic visit which can leave both the visitor and visited in a state of anxiety and bewilderment. Satan loves these encounters and there are plenty of them that happen every day.
It is important therefore that you living prepare yourselves for visits by prayer and putting yourself in a safe environment through contemplation and relaxed quiet time. The chaotic ones will try to block this. Your loved ones who have passed will be invited by it. It is up yo you to fight off the chaos and provide a safe place for those who would help and be helped by you. It works. Invite !
Fr. Rod