Can the spirit of the dead help the living ones?

Can the spirit of the dead help the living ones? A question I answered on Quora.

Yes of course, as I see it, but only with nudges.

A couple of things to say here. When we die we do not become the “spirit of the dead.” That sounds like something out of a horror movie. We simply return to being our more natural selves – in our etheric bodies.

Believe me, if anything, this is the land of the dead, being in physical bodies with all their limitations.

We will of course want to help our loved ones and friends from the Other Side, but, and this is important, this is not some game we are all playing. We are here to learn something, to find out something, and to give something. We are on a spiritual journey, and we have to take each step under our own steam – than rely on help from the Other Side.

So, from the Other Side, we may drop gentle nudges, little clues, a little helping hand. But, in most circumstances, that should be it.

I hope that helps to answer your question.

Have a read of my book, Life and Death: Making Sense of It, if you want more thoughts on this.

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