In the early 1990s, I used to involuntarily go into trances and channel messages from different entities in the spirit...
Today we celebrate Pentecost, the final event in the Paschal Mystery of the Cross-Resurrection-Ascension-Pentecost chain of events.
Pro aliis” (For others) is the motto of my alma mater, the Ateneo, the school’s aim being to mold “men and women for others.” This does not mean dedicating one’s self to full-time charity work or advocacies. Rather, being for others is an attitude, a life orientation which drives a person to be proactive in serving, helping, and giving comfort to other human beings he encounters in life.
Here is an intriguing question from Alex Zaldivar, a regular reader of this column: “How can an image or statue of a holy or sacred person be inhabited or possessed by an evil spirit? Shouldn’t negative spirits be afraid of it?”
A film director who is preparing a movie about the interaction between earthbound spirits and the living has sent me intriguing questions about ghosts:
Writing about paranormal and mystical phenomena has drawn readers, radio listeners, friends and acquaintances to send me hundreds of questions.
In one social gathering to which I had been invited, one elderly gentleman pulled me to one corner and started bombarding me with deep questions which he said he had been struggling with for many years.
SEVERAL years ago, I received a telephone call from a friend, the movie actor and UFO enthusiast-turned-environmentalist Roy Alvarez, who had an unexpected question. “Jimmy,” he asked, “who is Milarepa?”
A reader sent in these questions about death, cremation and where to put the ashes of a loved one:
THERE are many stories of individuals behaving in an unusual manner several weeks before they die of sudden illness or...
