LoneWolf wrote:My own experiences dictate that such creatures are not (at least exclusively, although I strongly doubt it) "emotional blockages" percebible by us when in altered states but inteligent beings capable of much metaphysical feats. One word comes to mind when recalling some experiences and it is not "astral trash" nor "shadowpeople" nor "weak beings" but Masters.
Beware you don't lose oportunities for BIG mental expansion by avoiding encounters with theoretical spooky and weak creatures you read in the internet about.
I suspect we're speaking about two different things. There are, without a doubt, entities out there which can be contacted for beneficial, education, mind expanding, etc. purposes, but I was referring specifically to the "shadow people" entities which people report fairly consistently around the world - shadowy, humanoid figures which approach or attach themselves to individuals, are frequently perceived during sleep, or altered states of consciousness which take place entering or leaving sleep, emanate negative emotions such as fear/anger/despair/etc. and tend to have a negative effect on, or be correlated with a negative turn in, people's lives.
Unfortunately, it's hard to categorise spiritual entities or intelligences - we can't lock them down in a lab and take a DNA sample, so there's no hard and fast definitions to work with :p
Speaking specifically of the "shadow people," they certainly can have at least the seeming of intelligence, and can be conversed with, but like all spiritual phenomena, there's at least an element of subjectivity in the experience, so it's hard to say whether that's just projection or a genuine property they possess. I suspect that they grow in both strength and sophistication over time as they "feed" on the emotional energy of the victim - again, much like a tick, or leech.
If nothing else, I think they absolutely do represent an opportunity for spiritual growth. That is, after all, one of the many traditional reasons for working with negative entities - to overcome them and the negative traits which are associated with them.
Well, at least we can agree that these Entities seem to be dependent on internal mechanisms to manifest. Although I tend to look at this more as different modes of consciousness; these things are inherent by design. But ultimately I suppose there does need to be some catalyst that initiates the process, perhaps causing a frequency change in consciousness, unusual brainwaves, activity - A doorway to this particular Aethyr of the Microcosm, which manifest Macrocosmically.
I think this is good because it shows the intimate relationship between the Micro, and Macrocosms. The different layers of existence within the two, how they can influence one another. These abstract Aethyrial layers that we theorize about, and attempt to visit at times.
And who knows, maybe energetic/emotional blockages could act as a trigger; I am more familiar with mind altering substances, and certain sleep states as the catalyst for this particular reality involving the Shadow Persons.
I think you're onto something - the classic axiom is probably relevant here, "as above, so below."
Everything which manifests in one plane of reality will eventually (perhaps immediately? but that's a debate for another time) become reflected in some manner in all other planes - so what might manifest on one plane as a negative thought pattern might manifest on another, denser plane of existence as a blockage in the flow of energy in the body, and on a denser plane still as a physical symptom.
I suspect the "shadow people" are an extension of this principle, that they exist on a plane where these things manifest with at least the appearance of semi-autonomous entities, and that this plane is one which can be tuned into through various methods, including drugs and altered states of consciousness when entering/exiting sleep.
On a side note, a few months ago I came across this interesting article on the use of acupuncture in classical chinese medicine in the treatment of spiritual attacks, there are some interesting parallels with the discussion here:
http://www.scholarsage.com/ghostly-points/
The main difference being that the "Shadow People" are not generally conceived of as being deceased spirits (although the two are somewhat similar on the surface, in my limited experience, and if a deceased spirit is malevolent enough I can see how they could become confused, or potentially more or less interchangeable - and of course different cosmologies have to be taken into account).
