Two Keys to Living Your Best (After)life

Summary

The article suggests that dressing well and maintaining a positive mindset about work could improve one's afterlife experience based on the author's observations from paranormal TV shows and personal ghost hunting experiences.

Abstract

Drawing from a decade of engaging with paranormal media and personal ghost hunting, the author posits that two key lifestyle changes could enhance one's afterlife. Firstly, the choice of clothing at the time of death may dictate one's ghostly attire for eternity, suggesting that dressing presentably could prevent future regret as a spirit. Secondly, the energy one creates through their thoughts and emotions, particularly about work, could shape their post-death existence, as ghosts are believed to be composed of residual energy. The article humorously advises readers to be mindful of their clothing choices and mental energy to avoid becoming a poorly dressed or work-obsessed ghost.

Opinions

The author humorously suggests that the common depiction of female ghosts as "The Lady in White" is due to historical bedtime clothing choices, implying a lack of originality in ghostly fashion.
There is an opinion that one's attire at the time of death could become their permanent ghost outfit, potentially leading to regret if the clothing is embarrassing or inappropriate.
The author believes that the energy created by one's thoughts, especially about work, can influence the afterlife, referencing the concept that ghosts are made of residual energy detectable by EMF readers.
The article implies that being overly focused on work can trap one's energy in the workplace, potentially leading to haunting that location after death.
The author cites a personal account from Amy Bruni's memoir to support the idea that spirits can be tied to their former workplaces and may seek spiritual assistance or interaction beyond their place of death.
The author encourages readers to take death seriously but also to approach the topic with levity and mindfulness about their daily choices and mental well-being.

Be sure to avoid these common pitfalls, because you’ve got to go sometime.

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After nearly a decade of watching every paranormal TV show on air and doing a bit of ghost hunting myself, I’ve created my own understanding of the afterlife. For those of you skeptics out there, I ask you to humor me a bit here as what I have to say applies to everyone, regardless, because I’ve determined there are two lifestyle changes that may save you from having a less than stellar afterlife.

Dressed to Possess

One amusing thing I’ve learned from all these ghost-chasing shows is that 9/10 female apparitions are named “The Lady in White.” Now, ask yourself why do you think that is. Lack of originality, perhaps?

I don’t think there’s a coincidence here. Many of us are aware that the majority of deaths occur in the early hours of the morning, be it a result of natural causes or otherwise. When you take this into account, you can guess that most people passed away in their night clothes. Women prior to the mid-20th century typically wore white linen to bed, as it could easily be boiled or bleached. You shouldn’t have to think too hard to put two and two together.

These days, we were all sorts of things to bed, with certain social classes donning such finery during the day, as well. Consider this scenario: you head to Walmart in a T-shirt that says something like “The Grass is Greener Under my Weiner,” paired with some fuzzy pajama pants. Then, say a 10-foot tall display of diet Coke topples over on top of you, bludgeoning you to death before you even had a chance to consider the sale price. Having to haunt Walmart is bad enough, but now you have possibly all of eternity to regret your clothing choice.

So, next time you dress yourself in the morning, remember that any clothes you put one could become your ghost outfit.

Overtime Denied

Do you dread going to work every morning? Worse yet, is your job so stressful that you’re rendered a mindless blob when you come home because all you can think about is work? If so, I ask you to consider the old Ernest Holmes adage: “Where the Mind goes, energy flows.” Ghosts are often said to be made up of the residual energy that was expelled from its corpse, which is why they can often be detected with electromagnetic frequency (EMF) readers. Within this line of thought, could the energy you create in your mind determine your trajectory into the great beyond?

In her memoir Life with the Afterlife, TV ghost-hunting personality Amy Bruni recounts investigating the undeniably haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium, located in Louisville, Kentucky.

Bruni and her cohort Adam Berry were trying to document phenomena for an episode of Ghost Hunters inside the nurses’ wing. By using a system of knocks, the team determined they made contact with several nurses, who answered that they would like the investigators to pray for them. The nurses, however, continued fervently knocking throughout the former tuberculosis hospital as the team exited and even followed the cast back to their hotel.

Granted, if I were stuck haunting my workplace, you can trust that I’ll try to follow you home, too. (What’s for dinner, by the way?)

Next time you find yourself fussing and fretting over your job, you need to realize you all your energy is trapped there. You must mindfully redirect that energy flow, or else suffer the possible repercussions.

I realize talking about death is still a bit taboo, but I at least hope you found these anecdotes amusing. Yale professor Shelly Kagan said it best: “Death is a serious topic — but we don’t have to discuss it or write about it in ponderous academic prose.” I simply ask that you all become more mindful of your thoughts and, yes, how well you take care of yourself.

And while you can’t avoid death, you can certainly avoid being the worst dressed haunt at the holiday office party.