How I Distinguish Ghosts from Spirits

    As a medium and a paranormal investigator I've read a LOT of books about ghosts and ghost investigations as well as getting in touch with loved ones on the other side. In all of the books I've read,none of them distinguish the energies between ghosts and spirits. I've given them individual definitions, however, because although they are similar, they're also different!
   Most in the paranormal community call entities ghosts or spirits and use the words to mean the same thing. But they are not.  I felt it important to make a distinction between the two, because one lives on Earth and the other lives in the afterlife/heaven/valhalla, etc. So ,I call Earth-bound energies "ghosts," and those who have crossed into the light, "spirits."

  Both are beings of energy and personality, but ghosts choose to stay here on Earth or get stuck here for some reason (which I explain in my books  Ghosts and Spirits: Insights from a Medium,    Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead, Pets and the Afterlife and Pets and the Afterlife 2.

GHOSTS VS. SPIRITS 
   Ghosts are all about "location, location, location." They inhabit places they enjoyed during life on Earth, or they're stuck in a place where they died (like a prison or a car accident site).

   Spirits on the other hand have joined the energy of the cosmos, or Heaven, or into the light - call it what you will.
THE ENERGY DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES 

   Both draw on physical energies and emotional energies. Ghosts emit negative energy, and are fueled by physical energy as well as negative emotional energy, like fear and anxiety. Spirits, however, are full of positive energy, and are fueled by positive emotions like love, faith and hope as well as physical energy. I explain those in detail in my books as well. One thing that spirits can't do that ghosts can, is that spirits can appear in your dreams. That's how you know they've crossed over.
   You can learn more from any of my books, all available on Amazon.com in paperback and Ebook (and all under $10). 

- Rob Gutro