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Do You Believe In Ghosts?
YaadPyar:
I absolutely believe in ghosts. I just think they are souls without bodies stuck in a place and time that doesn't belong to them anymore. Nothing too sinister so much as really sad. Like Nipith's story about his niece...I think there's a whole invisible world that exists without the permission of our beliefs.
Lumière:
I second Celeste's sentiment there!
I have had bizarre 'dreams' at times too when I see someone, a complete stranger I can't recognise or someone I feel like I have known forever. I used to get a dream of a very tall woman sitting beside my bed sometimes, and in this 'dream', I felt like she was my grandmother (who passed away back in '81) - although my granny was a petite woman, not tall at all. This woman had an air of peace about her and never freaked me out. Stranger things have happened ...
Yap, I believe in ghosts ... :)
vkm91941:
Fascinating topic! Thanks for starting it David. All the stories are so interesting. Thanks everyone for sharing :D
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: Lucise on June 28, 2006, 12:25:29 pm ---I have had bizarre 'dreams' at times too when I see someone, a complete stranger I can't recognise or someone I feel like I have known forever. I used to get a dream of a very tall woman sitting beside my bed sometimes, and in this 'dream', I felt like she was my grandmother (who passed away back in '81) - although my granny was a petite woman, not tall at all. This woman had an air of peace about her and never freaked me out. Stranger things have happened ...
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I've had these, too, but in my case they seem so real that I've gone running screaming out of the room. There's something called "night terrors" that they (the ubiquitous "they") say affects about 2 percent of the population. It has to do with something in your brain not switching properly between pre-REM and REM sleep, so that you're basically launched right into REM sleep while still having the feeling that you're awake. In mine, there is someone in the room with me. Usually a male I don't recognize, and/or his face isn't clear. They're never threatening me - just standing there - but I have the very strong feeling they shouldn't be there and I have to get out. Fortunately I haven't had one of these in about four years, now, because they scare the bejesus out of me and everyone else in the house when I do.
I have one friend who's into the paranormal a little bit who thinks these are actually ghosts I'm seeing and my brain just doesn't know how to process it at the time. I guess that's possible. I'm all for anything being possible. But I don't know how probable it is.
David In Indy:
Thanks for all these interesting replies! I love opening this thread up from time to time and reading all the stories and encounters people are posting in here. :D
--- Quote from: ednbarby on June 28, 2006, 05:11:27 pm ---I've had these, too, but in my case they seem so real that I've gone running screaming out of the room. There's something called "night terrors" that they (the ubiquitous "they") say affects about 2 percent of the population. It has to do with something in your brain not switching properly between pre-REM and REM sleep, so that you're basically launched right into REM sleep while still having the feeling that you're awake. In mine, there is someone in the room with me. Usually a male I don't recognize, and/or his face isn't clear. They're never threatening me - just standing there - but I have the very strong feeling they shouldn't be there and I have to get out. Fortunately I haven't had one of these in about four years, now, because they scare the bejesus out of me and everyone else in the house when I do.
I have one friend who's into the paranormal a little bit who thinks these are actually ghosts I'm seeing and my brain just doesn't know how to process it at the time. I guess that's possible. I'm all for anything being possible. But I don't know how probable it is.
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I think it is very possible! I have heard many doctors and psychologists talk about this and while many disagree with each other about what sleep is and what happens while we sleep, just about everyone will agree that we know very little about it and it remains a mystery. I have heard some say that it is during sleep when we actually have the ability to communicate with the Dead. Often times I have awakened in the morning and the first thing I will think of is my mother, or a long deceased friend or relative of mine. And I will feel good about the person... like I just had a nice long visit with them. Unfortunately this feeling quickly disappears as I wake up and go about my daily activities. I don't think I ever had "night terrors", but I have had some dreams that were so realistic, I woke up wondering if they really did happen. Some psychologists and parapsychologists believe that we actually leave our bodies during sleep. I have seen photographs taken of a sleeping person. Normally they are a series of photographs, and in them they have photographed what appear to be orbs leaving the sleeping person's body and later on returning again. So who knows? :)
--- Quote from: Lucise on June 28, 2006, 12:25:29 pm ---I second Celeste's sentiment there!
I have had bizarre 'dreams' at times too when I see someone, a complete stranger I can't recognise or someone I feel like I have known forever. I used to get a dream of a very tall woman sitting beside my bed sometimes, and in this 'dream', I felt like she was my grandmother (who passed away back in '81) - although my granny was a petite woman, not tall at all. This woman had an air of peace about her and never freaked me out. Stranger things have happened ...
Yap, I believe in ghosts ... :)
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What you just said reaffirms what I have heard some psychologists say on various documentaries and television shows; that it is very possible we use our sleep time (at least in part) to talk with the Dead... departed friends, relatives and loved ones. :)
--- Quote from: YaadPyar on June 28, 2006, 08:30:14 am ---I absolutely believe in ghosts. I just think they are souls without bodies stuck in a place and time that doesn't belong to them anymore. Nothing too sinister so much as really sad. Like Nipith's story about his niece...I think there's a whole invisible world that exists without the permission of our beliefs.
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Yes. I often stop and think about "what I was" 45 years ago (I am 43 now).45 years ago, I was nothing. I didn't exist. But I am here now. It only makes sense that if I am here, I should continue to exist after death. I think the "impossible" has already been accomplished. I was brought into existence from nothing. Now I exist. So, why shouldn't my existence continue after I die? I believe ghosts are people who, for whatever reason, simply have not crossed over yet. Hopefully they will at some point.
--- Quote from: opinionista on June 28, 2006, 07:51:16 am ---I don't really believe in ghosts probably because my grandpa told too many stories about it when I was a kid. Some seemed real others were pure BS. But oh well, a lot of hispanics believe in ghosts or spirits to the extent that sometimes there are treated as living things. People talk to them and all. They even have solutions to scare them away. According to my grandpa, ghosts or spirits don't like flowers or inscense smoke, so if a ghost is bothering you, get some natural flowers put them in your home or wherever the ghost is, light an inscence stick, then clap once, loud, and tell the ghost, in a nice way, that he doesn't belong there. Tell them you bless them, but that they must find the light and follow it, or something like that. Anyway, my grandpa used to say there was no reason to fear a ghost, they can't do anything to you. Those who are alive are the ones who can actually hurt you.
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I may have to try this in my house and see what happens. Like I said, I don't think they are harmful, but I do believe they want me to notice them. Maybe they want me to help them. :)
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