You state the obvious. Resorting to atavistic fears and beliefs in the supernatural in the abscence of worldly explanations is a common human trait/coping mechanism.
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Have you ever felt an invisible presence
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It's weird it only happens after I hear or see some kind of ghosty story. Never just when I'm out standing in my field.
It's a brain thing.
It's a brain thing.
I can't remember where I read it but neuropsychiatric experiments have demonstrated that right hemisphere stimulation of the brain can create the sensation of a 'sensed presence.' This can be achieved through sound waves, singing, meditation and whatever I can't remember. So it makes sense that mediums often have to be in a trance to make what they perceive as contact.
Yes, I've felt our cat walking on me once or twice since she died last year.
Another fun cat story. 
Many years ago, my wife had been having a rough time at work and was exhausted. She came home one evening, completely spent and unhappy, and said she was going to take a nap for a bit. About an hour later she came out of the bedroom looking very relaxed with kind of a dreamy smile on her face saying she had the nicest dream about her cat, a very lovey, talkative tuxedo that she unfortunately had to leave behind when she got divorced from her first husband only a few years prior, and she missed her terribly. It was extremely vivid, feeling very real. She dreamed she was holding her, curled up in her arms, and she could feel her softness and warmth, could smell her, could hear her purring, and could just feel how much she loved her. It then faded and she woke up, sad that it wasn't real but loving the happy memory, something she really needed at the time.
About a half-hour later her ex-husband called. He had just come from the vet. The cat had been sick and he had to make the difficult decision to put her to sleep. Apparently her cat had come to say goodbye.
Many years ago, my wife had been having a rough time at work and was exhausted. She came home one evening, completely spent and unhappy, and said she was going to take a nap for a bit. About an hour later she came out of the bedroom looking very relaxed with kind of a dreamy smile on her face saying she had the nicest dream about her cat, a very lovey, talkative tuxedo that she unfortunately had to leave behind when she got divorced from her first husband only a few years prior, and she missed her terribly. It was extremely vivid, feeling very real. She dreamed she was holding her, curled up in her arms, and she could feel her softness and warmth, could smell her, could hear her purring, and could just feel how much she loved her. It then faded and she woke up, sad that it wasn't real but loving the happy memory, something she really needed at the time.
About a half-hour later her ex-husband called. He had just come from the vet. The cat had been sick and he had to make the difficult decision to put her to sleep. Apparently her cat had come to say goodbye.
Recently, I felt that Simba (the dog) was in the room. When I looked around, it was a large, crumpled up piece of brown paper. 
When Chance the Wonder Dog passed back in 2014, I would hear his dog tags jungle for months afterwards.
When Chance the Wonder Dog passed back in 2014, I would hear his dog tags jungle for months afterwards.
MolaKule
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I have always found it interesting that people who profess to be openminded often dismiss a spiritual world since they can't see it or touch it, and are always comparing the notion of spirits or spirituality to some material entity.
Excuse me, but philosophically and metaphysically, the spiritual world has never been described as, nor has it ever claimed to be, a material one.
Personally, I have never had any of the experiences previously described, but as a scientist, I am open to the concept of another dimension, a dimension in which it is possible that spirits of some undefined form inhabit; but I do believe that dimension is separate and apart from the dimension in which we live. In other words, I do not think spirits or souls after death of the physical body are capable of crossing this "Inter-dimensional" space and interacting with we mortals (just my personal theory).
After all, the concepts involved in the String Theories of Physics and the Big Bang are no less bizarre than the concepts of a spiritual world.
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As I was thinking on this thread, I remember the morning I was away at college and had a early morning preminition, very close to the very hour that my grandmother unexpectedly died of heart failure. I felt uneasy, and got a phone call from relatives delivering the news. Coincidence? Perhaps, but very unusual.
I never said I was open-minded. My open-mindedness certainly has its limits. I also never said I was dismissive of the spiritual world. I was saying that paranormal experiences can most certainly very frequently be explained by science rather than the paranormal. And science, due to our perceived great and ever-increasing but nevertheless limited level of understanding, is obviously not at a point where it can explain everything. As I said jokingly in another recent thread, I've tried teaching my dog calculus but I'm not holding my breath. I'm sure if I had ever felt ghostly hands touch me inappropriately, if I had ever seen a bonafide spectre other than the Brocken Spectre, or if I had been dragged by an invisible force down into the sea I may have a different viewpoint.
The mere fact we humans cannot (yet) know the answers to these questions is not evidence they don't exist, it's merely evidence we cannot yet know/see into other realms. We are continually learning new things, science and otherwise. Our understanding of the world and dimensions, etc. probably does not scratch the surface of all knowable information.
We use technologies and have understandings today, that would appear to be impossible or magical, to persons who lived just 1 or 2 centuries ago. Radar, microwaves, mass destruction weapons, flight, jets, space exploration, microwaves, deep sea diving, combustion engines, telephones, microchips, computer processing, atoms, DNA, cloning, AI, and millions of other inventions or understandings. These things were completely unknown or science fiction at some point, not too long ago. The things we currently don't understand, are extremely complex today but in a century or many centuries will have been solved. Such as other dimensions, time travel, long distance space travel, and so forth. What if, for instance, the energy of your soul or what your "life" represents (and it is something, it's not nothing), is not bound by time, dimensions, or space?
There is a phenomena, only recently observable due to advances in science, where electrons behave differently when viewed. So we, the viewer, can and do impact the real world by merely viewing something.
There are endless, or nearly endless, credible examples of ghosts, spirits, demons, devils, angels, etc. in highly credible texts, interviews, writings, exorcisms, etc. from very credible people. Seems very short sighted, to be a skeptic just because it's not necessarily scientifically repeatable or provable.
It is the skeptic, rather than the believer, who is going to be proven wrong at some point. As I and others have said here, energy cannot be destroyed, so when your life force energy terminates, it must go somewhere. It's highly plausible it goes into another dimension, spirit world, etc. I'm betting on the fact these do exist and we are simply unable to measure them.
We use technologies and have understandings today, that would appear to be impossible or magical, to persons who lived just 1 or 2 centuries ago. Radar, microwaves, mass destruction weapons, flight, jets, space exploration, microwaves, deep sea diving, combustion engines, telephones, microchips, computer processing, atoms, DNA, cloning, AI, and millions of other inventions or understandings. These things were completely unknown or science fiction at some point, not too long ago. The things we currently don't understand, are extremely complex today but in a century or many centuries will have been solved. Such as other dimensions, time travel, long distance space travel, and so forth. What if, for instance, the energy of your soul or what your "life" represents (and it is something, it's not nothing), is not bound by time, dimensions, or space?
There is a phenomena, only recently observable due to advances in science, where electrons behave differently when viewed. So we, the viewer, can and do impact the real world by merely viewing something.
There are endless, or nearly endless, credible examples of ghosts, spirits, demons, devils, angels, etc. in highly credible texts, interviews, writings, exorcisms, etc. from very credible people. Seems very short sighted, to be a skeptic just because it's not necessarily scientifically repeatable or provable.
It is the skeptic, rather than the believer, who is going to be proven wrong at some point. As I and others have said here, energy cannot be destroyed, so when your life force energy terminates, it must go somewhere. It's highly plausible it goes into another dimension, spirit world, etc. I'm betting on the fact these do exist and we are simply unable to measure them.
Agreed. Some of these people on here are downright arrogant with the opinions they hold.....often dismissing others that have posted intriguing narratives.
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Surprised many here have not asked you for some proof to back up you claims.
Long and short, I have.
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When I was prescribed steroids for a severe nasal infection, the dreams were crazy. One night a voice called out my name and touched me on the shoulder, while still awake.
Oh of course. Whether it's actually something there or the weird processes our brains go through to make sense of the sensations we notice, I would think everyone has had a similar experience.
I’ve had several experiences that I just could not explain, unlike anything I’d ever dealt with before. The last was when our baby was born and needed life saving heart surgery, all I can say is I was not alone.
During the Dark Ages, throughout the Middle Ages and sometimes into modern days, nightmares and hallucinations were commonly associated with demonic possession or demon attacks. Unexplained pregnancy was often conveniently blamed on incubi and succubi. Apologies, gotta go. Either Amazon or Abaddon is knocking on my front door.
Another fun cat story.
Many years ago, my wife had been having a rough time at work and was exhausted. She came home one evening, completely spent and unhappy, and said she was going to take a nap for a bit. About an hour later she came out of the bedroom looking very relaxed with kind of a dreamy smile on her face saying she had the nicest dream about her cat, a very lovey, talkative tuxedo that she unfortunately had to leave behind when she got divorced from her first husband only a few years prior, and she missed her terribly. It was extremely vivid, feeling very real. She dreamed she was holding her, curled up in her arms, and she could feel her softness and warmth, could smell her, could hear her purring, and could just feel how much she loved her. It then faded and she woke up, sad that it wasn't real but loving the happy memory, something she really needed at the time.
About a half-hour later her ex-husband called. He had just come from the vet. The cat had been sick and he had to make the difficult decision to put her to sleep. Apparently her cat had come to say goodbye.
My Ex had a cat, that I got to name Curly Bill...he used up all his lives pretty quickly, and was buried in the front yards between two tree ferns in 1998...ex got another cat...then 2003, and 2005 had kids.
My then Son was about 3 (2008), and one day was sitting between the tre ferns, and said "Daddy, there's a cat lives here...he's black and white and very furry" (correct)...."He wants you to know that he's glad you brought him back here to stay" (we were tossing up leavigng him at the vet).
So I asked "are you talking to that cat ?"...."No Daddy (exasperated)...I can't talk to cats, but I talk to Violet (his invisible friend), and she talks to the cat".
