The Paranormal

[Andrew, Jr.]

Ol' Jet,

It means that they are around you. Anytime you smell perfume, cologne, tobacco, or something related to a dead relative or friend, that is your connection. You can pray for them, but they are checking in on you. They are taking their energy to come back into this plane to reach you. The scent is the means of contact.

[Jet]

Originally Posted by Andrew, Jr.

Ol' Jet,

It means that they are around you. Anytime you smell perfume, cologne, tobacco, or something related to a dead relative or friend, that is your connection. You can pray for them, but they are checking in on you. They are taking their energy to come back into this plane to reach you. The scent is the means of contact.

You might be right Andrew, I don't know. After experiencing so much trauma in my life my belief system is skewed with things like this. As a traditional Catholic I believe and don't believe certain things, but hey, far be it from me to know what's really going on.

[Andrew, Jr.]

Yes, I understand.

[NJFemmie]

On occasion, I will get a whiff of roses... my mother LOVED roses and used to grow American Beauties. This is how I know she's around me.

The funny thing is - Mare recognizes her mother's presence the same way, lol ... and one time, we both caught a whiff of roses at the same time. We just looked at each other - we were trying to figure out which mother was around, lol. (Of course, we acknowledged both).

I have been known to be a prophetic dreamer and occasionally experience waking visions. I was more in tune to this when I was much younger - and after dreaming my mother's, godfather's (and believe it or not) my dog's death - I just shut down. The emotional trauma was just too much to bear - especially after my mother's death - which happened not too long after "that" dream. (and my godfather and dog passed away shortly after my mom died.)

I have always been fascinated with the paranormal. Both Mare and I enjoy visiting cemetaries, especially really old ones. There are quite a few here that date back to the 1700's, and I am pretty sure we visited them all.

My entire life has been surrounded by the paranormal, so I do take the subject rather seriously. I also have to laugh about it at times, but I think that is just my way of coping. I have always considered myself a rational, logical person - but there are things that most certainly defy logic and reason.

[Andrew, Jr.]

I don't laugh or joke at the paranormal. I take it quite seriously.

[Blaze]

Awesome thread Andrew.
I don't consider myself a psychic. But I do see apparitions more than I would like to admit. My Aunt was a spiritual healer, psychic clairvoyant and pretty well reknown in Hawaii.
When I was younger, I always felt things around me. But as hyper as I was, I never really took them serious because there was always another tree to climb, fort to build, and skate board contest to win. As I got into my teens, I was surfing. I caught what seem to be the perfect wave, well I wiped out, board hit my head, and I was pulled under. I don't remember, but they say another surfer pulled me in and a life guard revived me from a flat-liner. So I lived to surf another day, is how I put it. A few years later, I got cancer, and once again,and fought a long hard battle, I was classified as a flat-liner. Then 6 almost 7 years ago, I got into a motorcycle accident, Once again, I don't remember, but friends said, I was clipped on the back wheel from a 18-wheeler, went air borne about 30 feet, ate pavement for about another 20 feet before being embedded by a tree branch that split my helmet and went through my skull.
This time I was clinically considered dead, dead, flat-lined. The part I do remember, is liftng above my body, seeing people I didn't know trying to revive me as I laid there, I felt peace, no pain, just kinda, in limbo of serenity. Then I seen a very bright white and silver light beam, to which I could feel myself being drawn to. As I was being pulled towards this beautiful light, I seen my parents, my grand parents, cousins, friends, all just smiling and waiting. I was once again feeling very happy, excited, relaxed, pain free. Then with a mighty feeling of being yanked and sucked through a hose, I guess I was revived, and the pain, the aweful pain was all I felt, then again, I don't remember.
Weeks later, I was brought out of a coma, then had to relearn to walk, talk, eat, and do all the normal things that we take for granted. Any way. It started then. I started seeing apparitions, first they seemed like a dream. Then they started coming to me, as to ask for help, I guess because I could see them. Then I started seeing apparitions everywhere I went, and everything I did. The spirits, I can handle, it's the dark apparitions that tend to freak me out, I don't know if they are taunting me, trying to scare me, or just being evil as there energies are, as they draw lots of energy to manifest. Oh well. That's what I deal with, be it a gift, or a curse. It's what I deal with 24/7 a day/night. So for those who think that I have a wild imagination, or that I am crazy. Think as you will... The more I talk about it, the easier it becomes for me to accept what I am/do. Laugh if you must. But unless or that is until you walk in my shoes. I think it will be me that perhaps, just perhaps may have the last laugh...

[Andrew, Jr.]

Blaze,

I do believe you. I have seen things pretty much like you. My Grandmother was gifted, and also passed this onto me. I just struggle with expressing myself, and with what I have experienced. I do believe that spirits are with us at all times. I don't believe in "death" per sea, but that it is just a rebirth happening over again repeatedly.

There is evil in this world. As much as I hate to admit it, there is.

I do think that the spirit world is more attracted to those who are injured in some form or fashion. It just is a comfort for me.

When my sister was dying, she was at NIH in Bethesda at one point. Everyone wanted to be there. We never encountered anyone who was there just collecting a paycheck. The nurses were angels. I can't even begin to thank them enough. I know that when I was walking the halls at NIH, I would see aberitions. They were happy. Not one was sick, or suffering. Just smiling ear to ear, and looking so peaceful.

So yes, I do get it.

[JustLovelyJenn]

Well, I tend to follow promptings... and it appears that now is the time to talk, so here goes.

I may have a slightly different take on all of this then some of you. I am not Christian. But, I have been dealing with my "gifts" for as long as I can remember.

So, what I can do. I am a clairvoyant, an audio-sensory, and a reader. My clairvoyance is unique, I have yet to run into anyone who's works the same as mine. I don't hear someone thoughts, I see them. This makes things different, more difficult, but also give me the advantage of seeing things that are more deeply rooted, more subconscious. The strongest and earliest example I have was in my teens. A friend that I was close to was over to the house, and very suddenly I could see a yard, filled with smoke, and a red wagon with a crying baby in it. I felt scared and confused and shocked. I looked up at him and asked, when was the fire... He looked at me like he had seen a ghost. His family had suffered a house fire when he was a young child, his baby sister had been in the wagon, and they were standing on the road watching. I take this ability very seriously, and it takes a lot of effort to control it so I am not seeing thoughts from people projected everywhere I go. The cacophony can be extremely overwhelming and I also feel that it is an invasion of someone privacy for me to know these private and personal things about them without their knowledge.

The audio-sensory is more straight forward. I get whispers from spirits, ghosts, what have you. They warn me of things, ask for help, or just talk because they know I can here. When I was younger I could see them more, and I remember two people that no one could see checking on me in bed in the night... when my mother was in the hospital, in labor with my brother. I too have had experiences with the dark. Ones that will never leave my memory, and are as vivid today as the day they happened. When I was 4 years old, sleeping in my bedroom I saw an aperation. A figure with a green face studied me so intensely and then asked me if I worshiped the devil. I answered him no, and he went away. But, so many years later I still remember every detail, the sound of my mother washing dishes in the kitchen, the light coming in under the door, the tone of his voice. I shut off this ability at one point, denied it completely, when I allowed it back into my life it was different. I don't see them anymore. I can hear them, I know what they look like, I see flickers of shadows, but I don't actually see them. I still have many moment of denial with this gift in particular. But my Guides see fit to remind me of its truth on a regular basis.

Because of what I can do, and the insistent stream of people who seem to come in and out of my life looking for guidance and assistance, I have chosen to develop my skills as a reader. I read Tarot, as well as Oracles and Runes, and I read palms. I have never and will never asked for any money for my services. I do it because I am prompted to, because my Guides tell me it is needed.

I do understand the need to laugh sometimes. That there is so much around us, so many things that people can't or won't believe. Its a good thing, I think, to be able to laugh at it a bit. A ghost with a more annoying voice, or the sight of something out of the corner of my eye. The laughter helps for it not to overtake my life, makes it easier to keep from being overwhelmed.

[Andrew, Jr.]

Jenn,

I don't think it is a matter of being Christain, Wiccan, Buddhist, Islamic, Pagan, or whatever. It is a gift of granting peace to someone. Thanks for sharing yourself with us. I appreciate it.

For myself, I do carry Holy Water in my pocket, and I use it on a pretty regular basis all over my home, and on my pets. I also wear blessed medals of Mary, St. Francis, St. Michael, and St. Benedict all for protection. Does anyone else?

Namaste,
Andrew

[Princess4u]

WOW!!!! I am speechless!!!..You are the gift to all of us. You were brought back for a reason, which I am sure you have probably heard several times. Your battle for life, while beyond my comprehension, what you endured...is truely a miricale in my eyes. Thank you for sharing, thank you for acknowledging your gift even the "bad" parts of it. Thank you for fighting so hard and coming back to us and to those who love you and need you! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Princess4u]

Originally Posted by Blaze

Awesome thread Andrew.
I don't consider myself a psychic. But I do see apparitions more than I would like to admit. My Aunt was a spiritual healer, psychic clairvoyant and pretty well reknown in Hawaii.
When I was younger, I always felt things around me. But as hyper as I was, I never really took them serious because there was always another tree to climb, fort to build, and skate board contest to win. As I got into my teens, I was surfing. I caught what seem to be the perfect wave, well I wiped out, board hit my head, and I was pulled under. I don't remember, but they say another surfer pulled me in and a life guard revived me from a flat-liner. So I lived to surf another day, is how I put it. A few years later, I got cancer, and once again,and fought a long hard battle, I was classified as a flat-liner. Then 6 almost 7 years ago, I got into a motorcycle accident, Once again, I don't remember, but friends said, I was clipped on the back wheel from a 18-wheeler, went air borne about 30 feet, ate pavement for about another 20 feet before being embedded by a tree branch that split my helmet and went through my skull.
This time I was clinically considered dead, dead, flat-lined. The part I do remember, is liftng above my body, seeing people I didn't know trying to revive me as I laid there, I felt peace, no pain, just kinda, in limbo of serenity. Then I seen a very bright white and silver light beam, to which I could feel myself being drawn to. As I was being pulled towards this beautiful light, I seen my parents, my grand parents, cousins, friends, all just smiling and waiting. I was once again feeling very happy, excited, relaxed, pain free. Then with a mighty feeling of being yanked and sucked through a hose, I guess I was revived, and the pain, the aweful pain was all I felt, then again, I don't remember.
Weeks later, I was brought out of a coma, then had to relearn to walk, talk, eat, and do all the normal things that we take for granted. Any way. It started then. I started seeing apparitions, first they seemed like a dream. Then they started coming to me, as to ask for help, I guess because I could see them. Then I started seeing apparitions everywhere I went, and everything I did. The spirits, I can handle, it's the dark apparitions that tend to freak me out, I don't know if they are taunting me, trying to scare me, or just being evil as there energies are, as they draw lots of energy to manifest. Oh well. That's what I deal with, be it a gift, or a curse. It's what I deal with 24/7 a day/night. So for those who think that I have a wild imagination, or that I am crazy. Think as you will... The more I talk about it, the easier it becomes for me to accept what I am/do. Laugh if you must. But unless or that is until you walk in my shoes. I think it will be me that perhaps, just perhaps may have the last laugh...

WOW!!!! I am speechless!!!..You are the gift to all of us. You were brought back for a reason, which I am sure you have probably heard several times. Your battle for life, while beyond my comprehension, what you endured...is truely a miricale in my eyes. Thank you for sharing, thank you for acknowledging your gift even the "bad" parts of it. Thank you for fighting so hard and coming back to us and to those who love you and need you! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Jet]

Originally Posted by Blaze

Awesome thread Andrew.
I don't consider myself a psychic. But I do see apparitions more than I would like to admit. My Aunt was a spiritual healer, psychic clairvoyant and pretty well reknown in Hawaii.
When I was younger, I always felt things around me. But as hyper as I was, I never really took them serious because there was always another tree to climb, fort to build, and skate board contest to win. As I got into my teens, I was surfing. I caught what seem to be the perfect wave, well I wiped out, board hit my head, and I was pulled under. I don't remember, but they say another surfer pulled me in and a life guard revived me from a flat-liner. So I lived to surf another day, is how I put it. A few years later, I got cancer, and once again,and fought a long hard battle, I was classified as a flat-liner. Then 6 almost 7 years ago, I got into a motorcycle accident, Once again, I don't remember, but friends said, I was clipped on the back wheel from a 18-wheeler, went air borne about 30 feet, ate pavement for about another 20 feet before being embedded by a tree branch that split my helmet and went through my skull.
This time I was clinically considered dead, dead, flat-lined. The part I do remember, is liftng above my body, seeing people I didn't know trying to revive me as I laid there, I felt peace, no pain, just kinda, in limbo of serenity. Then I seen a very bright white and silver light beam, to which I could feel myself being drawn to. As I was being pulled towards this beautiful light, I seen my parents, my grand parents, cousins, friends, all just smiling and waiting. I was once again feeling very happy, excited, relaxed, pain free. Then with a mighty feeling of being yanked and sucked through a hose, I guess I was revived, and the pain, the aweful pain was all I felt, then again, I don't remember.
Weeks later, I was brought out of a coma, then had to relearn to walk, talk, eat, and do all the normal things that we take for granted. Any way. It started then. I started seeing apparitions, first they seemed like a dream. Then they started coming to me, as to ask for help, I guess because I could see them. Then I started seeing apparitions everywhere I went, and everything I did. The spirits, I can handle, it's the dark apparitions that tend to freak me out, I don't know if they are taunting me, trying to scare me, or just being evil as there energies are, as they draw lots of energy to manifest. Oh well. That's what I deal with, be it a gift, or a curse. It's what I deal with 24/7 a day/night. So for those who think that I have a wild imagination, or that I am crazy. Think as you will... The more I talk about it, the easier it becomes for me to accept what I am/do. Laugh if you must. But unless or that is until you walk in my shoes. I think it will be me that perhaps, just perhaps may have the last laugh...

REDRUM lol
looks like you got the shining

[Beachcomber]

I know this is not exactly on topic, but I am a big Monsterquest fan. I have a friend on the site, but maybe there are others out there?

[Andrew, Jr.]

Yes, I too am a monsterquest fan. I love the show!

I wanted to throw this out here. I posted it in the movie thread too. There is an upcoming movie called "The Rite" starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and is being directed by Mikael Hafstrom. It is based on a book written by Matt Baglio "The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist". It is about an American Priest who travels to Rome to learn how to perform exorcisms. Has anyone read the book? I am going to see the movie most definitely!

[Ghost Huntin' Daddy]

YAY! My kinda thread!!! lol

Well I'm off the Gettyburg tomorrow and meeting up with PRS team and Michelle Belanger! I'm way excited!! I also met someone on FB that is a resident of Gettysburg so I'm going a day early and maybe get a tour that only a townie can show you! Got all my gadgets and I'm ready to go!!

I'll be posting pics on my FB group page. If you care to join the group and get involved in the discussions its at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=...d=283371794271

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[Princess4u]

Andrew,

gosh i am overwhelmed with so many questions, thoughts and many other things I dont know where to begin. I have always had a strong feeling that there is more to this world than meets the eye. I have had several questionable occurances in my life which may or may not have been paranormal. I suppose my most important question is....I have a need to seek guidance from someone with gifts and wisdom not ordinary ppl are capable of. Could you please explain how to find someone who is trust worthy and not one of those who play on the needs of others. I know some of the readers may ask...Princess, have ya tried church? Yes I have and continue to do so...i have always believed that GOD is everywhere I have my own beliefs about organized religion. I cant quote scripture but consider myselfl a good person. Which is more than I can say for some of those who do quote scripture and judge others....but I feel that sometimes you need a healthy combination of worship and those with "gifts."

Also, not knowing much about mediums or psychics....I have a fear that they can see more than I would want them to...like my past...things that have happened in my life..that I hold very personal. could you explain perhaps how typical reading my progress for someone who has never been? Thank you for you time and for the thread.

Princess4u

[LadyFlamezzz]

Originally Posted by Princess4u

Andrew,

gosh i am overwhelmed with so many questions, thoughts and many other things I dont know where to begin. I have always had a strong feeling that there is more to this world than meets the eye. I have had several questionable occurances in my life which may or may not have been paranormal. I suppose my most important question is....I have a need to seek guidance from someone with gifts and wisdom not ordinary ppl are capable of. Could you please explain how to find someone who is trust worthy and not one of those who play on the needs of others. I know some of the readers may ask...Princess, have ya tried church? Yes I have and continue to do so...i have always believed that GOD is everywhere I have my own beliefs about organized religion. I cant quote scripture but consider myselfl a good person. Which is more than I can say for some of those who do quote scripture and judge others....but I feel that sometimes you need a healthy combination of worship and those with "gifts."

Also, not knowing much about mediums or psychics....I have a fear that they can see more than I would want them to...like my past...things that have happened in my life..that I hold very personal. could you explain perhaps how typical reading my progress for someone who has never been? Thank you for you time and for the thread.

Princess4u

I'm not Andrew but thought i'd give you a quick example...being a gifted person means we are sensitive to a lot of energy's given off by another person , for instance i read cards and also considered an em path/sensitive with some clairvoyance as a side gift , <so to speak> i read your body for one and your energy for another, the cards tell me a lot as well. normally a reading takes a lot out of a person ie the reader. we FEEL you , whats inside of you the energy that has been invaded of yours by something negative or positive can be felt by some of us. Your eyes can also tell a story. the way you present yourself to me tells me many things.At times i can literally feel the pain that your soul has felt and generally if that occurs I'm pretty accurate on what caused the event. recently i've been shown the gift of reading past lives it's fairly new to me but I am open to anything the universe wants to show me and guide me in learning. Can i tell you if your gonna get a speeding ticket, probably...those little insights are easy. Can i tell you if your long passed uncle still keeps an eye on you, sometimes yes, they come to me , it's just a natural occurence for some. being open to it is the key. As children many of us < see > things we can't explain and as we get older we push those gifts to the recesses of our minds because , well if we speak of such things some won't believe us because they are afraid to admit another plane of existence or spirits or the like even exist...it's simply a gift that some of us choose to allow to develop with in us and at times share with others who may need a bit of direction and or hope in their lives.
I believe we are not alone and i know there is another side and energy from that other side can and does make contact with those that allow themselves to see and hear and feel and accept it.

Anyone can sit in front of you and spew a bunch of words that may one in a hundred sentences may come close to being true...but those who are gifted hit that target a bit more often.

just my two cents, hope i didn't steer to far from what you inquired about...

[Princess4u]

Originally Posted by LadyFlamezzz

I'm not Andrew but thought i'd give you a quick example...being a gifted person means we are sensitive to a lot of energy's given off by another person , for instance i read cards and also considered an em path/sensitive with some clairvoyance as a side gift , <so to speak> i read your body for one and your energy for another, the cards tell me a lot as well. normally a reading takes a lot out of a person ie the reader. we FEEL you , whats inside of you the energy that has been invaded of yours by something negative or positive can be felt by some of us. Your eyes can also tell a story. the way you present yourself to me tells me many things.At times i can literally feel the pain that your soul has felt and generally if that occurs I'm pretty accurate on what caused the event. recently i've been shown the gift of reading past lives it's fairly new to me but I am open to anything the universe wants to show me and guide me in learning. Can i tell you if your gonna get a speeding ticket, probably...those little insights are easy. Can i tell you if your long passed uncle still keeps an eye on you, sometimes yes, they come to me , it's just a natural occurence for some. being open to it is the key. As children many of us < see > things we can't explain and as we get older we push those gifts to the recesses of our minds because , well if we speak of such things some won't believe us because they are afraid to admit another plane of existence or spirits or the like even exist...it's simply a gift that some of us choose to allow to develop with in us and at times share with others who may need a bit of direction and or hope in their lives.
I believe we are not alone and i know there is another side and energy from that other side can and does make contact with those that allow themselves to see and hear and feel and accept it.

Anyone can sit in front of you and spew a bunch of words that may one in a hundred sentences may come close to being true...but those who are gifted hit that target a bit more often.

just my two cents, hope i didn't steer to far from what you inquired about...

Dear Ladyflamezz
No I am not deterred from my quest. I have longed for answers and directions and lately hope, which has been drained from my soul. I have had several experiences in my life to know that there is another plane of existance and that the paranormal does exist. I believe that very strongly and have great respect for those that can be a part of both worlds such as yourself. I have just always "known" that there is good and bad and lost souls around us everyday. I just have been afraid to find someone who was honest, trustworthy and turely gifted to seek the guidance I need so desperatly to keep going on w this life. Thank you very much for your time and information and for your gift.
Princess

[femmy1]

I believe in the paranormal I find it fascinating.. and love to talk about anything of this nature. Does anyone listen to Coast to Coast radio program ? I hardly ever miss it. www.coasttocoastam.com I think that's the website.
I totally understand many of your stories. I love chip Coffey as well. He's on paranormal state as I sit here now

Do any of you meditate?

f1~

[Andrew, Jr.]

Hi Femmy1,

Yes, I believe in the Paranormal, and yes I mediatate. I love Chip Coffee. No, I do not read anyone on-line. I only can grasp this in real time, A Pretty.