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Paranormal experiences

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
To me, you have the right to feel hurt.

Forgiveness is really, really hard and requires a lot of thought and considering. But in some cases, it can also kind of set one (or both) sides free. It just depends.
Yes, it depends, so I have to give it more thought.
It would probably be easier for me to forgive him from a position of strength, but you know all too well what has been going on with my so-called boyfriends.
 

George-ananda

Advaita Vedanta, Theosophy, Spiritualism
Premium Member
If I were to turn the TV on right now it would go to the last station it was on, which is the Music Choice station.
I suspect it is him turning it on.
How about as a test, set it now for a different station and then if it turns on mysteriously and goes back to the Music Choice station that would really be interesting.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
How about as a test, set it now for a different station and then if it turns on mysteriously and goes back to the Music Choice station that would really be interesting.
It certainly would be interesting but I don't want to mess with the situation, I want to see if it happens again.
Are you saying that was what happened with the CD player in the car?
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
Ironically, I always came running whenever he needed anything and if he is trying to get my attention now I cannot come running.

There is a lesson to be learned here. Once we die and cross over it is too late to fix the mistakes we made here.
 

George-ananda

Advaita Vedanta, Theosophy, Spiritualism
Premium Member
It certainly would be interesting but I don't want to mess with the situation, I want to see if it happens again.
Are you saying that was what happened with the CD player in the car?
Not exactly. It was repeating meaningful verses to a song on multiple occasions. It had never malfunctioned before or since.
 

dybmh

ויהי מבדיל בין מים למים
Many years ago, we agreed that whoever goes first will try to communicate to the other person.
That, to me, sounds like a covenant.

That is one reason I have held off on trying to communicate to him, I don't want to hear any more I'm sorries.
If it is a sacred promise, I doubt that it's about sorry. After death, there is only spirit, spirit is only truth. If so, the promise will be fufilled, intention and choice are irrelevent after death.

I wish I could be more 'Christian' and forgive him but I am not good at that. I am still suffering in this world so he should be free of his suffering in the next world?
Forgive me for being assertive? I think you should be exactly how you are, minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day. You don't need to be anything other than what comes naturally. I would guess your husband accepts the suffering and the bondage and the anger because it is true.
 

Sgt. Pepper

All you need is love.
Ironically, I always came running whenever he needed anything and if he is trying to get my attention now I cannot come running.

There is a lesson to be learned here. Once we die and cross over it is too late to fix the mistakes we made here.

In my opinion and based on my experience, it is not too late in every situation.
 

rational experiences

Veteran Member
I've learnt always test your belief before you actualised a thought that the belief is real.

I've had a physical felt finger in my side...only as I was meditating.

Which proved yes a spirit body can apply force.

So I'd say it seems possible a spirit could push a button to make the tv come on. Just as it's probable it's on an automatic timer.

I've been told not many spirits owned that ability. Maybe by atmospheric inheritance his spirit might have been stronger by amount of imaged held waters mass.

As science knows forces exist naturally within earths heavens without their controls. Design a machine function only is by its design and fixed.

So no probably you can't use it even though you want to. Why you ask and pose all the questions as a research.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
Not exactly. It was repeating meaningful verses to a song on multiple occasions. It had never malfunctioned before or since.
That reminds me of a story a man once told me about his car radio. I save the story as he told it to me in a Word document but I cannot find it right now. As I recall he was a nonbeliever and he was going through a very difficult ordeal and he was at the end of his rope. He had driven his car to a remote location and he cried out to God for help, and his car radio came on and God spoke to him through the radio. That never happened to him again after that day. After that he became a believer and he was the most humble and faithful believer I ever met. I used to post that story to atheists on another forum.
 

Viker

Your beloved eccentric Auntie Cristal
Most modern devices (flat screen, android) don't "turn off" they are on standby. I've found that defective or dying batteries in remotes may activate a TV to "on", even accidentally by moving the remote can. There are other little things that can turn a TV back on as described earlier in the thread.

If an old school analog TV does this, than... yanno.
 

Sgt. Pepper

All you need is love.
I don't think he was really aware of how he treated me when he was alive but I think he is aware of it now, since I believe the next world is the World of Lights. I try to forgive him since he was not aware, not hurting me deliberately.

Hopefully I will know more if I try to communicate through that psychic medium. Let's just say he has regrets. Why should I accept one more apology from him after what he put me through? I wish I could be more 'Christian' and forgive him but I am not good at that. I am still suffering in this world so he should be free of his suffering in the next world? I really don't know what to do which is why I have not done anything about the communication yet.

If you forgive your husband, it will not only free him to cross over into the spirit world, but it will also free you to live your life without resentment and remorse. I can only offer you advice based on my knowledge and experience, but the final decision is yours.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
New Most modern devices (flat screen, android) don't "turn off" they are on standby. I've found that defective or dying batteries in remotes may activate a TV to "on", even accidentally by moving the remote can. There are other little things that can turn a TV back on as described earlier in the thread.
I guess I could look into it further if I was not satisfied with my own explanation.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
If you forgive your husband, it will not only free him to cross over into the spirit world, but it will also free you to live your life without resentment and remorse. I can only offer you advice based on my knowledge and experience, but the final decision is yours.
The first step would be trying to contact him and finding out where he is at and what he is thinking.
I know myself so I know the reason I have not done that yet is because I have not wanted to know, but eventually I will have to know, for my own peace of mind.

If I knew it would free me to live my life without resentment and remorse I might be more inclined to do it, but there is still a part of me that does not want to forgive, so that is the problem.
 

Sgt. Pepper

All you need is love.
What do you mean by not too late?

I meant that it is not always too late for a spirit to correct their mistakes in life on the other side. It can be accomplished through the intervention of a medium. If I may, without hurting your feelings, I advise you to seek closure with your husband through the medium.
 

rocala

Well-Known Member
Hi @Trailblazer, that is a very interesting story. I have experienced this twice in my life. Just after my mother died I had a week where quite a lot of strange things happened. Three of them involved electrical equipment.

The other was a place where I used to work. A device which was connected to the fire alarm system kept having its settings changed. This could only be done manually with a key. It happened quite regularly and on two occasions was witnessed by the chief engineer. An old night security guard told us that this had been happening for about a year and only started after another night security man died at work.

Both the service company and the manufacturers sent people who both said that it was not possible. But we know what we saw, and it was at times when that floor was empty of all but a member of security or engineering.

On another forum, I found a good post about such things. It seems that some modern paranormal investigators have noticed a strong tendency for some types of 'paranormal' events to involve electrical items. It was stated that one modern experience was for people to find their phone batteries were flat after an experience. One suggestion was that the electricity gives energy to an entity, thus enabling them to do certain things.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
I meant that it is not always too late for a spirit to correct their mistakes in life on the other side. It can be accomplished through the intervention of a medium. If I may, without hurting your feelings, I advise you to seek closure with your husband through the medium.
Maybe a spirit can make amends to a person he hurt through a medium, but the spirit cannot come back to life on earth and correct his mistakes by making up for what he did wrong. That is what I meant by "too late."

I have every intention of contacting my husband. I just have not decided when I will do that.
 

Trailblazer

Veteran Member
Hi @Trailblazer, that is a very interesting story. I have experienced this twice in my life. Just after my mother died I had a week where quite a lot of strange things happened. Three of them involved electrical equipment.

The other was a place where I used to work. A device which was connected to the fire alarm system kept having its settings changed. This could only be done manually with a key. It happened quite regularly and on two occasions was witnessed by the chief engineer. An old night security guard told us that this had been happening for about a year and only started after another night security man died at work.

Both the service company and the manufacturers sent people who both said that it was not possible. But we know what we saw, and it was at times when that floor was empty of all but a member of security or engineering.

On another forum, I found a good post about such things. It seems that some modern paranormal investigators have noticed a strong tendency for some types of 'paranormal' events to involve electrical items. It was stated that one modern experience was for people to find their phone batteries were flat after an experience. One suggestion was that the electricity gives energy to an entity, thus enabling them to do certain things.
Thanks so much. That was very helpful. As I said in the OP, the Comcast technician did not question whether it was paranormal, he agreed that it had to be. Of course, since he works for Comcast, which is a huge company, and he has a good job, he had to be careful how he worded that. ;)

I should also note that every time the TV went on I could correlate it to something else that was happening, something that my husband might have been trying to alert me to.
 

Mock Turtle

Oh my, did I say that!
Premium Member
Although I wouldn't dismiss the paranormal explanation offhand, I would tend to go through all the possibilities as to why this might be happening first, and one technician's opinion is just that. There may be a dodgy component in the TV, some issues with the electrical supply (spikes and such), a combination of these or something else. I have often had electrical equipment come on for no apparent reason - TV recording devices, for example, and where these were not due for timed updates. Some suggestions here that might be useful:

TV Turns on By Itself? Here's the Fix
 

Sgt. Pepper

All you need is love.
Maybe a spirit can make amends to a person he hurt through a medium, but the spirit cannot come back to life on earth and correct his mistakes by making up for what he did wrong. That is what I meant by "too late."

I have every intention of contacting my husband. I just have not decided when I will do that.

Now I understand what you meant. As I previously stated, I wish I could help you in the same way that I have helped others connect with their deceased loved one. I've experienced reconciliation with a deceased loved one as well. I reconciled with my grandmother. In my previous post here, I shared my story about my encounter with her and more encounters I've had with other deceased relatives.
 
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