Where are the Dead?

[Sgt. Pepper]

There was no program playing since I do not use that TV anymore. In fact, it is in a cabinet behind closed doors.
The message came across that he had paid a visit and that is all I needed to know.... Any communication can come later.

I believe that your late husband manipulating the television was a form of communication with you. In my experience, spirits don't always use audible communication to either convey a message to their surviving loved ones, to make their presence known to the living, or to even express their displeasure with something that a person or a group of people is doing that they don't like. And, in my experience, spirits have many ways to express themselves.

 

[YoursTrue]

In my opinion, your late husband manipulating the television was a form of communication with you. And, in my experience, spirits don't always use audible communication to either convey a message to their surviving loved ones, to make their presence known to the living, or to express their displeasure with something that an individual or a group of people is doing that they disapprove of. In my experience, spirits have many ways to express themselves.

I guess you think he needs a medium to explain more than that. Obviously the technique from her living/dead husband is limited.

 

[YoursTrue]

There was no program playing since I do not use that TV anymore. In fact, it is in a cabinet behind closed doors.
The message came across that he had paid a visit and that is all I needed to know.... Any communication can come later.

Doesn't it seem strange to you that the communication level is so stymied? And you need a medium to get a message to you? I do.

 

[Trailblazer]

Doesn't it seem strange to you that the communication level is so stymied? And you need a medium to get a message to you? I do.

That doesn't seem strange to me at all. Of course I need a medium since I do not have psychic powers, so there is no way for me to reach him.
I think he is trying to get my attention the only way he can, but just because he can do paranormal things that does not mean he can communicate with me in such a way that I would know what he is thinking. I would need a medium for that kind of communication and I plan to find one.

 

[YoursTrue]

That doesn't seem strange to me at all. Of course I need a medium since I do not have psychic powers, so there is no way for me to reach him.
I think he is trying to get my attention the only way he can, but just because he can do paranormal things that does not mean he can communicate with me in such a way that I would know what he is thinking. I would need a medium for that kind of communication and I plan to find one.

ok whatever --

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

That doesn't seem strange to me at all. Of course I need a medium since I do not have psychic powers, so there is no way for me to reach him.
I think he is trying to get my attention the only way he can, but just because he can do paranormal things that does not mean he can communicate with me in such a way that I would know what he is thinking. I would need a medium for that kind of communication and I plan to find one.

I know that this is a very long thread, so I'd like to clarify that you and I have already explained this issue earlier in the thread.

The dead might want to interact with the living in order to tell the living something they neglected to tell them before they died, for closure, or they might want to convey to the living what it is like in the spiritual world.

I believe that for the most part the dead, meaning those souls who have died physically and entered the spiritual world, don't have much interest in the material world anymore, although I also believe that holy souls have a great effect on the material world.

I don't think that only the dead know if they can interact with the living. I think some living people also know, if they have been contacted by the dead (spirits who have crossed over). Normally any actual communication is facilitated by psychic mediums but the dead can also show signs to the living.

My late husband has made sure I know he is still alive in the spiritual world by causing paranormal things to happen in my house, although he should know that I already know that since we have the same religious beliefs. There is no normal explanation for these paranormal things that have happened. I am going to contact him using a psychic medium in due time. Meanwhile, I know he could pop back in at any time. I don't know how that works, how he can come from the spiritual world to the material world, and then go back to the spiritual world, but my friend @Sgt. Pepper is the expert on these psychic things.

Exactly. Psychic mediums have a sixth sense, which is extrasensory perception. It's the ability to sense things by means other than the known five senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. Being a medium, I can interact with and communicate with earthbound human spirits and nonhuman entities. I can see them (visually and/or see a mental vision of them), I can hear them speak audibly and/or hear them speak when I have a mental vision of them, and I can communicate and interact with them as I communicate and interact with the living. I have shared specific private details about a stranger's deceased and/or surviving loved ones, as well as specific details or past events about their personal life that I couldn't possibly know. And as a sensitive, I can sense the presence of human spirits (and nonhuman entities) as well as feel their emotions at the time (such as elation, anger, fear, and despair). It is similar to how I feel varied sensations depending on the living person I am sensing. Generally speaking, I'm able to determine within a couple of minutes of meeting someone if they are trustworthy or not, and I can tell by various feelings what kind of human spirit or nonhuman entity I'm dealing with. I can also see the auras of other people in vivid colors. That is essentially what I experience every day as a medium, a sensitive, an empath, and a highly sensitive person.

This has been my personal experience, but I know that not everyone believes in it, and that's perfectly fine with me. To each his (or her) own. As far as I'm concerned, other people can accept or reject what I share about my experiences or about the paranormal. It's entirely their decision.

You are correct, Trailblazer.

A genuine medium doesn't need to be told any information about a dead person by the living. You may recall that I explained my process to you earlier in this thread (post #92). Despite what some people believe, mediums don't always communicate with and interact with the dead in the same way, and our mediumship may also differ. And as I explained earlier in this thread (post #74), I have my own methods of interacting with the dead that are comfortable for me, and other mediums have their own methods that are comfortable for them. I don't tell other mediums how they should interact with the dead, and they don't tell me how either. We respect each other and respect each other's abilities. We also sometimes help each other communicate with the dead.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

That doesn't seem strange to me at all. Of course I need a medium since I do not have psychic powers, so there is no way for me to reach him.
I think he is trying to get my attention the only way he can, but just because he can do paranormal things that does not mean he can communicate with me in such a way that I would know what he is thinking. I would need a medium for that kind of communication and I plan to find one.

I just wanted to tell you that my husband read your post and told me that he doesn't think he could handle seeing everything that I see or experiencing everything that I've experienced over the years. He said that he wishes he could do more to help me and that he sometimes feels helpless whenever I'm struggling with a spirit who has come to me for help. I told him that he does enough for me because he listens to me and helps me determine what I can do to help a spirit. I think that made him feel better and reassured him. He will often ask me, "What do you see?" He likes it when I tell him about what I'm seeing and hearing, especially when we're in historical cities like Boston and New Orleans. We went to Boston last summer, and I spent the majority of the time telling him about all the spirits I saw. I often describe to him what I see and hear, wherever we are. I tell him what the spirits look like, and if a spirit says something about him, I'll tell him. And, as I've mentioned before (including in this post here), he has had a couple of personal experiences with some spirits himself. He was a cautious skeptic for a long time, but he certainly believes in the paranormal now. He has, however, always been supportive of me.

 

[YoursTrue]

I just wanted to tell you that my husband read your post and told me that he doesn't think he could handle seeing everything that I see or experiencing everything that I've experienced over the years. He said that he wishes he could do more to help me and that he sometimes feels helpless whenever I'm struggling with a spirit who has come to me for help. I told him that he does enough for me because he listens to me and helps me determine what I can do to help a spirit. I think that made him feel better and reassured him. He will often ask me, "What do you see?" He likes it when I tell him about what I'm seeing and hearing, especially when we're in historical cities like Boston and New Orleans. We went to Boston last summer, and I spent the majority of the time telling him about all the spirits I saw. I often describe to him what I see and hear, wherever we are. I tell him what the spirits look like, and if a spirit says something about him, I'll tell him. And, as I've mentioned before (including in this post here), he has had a couple of personal experiences with some spirits himself. He was a cautious skeptic for a long time, but he certainly believes in the paranormal now. He has, however, always been supportive of me.

wow.

 

[Trailblazer]

I just wanted to tell you that my husband read your post and told me that he doesn't think he could handle seeing everything that I see or experiencing everything that I've experienced over the years. He said that he wishes he could do more to help me and that he sometimes feels helpless whenever I'm struggling with a spirit who has come to me for help. I told him that he does enough for me because he listens to me and helps me determine what I can do to help a spirit. I think that made him feel better and reassured him. He will often ask me, "What do you see?" He likes it when I tell him about what I'm seeing and hearing, especially when we're in historical cities like Boston and New Orleans. We went to Boston last summer, and I spent the majority of the time telling him about all the spirits I saw. I often describe to him what I see and hear, wherever we are. I tell him what the spirits look like, and if a spirit says something about him, I'll tell him. And, as I've mentioned before (including in this post here), he has had a couple of personal experiences with some spirits himself. He was a cautious skeptic for a long time, but he certainly believes in the paranormal now. He has, however, always been supportive of me.

Now that is what I call true love. You are very fortunate.
My late husband used to support me in my endeavors on forums even though he had stopped taking part. I miss that.

 

[Trailblazer]

wow.

Imo, it is a wow, because she is very fortunate to have a husband who is so supportive.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Now that is what I call true love. You are very fortunate.

Yes, I am very fortunate to have such a loving and supportive husband. He and I have been married for thirty-and-a half years.

My late husband used to support me in my endeavors on forums even though he had stopped taking part. I miss that.

I'm sorry.

 

[Trailblazer]

I'm sorry.

Thanks. There is not much left to live for anymore except the cats. My love for the cats and their love for me is all that keeps me going.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Imo, it is a wow, because she is very fortunate to have a husband who is so supportive.

Indeed.

 

[nPeace]

It seems odd to me that a supposed spirit turns the TV off and on as a message...why not just interrupt the program with a message in words or writing? Why such bad communication?

Why not just materialize, like all the other spirits people say they have see, and say, "Darling. I'm doing fine. I will see you when you get here."?

I guess you think he needs a medium to explain more than that. Obviously the technique from her living/dead husband is limited.

Seems as though the human is more free, and more powerful.
Don't worry your pretty little head over it.

 

[Trailblazer]

Why not just materialize, like all the other spirits people say they have see, and say, "Darling. I'm doing fine. I will see you when you get here."?

Spirits do not materialize, they remain in spirit form.
That is why my late husband cannot materialize and say "Darling. I'm doing fine. I will see you when you get here."
But no problem because I know he is doing fine. I just wanted some closure regarding what led to his demise. Hopefully I can get that through a medium.

Seems as though the human is more free, and more powerful.
Don't worry your pretty little head over it.

Quite the opposite. Spirits are far more free and more powerful than any human who is trapped in this dust heap of a mortal world.
Spirits in the spiritual world are like birds who have just been let out of a cage, and the cage was their physical body.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Spirits do not materialize, they remain in spirit form.

Based on my experience as a medium and paranormal investigator, while earthbound spirits obviously aren't alive anymore, not in the sense that we are, some of them are apparently capable of accumulating enough energy that they can appear to be living people. These spirits are referred to as full-body apparitions, meaning that when they are visible to a living person, they appear to be a whole person. And based on the ones that I and others I know have seen, they can either appear as a solid living person (except that they can walk straight through a wall or a door) or they can be transparent, depending on the amount of energy they have accumulated to manifest. They are typically regarded as the "holy grail" by those who dedicate their lives to paranormal research and investigation. As I said, I've seen a few (see my post here), my husband has met and talked with one that he believed was a living, breathing man like him (see my post here), and I know other paranormal investigators who have also encountered them. I think that they are extraordinary to see.

That is why my late husband cannot materialize and say "Darling. I'm doing fine. I will see you when you get here."But no problem because I know he is doing fine. I just wanted some closure regarding what led to his demise. Hopefully I can get that through a medium.p

I believe that it is essential that you receive some closure regarding the death of your husband. You could attempt to communicate with him through a spirit box, but then again, he may not have the energy to do so or he may not want to. Based on my experience, it takes a lot of energy for the dead to communicate with the living. A medium, on the other hand, would be able to communicate with him directly, as I explained in my previous post here.

Quite the opposite. Spirits are far more free and more powerful than any human who is trapped in this dust heap of a mortal world.
Spirits in the spiritual world are like birds who have just been let out of a cage, and the cage was their physical body.

As a medium and spiritualist, I believe that our consciousness "lives on" in the form of energy, which I believe to be our spirit. I believe that we retain our memories (along with our personality) after death, but we acquire a much broader perspective than what we have now. I believe that as humans, we are restricted by our humanity, but when we die, we are free of these restrictions, allowing us to see and understand beyond what we see and understand now.

 

[Trailblazer]

These spirits are referred to as full-body apparitions, meaning that when they are visible to a living person, they appear to be a whole person. And based on the ones that I and others I know have seen, they can either appear as a solid living person (except that they can walk straight through a wall or a door) or they can be transparent.

This sounds like how Jesus appeared after he rose from the dead. As a Baha'i I do not believe that His physical body came back to life, but I am open to the possibility that the gospel stories are true and what the disciples saw was His spiritual body before it ascended to heaven. Christians like to cite Luke 24:39 "Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have” but I have an answer to that. Since Jesus could perform miracles He could have easily made Himself appear and feel like flesh and bones.

I believe that it is essential that you receive some closure regarding the death of your husband. You could attempt to communicate with him through a spirit box, but then again, he may not have the energy to do so or he may not want to. Based on my experience, it takes a lot of energy for the dead to communicate with the living. A medium, on the other hand, would be able to communicate with him directly, as I explained in my previous post here.

Yes, I agree that it is essential, and thanks for supporting me on this. My counselor also thinks it is essential for me to get closure.
Yes, it makes more sense to use a medium who can communicate with him directly but I have to be extremely careful who I select for this communication since there are a lot of frauds out there. No communication is better than false messages.

As a medium and spiritualist, I believe that our consciousness "lives on" in the form of energy, which I believe to be our spirit. I believe that we retain our memories (along with our personality) after death, but we acquire a much broader perspective than what we have now. I believe that as humans, we are restricted by our humanity, but when we die, we are free of these restrictions, allowing us to see and understand beyond what we see and understand now.

I believe everything you wrote there but I would add that I believe we will not just be energy floating around in space. We will have a form of some kind, a spiritual body, and we will function through that body just as we functioned through a physical body in this world. That is what the Bible and the Baha'i Writings say and that body was also described in the book Private Dowding.

1 Corinthians 15 New Living Translation

40 There are also bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies.
44 They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
50 What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
51 But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!

“The world beyond is as different from this world as this world is different from that of the child while still in the womb of its mother. When the soul attaineth the Presence of God, it will assume the form that best befitteth its immortality and is worthy of its celestial habitation.”
Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 157

“The answer to the third question is this, that in the other world the human reality doth not assume a physical form, rather doth it take on a heavenly form, made up of elements of that heavenly realm.”
Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 194

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

This sounds like how Jesus appeared after he rose from the dead. As a Baha'i I do not believe that His physical body came back to life, but I am open to the possibility that the gospel stories are true and what the disciples saw was His spiritual body before it ascended to heaven. Christians like to cite Luke 24:39 "Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have” but I have an answer to that. Since Jesus could perform miracles He could have easily made Himself appear and feel like flesh and bones.

Why do you suppose Jesus mentioned the appearance of a human ghost when the dead are forgotten (Ecclesiastes 9:5) and his followers don't believe that they exist and are actually demons in disguise? And since he mentioned a ghost's appearance, then he would have known that some ghosts (a.k.a. spirits) rise upward from the earth (Ecclesiastes 3:21), some ghosts rise up from the sea and Hades (Revelation 20:13), some ghosts are in God's presence in heaven and should be in his too (2 Corinthians 5:8; Hebrews 9:27), and other ghosts are asleep in their graves waiting to be resurrected and judged by God in the end times (1 Thes 4:13–17, Revelation 20:11–15). If the dead know nothing, as the Bible claims, then I wonder why there is another story in it about the ghost of Samuel communicating with King Saul and warning Saul that God would deliver both him and Israel into the hands of the Philistines because of his disobedience to God (1 Samuel 28:7–20). If the spirit of Samuel was a demon in disguise, then it seems rather unusual to me that God would command a demon to give Saul this message or even enable a witch (a medium) to communicate with Samuel in spirit form. Well, I know that there is no mention of the spirit Saul spoke with being a demon in these verses. What an ironic story to have in the Bible of Saul using a medium to speak directly to the conjured ghost of the prophet Samuel when the Bible says that the dead know nothing and even their name is forgotten (Ecclesiastes 9:5).

Yes, I agree that it is essential, and thanks for supporting me on this. My counselor also thinks it is essential for me to get closure.

You're welcome.

Yes, it makes more sense to use a medium who can communicate with him directly but I have to be extremely careful who I select for this communication since there are a lot of frauds out there. No communication is better than false messages.

Sadly, what you said is true, and it is a very unfortunate and frustrating reality that I and other genuine mediums will always have to contend with.

I believe everything you wrote there but I would add that I believe we will not just be energy floating around in space. We will have a form of some kind, a spiritual body, and we will function through that body just as we functioned through a physical body in this world. That is what the Bible and the Baha'i Writings say and that body was also described in the book Private Dowding.

1 Corinthians 15 New Living Translation

40 There are also bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies.
44 They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
50 What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
51 But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed!

“The world beyond is as different from this world as this world is different from that of the child while still in the womb of its mother. When the soul attaineth the Presence of God, it will assume the form that best befitteth its immortality and is worthy of its celestial habitation.”
Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 157

“The answer to the third question is this, that in the other world the human reality doth not assume a physical form, rather doth it take on a heavenly form, made up of elements of that heavenly realm.”
Selections From the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 194

I believe that spirits can have the resemblance of a human body, but not always. They can also manifest as a hazy mist. I think that it depends on the level of energy that they have to use in order to manifest. But I suppose that their appearance could be referred to as a spiritual body, like you mentioned.

 

[Trailblazer]

I believe that spirits can have the resemblance of a human body, but not always. They can also manifest as a hazy mist. I think that it depends on the level of energy that they have to use in order to manifest. But I suppose that their appearance could be referred to as a spiritual body, like you mentioned.

I do not think that the spirits that you see on earth are in the spiritual body that they will have in the spiritual world.
In other words, how spirits manifest themselves on earth when you see them is not 'necessarily' the same as what they will look like in the spiritual world when they have received their spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15 New Living Translation

44 They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

I do not think that the spirits that you see on earth are in the spiritual body that they will have in the spiritual world.
In other words, how spirits manifest themselves on earth when you see them is not 'necessarily' the same as what they will look like in the spiritual world when they have received their spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 15 New Living Translation

44 They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.

I don't know for certain if that is true or not, but I believe that spirits can travel between the spiritual realm and the physical world either through a spirit portal (such as mirrors, windows, and doorways) or a spiritual vortex (explained here) that serve as gateways for them to travel between the spiritual realm and the physical world. As a medium and spiritualist, I believe that the spirit realm is an eternal existence that is not constrained by space or time, nor is it limited to heaven or hell. In fact, I don't believe in heaven or hell, so I don't believe that human spirits are or will be trapped for an eternity in either one. I don't believe in heaven or hell because I firmly disagree with what the Bible teaches about the afterlife and what happens to people when they die.